eChai Singapore
eChai's home for Singapore founders, and the India to Southeast Asia bridge. Free and open.
Singapore is the gateway hub where India and Southeast Asian startup flows meet: Asia's fintech and web3 capital, home of the super-apps, and the base for two genuine global niches, carbon markets and agri-food-tech. This is the map: who is building, who is funding it, where founders meet, and the deep Indian founder diaspora eChai plugs into.
Upcoming eChai events in Singapore
eChai's free, open founder meetups across the city. RSVP and walk in.
No dated events on the calendar right now. eChai's recurring Singapore formats:
A look back at recent eChai gatherings in Singapore, newest first.
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Founders from India, building in Singapore
The Indian-founded and Indian-origin companies in the Singapore ecosystem. This cross-border bridge is what eChai is here for.
Wei Zhu, Raunak Mehta
Founded 2016, Igloo is a full-stack, B2B2C embedded-insurance insurtech, distributing micro and usage-based cover through platforms like Shopee, Lazada and Gojek across SE Asia. Uses big data and automated c...
Diaspora & cross-border networks
The India-linked founder networks eChai sits alongside in Singapore.
The Singapore chapter of TiE, the global Indus Entrepreneurs network, connecting Indian-origin founders and investors across the city and the wider region.
One of Singapore's oldest business bodies, linking Indian-origin businesses and founders into the local economy and to India.
The Singapore alumni network of the IITs, among the densest founder, operator and hiring circles in the city's tech scene.
People in the Singapore eChai community
Some of the founders who've been to eChai meetups in Singapore over the years. Always more to add.
Startups by category
Pick a category to meet the founders building in it.
Notable companies
The household names that built Singapore.
Walter de Oude (founder)
Founded 2014 as Singapore's first digital life insurer; merged with Aviva Singapore (2020) to become the largest locally-incorporated life insurer with a digital-first model. FLAG: fully acquired by Japan's ...
Michael Wu, Tiantian Kullander (+ co-founders)
Founded 2017 as a crypto trading/financial-services firm; peaked around a US$3B valuation (2022). FLAG: founded in Hong Kong and relocated its HQ to Singapore — now a SG-headquartered digital-asset group. Re...
Kris Marszalek, Rafael Melo, Gary Or, Bobby Bao
Global crypto exchange/app founded 2016. FLAG: founded in Hong Kong; operated via Singapore-based Foris DAX Asia (a Malta-holding subsidiary) and headquartered in Singapore, where it holds an MAS Major Payme...
Jihan Wu, Daniel Yan, John Ge (Yuesheng Ge)
Founded 2019, Matrixport is a digital-asset financial-services firm (trading, custody, structured products, wealth management) headquartered in Singapore with a bespoke parametric-designed HQ. Reached unicor...
Mathias Imbach, Gerald Goh
Founded 2017 on Swiss–Singaporean heritage; the world's first regulated digital-asset bank (2019). FLAG: dual-hubbed in Zurich and Singapore (also Luxembourg, UAE) — the SG entity (Sygnum Singapore, CMS-lice...
Eric Barbier, Peter De Caluwe
Founded 2016, Thunes operates a global cross-border B2B payment network (the 'Direct Global Network') reaching 130+ countries. Hit unicorn status in 2023 at a $900M+ valuation; raised a $150M Series D in 202...
Kelvin Teo, Reynold Wijaya
Founded 2015 (at Harvard Business School), Funding Societies is SE Asia's largest SME digital-financing platform, having disbursed US$4B+ across 5 markets. Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 ($144M Series C+, ...
Wei Zhu, Raunak Mehta
Founded 2016, Igloo is a full-stack, B2B2C embedded-insurance insurtech, distributing micro and usage-based cover through platforms like Shopee, Lazada and Gojek across SE Asia. Uses big data and automated c...
(Ant International)
Digital Wholesale Bank serving MSMEs, licensed by MAS and launched 2022. FLAG: wholly-owned subsidiary of Ant International (China) — Singapore-incorporated but foreign-parent-controlled; included as an SG-l...
Sailor Zhong (Zhong Gengfa)
Founded 2017, HQ'd in Singapore since 2019, ChainUp is a blockchain/Web3 infrastructure provider — digital-asset exchange systems, wallets, custody, KYT, liquidity and tokenization — serving 1,000+ clients a...
Walter de Oude
Launched July 2024 by Singlife founder Walter de Oude, Chocolate Finance is a spare-cash management account targeting ~3.5–4.2% returns with no lock-ins. Scaled to ~S$1.1B AUM and ~100k users within a year; ...
Yusho Liu, Gerry Eng
Founded 2014 by two Singaporean 'army buddies', Coinhako is a homegrown MAS-licensed crypto exchange (on/off-ramp) for retail, HNW and institutional clients. Among the first exchanges to receive MAS in-princ...
(Grab + Singtel JV)
Digital Full Bank backed by Grab and Singtel, awarded an MAS licence in 2020 and opened to the public in Nov 2024. Offers SDIC-insured savings with daily-interest 'Saving Pockets'. Part of Grab's Singapore-H...
Asheesh Chanda, Vivek Mohindra, Vineeth Narasimhan
Founded 2016, Kristal.AI is a digital private-wealth platform for accredited/HNW investors, licensed in Singapore, Hong Kong, India and the UAE. Crossed US$1B+ AUM (2022) with a strong B2B(2C) EAM/advisor ne...
(Sea Group)
Digital Full Bank launched by Singapore-HQ'd Sea Group (Shopee/Garena), publicly available since March 2023. Offers a no-fee savings account and SME banking, integrated with the Sea/Shopee ecosystem. SDIC-in...
Tianwei Liu, Aymeric Salley
Founded within Fazz/Xfers, StraitsX is Singapore's stablecoin and digital-asset payments infrastructure — issuer of XSGD (the first SGD stablecoin) and XUSD/XIDR. An MAS Major Payment Institution, it powers ...
Dhruv Arora
Founded 2019, Syfe is a digital wealth/investment platform (managed portfolios, cash, brokerage) for retail and mass-affluent investors. Raised a $27M Series C in 2024, became profitable in Singapore in earl...
(Standard Chartered + FairPrice Group JV)
Digitally-native full bank launched Sept 2022 by Standard Chartered and FairPrice Group. Crossed 1M+ customers rapidly to become one of the world's fastest-growing digital banks; SDIC-insured deposits, cards...
Vikas Nahata, Nikhilesh Goel
Founded 2015, Validus is a digital SME supply-chain lending platform operating across Singapore, Indonesia (Batumbu), Thailand and Vietnam; has disbursed US$3B+ in loans. Secured $50M in debt financing from ...
Caecilia Chu, Kelvin Lam
Founded 2018, YouTrip is a multi-currency e-wallet and travel card supporting 150+ currencies with no FX fees, plus a corporate arm (YouBiz). Woman-led (CEO Caecilia Chu). Raised a $50M Series B in 2023 led ...
Tarush Aggarwal, Karan Khetan, Qi Wu
Founded 2021, 5X is an end-to-end managed data platform stitching best-in-class tools (ingestion, warehouse, modeling, BI, AI-readiness) into one stack for data teams. Raised ~US$3M (Flybridge Capital) and i...
Darius Cheung, Yan Phun & Conor McLaughlin
** Founded 2013 by serial founder Darius Cheung, 99 Group runs property portals 99.co, iProperty.com.sg, SRX (Singapore) and rumah123.com (Indonesia), using maps/data-first search. Raised US$80M+ total incl....
Danny Toe, Darius Liu
Founded 2017 (as iSTOX), ADDX is a MAS-regulated digital-securities exchange and B2B tokenization-infrastructure platform that fractionalizes private-market assets (pre-IPO equity, PE/hedge funds, bonds), cu...
Jefferson Chen
ADVANCE.AI is the enterprise SaaS arm of Advance Intelligence Group, providing KYC/KYB digital identity verification, fraud prevention, compliance and process-automation to banks, fintechs and e-commerce acr...
