Tech startup news: Singapore
Singapore’s startup news in January 2021 covered items including AI-driven bank customer onboarding, education-tech, 5G innovation grants, ‘digital gold’, and many more.
Each item listed is a Singapore-focused technology or startup-related news headline; each headline is hyperlinked to the free-to-read online article or report behind that headline, hosted on the news site that reported the item and provided the initial news coverage.
The January 2021 startup news collection for Singapore provides Startup News Asia’s readers with 2 things instantly:
- a single-page, at-a-glance overview of Singapore’s tech startup scene in January 2021, providing you with a quick reference look at overall startup activity levels; and
- instant, one-click access to the Singapore-focused startup news, articles and reports behind each headline, letting you focus on your chosen subjects, technologies and developments.
- Tribecar car-share platform partners NTUC Income and CARRO for car rental services featuring usage-based insurance, factoring in a vehicle’s mileage, location and more
- An intro to Singapore’s Nervotec, startup developing an app that reads vital signs via a mobile phone’s camera, currently aiming for US FDA certification
- Singapore’s YouTrip multi-currency mobile wallet signs 6-year partnership with Visa for SEA growth, sights on likely expansion to Malaysia and Philippines inside 12 months
- A 2-page summary of recent tech, startup and funding news from Singapore – PDF download, headline links to articles, and QR codes for offline reading
- ProfilePrint gains 7-figure pre-Series A with AI-driven food ingredient analysis to detect quality, taste profile and freshness, focusing on firms across supply chains
- Singapore Crypto Trading Summit set for January 27th
- Singapore’s Geniebook edtech startup expands into Vietnam, adding to Indonesia presence, with AI-driven learning based on student strengths and weaknesses
- An intro to Taiger, artificial-intelligence-based document processing system speeding customer onboarding for banks and financial institutions
- Singapore’s Sea tech giant acquires Indonesia’s Bank BKE to grow foothold in the region’s digital banking market
- A brief intro to the 3 Singaporean blockchain startups selected for showcasing at the Algorand Asia Accelerator demo day on January 22nd
- PlanetSpark Innovation Centre launches hardware-focused accelerator for Artificial Intelligence of Things with 5 startups selected for inaugural programme
- Singapore-based Bullion Asset Management closes $1.3M Series A with ‘digital gold’ token ownership approach
- Volopay business management fintech raises $2.1M with sights on expansion to Australia
- A video round-up of 16 recent technology, startup and funding news headlines, QR coded to connect readers to the full articles behind each headline
- Infocomm Media Development Authority to boost 5G Innovation Programme grants by $22M
More of Singapore’s tech, startup and VC funding news
To read more of Singapore’s tech startup news, visit Startup News Asia’s coverage page; you’ll find Singapore-focused technology news collected by month and by year, from mid-2016 to today.
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