Singapore

Singapore’s AWST raises $1.7M funding led by East Ventures

Singapore-based Web3 company AWST which officially launches on 25 October, has raised up to $ 1.7 million in funding led by East Ventures, with participation from 500 Global and Antler.

Singapore’s Navigate Commodities raises $378,000 seed funding from Stellar James Management and Palmm

Singapore-based commodities intelligence startup Navigate Commodities said Friday it has bagged SGD$541,000 ($378,045) in a pre-Series A seed funding round joined by Stellar James Management Pte Ltd and Palmm Pte Ltd.

SGTech sees Singapore’s digital trust to grow to $3.36B in next five years

SGTech, the premier trade association for the tech industry in Singapore, on Friday launched a holistic and comprehensive landscape report into digital trust, which details how Singapore could grow the digital trust sector by nearly three-fold by 2027 – from S$1.7 billion ($1.19 billion) currently to S$4.8 billion ($3.36 billion).

Singapore’s AUM Biosciences plans to go public via SPAC merger

Singapore-based biotechnology company AUM Biosciences (AUM) plans to go public on Nasdaq via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp.

The 11th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition seeks student innovators globally to reimagine a deep-tech enabled future

One of the world’s largest global university start-up competitions, the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition has now opened its call for applications.

Wise Singapore doubles headcount in 2022, to hit over 400 employees by year end

Wise, the global tech company building the best way to move money around the world, announced Wednesday it is bolstering its Asia ambitions, with the company on track to hit over 400 employees in Singapore by the end of 2022, doubling its team here since the start of the year.

Singapore’s SixSense raises $2.6M Series A funding led by Tin Men Capital

SixSense, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered industrial visual inspection platform for smarter manufacturing, announced Tuesday it has secured its Series A funding of $2.6million. The round was led by Tin Men Capital, a Singapore-based venture capital firm focused on business to business (B2B) tech startups in South-East Asia.

Singapore’s Partipost raises $7M led by iGlobe Partners

Partipost, a Singapore-based crowd influencer marketing and commerce platform, announced Tuesday that it has secured an investment of over $7 million.The oversubscribed round is led by iGlobe Partners, with participation from Temasek’s Pavilion Capital, Taiwan Mobile, Cathay Venture, and Quest Ventures.

Singapore-based insurtech Bolttech closes Series B investment at $1.5 billion valuation

Bolttech, a Singapore-based insurtech company, announced Monday Tokio Marine, alongside other shareholders, will lead its Series B funding round. The investment values bolttech at an up-round valuation of approximately $1.5 billion, one year after it closed the largest ever Series A funding round for an insurtech.

Singapore’s MiyaHealth to expand globally starting with Europe & Asia, digitalizing healthcare systems

In an interview, Rajentheran also shared about MiyaHealth’s plans and strategies moving forward. He also shared his views about the healthcare and HealthTech industry.