Medtech firm AWAK Tech raises US$40m in round co-led by Vickers Venture
RENAL company AWAK Technologies has raised US$40 million in an oversubscribed financing round co-led by Vickers Venture Partners and an unnamed global medical products company.
Wastewater treatment startup Hydroleap raises S$2.6m in latest funding round
SINGAPORE-BASED wastewater treatment startup Hydroleap has raised S$2.6 million in a funding round led by Wavemaker Partners. Other investors included Seeds Capital and 500 Startups’ South-east...
Firms dangle double-digit pay hikes for tech talent
SINGAPORE tech talents - including those in non-technology industries - continue to see high demand despite a slowing global economy and companies switching their hiring to a lower gear.
RedDoorz gunning for IPO, and making expansion a priority
SINGAPORE-based hotel booking and management platform RedDoorz is shooting to be Ebitda-positive by 2023. Its chief executive thinks that it is a milestone which, when reached, would mark the...
Fintech investments in Singapore climb 69% in first 9 months of 2019: report
FINTECH investments in Singapore for the nine months ended Sept 30 jumped 69 per cent to US$735 million from US$435 million in the same year-ago period, according to research from professional...
Singapore poultry industry to get first smart and green factory with S$40m UOB loan
SINGAPORE Poultry Hub is setting up the first smart and green factory for the industry in Singapore with a S$40 million loan from United Overseas Bank (UOB).
Coworking here to stay despite WeWork concerns: Jefferies, DBS
THE coworking business is here to stay despite recent concerns about coworking giant WeWork, according to separate reports from Jefferies and DBS.
Singaporeans are 2nd-most anxious about future impact of tech on jobs in PwC survey
SINGAPOREANS are the second-most nervous about the future impact of technology on their jobs in an 11-country survey, tied with the UK and only behind France, said global professional services...
ISOTeam's SG Bike to pay S$750,000 performance bond for Mobike licence
ISOTEAM'S 51 per cent-owned subsidiary, SG Bike, will furnish a performance bond of S$750,000 as a condition to getting in-principle approval from the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA)...
Lendlease Group seeks to list Reit on SGX to raise S$1.03b
SYDNEY-headquartered Lendlease Group has lodged a prospectus to list a new Reit (real estate investment trust) on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard.