Singapore’s startup news: August 2020
The Singapore focused startup news collection below is drawn from online coverage of the Singaporean tech, startup and funding ecosystem across August of 2020, as covered in English-language media.
Singaporean startup news items here gather Singapore’s startup, tech and VC headlines from the last month; each Singapore startup news headline is hyperlinked to each online article behind it, giving readers an instant overview of recent Singaporean startup news, and allowing you to instantly read each Singaporean startup news item in full.
Our monthly news collections are drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily startup news updates – delivered on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and by app – which gather technology news from across 17 locations across Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
- Singapore: Maritime and Port Authority inks MOUs with 5 global organisations to develop and adopt data standards and APIs, aiming for global data interoperability
- Singapore: DBS and Government Technology Agency partner to pilot SingPass face verification system to speed up registration processes for digital banking
- Singapore: An intro to TruTrip, providing an all-in-one business travel management tool for companies to book, manage and approve business travel, on e27
- Singapore: A brief look at Electrify Pte, platform allowing home-owners and businesses to bid and offer rates for specific amounts of electricity
- Singapore: Gero raises $2.2M Series A with AI-driven data analysis platform to develop treatments for ageing-related diseases, mental disorders and more
- Singapore: Asian Institute of Digital Finance launches to strengthen ties between education, research and entrepreneurship in digital finance services
- Singapore: RealVantage real estate co-investing platform takes out 2 awards with focus on fractional real estate ownership
- Singapore-Australia Digital Economy Agreement signed to facilitate digitization of trade processes and ease cross border business activities
- Singapore-based Anchanto raises Sg$16.6M with e-commerce focused technology services spanning warehousing, data analysis and SaaS
- Singapore: NUS trials digital gamified environment allowing students to learn techniques in the operating theatre using VR headsets and hand-held controllers
- Monetary Authority of Singapore to commit Sg$250M over 3 years to accelerate technology and innovation-driven growth in the financial sector
- Singapore: QIQ Global sets sights on launching electric microcars for public rental, 2.4m long by 1m wide, building on e-bike and e-scooter services in Hanoi, Vietnam
- Singapore’s Ohmyhome proptech startup launches Philippine operations, aiming to make the process of buying, selling and renting homes seamless and efficient
- Standard Chartered reportedly planning launch of its second digital-only bank in Asia in Singapore, partnering with NTUC Enterprise
- Singapore: Doyobi edtech startup raises $1M pre-seed funding with science and coding courses aimed at children, aligned to K-12 standards
- Singapore: The Skills Ignition SG launches to boost candidates’ employment and employability outcomes, a partnership between Google, Economic Development Board and others
- Singapore: Startup SG Founder programme to be boosted with additional government funding of potentially up to $150M
- Singapore’s Igloo insurtech partners Union Bank of the Philippines and Indonesia’s Akulaku for expansion of micro-insurance products
- Singapore: A brief intro to Turtle Tree Labs cell-based dairy startup, and Sama foreign worker recruitment platform
- Deep Tech for Good in Asia event set for September 15th, delivered online by Singapore’s SGInnovate and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- Enterprise Singapore to raise grant support for the Startup SG Founder program to S$50K from September onwards to help startups navigate challenging business climate
- Singapore: The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Plug and Play corporate innovator unveils 11 Asia Pacific hub finalists for End Plastic Waste Innovation Platform
- Singapore: A look at Nextbillionai, reworking maps technology for logistics, ride-hailing, fleet management, e-commerce, delivery, and autonomous driving
- ICYMI: Reapra venture builder partners Future Females Singapore for ‘Build to Last’ virtual hackathon for female entrepreneurs – applications close August 28th
- Singapore: CredoLab gains $7M Series A with bank-grade digital scoring on smartphone metadata for banks, lenders, ecommerce, ride-hailing, insurance companies and more
- Singapore: Nex Cubed partnered by gov’t Enterprise Singapore to run Innovation Launchpad Program supporting up to 16 digital health startups over two cohorts
- Singapore’s Plano health tech startup partners China’s YOOZOO to address myopia in Singapore, SEA and beyond
- Singapore’s Slingshot 2020 startup competition applications close September 7th, open to startups globally across 5 key focus areas
- Singapore FintTech Festival set for December 7-11, currently set to run both digitally and as a physical event
- China: Singapore’s Conflux to revamp Hunan provincial gov’t information architecture using blockchain solutions; and initiate blockchain research and training facility
- Singapore’s ShopBack to launch website and mobile app in Vietnam, aiming to give online shoppers up to 25% cashback from ShopBack merchants
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