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Here’s where we shine a spotlight on our founders and startups. These stories might surprise you.
- January 4, 2020
Spotlight on B2B startup GrowSari: Transforming traditional trade
Singapore has mamak shops; Indonesia has warungs; India has kirana stores. Differing only in name, these are all
- December 30, 2019
Spotlight on Lynk: Giving the world its first B2B knowledge marketplace
There is nothing more valuable to a business than expertise and know-how. It’s necessary to inform critical business
- July 29, 2019
Spotlight on ZUZU: B2B SaaS that helps independent hotels compete without chains
90 percent of the world’s hotels are small, independent operations. B2B SaaS company ZUZU wants to empower them to
- June 6, 2018
Putting Merchants First: Spotlight on Ankiti Bose
We sat down with Ankiti Bose to learn more about how she went from McKinsey and Sequoia Capital to Zilingo, her
- June 6, 2018
Independent Investment Research on Demand: Spotlight on Raghav Kapoor
We met with Raghav Kapoor to talk about how he found his way into the world of finance and how his investment research
- October 21, 2020
Bloomberg: Gojek Acquires Payments Startup Moka for $130 Million
Indonesia’s ride-hailing and food-delivery giant Gojek has acquired a mobile point-of-sale startup
- October 21, 2020
Indoor Air Quality – Getting it Right
As I write this the government is agonising over whether to move from the ‘Rule of Six’ plus selected regional
- October 21, 2020
The Business Times: Construction tech startup Novade completes Series B funding
CONSTRUCTION tech startup Novade has completed its Series B funding with lead investors SIG and Vulcan Capital, the
- October 14, 2020
VentureBeat: Lenovo, Asus, and Tencent launch mobile game phones with Sentons GamingBar virtual buttons
Sentons has teamed up with Lenovo, Asus, and Tencent to create gaming smartphones with virtual buttons, which use
- October 14, 2020
Bloomberg: Intuit Agrees to Buy Singapore Inventory Software Maker
Intuit Inc. has agreed to acquire TradeGecko, a Singapore-based inventory and order management software platform for
- October 14, 2020
The Business Times: Food delivery players deny loss of appetite in Phase 2
Market watchers remain bullish on the prospects of food delivery in Singapore, even as some players reported a fall in
- October 21, 2020
The Business Times: Wavemaker closes third South-east Asia fund at US$111m
SINGAPORE-BASED deep-tech investor Wavemaker Partners closed its third South-east Asia fund on June 19 at US$111.5
- October 21, 2020
Bloomberg: Singapore’s Wavemaker Closes Venture Fund at $111 Million
Wavemaker Partners LLC, an early-stage venture capital firm, has closed its third investment fund for Southeast Asia
- June 28, 2019
Q&A on Wavemaker Partners’ third fund with our Managing Partner
In this interview, Managing Partner Paul Santos shares more details about Wavemaker Partners' third fund and the
- June 10, 2019
Conviction & Momentum
“In building a great company or social sector enterprise, there is no single defining action, no grand program, no
- June 27, 2018
Down to half-time at PropertyGuru, Steve Melhuish is ready to give back
For Steve Melhuish, the idea of starting from scratch had always been appealing. Even during the first ten years of his
- June 26, 2018
After 19 years in the banking world, Sui Ling wants the first Singaporean unicorn
Ever wondered why founders almost always go on to start another business - even after they’ve successfully exited
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