Deeptech developing long-range wireless power-transfer technology for factory automation and building management (e.g. wireless sensors). Raised a US$28.8M Series A led by LG Technology Ventures (2023) and n...
Climatetech producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and low-carbon fuels, with offtake agreements signed with Singapore Airlines and JetBlue. Raised US$40M+ including a US$34M Series A (June 2024) from inv...
Adrian Ang & Rex Tan & Ser Wee **venue:** Singapore (NTU / one-north) **la:** 1.2996 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2018, an NTU spin-off. AeviceMD is a chest-worn smart wearable stethoscope with an AI platform for continuous remote monitoring of asthma/COPD (wheeze, respiratory rate, heart rate) and early detection of respiratory distress. Raised US$7M Seed Plus led by Coronet Ventures (2024), plus strategic investment from Denka/Pegasus and Elev8.vc (Jan 2025). Named BioSpectrum Asia Startup of the Year 2024. **link:** https://www.aevice.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Seed Plus -
Founded 2018, an NTU spin-off. AeviceMD is a chest-worn smart wearable stethoscope with an AI platform for continuous remote monitoring of asthma/COPD (wheeze, respiratory rate, heart rate) and early detecti...
Medtech firm (founder Adrian Ang) making non-invasive wearable devices — its AeviceMD smart wearable stethoscope continuously monitors heart and respiratory rates for remote management of respiratory disease...
Ahmet Bahadir Ozdemir, Abraham Burak, Duran Akcaylier
Founded 2019 out of Antler Singapore; the world's largest travel-eSIM marketplace, offering local/regional/global data plans to 20M+ users. In July 2025 raised US$220M at a US$1B+ valuation to become the fir...
Spacetech deeptech building compact electric/Hall-effect propulsion systems for small satellites, spun out of NTU. Closed a S$7.42M round under Startup SG Equity with Seeds Capital and Wavemaker Partners. A ...
(CEO Adam Gridley) **venue:** Singapore + San Francisco Bay Area / San Jose, CA **la:** 1.2988 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** "Born in Singapore" ~2017; retains major Singapore operations alongside a US Bay Area team. Develops ultra-sustained, non-opioid post-surgical pain therapies combining validated analgesics with bioresorbable polymers; lead ATX101 targets weeks of relief after knee surgery. Raised US$57.5M Series D + venture debt (June 2025), co-led by Lightstone Ventures and ClavystBio. NOTE: dual SG/US presence — verify primary HQ if strict SG-only. **link:** https://www.allaytx.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Series D -
Born in Singapore" ~2017; retains major Singapore operations alongside a US Bay Area team. Develops ultra-sustained, non-opioid post-surgical pain therapies combining validated analgesics with bioresorbable ...
Vaibhav Dabhade, Julien Juttet, Abhimanyu Kashikar, Shafique Muhammad
Founded 2011; a B2B e-commerce operations SaaS company. Its OMS (SelluSeller) and WMS (Wareo) products automate multi-channel order, inventory and warehouse management for brands and 3PLs across 14+ countrie...
All-in-one finance operating system for SMEs and startups — business accounts, corporate cards, expense management and spend controls. A Singapore-HQ'd fintech scaling across Southeast Asia and a frequently ...
Buy-now-pay-later and digital-lending brand under Singapore-HQ'd Advance Intelligence Group, offering embedded consumer credit across Southeast Asia. A prominent Singapore fintech/BNPL player in the embedded...
(spun from Temasek/A*STAR IP; CEO Suresha Venkataraya) **venue:** Singapore (one-north) + Burbank, CA **la:** 1.2996 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2007. AWAK PD is a wearable, ultra-portable sorbent-based peritoneal-dialysis system that cuts dialysis-fluid use up to ~90%, enabling on-the-go dialysis for end-stage kidney disease. Raised US$20M+ Series B (2023, co-led Lion X Ventures & Vickers Venture Partners) — one of Singapore's largest medtech rounds — after a US$40M round in 2019; readying US pivotal trial. **link:** https://www.awak.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Series B -
Founded 2007. AWAK PD is a wearable, ultra-portable sorbent-based peritoneal-dialysis system that cuts dialysis-fluid use up to ~90%, enabling on-the-go dialysis for end-stage kidney disease. Raised US$20M+ ...
Alan Jiang & Deb Gangopadhyay
** Founded 2018, Beam is Asia-Pacific's largest shared micromobility (e-scooter/e-bike) operator, running fleets across Australia, NZ, South Korea, Turkey and SE Asia with AI-based geofencing safety. Raised ...
Grace Chia & Goh Eng Wei
** Founded 2018 by NUS researchers, BeeX makes autonomous underwater vehicles (flagship "A.Ikanbilis") delivered as Autonomous Robotics-as-a-Service (ARaaS) for subsea inspection across maritime, offshore en...
AI privacy-tech startup (founded 2021 by Uzair Javaid and Kevin Yee) using programmatic synthetic data to let firms share and use data without exposing real records. Raised US$1.55M seed and was first fintec...
Yap Chew Loong & Ng Wan Sing **venue:** Singapore **la:** 1.3048 **ln:** 103.8318 **desc:** Founded 2010, Singapore's first surgical-robotics venture (NUS/clinical roots). iSR'obot Mona Lisa is a robotic MRI/ultrasound-fusion transperineal prostate-biopsy navigation system deployed in hospitals internationally; validated in 2025 single-centre clinical studies (BJU International). **link:** https://biobotsurgical.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Growth / commercial --- ## Biotech / Therapeutics / Genomics / Diagnostics -
Founded 2010, Singapore's first surgical-robotics venture (NUS/clinical roots). iSR'obot Mona Lisa is a robotic MRI/ultrasound-fusion transperineal prostate-biopsy navigation system deployed in hospitals int...
Kuldeep Singh Rajput **venue:** Founded Singapore (2015) → HQ Boston, MA, USA (from 2019) **la:** 42.3601 **ln:** -71.0589 **desc:** Founded in Singapore 2015; AI-powered digital-therapeutics / remote-patient-monitoring platform for chronic conditions. Relocated HQ to Boston in 2019 with its US$35M Series B (Sequoia India, MassMutual Ventures); later a US-based unicorn. EXCLUDE from Singapore-HQ list — now US-headquartered. (Note: Feb 2026 — ex-CEO charged in Singapore over an invoice-fraud matter involving MOH.) **link:** https://www.biofourmis.com **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Late-stage / unicorn -
Founded in Singapore 2015; AI-powered digital-therapeutics / remote-patient-monitoring platform for chronic conditions. Relocated HQ to Boston in 2019 with its US$35M Series B (Sequoia India, MassMutual Vent...
Christian Schneider, Clare Leighton
Founded 2021 by ex-Uber/Rocket Internet/Citi execs, Bluesheets is an AI financial-data-automation SaaS that ingests and structures unstructured finance documents for accounting and reconciliation. Raised a U...
Insurtech operating an insurance exchange/embedded-protection marketplace across Asia, US and Europe. Closed a Series C at US$147M in mid-2025 at a ~US$2.1B valuation (total raised US$690M+), cementing unico...
Piers Ingram (CEO) / launched by Frazier Life Sciences **venue:** US-based (Seattle/Bay Area); IP in-licensed from Singapore's Hummingbird Bioscience **la:** 47.6062 **ln:** -122.3321 **desc:** Launched March 2025 with a US$187M Series A (Frazier Life Sciences, Novo Holdings, Jeito, Omega, ClavystBio, EDBI) — the largest biotech Series A tied to Singapore. Develops multi-payload ADCs (lead HER2 dual-payload) exclusively licensed from Hummingbird Bioscience. INCLUDE only as a Singapore-ecosystem-linked spinout; primary company is US-domiciled, so flag/exclude from strict SG-HQ list. **link:** https://calliotx.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Series A --- ## Ecosystem context (anchors & health VCs — reference, not company records) - **Biopolis / one-north (JTC):** Singapore's flagship biomedical R&D estate; home to A*STAR institutes (GIS, IMCB, BII, Bioinformatics), NSG BioLabs (35,000 sq ft BSL-2 co-lab space at Biopolis), and many of the biotechs above. - **Anchoring research bodies:** A*STAR, Duke-NUS Medical School, NUS Yong Loo Lin, NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine; co11ab incubator (NTU + A*STAR + National Healthcare Group). - **Health/life-science VCs & builders:** ClavystBio (Temasek + A*STAR venture builder), EDBI, Seeds Capital (Enterprise SG), Sheares Healthcare (Temasek), HealthXCapital, Verge HealthTech Fund, Lightstone Ventures, Vickers Venture Partners, Elev8.vc, Novo Holdings (active regionally).
