F10 Singapore names 9 startups in third incubator cohort

F10 Singapore’s third incubator cohort kicked off on Monday, with nine early-stage startups from six countries joining the five-month program.

The F10 Singapore team / Photo credit: F10 Singapore

The participants specialize in areas such as buy now, pay later, NFTs (non-fungible tokens), data analytics, the gig economy, financial literacy, and regulatory tech. To transform their prototypes into scalable products, the selected startups will receive coaching and gain access to F10’s network of mentors, experts, and investors.

“With these nine diverse startups carefully selected from over 200 applications, we have chosen highly promising founders that work on the future of our industry,” said Jonas Thuerig, head of F10 Singapore.

These are the nine participating firms:

• CakepLabs (Korea): Runs Chaca, a seller-friendly secondhand market that offers BNPL services to users.
• Kryptonium Limited (Hong Kong): The company is building a decentralized multimedia platform using NFTs in a bid to boost the creator economy.
• PLG Partners (Singapore): A gig economy platform that lets independent contractors choose company-sponsored workplace benefits.
• Lexikat (Singapore): An platform that offers easily customizable natural language processing models, which aims to offer better accuracy at a lower price.
• Syla (Australia): A cloud-based tax reporting and portfolio management software for cryptocurrency.
• Prana (India): An eBay-like marketplace for ebooks, with each title represented as an NFT.
• Tunibibi (Bangladesh): A cross-border B2B order fulfillment platform that minimizes international charges and consolidates cargo for micro-SMEs.
• Emlo Tech (Singapore): A B2B startup that’s developing a real-time, rule-based transaction monitoring system that can be configured to comply with any country’s regulatory processes.
• Oakify (Singapore): A digital financial planner and self-service advisory marketplace that addresses long-term financial wellness and resilience needs.