TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Eat Just will start offering lab-grown chicken meat in Singapore after gaining regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA). While there are plenty of other companies working on lab-grown meats using various techniques, Eat Just describes the Singapore government’s review and regulatory approval as a “world first.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Beam, which currently operates e-scooters and e-bikes in 35 cities across Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, aims to spread into markets like Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Turkey. . Singapore’s micromobility startup Beam raises $26 million.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Propseller , a Singapore-based real estate agency that combines a tech platform with in-house agents to close transactions more quickly, announced today it has raised $1.2 Last month, the property listing platform announced an investment of $220 million from KKR and TPG to expand into new Southast Asian markets. ”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Singapore-headquartered esports startup Ampverse has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Falcon Capital. He added that expanding into Indonesia and the Philippines will “round off our SEA footprint,” which already includes Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It plans to become cash flow positive within the next 12 months, and recently announced a digital banking partnership with Singapore financial service corporation OCBC. Osome currently serves more than 11,000 business in Singapore (where it is is headquartered), Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

Ordinary Folk , a Singapore-based telehealth startup dedicated to men and women’s health issues, has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding from Monk’s Hill Ventures. The funding will be used for hiring and expand into Hong Kong while scaling in Singapore.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

For brands, it gives them a way to conduct market research and collect first-party data, which is important as marketers prepare for a post-cookie world. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised an oversubscribed Series A of $8 million SGD (about $6 million USD) led by Qualgro, with participation from AC Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Arcc, a coworking space in Singapore available for bookings on Deskimo. Its on-demand booking app is currently available in Singapore and Hong Kong, with plans to enter more markets after Demo Day. In Deskimo’s current markets, other on-demand coworking space apps include Switch, Flydesk, WorkBuddy and Booqed.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Based in Singapore with offices throughout Asia and Australia, Reebelo wants to make buying pre-owned tech as desirable as a brand new device. It has offices in Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan. But the two said something like Recommerce didn’t exist yet in Singapore, where Rastouil grew up.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The company is currently operating its service in Singapore, but plans to enter other markets like Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Gordon Tay said. . “We Asia’s general insurance market is about $564 billion, and Singapore has approximately $2.9 million in GWP transactions by the end of this year. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Singapore-based company announced today it has raised $6 million in seed funding, led by B Capital Group. Singapore-based sales productivity platform Nektar raises $2.15 Part of Nektar.ai’s seed funding will be used to build a go-to-market team focused on the United States. million seed round.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Vow ’s first product brand, Morsel, which was created from its cultured meat technology, will go into Singapore restaurants by the end of this year. Singapore was the first nation to approve cultured meat products for sale , with Eat Just being one of the first companies to sell its lab-grown chicken there.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has acquired two startups in South Korea — payment service provider PnLink and virtual asset provider OK-BIT — for an undisclosed amount, Crypto.com said. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Co-founded by Quah in 2019 to securely verify documents, Singapore-based Accredify announced today that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding co-led by iGlobe Partners and SIG Venture Capital with participation from returning investors Pavilion Capital and Qualgro.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But in markets like Indonesia, many still use digital wallets or e-commerce platforms, creating alternative sources of user data that can help them secure working capital and other financial tools. Instead, it often means they don’t have traditional bank accounts or credit cards.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Volopay , a Singapore-based startup building a “financial control center” for businesses, announced today it has raised $2.1 Singapore-based Volopay wants to be the ‘Brex of Southeast Asia’ Most of Volopay’s clients are in the tech sector and have about 15 to 150 employees. million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The Singapore-based startup has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding led by Plug and Play APAC and Seed Capital, with participation from Earth Venture Capital and angel investor Alice Foo. The new funding will be used for AlterPacks’ commercialization, including production and supply, in markets like Asia, Australia and Europe.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Doyobi , a Singapore-based professional development platform, wants to give educators new, more engaging ways of teaching STEM subjects. Two of its largest markets are Indonesia and the Philippines. Singapore-based Geniebook’s personalized learning platform raises $16.6M The startup announced today it has raised $2.8

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised a $12 million Series A to build out its B2B transactions platform. Since its seed funding, Tinvio says its client base has increased four times to over 5,000 businesses in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and other Asian markets. million seed round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Today, the Singaporean-based startup announced it has raised $10 million, with the goal of expanding its wireless laser communications system in Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States. In the meantime, it’s planning to move beyond its markets in Asia and start expanding early market access in the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Volopay , a Singapore-based fintech startup, raised a $29 million Series A in debt and equity financing as it seeks to further expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa. . In addition, Volopay will hire aggressively in each of its new markets. . To date, Volopay has raised approximately $31.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Based in Singapore, ZEBOX Asia will also look at markets like Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. In a statement, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore chief executive Teo Eng Dih said, “Startups play a critical role in the transformation of the maritime sector by generating value through their innovative solutions.

