Singapore’s Q3 2021 tech news
• July, August and September of 2021
• Tech news headlines at a glance
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July 2021 | August 2021 | September 2021
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September 2021
- ICYMI: A brief intro to the 15 bank and fintech finalists selected for the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Global CBDC Challenge
- Singapore: An intro to the 6 medtech and health-tech startups featured in the recent Catalyst x AA Innovation Program Demo Day
- ICYMI: Singapore Fintech Club, a community platform for Singapore’s fintech professionals, run by Singapore Fintech Association with support from JP Morgan
- An overview of the recent Alternative Protein & FoodTech Show held in Singapore, and including the winners of the event’s Startup Pitch Competition
- Singapore’s Accelerating Asia targets $20M with Accelerating Asia Fund II, looking to bridge the market gap for pre-Series A investments in South and Southeast Asia
- Singapore: Homage, tech-enabled care-giving startup, raises $30M to focus on integrating with aged and disability care payment and provider infrastructure
- Singapore: Portcast raises $3.2M pre-Series A with data-driven logistics systems including predictive adjustments from ‘fine grain’ info including satellite and weather data
- Singapore’s TechLawFest 2021 event set for September 22-24, looking at subjects including legal analytics, automation, privacy-preserved data and more
- Singapore: Standard Chartered signs deal with BetaPlus, part of Singapore’s biggest trade union group, to form a digital bank
- Singapore’s TechStorm unveils partnership with Hong Kong Cable Television Limited to deliver esports, tech and gaming content on pay-to-view Cable TV service
- Singapore Games Week set for October 11-17, showcasing the local gaming industry and communities
- Singapore: Autonomous robot public patrolling trials commence, aiming to identify individuals and groups engaging in ‘undesirable social behaviours’
- Singapore’s PayNow to link with India’s Unified Payments Interface, enabling real-time transfers from India to SG via mobile numbers, and from SG to India through virtual payment addresses
- Singapore’s BuzzAR gains $630K funding with AR applications in retail outlet navigation, gaming and more
- Monk’s Hill Ventures VC firm launches MHV Scouts community, aiming to invest in pre-seed and seed startups across Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia
- Singapore: A look at QuickCharge, allowing owners of electric vehicle chargers to to become ‘energy merchants’ with Charge & Earn programme
- Singapore: bolttech insurtech startup extends major Series A fundraise, backed in part by EDBI, investment arm of Singapore Economic Development Board
- An intro to the 12 travel-and-tourism focused startups selected for the WiT Startup Pitch of the Year 2021 event set for October 19th
- Singapore: Ackcio raises $4M Series A with real-time wireless data acquisition tech for industrial monitoring in harsh environments
- Singapore: Cyberdyne Tech Exchange sells first tranche of carbon neutrality tokens backed by China carbon credits, following launch of China’s carbon trading market in July
- Singapore: Ease Healthcare fem-tech startup raises $1.3M seed funding with focus on women’s health services, launching app for appointments, tests on-the-go, health tracking and more
- Singapore: Forge Ventures launches $21.88M debut fund, looking to invest in 15 SEA companies over 3 years and focusing on Singapore and Indonesia
- Central banks in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa to conduct joint cross-border payments trial using different central bank digital currencies
- EDUtech Asia 2021 Conference set for November 9-11, running online from Singapore
August 2021
- Singapore: EthAum Venture Partners unveils 16 startups selected for July 2021 cohort, spanning AR, counterfeit detection, HR-tech and more
- Singapore: Infocomm Media Development Authority opens consultation around potential use and re-allocation of expiring 3G 2.1 GHz spectrum band for 5G
- e-news, latest issue: Singapore’s 5G, India’s education blockchain, ransomware in 2021…
- Singapore: Matrixport raises over $100M with cryptocurrency-focused financial services from custody to trading, and products for institutional and retail customers
- Singapore: Biconomy blockchain platform raises $9M with multi-chain transaction infrastructure, aiming to simplify cross-chain transactions
- Singapore: Iterative accelerator unveils 10 SEA startups selected for Batch 3, working in gaming, deliveries, medical records and more
- Startup 101: How To Get Into An Accelerator – a podcast discussion from Singapore’s Iterative accelerator
- Singapore: Flying Cape edtech startup raises $1.5M Series A with tuition based on assessment of a child’s learning style, interests and passions
- Australia’s Independent Reserve cryptocurrency exchanges gains in principle approval from Monetary Authority of Singapore to operate digital payment token services
- Singapore: Vistas Media Capital to expand into blockchain-based business with launch of Fantico India-focused NFT platform, allowing creators to auction collectibles
- Asia Pacific Kid Entrepreneur Championship launched by Singapore’s Kidspreneurship for 8-14 year olds, with applications closing August 20th
- Singapore’s Plano partners Huawei to boost myopia prevention, with addition of Plano app to Huawei apps gallery on devices
- Singapore’s STACS selected for Mastercard Start Path with blockchain-backed infrastructure for financial industry focused on environment, social, and governance issues
- Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology set for 8–12 November
- Singapore’s Zipmex cryptocurrency-to-fiat trading platform inks strategic partnership with Visa, aiming to boost payment programs and products across the Asia-Pacific region