Launched March 2025 with a US$187M Series A (Frazier Life Sciences, Novo Holdings, Jeito, Omega, ClavystBio, EDBI) — the largest biotech Series A tied to Singapore. Develops multi-payload ADCs (lead HER2 dua...
Quek Siu Rui, Lucas Ngoo, Marcus Tan
Founded 2012 by three NUS friends as a mobile classifieds/recommerce marketplace. Became a unicorn in Sept 2021 (US$1.1B valuation) after a US$100M round led by STIC Investments. Operates across 8+ Asia-Paci...
Aaron Tan, Aditya Lesmana, Kelvin Chng
Founded 2015; Southeast Asia's largest online used-car marketplace and automotive platform (financing, insurance, after-sales). Became a unicorn in 2021 after a US$360M SoftBank Vision Fund-led round. Report...
Charles Wong, Keith Wong
Founded 1996 by two brothers from a family shoe shop; a vertically integrated 'fast-fashion' footwear, bag and accessories brand dubbed the 'Zara of shoes.' Operates ~600–700 stores across 30+ countries, fam...
Wong Hong Lee (CEO)
** Singapore bunkering-tech startup building digital solutions (e.g. BunkerMaestro) to remove pain points in the marine-fuel supply chain of the world's largest bunkering port. Raised ~US$600K from Bernhard ...
Kumar Ritesh
Founded 2017, CYFIRMA is an external threat-landscape-management / predictive cyber-threat-intelligence SaaS (DeCYFIR/DeTCT platforms) serving enterprises across Japan, India, the US and EU. Raised ~US$18M t...
Keechin Goh, Denzel Lee, Mackenzie Chng
Founded 2019, Datature is a no-code MLOps / computer-vision SaaS letting teams annotate, augment, train and deploy vision models without code — used across medical imaging, manufacturing and video analytics....
Samir Neji (Founder/CEO) & Suji Mannattu Thampi
** Founded 2018, dltledgers is a blockchain/DLT platform (built on R3 Corda) digitizing cross-border trade, trade finance and supply-chain document flows; processed US$1B+ in trade before pivoting toward AI-...
Lim Wai Mun **venue:** Singapore (central; Paya Lebar / Kallang) **la:** 1.3170 **ln:** 103.8920 **desc:** Founded 2015. Omnichannel telehealth "digital hospital" — teleconsults, medication delivery, chronic-care and offline clinics across Southeast Asia (SG, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines). Raised US$65.7M Series C (2021, incl. Novo Holdings, Asia Partners) and a further ~US$40M Series C extension (Dec 2023); ~US$176M total. **link:** https://www.doctoranywhere.com **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Series C -
Founded 2015. Omnichannel telehealth "digital hospital" — teleconsults, medication delivery, chronic-care and offline clinics across Southeast Asia (SG, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines). Raised US$6...
Digital wealth-management platform offering advised investing across cash, CPF and SRS savings, integrated with payroll/retirement channels. A leading Singapore wealthtech and fintech soonicorn.
Jeffrey Lu & Timothy Lu **venue:** Singapore (one-north / Biopolis) + South San Francisco **la:** 1.2996 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2014/2015. AI- and CRISPR-driven "network biology" drug-discovery platform decoding genetic interactions to develop precision-oncology therapies. Raised ~US$27M Series A extension (Oct 2023; Polaris Partners, 6 Dimensions, Invus, EDBI); ~US$90M+ total. NOTE: co-headquartered/operates in both Singapore and San Francisco — verify primary HQ if strict SG-only. **link:** https://enginebio.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Series A+ -
Founded 2014/2015. AI- and CRISPR-driven "network biology" drug-discovery platform decoding genetic interactions to develop precision-oncology therapies. Raised ~US$27M Series A extension (Oct 2023; Polaris ...
Xi Liu **venue:** Singapore (central) **la:** 1.3048 **ln:** 103.8318 **desc:** Founded 2020. Femtech / sexual- and reproductive-health telehealth delivering discreet at-home STI screening kits, contraception and online consults — Singapore's first online sexual-health screening platform. Backed by Iterative VC, Entrepreneur First and Draper Startup House (seed, 2021). **link:** https://www.fernehealth.com **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Seed --- ## Medtech / Devices -
Founded 2020. Femtech / sexual- and reproductive-health telehealth delivering discreet at-home STI screening kits, contraception and online consults — Singapore's first online sexual-health screening platfor...
Camellia Chan, May Chng
Founded 2007, Flexxon builds hardware-based cybersecurity — its X-PHY line is billed as the world's first AI-embedded, firmware-level SSD security that detects and neutralizes threats autonomously without so...
Oswald Yeo, Loojeng Ng, Sehyun Park
Founded 2013, Glints is Southeast Asia's largest talent recruitment and career-development platform, connecting 1.5M+ professionals with 30,000+ organizations across SG, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and the ...
Vinnie Lauria, Jeffrey Paine, Paul Bragiel
Founded 2011; an early-stage SEA VC firm with ~US$250M+ AUM, 70+ portfolio companies and multiple unicorns. Strong consumer-internet, marketplace and social-commerce focus, with offices in Jakarta, Hanoi and...
Anthony Tan, Tan Hooi Ling
Founded 2012 in Malaysia as MyTeksi; relocated HQ to Singapore by 2014 and became SEA's first decacorn. Southeast Asia's leading super-app for ride-hailing, food/grocery delivery (GrabFood), payments and len...
Ilya Sachkov (founder), Dmitry Volkov (current CEO)
Group-IB is a threat-intelligence, anti-fraud and cyber-investigation firm that moved its GLOBAL HQ to Singapore in 2019 (opened officially with CSA backing; committed up to US$30M in local infrastructure) a...
Aravind Gopalan, Raja Jayaraman
Founded 2021, Growfin is an AI-based accounts-receivable and cash-collection SaaS for B2B finance teams (customers include Intercom, FourKites, LeadSquared). Raised a US$7.5M Series A (2023) led by SWC Globa...
Nawal Roy **venue:** Singapore (one-north area) **la:** 1.2996 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2015. Real-world-evidence and data-analytics platform for behavioral health and chronic disease; its NeuroBlu database is a leading source of real-world neuropsychiatric clinical data. Raised US$45M Series B led by Veradigm (formerly Allscripts) plus a ~US$30M round (Oct 2023); ~US$109M total. Investors incl. Novartis, Health Catalyst Capital, Northwell. **link:** https://www.holmusk.com **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Series B+ -
Founded 2015. Real-world-evidence and data-analytics platform for behavioral health and chronic disease; its NeuroBlu database is a leading source of real-world neuropsychiatric clinical data. Raised US$45M ...
Gillian Tee & Lily Phang & Tong Duong **venue:** Singapore (central) **la:** 1.3048 **ln:** 103.8318 **desc:** Founded 2016. Marketplace and care-management platform matching patients with vetted caregivers, nurses and clinicians for in-home and eldercare, plus tele-health. Raised ~US$45M+ across rounds (incl. Series C, EV Growth, Sheares Healthcare/Temasek); operates in SG, Malaysia, Australia. **link:** https://www.homage.sg **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Series C -
Founded 2016. Marketplace and care-management platform matching patients with vetted caregivers, nurses and clinicians for in-home and eldercare, plus tele-health. Raised ~US$45M+ across rounds (incl. Series...
