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China’s WeRide tests autonomous buses in Singapore, accelerates global ambition

TechCrunch

On Monday, WeRide announced it has obtained two licenses from Singapore that will allow its robobuses to test on public roads on a “larger” scale. After years of aggressive expansion at home, China’s autonomous vehicle upstarts are now setting their gaze on overseas markets. The two […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million

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Osome , a Singapore-headquartered business assistant app that digitizes accounting and compliance tasks, has raised $3 million. The startup currently has about 4,500 SME clients across Singapore, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, founder and chief executive officer Victor Lysenko told TechCrunch.

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Singapore-based mental health app Intellect reaches one million users, closes seed funding

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Intellect , a Singapore-based startup that wants to lower barriers to mental health care in Asia, says it has reached more than one million users just six months after launching. Singapore-based Intellect wants to lower barriers to mental health support in Asia. Intellect offers two products.

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Singapore wealth management platform Endowus raises $35M

TechCrunch

One of them was Singapore-based Endowus , which raised two rounds in rapid succession: a Series A in June 2021 followed just seven months later by $25.6 Returning investors include notable firms like UBS Next, Singapore’s EDBI, Prosus Ventures (owned by Naspers), Lightspeed Venture Partners, Singtel Innov8 and Endowus employees.

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Razer will use face mask vending machines to distribute millions of face masks in Singapore

The Verge

Gaming accessory maker Razer says it will place 20 face mask vending machines in Singapore by June 1st to help the city-state, where the company’s global operations are based, in its COVID-19 relief efforts, Reuters reports. Razer’s automated face mask production line in Singapore. Image: Razer.

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20 Crowdfunding Services for Nonprofits Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, this year’s Global Trends in Giving Survey includes questions about crowdfunding. Giving.sg (Singapore). Now in its third year, the 2018 Global NGO Technology Report is based upon the survey results of 5,352 NGOs from 164 countries and available in ???????????? , English , français , português , and español.

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Eat Just to sell lab-grown meat in Singapore after gaining “world first” regulatory approval

TechCrunch

Eat Just will start offering lab-grown chicken meat in Singapore after gaining regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). No chickens were killed to obtain the cell line used to produce Eat Just’s cultured meat, global head of communications Andrew Noyes told TechCrunch.

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