startups

For many firms in emerging and developing economies, emulating the successes of Samsung and Hyundai may seem like an impossible dream. But the rapid economic growth of Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries in the second half of

WeWork’s IPO debacle emphasises that having a high-profile founder with a great idea is not enough

SINGAPORE (Dec 3): FinAccel Pte, which extends credit to online shoppers in Indonesia under the Kredivo brand, has raised US$90 million ($123 million) of expansion capital in a fundraising round valuing the company at almost US$500 million.

SINGAPORE (Nov 4): DBS Bank has rolled out a zero-cost business toolkit that comprises a suite of banking and professional services for high-growth startups in the software, Internet and emerging technology industries According to DBS, the  “DBS Sta

SINGAPORE (Oct 30): Reefknot Investments, a Singapore-based global joint venture between Temasek Holdings and Kuehne + Nagel, has made its first strategic investment in UK-based artificial intelligence company PROWLER.io.

SINGAPORE (July 10): Taiger, an artificial intelligence startup whose clients include Bank of America Corp, AIA Group Ltd. and Banco Santander SA, has raised US$25 million ($34.0 million) of funding for its expansion.

(Apr 29): Singapore’s effort to create an ecosystem to support startups is gaining ground, with the city-state now home to more than 150 venture capital funds.

(April 9): One sentence from Grab Holdings Inc. co-founder Anthony Tan sums up the outlook for the dumpster fire that is Southeast Asia’s increasingly toxic taxi wars.

SINGAPORE (Mar 18): EY is calling for applications to its incubator programme – EY Foundry – for early stage start-ups in the accounting, tax, fintech, legal tech and regulatory tech space in Singapore.