Piers Ingram & Jerome Boyd-Kirkup **venue:** Singapore (one-north / MedTech Hub) + South San Francisco **la:** 1.2996 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2015. Uses a rational, systems-biology antibody-discovery platform to build next-gen antibody and ADC therapeutics; lead assets incl. anti-HER3 (HMBD-001) and anti-VISTA (HMBD-002). Raised US$125M Series C led by Novo Holdings (2021); later venture round from Decheng Capital. Spun out ADC platform to Callio Therapeutics (2025). **link:** https://hummingbirdbioscience.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Series C -
Founded 2015. Uses a rational, systems-biology antibody-discovery platform to build next-gen antibody and ADC therapeutics; lead assets incl. anti-HER3 (HMBD-001) and anti-VISTA (HMBD-002). Raised US$125M Se...
Dmitri Kouchnirenko & Morgan Terigi
** Founded 2016, Incomlend runs a global invoice-financing marketplace letting exporters sell their trade receivables to institutional investors at a discount for working capital. Raised US$20M (2022) and ha...
(MAS/industry-backed)
** Singapore-based digital platform (CCRM = Capital & Credit Risk Manager) for the secondary trading and distribution of trade-finance assets between banks, supporting the Singapore trade-finance hub. Instit...
Hande Cilingir, Serhat Soyuerel, Ahmet Ozel
Founded 2012, Insider is a cross-channel martech / customer-engagement and personalization SaaS; rebranded 'Insider One' in Dec 2025 pivoting toward agentic AI. Raised a US$500M Series E led by General Atlan...
Amit Anand, Anurag Srivastava
Founded 2012; a Singapore-based early-to-growth VC with US$1B+ AUM investing in consumer, B2B and software across SEA and India. Portfolio spans consumer brands, marketplaces and commerce enablers (e.g., Liv...
Maximilian Bittner (Rocket Internet); owned by Alibaba
Founded 2012 by Rocket Internet; Alibaba took a controlling stake in 2016 and now fully owns it. Singapore-headquartered pan-SEA e-commerce marketplace operating in 6 markets. FLAG: majority Chinese (Alibaba...
Rachel Lim, Velda Tan, Viola Tan
Founded 2010 (from a 2005 blogshop) as a digital-first womenswear brand designed for the Asian woman. One of SEA's fastest-growing D2C fashion labels, expanding omnichannel across Singapore, Malaysia, Indone...
Tan Min-Han **venue:** Singapore (one-north) + Palo Alto, CA **la:** 1.2996 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2016. Precision-oncology liquid-biopsy company; LiquidHallmark is a blood test profiling 80 genes across 15 cancer types to match patients with targeted therapies. In 2023 became the first Asian-HQ'd company to win US Medicare coverage for its cancer test. Raised US$45M+ across 2022–2023; US$80M+ total; expanding into US and India. **link:** https://www.lucence.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Series B --- ## Flagged — Singapore-founded but NOT Singapore-HQ (excluded from SG-HQ count) -
Founded 2016. Precision-oncology liquid-biopsy company; LiquidHallmark is a blood test profiling 80 genes across 15 cancer types to match patients with targeted therapies. In 2023 became the first Asian-HQ'd...
Patrick Chong, Joseph Spartz
Founded ~1986; Asia-Pacific's leading omnichannel luxury-beauty distribution and retail platform, carrying 100+ prestige brands (LVMH, Hermès, Calvin Klein). Blends brand-building, distribution, e-commerce a...
Sankar Ragavan (CEO)
** Established 2014 in Singapore as an independent entity of the family-owned Schulte Group, MariApps provides cloud vessel-management / fleet-operations SaaS (smartPAL) for shipping companies. HQ in Singapo...
Andrew Wu & Arsen Batagov & Melvin Heng **venue:** Singapore (central) **la:** 1.3048 **ln:** 103.8318 **desc:** Founded 2018. Predictive-analytics / "digital twin" platform (DARA) for chronic-disease management and clinical-workflow automation, applied to blood-test and vitals data. Raised ~US$3.5M Series A led by East Ventures (2024) after ~US$1.8M seed (Elev8.vc, Seeds Capital). Expanding across Indonesia and the Philippines. **link:** https://www.meshbio.com **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Series A -
Founded 2018. Predictive-analytics / "digital twin" platform (DARA) for chronic-disease management and clinical-workflow automation, applied to blood-test and vitals data. Raised ~US$3.5M Series A led by Eas...
Future-culture / designer-collectibles company producing digital and 'phygital' collectibles with global IP partners (Netflix, Disney, F1, Warner Bros, Hasbro). Raised a US$20M Series A+ led by East Ventures...
Zhou Lihan & Zou Ruiyang & Too Heng-Phon **venue:** Biopolis / JTC MedTech Hub, Singapore (A*STAR/NUS spin-off) **la:** 1.2988 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2014. microRNA blood-diagnostics company; maker of GASTROClear, the world's first molecular blood test for gastric-cancer screening (~87% early-stage accuracy), and leader of Project CADENCE for multi-cancer early detection. Raised US$77M Series C plus US$40M structured financing (Jan 2025); SE Asia's first biotech to list (HKEX, 2025). ~US$120M+ raised. **link:** https://mirxes.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Series C / IPO (HKEX 2025) -
Founded 2014. microRNA blood-diagnostics company; maker of GASTROClear, the world's first molecular blood test for gastric-cancer screening (~87% early-stage accuracy), and leader of Project CADENCE for mult...
Sagar Khatri, Amritpal Singh, Vamsi Krishna
Founded 2020, Multiplier is an Employer-of-Record (EOR) and global-payroll SaaS that lets companies hire, onboard and pay distributed teams across 150+ countries without setting up local entities. Raised a U...
Astrid Irwanto & Levana Sani & Jianjun Liu & Alexander Lezhava **venue:** Singapore (Biopolis, A*STAR GIS spin-off) **la:** 1.2988 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2016, an A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore spin-off. End-to-end pharmacogenomics and genetic-screening company delivering population-relevant tests (e.g. nationwide drug-reaction screening for leprosy patients in Indonesia). Raised ~US$12.6M Series A (2022; East Ventures, Intudo, Vulcan); ~US$13.6M total. **link:** https://nalagenetics.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Series A -
Founded 2016, an A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore spin-off. End-to-end pharmacogenomics and genetic-screening company delivering population-relevant tests (e.g. nationwide drug-reaction screening for lep...
Abhijeet Vijayvergiya, Aravind Ravi Sulekha
Founded 2020, Nektar.ai is a revenue-operations SaaS that auto-captures customer-facing activity from email/calendar/Slack and syncs enriched revenue signals into CRM for B2B sales teams. Raised ~US$8.1M see...
Elizabeth Chan, Kate Hongqian Ma & Jacky Im
** Founded 2019 (via Entrepreneur First / SOSV-HAX), Neptune Robotics builds AI-powered autonomous robots that clean the underside (hull) of large vessels in-water, cutting fuel burn and carbon emissions — a...
Zachary Wang & Harry Yu
** Founded 2016, Neuron pioneered rental e-scooters purpose-built for safety (app-controlled "Helmet Lock", topple detection) and operates across Australia, NZ, UK and Canada. Raised ~US$81M+ including a 202...
Last-mile logistics and parcel-delivery network for e-commerce across Southeast Asia, headquartered in Singapore. One of the region's best-known logistics unicorns/soonicorns anchored in Singapore.
Real-time cross-border payments infrastructure for banks, fintechs and businesses, with a payout network across 220+ countries and 100 currencies. A Singapore-HQ'd fintech unicorn, though a substantial share...
