Posts Tagged: Singapore


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Australia’s OneFlare Raises $500,000, Will Launch in Singapore in 2014

Local services listings startup OneFlare revealed today that it has raised $500,000 from three Australian angel investors: Les Szekely from ...

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  • June 19, 2013
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Opera Singapore office

Browser Maker Opera Opens 5th Asia Office, This Time in Singapore

Norway-based browser maker Opera (OSE:OPERA) is today opening its 17th office around the world – and its fifth in Asia. The newest Ope...

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  • June 14, 2013
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Sequoia-backed Startup AdNear Moves HQ from India to Singapore

Update: We learned from AdNear that its platform is also available in Singapore and made changes accordingly. A PR rep also updated us on th...

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  • June 11, 2013
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Luxola vs Zalora: Is it Ethical To Buy Google Keyword Ads on Competitors’ Names?

Anyone in the internet industry in Asia must have heard of e-commerce sites Luxola and Zalora. Now these two companies are fighting head on ...

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  • June 5, 2013
  • at 2:58 pm
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MS Surface Pro launches Asia

Microsoft Surface Pro Launches in Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia This Week

Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablets – the ones that rock the full version of Windows 8 – are now rolling out across much of Southe...

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  • June 4, 2013
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JFDI demo day, Spring batch 2013

JFDI’s Demo Day: Over 100 Investors, One Dave McClure, and 7 Startup Pitches

JFDI, the Singapore based startup incubator, had its Demo Day yesterday and it attracted more than 200 attendees. Many of those present were...

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  • June 4, 2013
  • at 11:30 am
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MelonFriends Targets Overseas Chinese, Combines Twitter, Facebook and Weibo in One App

If you’ve got friends all over the globe, those buddies are probably scattered across not just lots of nations but also several social med...

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  • June 3, 2013
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Screw Barcodes! Save22 Pivots to a Location-Based Promo Search

Scanning barcodes in-store and comparing the best prices sounds like a winning strategy for consumers and retailers. But in reality that isn...

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  • May 31, 2013
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FoodPanda Asia

Foodpanda Slips Into ‘Picky’ App, Makes It Easier to Order Food Online in Singapore

Rocket Internet’s web-based food delivery service Foodpanda has been expanding aggressively in Singapore recently, most notably by acquiri...

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  • June 18, 2013
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Asia ecommerce stats 2013

Asian E-Commerce Sites Net $6.9 Billion in Investment in Past 3 Years, But Exits Still Tiny [STATS]

Asian e-commerce companies have attracted $6.9 billion across 383 deals – through funding, acquisitions, and IPOs – from 2010 to...

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  • June 13, 2013
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3D Printer Maker Pirate3D Now Aims for $1 Million on Kickstarter

After day one on Kickstarter, Pirate3D’s Buccaneer saw over $300,000 raised, but funds from the crowd just kept coming in. In a blog p...

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  • June 11, 2013
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Facebook Singapore Office Gallery

A Peek Inside Facebook Office Singapore [GALLERY]

Facebook Singapore’s office officially opened its doors almost three years ago in late 2010, and currently occupies two levels of a co...

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  • June 5, 2013
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iMoney

Malaysia’s iMoney Raises Seed Funding, Preps Personal Finance Platform Launch in Singapore

Malaysian startup iMoney has raised $500,000 in seed funding, revealed co-founder and CEO Lee Ching Wei today. The online personal finance p...

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  • June 4, 2013
  • at 3:36 pm
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Dell and Intel, Big Data Innovation Center in Singapore

Dell and Intel Start Number Crunching, Open Big Data Innovation Center in Singapore

Singapore has long been an Asian hub for data centers, but now the next big data-driven industry – aptly called ‘big data’ –...

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  • June 3, 2013
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Pirate3D Buccaneer 3D printer

Singapore-made 3D Printer Sees Over $300,000 Pledged on Kickstarter After Day One

On just day one of the Kickstarter project, Singaporean 3D printer startup Pirate3D saw overwhelming support with backers flocking to pledge...

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  • June 1, 2013
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Singapore startup dilemmas

The Dilemma of Building a Startup for the Singapore Market

Entrepreneurs based in Singapore fall into either one of two categories: either they believe that Singapore is the best market to get starte...

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  • May 31, 2013
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