South-East Asia’s thriving tech ecosystem has drawn attention from investors around the world. With increasing internet and smartphone penetration, about 400 million internet users, and fundraising unimpeded by the pandemic, the startups are doubling down on the region. The startups in the region raised more than $8.2 billion in the year 2020 which was about […]

Singapore has maintained its 5th position in Asia and 17th position globally as a startup ecosystem, according to the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) 2021. The GSER report ranks cities against six success factors – Performance, Funding, Connectedness, Market Reach, Knowledge, and Talent. Similar to 2020, the report shows that the city-state performed well in […]

Surge, Sequoia Capital India’s rapid scale-up program in Southeast Asia and India has launched its fifth and largest cohort of 23 early-stage startups with a $55-million funding from Surge and co-investors. Notably, the latest cohort of startups from Southeast Asia and India include 10 women founders, the most since Surge first started two years ago […]

Founded in 2015 by Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor, Zilingo is an online platform that launches small fashion businesses online. Focusing on enterprises in South East Asia, Zilingo provides a multitude of services to small merchants to take their business online.  Zilingo is a B2B platform that brings all aspects of the fashion industry supply […]

The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a severe impact on the economies of almost all South Asian countries. Singapore being no exception. The lockdown and social distancing measures stifled the local consumption, and the global environmental challenges also affected this island nation, which is mostly dependent on exports. However, despite the dampening economy, the Singapore […]

Singapore is recognized as an alpha + global city and an Asian Tiger economy. It is a highly developed country with the 7th highest GDP per capita in the world. Singapore attracts huge foreign investment due to its strategic location, highly skilled workforce, lower tax rates, world-class infrastructure, and no corruption. More than 7,000 MNCs from […]

In 2050 the world will need to sustain some nine billion people, requiring an increase in food production by about 70%. At the same time, climate change further strains our ever-depleting natural resources, increasing the vulnerability of the highly resource-dependent agricultural sector. The sustainability of global food production will depend on our ability to innovate and become much more […]

In the past few years, a prolific rise has been observed in the number of small and medium scale enterprises and startups, in and around Southeast Asia. After setting up small businesses, the primary problem most entrepreneurs face is the management of working capital and to be specific, maintaining a balance between focusing on nurturing […]

Startup culture is growing at a swift pace and this has been embraced by the corporate world globally. In developing and developed countries, the government is fortifying the budding entrepreneurs who are willing to launch their own startups by providing incubation support which is essential for them to develop.  For early-stage startups, both accelerators and […]

As job opportunities take the young workforce to new places, unfamiliarity with the environment and distance from family and friends can take an emotional toll on many. This is one of the reasons why co-living spaces have gained popularity. Millennials seem to love this new trend as it not only gives privacy in living arrangements […]