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Sea Group: Singapore’s ‘oops’ company?
No one had predicted Sea Group’s meteoric rise. But its formation stood on the shoulders of the government’s immigrant-friendly policies.
Melissa Goh · · 9 min read
Go-Jek taps exec from Singapore’s National Research Foundation as local GM
Lien Choong Luen will lead the company’s commercial operations in the city-state.
Jack Ellis · · 2 min read
Singapore will work with universities to get more research to market
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.
Michael Tegos · · 2 min read
Singapore is flexing cyber security muscles with an additional $12m for research
More funding by the National Research Foundation, a new national IP protocol, and a collaboration with Temasek aims to improve commercialization of research.
Michael Tegos · · 3 min readSingapore’s National Research Foundation to invest another $28M in startups
The Singapore government seeks to grow the country’s tech startup ecosystem even further with a new installment of the Early-Stage Venture Fund.
Michael Tegos · · 3 min readAfter 25 investments in Southeast Asia, Golden Gate Ventures ups the ante with US$50M fund
The Singapore-based venture capital firm will use the new fund for seed and series A investments in consumer-facing internet and mobile startups.
J.T. Quigley · · 2 min readSingapore’s CreoPop raises seed funding round for its 3D printing pen
The startup is getting closer to bringing its product to market.
Michael Tegos · · 2 min readMigraine Buddy claims 90% accuracy in predicting attacks, raises over $1M in funding
Migraine Buddy is a smart journal for tracking your migraines.
Terence Lee · · 2 min readSingapore government to pump $48 million into six venture capital funds
The six selected venture capital funds are: Jungle Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures, Walden International, SBI Ven Capital, New Asia Investments, and Monk’s Hill Ventures.
Terence Lee · · 3 min readGaming Monetization Startup Sogamo Raises US$500,000 from IncuVest
Social game developers would probably understand the pain, blood, and sweat when it comes to new game development. And there are also other things to be concerned about after you
Vanessa Tan · · 3 min read