Govt. ramps up focus on digital innovation, to facilitate international expansion of startups

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, in his Budget speech, stressed on the…

Healthtech startup Vault Dragon secures $1.16Mn in pre-series A round of funding

Singapore’s leading digital health data startup Vault Dragon has secured $1.16 million…

Pharmacy network startup mClinica grabs $6.3Mn in series A

Singapore-based health startup mClinica offers data, analytics, and patient engagement tools for…

Dyson launches new facility to focus on connect technology and intelligent machines

British technology company Dyson has launched its new research and development centre…

Uber debuts its mapping project to improve services in Asia, starting off with Singapore

Uber is deploying mapping cars in Asia to enhance its service in…

Logistics startup Qourier receives $626K to upgrade its platform and focus on expansion

The logistics industry is getting highly crowded and competitive in the island…

InsurTech startup CXA Group secures $25Mn in series B to focus on expansion and product acceleration

Singapore-based health technology startup CXA Group today announced it has received $25…

Grab comes up with ‘GrabCoach’ to make group traveling easier

Every few days Grab makes a ripple in the sea (ride-hailing industry),…

iFashion Group takes over lifestyle marketplace Megafash, gets ready for an IPO

Singapore-based iFashion Group has acquired lifestyle marketplace Megafash for $2.23 million. The…

Paktor relaunches as “Swipe” in South Korea, sets up office in Seoul

Singapore-based Paktor has relaunched its dating services app in South Korea as…

Uber’S SE Asian rival Grab to invest $700Mn in next four years

Singapore-based Grab is taking its business taking a notch higher every few…

InnoVen Capital signs venture debt deals with 123RF and Conversant Solutions

Venture lending firm InnoVen Capital is a joint venture between Temasek and…

PouchNATION raises a ‘seven digit round’ to accelerate analytical development

PouchNATION is an event management system which helps organizers completely manage huge…

Latipay secures $3Mn from Jubilee Capital to expand into Singapore and the U.S.

Latitude Technologies is an online payments firm that operates under the brand…

Rocket Internet announces first engineering hub in Asia

Rocket Internet, in a bid to ramp up its focus in Asia,…

Temasek to invest $800 million in Google parent Alphabet’s Verily Life Sciences

Verily, Alphabet’s independent subsidiary dedicated to the study of life sciences, has…

Oracle expands its Startup Cloud Accelerator program into seven more cities worldwide

Oracle launched the pilot version of Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator program last April in…

Paktor takes over dating app Down for an undisclosed amount

Dating app Down, earlier known as Bang With Friends, has been acquired by…

M1 touches speeds of 35Gbps during 5G trial with Chinese giant Huawei

Singapore’s one of the major telecoms M1 has attained a speed of…