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Sea Group: Singapore’s ‘oops’ company?
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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
Grab raises over $850m from MUFG, TIS to expand its financial services

Grab raises over $850m from MUFG, TIS to expand its financial services

The Japanese bank will pour in up to US$706 million, while TIS will invest US$150 million.
Doris Yu · · 2 min read
Meet Singapore fund IncuVest’s 6 new startup investments

Meet Singapore fund IncuVest’s 6 new startup investments

The startups range from enterprise to marketplaces to hardware to education.
Terence Lee · · 2 min read
ShopGuru combines inaudible sound and mobile tech to reward shoppers as they enter a store

ShopGuru combines inaudible sound and mobile tech to reward shoppers as they enter a store

ShopGuru’s sound emitter. It’s an app that knows exactly when you’ve walked into a store, and rewards you simply for doing so. ShopGuru, a customer loyalty mobile app, has that
Terence Lee · · 4 min read

Singapore government to pump extra $39 million into early stage investment ecosystem

Update: More details about the scheme and its historical context have been added. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean. Photo credit: Techventure Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean has
Terence Lee · · 3 min read

Singapore’s W-Locate gets series A funding, takes location-tracking tools to Southeast Asia

Earlier this year we looked into Singapore startup W-Locate, which makes location-based service (LBS) tools for businesses. Today, W-Locate reveals that it has wrapped up series A funding worth S$2
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

Location Technology Company W-Locate Raises US$470,000 from TNF Ventures

Singapore-based company, W-Locate, has successfully raised S$589,000 (US$470,000) in its pre-series A funding, led by TNF Ventures under Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS). Co-founder and chief
Vanessa Tan · · 2 min read

Social Recruitment Startup TribeHired Raises $560,000 Led By TNF Ventures

Social recruitment startup TribeHired has concluded a US$560,000 seed funding round led by TNF Ventures through the Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS). Angel investors Ben Ball and Ben Chew also participated
Willis Wee · · 2 min read

Red Dot Ventures invests USD482k in peer-to-peer car rental startup iCarsClub

iCarsclub enables car owners to list their vehicles, which can then be rented by other users.
Terence Lee · · 1 min read

MOGi App Checks Out Funding for its Loyalty Cards and Mobile Payments Platform

We recently looked at the MOGi mobile wallet and loyalty cards app, which combines discounts with mobile payments. Today, the startup behind the app, Mobile Media Creations (M2C), tells us
Steven Millward · · 2 min read