Maritime technology startups are set to benefit from a SGD50m ($36m) fund via SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, and six co-investment partners.Supported by ESG and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), this latest initiative by SEEDS Capital aims to drive the growth of the maritime sector through technology and innovation. The six partners are Innoport…
All over the globe, there are tens of millions of conventional software developers, with 46 million registered on GitHub alone. However, fewer than 1,000 people globally are capable of developing new quantum applications, Singapore-based Horizon Quantum Computing observed. The startup, which aims to make quantum computing accessible to every developer, has just raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a…
Split, a fintech startup that enables businesses to provide a ‘buy-now-pay-later’ service to their customers in Singapore and Malaysia, announced today it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding, led by 500 Startups. Angel investors, including Louise Daley, Deputy CEO of AccorHotels Asia Pacific, also participated. With this, Daley has also joined Split’s Board of Directors. Split was co-founded in…
Among the many announcements in Budget 2020, one which slipped under the radar was the S$300 million injection by the Government into Startup SG Equity for deep-technology startups. Under the scheme, the Government will co-invest up to S$4 million with qualified third-party investors into eligible Singapore-based deep technology startups. As a deep-tech venture capitalist in Singapore’s startup scene, the announcement by…
2019 was a significant year for the Singapore startup scene for several reasons. On a positive note, Carousell’s merger with classified firm 701Search lifted its value to S$1.2 billion, showing that born-and-bred Singaporeans can grow unicorns – companies with a valuation of over S$1 billion - and can compete in the big league. On the downside, local grocery seller HonestBee…
MEDTECH startup eko.ai has raised US$4 million in a funding round co-led by Sequoia India and Singapore investment fund EDBI. Partech Ventures, SGInnovate and Startup Health also participated in the funding round, the heart disease detection firm said on Tuesday in a press statement. The funds will be used to grow eko.ai's development team and accelerate the firm's US and…
If you're looking for a wireless mechanical keyboard that won't break the bank, there's a new player in town. Singapore startup Tempest has launched the Kirin, a wireless Bluetooth keyboard that also offers an eye-catching pop of colour that you don't often get on stock keycaps. The Kirin is also a tenkeyless model, so it's more compact and ergonomic to…
Singapore-based smart mobility startup Ministry of Movement has closed a US$10.1 million series A funding round led by The University of Tokyo Edge Capital 4 Limited Partnership to grow and expand overseas. New investors SMRT Momentum Ventures, ComfortDelGro Ventures, Singapore Economic Development Board’s New Ventures, EDBI, and LKJ Capital Japan also participated in the round, alongside existing investors iGlobe Platinum…
SINGAPORE-BASED wastewater treatment startup Hydroleap has raised S$2.6 million in a funding round led by Wavemaker Partners. Other investors included Seeds Capital and 500 Startups’ South-east Asia-focused 500 Durians fund. The startup will use the funds to take its electrical wastewater treatment technology to industrial parks, mining, palm oil and semiconductor industries, it said in a media release on Monday.…
Food & AgTech investors are most excited about the potential for Asia’s agri-foodtech startup scene, according to a new report AgFunder just released with Idea2Scale. We conducted a survey of 50 global venture capital firms that invest in foodtech and agtech and asked them about the categories and geographies they were most excited about as well as the key challenges…