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TechNode

JUNE 21, 2024

Luckin Coffee plans to bring its beverage brand to the Malaysian market with a local partner as the Chinese coffee chain expands beyond Singapore, its first foreign location. As of March 31 this year, Luckin Coffee, founded in 2017, has 18,590 stores globally, of which 32 are in Singapore and the rest in China. [ The Edge ]

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Singapore-based TreeDots , which says it is the first food surplus marketplace in Asia, wants to help. Every year, tons of food ends up in landfills because of cosmetic issues (they won’t look nice in stores) or inefficiencies in the supply chain. The startup says its gross merchandise volume (GMV) has grown more than 4x year-over-year.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

ZenyumClear is currently available in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan, with more markets planned. Sequoia India principal Pieter Kemps told TechCrunch, “There are 300M customers in Zenyum’s core markets—Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan—who have increased disposable income for beauty.

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2020

The iPhone maker’s newest retail location, located in Singapore on the city-state’s waterfront and known officially as Apple Marina Bay Sands, can claim a world’s first title: it’s the only Apple retail shop on the planet that floats on water. Singapore seems cool, huh?). Photo by Roslan Ragman / AFP via Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The company announced today it has raised a $100 million Series A that will be used to expand quickly in the United States and on its Singapore research and development center, which is currently under construction. and other big markets, like Brazil or China, first. in a relationship Menezes compares to Apple and Foxconn.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

The round will be used to expand into more markets and develop new features for StaffAny’s platform, which currently operates in seven countries, including Singapore, where it is based, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It brings the startup’s total raised to $4.2

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Una Brands , a Singapore-based e-commerce aggregator, has partnered with South Korean peer KlickBrands to expand its footprint in South Korea. . The e-commerce market of South Korea is expected to increase up to $250 billion by 2025.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Singapore-based Bot MD helps save time with an AI-based chatbot that lets doctors look up important information from their smartphones, instead of needing to call a hospital operator or access its intranet. Time is critical for healthcare providers, especially in the middle of the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

EMotorad, an Indian startup manufacturing electric bikes, raised $20 million in a Series B round as it aims to disrupt China’s market domination and expand its presence in global markets. The three-year-old startup has raised more than $22.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Mental wellness startup MindFi operates throughout APAC, but wants to deliver “culturally competent” care in each of its markets. Today the Singapore-based company announced it has closed an oversubscribed $2 million seed round, with participation from returning investors M Venture Partners and Global Founders Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Peeba says the lack of B2B-focused online wholesale solutions and tech infrastructure hampered Asia’s antiquated B2B retail, wholesale market in business growth and new market entries during the pandemic. The platform brings both emerging and traditional brands to the world of local retail in Asia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Shares of Delhivery hit an all-time low of 317 Indian rupees ($3.88) Wednesday, cutting its market cap to $2.8 At the current share price, Delhivery’s market cap has shrunk to $2.8 It counts SoftBank Vision Fund, Tiger Global, Carlyle Group, Steadview Capital, Singapore’s GIC and the UK’s Baillie Gifford among its backers.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

During that time, Chen says they realized that the marketing, sales and design process have stayed the same, despite new technology and tools being introduced to the market, and is often riddled with bottlenecks. Chen says most have large sales and marketing teams, but a shortage of designers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

To get more data for its latest Southeast Asia Tech Talent Compensation report, which covers startup hiring in Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam, Monk’s Hill Ventures teamed up with Glints , one of its portfolio companies. This means compensation packages are being driven up and startups face a talent crunch, especially in Singapore.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

Jamil Wyne is a co-author of the World Bank report “The Evolution and State of Singapore’s Start-up Ecosystem: Lessons for Emerging Market Economies.” Singapore is home to fewer than six million people, making it one of the smallest ASEAN countries, in terms of population. A glimpse into Singapore’s current startup ecosystem.

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