Lynne Lim & Gan Chee Wee **venue:** Singapore (central) **la:** 1.3048 **ln:** 103.8318 **desc:** Founded 2021. CLiKX is the world's first handheld robotic ear-tube surgical applicator for otitis media with effusion ("glue ear"), aiming to make grommet insertion a fast in-clinic procedure. Raised ~US$7.5M; won MedTech Innovator APAC Grand Prize 2022. Founder Dr Lynne Lim is a 2024 Cartier Women's Initiative fellow. **link:** https://www.nousq.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Early / Series A -
Founded 2021. CLiKX is the world's first handheld robotic ear-tube surgical applicator for otitis media with effusion ("glue ear"), aiming to make grommet insertion a fast in-clinic procedure. Raised ~US$7.5...
Yann Chong Tan **venue:** Singapore (Biopolis, A*STAR spin-off) **la:** 1.2988 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2021, an A*STAR spin-off. Gene-therapy company built on its PrOSIA mechanobiology platform to treat genetic cardiomyopathies; lead candidate NVC-001 targets LMNA-related dilated cardiomyopathy heading to Phase 1/2. Closed US$45M Series B (May 2025) co-led by Kurma Partners and Angelini Ventures (incl. EDBI, ClavystBio, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund). **link:** https://www.nuevocor.com **vertical:** ["Biotech"] **stage:** Series B -
Founded 2021, an A*STAR spin-off. Gene-therapy company built on its PrOSIA mechanobiology platform to treat genetic cardiomyopathies; lead candidate NVC-001 targets LMNA-related dilated cardiomyopathy headin...
Rhonda Wong & Race Wong
** Founded 2016 by sisters Rhonda (CEO) and Race Wong, Ohmyhome is an end-to-end property super-app (buy/sell/rent/mortgage/reno) that became Singapore's #1 HDB transactions app. Listed on Nasdaq in 2023 (on...
(SC Ventures + Linklogis JV)
** Launched 2022 in Singapore as a JV of Standard Chartered's SC Ventures and Linklogis, Olea is an AI-driven digital trade-finance platform connecting institutional investors to trade-finance assets to clos...
Brian Ip, YC Chan
Founded 2021, Omni HR is an AI-powered HRIS + multi-country payroll SaaS positioning as 'the Rippling of Southeast Asia,' automating the end-to-end employee lifecycle for Asia's SMEs. Raised a US$7.4M Series...
Shane Chesson, Hian Goh
Founded 2014; a SEA VC firm best known as an early backer of Gojek. Consumer, marketplace and platform focus with investments in Love Bonito, Chope, Halodoc, FinAccel/Kredivo and more. Runs multiple funds (V...
AI-assisted accounting, bookkeeping and back-office SaaS for small businesses and startups. Raised a US$17M Series B in 2024. Singapore-HQ'd fintech/SaaS serving SMEs across multiple markets.
Edtech startup running an immersive, gamified science and math learning platform for primary-school students. Raised ~US$1.7M in a 2025 round joined by Iterative. Singapore-HQ'd early-stage edtech.
Arne Jeroschewski, Dana von der Heide
Founded 2016 (co-founder Arne Jeroschewski was founding CEO of Zalora); an AI-powered delivery-experience and post-purchase SaaS platform. Integrates 900+ carriers, processes 100M+ parcel updates daily, and ...
Creator-economy / influencer-marketing platform (founded 2016) that lets everyday users — nano to macro influencers — pick and run brand campaigns via its app; 200,000+ influencers and 850+ brands (Adidas, R...
Jeffrey Tiong
Founded 2007 (spun out of NUS with a ~S$55K grant), Patsnap is an AI-driven IP and innovation-intelligence SaaS platform used by R&D and legal teams to search patents, literature and competitive data. It hit...
Singapore Airlines (Encounters Pte Ltd; CEO Siddharth Shanker)
Launched June 2021 as a Singapore Airlines-incubated travel-experiences and activities-booking platform (a Klook/GetYourGuide competitor), operated by SIA subsidiary Encounters Pte Ltd. Offers 200,000+ tours...
Nidhi Gupta & Dr. Lingxiao Xia
** Founded 2017 (the co-founders met at Entrepreneur First Singapore), Portcast is an AI predictive supply-chain visibility platform that ingests 5M+ daily data points from 370+ carriers and 800+ ports to fo...
Steve Melhuish & Jani Rautiainen
** Founded May 2007 (site launched Dec 2007), PropertyGuru is Southeast Asia's largest property marketplace, connecting ~50M+ monthly seekers with 50K+ agents across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam an...
Adrien Jorge & Alexandre Wallemacq
** Founded 2018, Propseller is a tech-powered real-estate brokerage combining salaried in-house agents with a data/CRM platform to cut transaction friction and commissions. Raised US$12M Series A led by Vert...
Ku Young Bae
Founded 2010 by Gmarket founder Ku Young Bae as an eBay JV; became an early Singapore e-commerce leader with localized marketplaces across SEA and East Asia. FLAG: hit a severe liquidity/non-payment crisis i...
Aneesh Sathe & Kaveh Taghipour **venue:** Singapore (one-north, 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent) **la:** 1.2996 **ln:** 103.7877 **desc:** Founded 2017. AI digital-pathology platform (Pantheon) that reads histopathology slides to accelerate cancer diagnosis (colon, prostate, lymph node), co-developed with Singapore General Hospital. Raised ~US$7.5M Series A (MassMutual Ventures, Seeds Capital, Exfinity); CE-marked and HSA Class C IVD certified. **link:** https://www.qritive.com **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Series A -
Founded 2017. AI digital-pathology platform (Pantheon) that reads histopathology slides to accelerate cancer diagnosis (colon, prostate, lymph node), co-developed with Singapore General Hospital. Raised ~US$...
(Intelligent transport / navigation)
** Singapore intelligent-transport/urban-mobility data company providing navigation, real-time traffic and fleet dispatch tech (consumer app + enterprise TrackSYNQ). Raised Series B (~US$7.2M reported) and b...
Philip Franta, Fabien Rastouil
Founded 2019 in Singapore as a marketplace for refurbished/circular-economy electronics (phones, tablets, laptops). Raised a US$50M Series A (2022, Cathay Innovation). FLAG: moved its global HQ to San Mateo,...
Terence Zou
Founded 2014 as a carpooling app; expanded into ride-hailing, taxi and on-demand delivery (RydeSEND). Became the first Singapore ride-hailing company to IPO on the NYSE American in March 2024. Positions itse...
Forrest Li, Gang Ye, David Chen
Founded 2009 by Forrest Li as gaming firm Garena; rebranded Sea in 2017. NYSE-listed (2017), it is Southeast Asia's largest tech company, spanning Shopee (SEA's #1 e-commerce platform), Garena (Free Fire) an...
Ian Ang, Alaric Choo
Founded 2014 by two esports players; a D2C premium gaming-chair brand that grew into a global category leader with licensed lines (Batman, Game of Thrones, League of Legends). Bootstrapped to a reported bill...
Cashback, rewards and shopping-discovery super-app launched in Singapore in 2014, now spanning multiple markets with millions of users and 2,000+ merchants, and expanded into fintech/BNPL. A homegrown Singap...
Martin Markiewicz, Michael Wilkowski, Julia Markiewicz
Founded 2013, Silent Eight builds AI (now agentic 'Iris 7') for financial-crime compliance — automated alert adjudication, name/transaction screening and sanctions decisions deployed in 150+ markets by banks...
Shravan Verma **venue:** Singapore (Alexandra / one-north) **la:** 1.2896 **ln:** 103.8016 **desc:** Founded 2017. "Virtual hospital" / hospital-at-home platform delivering telemedicine, house-call doctors and nurses, and home-based acute care. Raised US$28M (2022) from backers incl. Bertelsmann Investments, Shinhan Venture Investment and Mars Growth; piloted MOH-backed mobile inpatient care. **link:** https://speedoc.com **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Series A/B -
Founded 2017. "Virtual hospital" / hospital-at-home platform delivering telemedicine, house-call doctors and nurses, and home-based acute care. Raised US$28M (2022) from backers incl. Bertelsmann Investments...
