January, February & March 2021
Singapore startup news
The Q1 2021 round-up of Singapore’s startup news gathers the city-state’s tech, startup and VC funding news headlines across 3 months – January, February and March of 2021.
The first quarter’s startup news headlines below outline developments in Singapore’s tech and startup scenes, covering items across a wide range: blockchain in supply chain financing, meat-free protein alternatives, document processing using artificial intelligence, 500 Startups batch 3, and many others.
Items listed are headlines, hyperlinked and bullet-pointed, without accompanying text or distractions, providing an instant overview of Singapore’s startup news in Q1 2021 alongside one-click access to each online article, in full, behind each headline.
January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021
Singapore startup news: March 2021
- Singapore-based Asia Partners closes inaugural fund at $384M in commitments, making it the largest debut tech fund focused on SE Asia
- Cyber Security Agency of Singapore to launch SG Cyber Safe Programme to help Singapore’s enterprises raise their cybersecurity posture
- A brief intro to the 7 startups graduating from the 10th cohort of Taiwan’s Mobile Only Accelerator, hailing from Singapore, Pakistan, Hong Kong and India
- CyberTech Asia 2021 Conference set for July 21-23
- Halal Angels Network partners HalalNexus, aiming to make Singapore a hub for halal startups
- Storms, publisher for gamers and games creators, gains Series A funding from government’s EDB New Ventures
- Singapore’s Zilliqa blockchain company launches $5M fund for ZILHive Incubator and ZILHive Ventures, looking at backing 15 firms building on its platform
- Mindful Wealth launches 2 new funds, Impact Global Ventures, a fund-of-funds, and Intent Fund I, an early-stage tech startup investment fund
- OCBC Bank introduces face verification for ATM banking transactions, becoming the first bank to do so in SE Asia
- Singapore Management Uni unveils winners of Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition, drawn from 800+ entries across 60 countries
- Singapore rolls out Intel’s free 4-hour online course, AI For Citizens, aiming to demystify artificial intelligence for the non-techie
- Singapore’s Insignia Ventures Partners’ take on 7 trends to look for in ASEAN’s fintech scene in 2021
- dltledgers fintech firm completes Series A round, raising $7M with blockchain-based platform for trade and supply chain finance digitisation
Singapore tech news: February 2021
- Global Launch Singapore – recorded livestream of Batch 1 Demo Day now on YouTube, from 500 Startups
- Singapore: Karana to launch its first product, a plant-based pork alternative made from young jackfruit, across 6 restaurants
- Kia Partners with S Lab Asia for pilot project of last-mile delivery services in Singapore using Niro EV, a step towards a new purpose-built vehicles business
- Singapore: Students, parents and others join petition calling on Education Ministry not to install tracking and remote access software on students’ personal devices
- Graduation Day for F10 Singapore Accelerator set for February 26th, running online and showcasing the fintech startups in Batch 1
- Monetary Authority of Singapore reportedly reviewing regulatory approach to ‘buy now, pay later’ firms, in part due to concerns over debt these services encourage
- 500 Startups opens applications for batch 3 of cross-border accelerator programs, Global Launch Singapore and Global Launch San Francisco
- ICYMI: Singtel telco giant suffered a set of coordinated, wide-ranging cyber-attacks using unpatched security bugs in Accellion legacy file-transfer platform
- Singapore: Digital Water Hackathon registrations close February 28th, seeking startups and innovations to help water systems improve operational efficiency
- Download: Singapore Fintech Landscape 2020 & Beyond
- Singapore: 2 artificial intelligence startups selected for EY Foundry startup incubator, joining 12 other startups from 5 countries
- ICYMI: Huawei launches developer lab in Singapore to provide software dev resources to those building apps for Huawei Mobile Services, its alternative to Google
- Singapore’s women-focused VC firm, Her Capital, makes inaugural investment in Hong Kong’s Neufast video interviewing HR startup
- The 6 startups from Asia on Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 batch, from India, Singapore and The Philippines
- ICYMI: A brief mention for the 25 winners of the recent UNWTO SDGs Global Startup Competition, including startups from Malaysia, Singapore, India and Hong Kong
- Philippines: Eskwelabs selected for Singapore-based Spaze Ventures’s Eduspaze Accelerator with focus on online education in data skills
- Singapore’s Transcelestial Technologies gains $2M investment to boost internet service in the Philippines and provide telcos with affordable options for 5G
Singapore’s Tech news: January 2021
- 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
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