Welcome!
crowdfunding
Fintech
Crowdfunding platform FundedHere raises capital for F&B mobile ordering and payments app
SINGAPORE (Apr 18): Crowdfunding platform FundedHere says it has raised "a significant amount of capital" for Waitrr, a first-of-its-kind “mobile waiter” app.
April 18, 2018
Fintech
P2P lending platform Funding Societies hits $100 mil in crowdfunded loans
SINGAPORE (Jan 23): Peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Societies announced Tuesday that it has surpassed $100 million in total crowdfunded loans for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.
January 23, 2018
In print this week
How tech is forcing Singapore's largest companies to adapt & evolve
SINGAPORE (Dec 22): The tech sector is now the largest in the MSCI Emerging Market and MSCI China indices. Yet, technology is posing a major challenge for many big companies, forcing them to adapt their business models in the face of disruption and ventur
December 22, 2017
Singapore Fintech Festival 2017
These countries are leading the way in the Asean fintech landscape
SINGAPORE (Nov 16): With countries including Singapore already moving towards a common national payments infrastructure and QR code standard, these trends could soon set the payment standard for Asean in the future, says United Overseas Bank (UOB).
November 16, 2017
Startups, Entrepreneurs, Digital economy
Invoice crowdfunding firm Validus offers SMEs ‘virtual credit card’
(Sept 4): For small and medium-sized enterprises, a single delayed payment from a customer can mean a major dent in cash flows. Invoice crowdfunding start-up Validus Capital thinks it has a good solution to this problem.
September 07, 2017
IPO
Asia-Pacific continues to dominate the global IPO scene in 1Q17
SINGAPORE (April 6): The Asia-Pacific region continued to dominate global initial public offering (IPO) activity in 1Q17 to account for 70% of the global number of IPOs and 48% by global proceeds.
April 06, 2017
Payments startup Omise joins wave of digital-coin fundraising
(March 31); Omise, a Bangkok-based startup backed by Japan’s SBI Investment, plans to raise as much as US$16 million ($22.4 million) selling digital tokens as it builds a new payment service based on blockchain technology.
March 31, 2017
METech to issue bonds on crowdfunding platform
SINGAPORE (Oct 4): METech International has announced that it has entered into a term sheet agreement with a crowdfunding platform to issue non-convertible bonds for $2 million.
October 04, 2016
CoAssets is first crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending company to list on ASX
SINGAPORE (Sept 5): Singapore’s CoAssets has become the first crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending company to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
September 05, 2016
Crowdfunding just got easier with Kickstarter’s Singapore launch
SINGAPORE (Aug 31): Kickstarter today announced the official launch of its services in Singapore and Hong Kong – which marks the Brooklyn-based company’s maiden foray into Asia. It was previously only available to creators based in 18 markets includi
August 31, 2016