Janson Seah, Jeremy Hon, Eugene Ng, Kai Yi Lee
Founded 2018 by four NUS Overseas Colleges grads, StaffAny is a workforce-management SaaS for hourly/shift workers — scheduling, time-clock and payroll-hours sync for F&B, retail, healthcare and logistics ac...
Digital wealth manager (robo-advisory) founded 2016 by Michele Ferrario, Freddy Lim and Nino Ulsamer — the largest digital wealth manager in SEA and MENA. Singapore-HQ'd fintech soonicorn that pioneered Sing...
Jarrold Ong (Co-founder/CEO)
** Founded 2015, SWAT Mobility builds high-capacity vehicle-routing / on-demand transit optimization software used by governments and transport operators to pool passengers efficiently. Raised US$10M Series ...
Rahul Shinghal, Saroj Mishra & Arul Kumaravel
** Founded 2020, Tazapay is a regulated cross-border B2B payments platform (escrow + local payment rails) serving merchants across APAC, MENA and emerging markets — infrastructure for global trade. Processes...
Joan Low **venue:** Singapore (central) **la:** 1.3048 **ln:** 103.8318 **desc:** Founded 2019. Digital mental-health platform; the ThoughtFullChat app connects users to coaches/therapists plus self-guided tools, sold B2B2C to employers and insurers across SE Asia. Raised US$1.1M seed (2021) then US$4M pre-Series A (2023) led by Temasek's Sheares Healthcare — Sheares' first mental-health investment. **link:** https://www.thoughtfull.world **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Pre-Series A -
Founded 2019. Digital mental-health platform; the ThoughtFullChat app connects users to coaches/therapists plus self-guided tools, sold B2B2C to employers and insurers across SE Asia. Raised US$1.1M seed (20...
Abhishek Chatterjee, Jeeta Bandopadhyay
Founded 2014, Tookitaki is a RegTech / anti-money-laundering SaaS using a community-driven federated-learning approach (AFC Ecosystem, FinCense platform) for transaction monitoring and screening at banks and...
Joel Bar-El, Dror Feldheim
Founded 2010, Trax combines computer vision and cloud SaaS to help CPG brands and retailers (Coca-Cola, AB InBev) manage shelf merchandising, inventory and retail execution. Became Singapore's unicorn in 201...
(Temasek-backed; Chua Kee Lock, Vertex Holdings)
Vertex Holdings is a Temasek subsidiary (roots in Singapore Technologies' venture arm; acquired by Temasek 2004). Its SE Asia & India fund was a seed backer of Grab and closed a US$541M Fund V. Deep consumer...
Dr. Avishek Kumar & Dr. Arjun Bhattarai
** Founded 2018 as an NTU spin-off, VFlowTech makes vanadium redox flow batteries ("PowerCube") for long-duration energy storage — relevant to port/grid electrification. Notably backed by **PSA unboXed** (th...
Rajith Shaji, Rajesh Raikwar
Founded 2019/2020 (YC-backed), Volopay is a spend-management SaaS combining corporate cards, expense management, bill-pay and accounting automation — 'Brex for Southeast Asia.' Raised a US$29M Series A (2022...
Benjamin Harris
Founded ~2021, watchTowr is a preemptive-exposure / external-attack-surface-management platform running continuous automated red-teaming to show enterprises how they could be breached today. Raised a US$19M ...
Ross Veitch, Craig Hewett
Founded 2005 in Singapore (originally Bezurk) as a flight/hotel travel metasearch and OTA. FLAG: operates a dual HQ in Singapore and Dubai, having found its strongest traction in the Middle East/GCC. Runs 70...
Bryan Koh & Tarun Kudaisya **venue:** Singapore (central) **la:** 1.3048 **ln:** 103.8318 **desc:** Founded 2018. On-demand telemedicine and integrated digital-health provider serving ~2M lives across SG and SE Asia; teleconsults, medication delivery, chronic-disease programs. Raised S$10.8M in what was billed Singapore's largest telemedicine Series A; regional expansion into Indonesia/Vietnam. **link:** https://www.whitecoat.global **vertical:** ["Healthtech"] **stage:** Series A -
Founded 2018. On-demand telemedicine and integrated digital-health provider serving ~2M lives across SG and SE Asia; teleconsults, medication delivery, chronic-disease programs. Raised S$10.8M in what was bi...
Rocket Internet (parent: Global Fashion Group)
Founded 2012 by Rocket Internet; SEA's largest fashion e-tailer, regionally headquartered in Singapore. FLAG: parent Global Fashion Group S.A. is Luxembourg-incorporated and Frankfurt-listed. Runs marketplac...
Julian Artopé, Frederik Krass
Founded 2018; a D2C dental/oral-care brand offering 3D-printed clear aligners (invisible braces) plus toothpaste, brushes and floss, up to ~70% cheaper than traditional aligners. Backed by Sequoia, L Cattert...
Ankiti Bose, Dhruv Kapoor
Founded 2015 as a B2B fashion/apparel supply-chain and sourcing platform; raised ~US$300M+ from Sequoia, Temasek and Burda to near-unicorn status. Collapsed in 2022 after the board suspended and fired CEO An...
Who's investing in Singapore
The funds, micro-VCs and angel networks based here. Jump to a type, or browse the list.
Venture capital firms 17
One of Asia's largest VC firms (~US$9B AUM across 13 funds, 400+ companies), spun out of Sequoia in 2023 and rebranded Peak XV. Runs a dedicated ~US$850M Southeast Asia fund plus the Surge seed accelerator, with Singapore as its SEA hub ...
Founded 2009, one of the most prolific early-stage investors in Southeast Asia with a Singapore–Jakarta base and 300+ portfolio companies. Known as the first backer of Indonesian giants Tokopedia and Traveloka. Runs a multi-stage, sector...
Singapore-based seed-to-Series-A fund founded 2011, managing ~US$250M with typical US$1–3M cheques across SEA and increasingly MENA. Portfolio spans 100+ companies including Carousell, Alodokter and Xendit. Publishes the widely cited SEA...
The first independent Singapore-HQ'd VC to cross US$1B AUM, founded 2012 by Indian-origin GPs Amit Anand and Anurag Srivastava. Runs a concentrated "founder-first" strategy of ~15–18 core bets per fund across India and SEA, with heavy fo...
Co-headquartered in Singapore and Jakarta with ~US$800M committed to SEA, founded 2014. Early backer of Gojek/GoTo, plus Kredivo, Halodoc, Igloo and Pluang across ~58 companies. Focuses on Series A/B with a hands-on operating team (OS+).
Early-stage cross-border fund (US/SEA) managing >US$600M, with a strong enterprise, deep-tech and sustainability thesis in Southeast Asia. Typical cheques US$0.5–2M at seed/pre-A. Portfolio includes Luxola, TradeGecko and numerous B2B/cl...
Pan-SEA early-stage VC founded 2014 by Peng T. Ong and Kuo-Yi Lim, investing pre-Series-A to Series-A with US$3–10M cheques across ~77 companies. Backs tech-enabled startups in Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam. One of the region's most a...
Global multi-stage VC/PE (>US$11B AUM, 200+ companies) co-founded by Eduardo Saverin, with its Asia strategy run from Singapore. Backs technology, healthcare and climate; Indian/SEA bets have included Meesho, Khatabook, CredAvenue, Bounc...
Singapore-based early-stage SEA fund founded 2017 by Yinglan Tan (ex-Sequoia), active from seed through growth with US$2–7M cheques across 100+ companies. Fintech- and marketplace-heavy portfolio including Carro, Payfazz, Ajaib and Shipp...
The SEA arm of global seed firm 500 Global, investing across the region since 2012 with 300+ regionally HQ'd portfolio companies. Early backer of billion-dollar outcomes Grab, Bukalapak, Carousell, Carsome, FinAccel and eFishery. High-vo...
Singapore-based technology investment firm running early-stage venture plus growth/secondary strategies across Asia-Pacific. Enterprise-software and B2B focus, with a portfolio spanning SaaS, fintech and logistics. Founded by former oper...
