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They are more focused on the foundations of a functioning society and believe it takes more than just passion to succeed.

These local entrepreneurs share with us how their start-up businesses have managed to flourish despite the pandemic

SINGAPORE (Aug 5): Huxter co-founder Ray Tan knows how important it is to be a jack-of-all-trades.

SINGAPORE (Apr 29): Entrepreneurs motivated by what they see as the next big thing are not the only driving force of a thriving start-up ecosystem. It is the growing ranks of angel investors, in giving start-ups early financial support, who help complete

SINGAPORE (Jan 9): DBS Bank today launched DBS SME Connect, an online portal that provides small and medium enterprises (SMEs) “get digital, connected, and protected fast” with the provision of access to web-based business tools and services such as a

SINGAPORE (May 23): Haulio, a Singapore-based container haulage start-up, has raised $1 million in seed round investment following its pre-seed round of $75,000, which marks the company’s sole prior funding round.

SINGAPORE (Oct 6): The 800th issue of The Edge Singapore this week features 10 companies with the highest returns since our first issue was published in March 2002.

Five years ago, John Tan invested in a company peddling a restaurant reservation system. Chope had been founded by a friend and former neighbour, Arrif Ziaudeen, and Tan saw potential in both the company and its founder. He says, “I understood and could