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No one had predicted Sea Group’s meteoric rise. But its formation stood on the shoulders of the government’s immigrant-friendly policies.

Lien Choong Luen will lead the company’s commercial operations in the city-state.

“Quantum computing, if realized, would break today’s most prevalent cryptographic systems in minutes,” said Heng Swee Keat, minister for finance and NRF chairman

Announced at Switch 2017, Lean LaunchPad and Pollinate will teach “technopreneurial” skills to Singapore’s researchers and build up startups with the help of local polytechnics.

More funding by the National Research Foundation, a new national IP protocol, and a collaboration with Temasek aims to improve commercialization of research.

17 incubators and VCs will work with Startup SG as mentors for fledgling startups in sectors from fintech to advanced manufacturing.

AI.SG will be Singapore’s signal to the rest of the world that it’s getting serious about AI research and development.

Under this scheme, the NRF will match investments by LLEs in technology start-ups on a 1:1 basis.

WDA, TIS, TECS, NRF, ESVF. Can’t make sense of these acronyms? You should know them if you are in Singapore’s startup scene. This guide will help you out.

The Singapore government seeks to grow the country’s tech startup ecosystem even further with a new installment of the Early-Stage Venture Fund.