Global day-zero venture builder and early-stage VC headquartered in Singapore, founded 2017 and present in 30+ cities; topped PitchBook's most-active global VC table in 2024 with 443 deals. Co-founds and pre-seed funds companies, closing...
Established 2016 as Indonesia's first independent institutional early-stage fund, now one of SEA's largest early-stage VCs at ~US$650M AUM with 70+ active companies. Backs fintech, consumer and F&B; portfolio includes Kopi Kenangan, Ajai...
Y Combinator-style accelerator and seed fund for Southeast Asia, founded by ex-YC and operator partners; closed a US$55M Fund II in 2022. Invests up to US$500K into cohort startups via a 12-week program (two batches/year). 65+ companies ...
One of the most active early-stage funds in Asia's digital economy, HQ'd in Singapore with reach across SEA, China and Central Asia. Runs traditional funds plus accredited-investor syndicates for co-investment. Consumer-internet and plat...
Singapore-based seed fund founded 2016 by Michael Blakey and Will Klippgen, backing enterprise/deep-tech B2B startups across SEA with a hands-on, high-conviction model. Small, concentrated portfolios and founder-first support. Active acr...
Singapore-based early-stage fund founded by Japanese serial entrepreneur Teruhide Sato (ex-BEENOS), investing heavily across India, SEA and global data/fintech startups. A prominent India cross-border backer with a "founders' fund" philo...
Crypto & web3 funds 5
Leading blockchain investment and advisory firm (est. 2018) based in Singapore and Hong Kong, having invested in 170+ companies with 7 unicorns. Notable bets include Consensys, Animoca Brands and Mysten Labs (Sui). Combines a venture fun...
Singapore-based advisory and investment firm focused exclusively on blockchain-enabled companies, participating in early token and equity rounds. Long-standing player in Asia's web3 fundraising scene. Backs infrastructure, DeFi and consu...
One of Asia's largest crypto/digital-asset investment managers, operating across Hong Kong and Singapore with an active fund frequently co-leading web3 rounds. Invests across blockchain infrastructure, L1/L2s and DeFi. Part of the broade...
Singapore-founded digital-asset trading and investment firm, a major market-maker and principal investor in the region's crypto ecosystem. Deploys into tokens, funds and digital-asset infrastructure alongside top-tier crypto investors. A...
The web3/digital-asset arm of Singapore-based Whampoa Group, backing blockchain infrastructure, fintech and crypto startups with dedicated funds. Part of a growing cluster of family-office-linked crypto capital in Singapore. Invests acro...
Cross-border (India-linked) funds 6
Leading early-stage SEA fund (flagship office Jakarta, active Singapore presence) with >US$500M AUM focused on Indonesia and ASEAN. Backs digital economy, fintech, consumer and climate startups. Portfolio includes Xendit, Stockbit and Sh...
Singapore-HQ'd early-stage VC founded 2018 by Indian-origin GPs Rajul Garg (ex-Pine Labs/GlobalLogic) and Shwetank Verma, who leads non-India investing from Singapore. Positions itself as "India's first global VC" chasing the "Global Ind...
The India-and-SEA franchise of global VC Lightspeed, running a ~US$500M regional fund and 70+ India portfolio companies with cross-border scale support from the global platform. Backs consumer, SaaS, fintech and AI. A leading India–SEA c...
Founding Partner & MD of Jungle Ventures and the first Kauffman Fellow from the region; a pioneer of Singapore's VC industry over 25 years and a leading Indian-origin GP in the diaspora. Led exits including Zipdial (to Twitter), TradeGec...
Managing Director of Peak XV who has spearheaded India and ASEAN investing since 2006 and helped build the Surge seed program. One of the most influential Indian-origin investors bridging India and Southeast Asia, with board roles at com...
Founding General Partner who co-led B Capital's Asia strategy from Singapore for 8+ years and chaired its global investment committee, backing Indian startups Meesho, Khatabook, CredAvenue, Bounce and Bizongo. Departed end-2025 to launch...
Operator angels 3
One of Southeast Asia's leading angel networks, comprising senior executives from global tech companies (Google, Meta, Amazon, Stripe, etc.) who co-invest in early-stage startups. Nearly 100 investments made, combining capital with opera...
One of the oldest angel networks in the region, connecting accredited angels with pre-seed/seed startups across six ASEAN markets. Runs pitch sessions, syndication and education for early-stage founders. A backbone of Singapore's angel e...
A Singapore-based angel investor community and syndicate platform that trains angels and pools capital into vetted early-stage deals across SEA. Runs structured education, deal flow and co-investment. Among the most active angel syndicat...
Incubators & accelerators in Singapore
Incubators, accelerators, corporate programs and institutions. Jump to a type, or browse the list.
Incubators 1
The physical cradle of Singapore's startup scene — a ~56,000 sqm JTC-run estate at the former Ayer Rajah Industrial Estate, created in 2015 after the Blk71 pilot (with NUS Enterprise, IMDA and Singtel Innov8). It clusters 30+ incubators,...
Accelerators 7
The world's most active early-stage VC and 'Day Zero' company-builder — and, notably, headquartered in Singapore (founded 2017 by Magnus Grimeland). Its Residency model backs individuals pre-team/pre-idea, helps them find co-founders, th...
A Y Combinator-style accelerator and VC based in Singapore, founded 2020 by Hsu Ken Ooi and Brian Ma, focused squarely on Southeast Asia. Runs two cohorts a year, investing ~US$150k per startup for a small stake across an intensive 12-we...
The Singapore presence of the global Techstars mentorship-driven accelerator network (its first Asia program launched 2018 with Rakuten). Runs 90-day cohorts seeking Asia startups with sharply differentiated solutions, investing ~US$20k ...
One of Southeast Asia's most active early-stage investors, running its regional operations and accelerator programming out of Singapore since 2012. Backs pre-seed to Series A startups (first checks US$250k-US$500k) across SEA and runs th...
The region's first integrated cybersecurity startup hub, launched March 2018 as a joint venture between Singtel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise, and supported by the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) and IMDA. Runs Inspire (pre-accelerator bootcamp)...
Singapore's first government-backed blockchain accelerator, launched 2018 and supported by Enterprise Singapore. A product-development-focused, neutral platform whose network partners span MAS, Temasek, IBM, Intel, Citibank, HSBC, BMW Gr...
The pioneering 'talent-investor' company builder that backs exceptional technical individuals pre-team and pre-idea, running a ~6-month Form-then-Launch program to co-found deep-tech startups. Its Singapore hub (from 2017, supported by E...
Corporate programs 5
The APAC headquarters (since 2010) of the Silicon Valley-born global innovation platform that matches startups with corporate partners. Runs industry-specific 12-week accelerator batches — notably a multi-corporate Fintech & Insurtech pr...
A leading corporate innovation and venture-development firm with a major Singapore office, operating the Startupbootcamp accelerator and building corporate-backed ventures. Singapore-based programs include the Supply Chain Resilience Acc...
The corporate venture and innovation arm of global port operator PSA International, established 2016 as PSA unboXed and evolved into PSA Ventures (a dedicated VC + venture builder). Invests in and pilots startups in logistics, ports, mar...
SAP's equity-free corporate startup accelerator and 'foundry' in Singapore, bringing B2B enterprise-software startups together with SAP customers and technology. Runs themed cohorts (e.g. Intelligent Sustainable Enterprise, Industry 4.0)...
Google's equity-free, three-month accelerator for growth-stage Singapore and SEA tech startups, with a strong AI-first focus. Cohorts of 10-15 startups get Google engineering mentorship, product access and 1:1 technical support to solve ...
University & research 3
The anchor of Singapore's startup ecosystem. NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore, birthed BLOCK71 in 2011 (with Singtel Innov8 and the then-MDA) by turning a disused Ayer Rajah building into th...
The innovation and enterprise company of NTU, commercialising university research and incubating spinoffs (minimum ~5-year incubation, with equity investment into high-potential teams). Runs The Nest @ NIC coworking space and is an accre...
