Singapore’s technology news headlines in the first quarter of 2023 touched on tech, issues and applications across a wide range of industries and outcomes, from Singaporean cleaning-focused robotics to partnerships with Australia’s startup ecosystem on the one hand and the European Union on the other, to insect protein-focused alternative food sources.
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January 2023 | February 2023 | March 2023
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tech news: March 2023
- Download: ‘Examining Singapore’s AI Progress’ from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology
- Singapore’s Yinson Green Technologies makes strategic investment in Norway’s Zeabuz, startup specializing in autonomous shipping services, with sights on future electric vessels
- Singapore: GroundupAI secures $1.8M to help industrial firms prevent unplanned downtime of assets and to improve safety through combined use of industrial IoT and AI
- 2 Bangladeshi startups selected for new cohort of Singapore’s Iterative accelerator – Nuport, working on full-stack supply chain automation, and PriyoShop B2B marketplace for neighborhood merchants
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tech news: February 2023
- Singapore and the European Union ink new Digital Partnership to boost cooperation in areas including semiconductors, data flows and data innovation, digital trust, digital trade and more
- Enterprise Singapore and Australia’s Haymarket HQ partner for 6-month Singapore-Australia Accelerator to help Singapore startups expand into Australia
- Singapore: Transcelestial gains $10M backing, building a network of wireless devices that emit lasers to create a fiber-like network
- Singapore: Cube Asia raises $1.5M seed funding with online retail insights for brands, firms and investors, allowing better decision-making on investments and new products
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tech news: January 2023
- Singapore: Alterpacks raises $1M pre-seed funding, upcycling food loss in manufacturing to create a biodegradable, home-compostible material to replace plastic food containers
- Singapore-HQ’d Protenga gains backing from The Yield Lab Asia Pacific, aiming to grow insect-focused production platform for aquafeed and pet food, incorporating upcycling of palm oil industry by-products
- Singapore-HQ’d ADDX digital securities platform in December fractionalized a SEA-focussed venture debt fund, making it available on the ADDX blockchain-enabled exchange
- Twitter employees in Singapore, Asia-Pacific HQ for the company, told to vacate building and work remotely, reportedly due to Musk’s continued cost-cutting
- Singapore: LionsBot cleaning robotics firm lands $17M Series A, seeing projected market potential of $25.9BN globally by 2027
- Inypay neobank preps for launch this year with services including micro-lending, remittances, micro-insurance and beyond, aiming for launch across 5 countries
- Singapore’s Seventh Sense to establish artificial intelligence R&D hub in Melbourne, Australia, focusing on AI-based computer vision and cryptography for defense, security, fintech and retail
- Singapore’s Quest Ventures and raiSE open applications for Sustainable Impact Accelerator, seeking socially-impactful enterprises
- Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo and Hong Kong to run HAPathon 2023, global Web3 startup competition, from March to April
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