- 2021 Singapore FinTech Festival Global FinTech Awards are open for applications across 12 categories, closing August 31st
- e-news, latest issue: Cross-border QRs, FinTech festivals, crypto-to-fiat in Singapore…
- Singapore: CYBAVO digital asset custody provider raises $4M Pre-A funding for blockchain-based services, building on 500 Startups accelerator selection
- Singapore: An intro to Tablevibe, helping restaurants reduce reliance on third-party delivery apps and helping them get more direct orders and returning customers
- An advance look at what to expect from Startup SG’s Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology – Switch – set for November 8-12
- National University of Singapore researchers outline energy-harvesting devices to power wearable devices using the human body as conduit for energy transfer
- Singapore Government and Twitter joined for year-long partnership commencing Q2 2021, aiming to boost digital literacy, educate around misinformation and more
- Singapore and United States sign 3 MOUs in order to work more closely on cyber threats and coordinated responses to online security incidents
- e-news, latest issue: Singapore & Twitter, PayPal & crypto, HKMA & blockchain bonds, AirAsia super app moves…
- “To build a smart nation, Singapore must be hyperconnected”
- Singapore-based Chope partners Alipay to accelerate digitisation of F&B businesses across Asia
- Singapore: Momos gains $6.5M with unified interface for restaurants, covering delivery platforms and social media with marketing, customer service, analytics tools and more
- Australian Border Force, Singapore Customs and others concluded blockchain trial for trade document issuance and verification across independent systems
- e-news, latest issue: Blockchain in Australia-Singapore trade, She Loves Tech finalists, Indian CBDC, hyperconnected smart cities…
- ICYMI: Singapore Fintech Festival to also host satellite events in Japan, Cambodia, The Philippines and others under World FinTech Festival banner
- India: Anthill Ventures early-stage accelerator unveils 8 startups selected for Indus X program, working on challenges faced by urban citizens, corporates and governments
- e-news, latest issue: Meet Malaysia’s VCs, Twitter in India, Singapore fem-techs…
- e-news, latest issue: Vietnam e-commerce, Singapore blockchain, gaming in China…
- e-news, latest issue: Australia’s crypto MasterCard, Japan’s virtual celebs, new Singapore startups…
July 2021
- Singapore: Endowus digital wealth app and platform raises new funds with sights on Hong Kong entry and further growth in Singapore
- Singapore’s Dedoco specialising in a digital document and signing platform raises Sg$3.3M, providing blockchain-based audit trailing and document process streamlining
- Singapore: Nansen, blockchain-based data analytics platform for decentralized finance gains $12M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz
- “It’s no coincidence that Singapore is the world’s first cultivated meat market… government has invested the resources necessary to create a welcoming ecosystem for food innovation”
- Singapore: Pickupp on-demand delivery tech startup raises near $15M looking to expand delivery logistics tech to Taiwan, and deepen HK, Singapore and Malaysia footprints
- Singapore: MAD Foods to launch debut line of 100% plant-based cold brew coffee products based on oat milk, targeting East Asia’s high levels of lactose intolerance
- Singapore: Utilities major SP Group commences trial to verify possibility of transferring energy from batteries of electric vehicles back to the power grid
- Singapore: Networking for a Co-Founder in SE Asia online event set for July 14th
- Singapore: Syfe investment app startup closes $30M Series B just 9 months after Series A, with all full-time employees to receive equity
- Monetary Authority of Singapore and Banque de France complete wholesale cross-border payment and settlement experiment using central bank digital currency
- Singapore: Monetary Authority launches Global Veritas Challenge to promote adoption of artificial intelligence solutions in the financial sector
- Singapore: CrediLinqAI gains $1M angel funding with AI-driven approach intended to change how credit is underwritten
- Singapore: An intro to NewCampus, online, live learning platform aiming to train first-time tech startup managers
- AI Singapore opens 5-month Trusted Media Challenge, seeking AI models and solutions to easily detect audiovisual fake media across both sound and vision
- Singapore: Partipost influencer marketing startup raises $5M with data-driven brand-to-influencer matching
- Singapore: Drive lah raises $3.2M, connecting people who want to rent a car with owners that want to earn from their car while it is unused, essentially an ‘Airbnb for cars’
- Singapore: Early-stage VC Antler unveils 14 new startups in Southeast Asia Demo Day, working in e-commerce, social media, mobile gaming and more
- Video: Antler Southeast Asia Demo Day – an intro to the 14 startups that presented
- Singapore’s ZumVet telehealth startup launches in Hong Kong, providing remote care suite of home-based health and wellness services for pets
- Global Aquaculture Challenge 2021 unveils 8 startups, including Singapore’s TeOra biotech and Indonesia’s Jala data-focused shrimp farming
- An intro to Singapore’s Easy Eat AI, tech startup aiming to ‘transform restaurants into tech companies’, suggesting menu changes, inventory, and dishes for customers
- e-news, latest issue: Singapore restaurant AI, B2B in Indonesia, Korean incubator, Australian on-demand parking…
- Singapore: Hoow Foods foodtech startup raises $2.2M pre-Series A, optimising nutritional profiles using novel ingredients to produce healthier versions of items
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