Singapore Management University's innovation and entrepreneurship arm, running the Business Innovations Generator (BIG) incubator since 2009 — an intensive founder-centric program for early-stage and student startups (a 2023 cohort drew ...
Government & public 8
The lead government agency for enterprise development, and the central pillar of Singapore's startup scaffolding. It runs the Startup SG national brand and co-invests via Startup SG Equity, funds first-time founders (Startup SG Founder, ...
The unifying national brand and one-stop platform for Singapore's startup support schemes, launched in 2017 and run by EnterpriseSG. Umbrella for Startup SG Founder (grant + mentorship for first-timers), Startup SG Tech (proprietary-tech...
Singapore's inbound investment-promotion agency (est. 1961), the magnet that pulls global companies and experienced founders to base in Singapore. Runs the Global Founder Programme (GFP) for serial founders to build and scale ventures fr...
A government-owned Deep Tech ecosystem builder and investor, established 2016 to consolidate the country's deep-tech innovation efforts. Uses a 'triple helix' of talent development, venture investment and community-building; manages a sl...
The digital/infocomm-media regulator and development agency under the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. Its Accreditation Programme (since 2014) validates promising local tech companies and opens government/enterprise sale...
Singapore's lead public research agency (statutory board under MTI), the source pool for much of the nation's deep-tech IP. Its Innovation & Enterprise (I&E) division commercialises research and its Venture Creation & Growth arm venture-...
The central bank and integrated financial regulator, and the reason Singapore became Asia's fintech capital. Its FinTech Regulatory Sandbox (2016) lets financial institutions and fintechs test innovative products live under relaxed rules...
The national voice and trade association for Singapore's startup ecosystem, established by MTI in 2003 and relaunched as a private-sector-led non-profit in 2014. Runs BASH ('Build Amazing Startups Here') at one-north — a community hub fo...
Coworking spaces in Singapore
Where founders and early teams set up.
Asia's largest homegrown flexible-workspace provider, founded in Singapore in 2011 by Kong Wan Sing. Its flagship at The Centrepoint on Orchard Road pioneered facial-recognition entry and on-demand workspace; it also runs THE COLLECTIVE ...
A premium, hospitality-led coworking operator founded in Singapore with a boutique-hotel-lobby aesthetic aimed at founders, professionals and growth-stage teams. Runs 7 CBD locations (Raffles Place, Orchard, Chinatown). Acquired by Indus...
The Singapore arm of the global flexible-workspace brand, operating ~12-14 locations concentrated in the CBD and Downtown Core. Its 21 Collyer Quay flagship (opened 2022) is the largest WeWork in the entire Pacific region. Popular with v...
A pioneer of Singapore coworking (founded 2012, from the merger of Impact Hub Singapore and Collision 8), long the country's largest coworking entrepreneurial community. A Google for Startups partner space, giving members access to globa...
Startup communities & events in Singapore
The wider scene eChai is part of: communities, recurring meetups and annual conferences. Jump to a type, or browse the list.
Women founders in Singapore
Women building companies here, and the founder networks and funds backing them.
Love, Bonito
Co-founder of Love, Bonito, a homegrown women's fashion label designing for Asian bodies. She and the Tan sisters (Viola and Velda) started as blogshop BonitoChico in 2005 and rebranded to Love, Bonito in 20...
ShopBack
Co-founder and Head of International Expansion at ShopBack, the Singapore-born cashback and rewards platform launched in 2014. She helped scale ShopBack across the region — the platform now spans multiple ma...
Zilingo (legacy)
Indian-origin (Mumbai) co-founder and former CEO of Zilingo, a Singapore-HQ'd B2B fashion-and-apparel supply-chain platform founded in 2015; she was on track to be the first Indian woman to co-found a US$1B ...
Unravel Carbon / The Hub Singapore
Serial entrepreneur and community builder: co-founder/CEO of The Hub Singapore (one of the country's earliest coworking communities) and co-founder/CEO of Unravel Carbon (YC W22), an AI-powered enterprise de...
KeyReply
Co-founder and CEO of KeyReply, a conversational-AI / patient-engagement platform for healthcare and insurance organizations, accredited by Singapore's Ministry of Health and named a Gartner Cool Vendor. A v...
The Great Room
Architect and former banker who co-founded The Great Room in 2016, a premium/hospitality-led coworking brand headquartered in Singapore with locations across the region (later acquired by IWG/Industrious). I...
Beacon Fund
Co-founder and CEO of Beacon Fund, a Singapore-based gender-lens private-debt fund (seeded by Patamar Capital, 2020) financing women-owned/led SMEs across Southeast Asia. Also a partner at Patamar Capital. A...
Singapore-rooted global platform running the world's largest startup competition for women and technology, active in 40+ countries, plus a She Loves Tech Fund and Alliance to close the gender funding gap. Po...
Described as the world's first global corporate women's private network and collective angel fund — high-powered female executives (75% Singapore-based) who mentor and invest in early-stage startups. Combine...
Southeast Asia's first private-debt fund dedicated to gender equality and social impact, seeded by Patamar Capital in 2020 with an initial US$50M target and an evergreen structure. Provides debt/mezzanine of...
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Startup neighbourhoods in Singapore
The neighbourhoods where the city's founders cluster.
The planned research district: BLOCK71 and LaunchPad anchor early-stage startups, and Biopolis holds the biotech and biomedical cluster around A*STAR and NUS.
Matrixport · ChainUp · GXS Bank · MariBank · Aevice Health · Aevice Health
The downtown core where the fintech, web3 and financial-services companies sit, next to the banks, funds and MAS.
Singlife · Amber Group · Crypto.com · Sygnum · Thunes · Funding Societies
Beyond the two poles, companies are spread across the island. Many carry a Singapore holding-company base as a regional headquarters for a business operating across Southeast Asia.
5X · 99 Group (99.co) · AeterLink · Aether Fuels · Airalo · Allay Therapeutics
Answers about the Singapore startup scene
What does the startup ecosystem in Singapore look like?
Singapore is the gateway hub of Southeast Asian tech. It is Asia's fintech and web3 capital (Nium, Thunes, Aspire, plus a crypto cluster around Matrixport and StraitsX), home of the super-apps (Sea, Grab, Carousell), and the base for two global niches, carbon markets and agri-food-tech, plus a real maritime and trade-tech cluster. The vertical pages above map who is building what.
Why is Singapore the gateway to Southeast Asia for startups?
It combines rule of law, a deep pool of state and sovereign capital (Temasek, GIC, EDBI), the MAS fintech sandbox, and neutral positioning between India, China and the rest of SEA. Many founders base a regional holding company here to operate across Southeast Asia, which is why so much India to SEA startup flow runs through the city.
Where do founders network in Singapore?
At meetups, demo days and industry weeks more than at closed conferences. eChai runs free, open founder meetups in Singapore with an India to SEA flavour. Beyond eChai there is a thick layer of communities and anchor events, from Singapore FinTech Festival to TOKEN2049, listed in the communities section below. The simplest first step is to show up to an upcoming event.
Who are the Indian founders in Singapore?
A large share of the city's most valuable startups are Indian-founded or Indian-led, from Nium and Syfe in fintech to Multiplier and CYFIRMA in B2B software. The Diaspora tab above maps that cluster company by company, and lists the India-linked networks, TiE Singapore, SICCI and IITAAS, that eChai connects into.
Who are the active VCs and investors in Singapore?
The ecosystem is government-catalysed: state-linked capital (Temasek and Vertex, GIC, EDBI, SGInnovate) sets the tempo, alongside cross-border India to SEA funds like Leo Capital, Jungle Ventures and Peak XV, and Antler, one of the world's most active early-stage investors, is headquartered here. The investors section above lists firms by type.
Which accelerators and incubators are in Singapore?
BLOCK71 and LaunchPad at one-north anchor the early-stage scene, Antler runs its founder residency here, and the government stack (EnterpriseSG, EDB, MAS, A*STAR) provides grants and programmes. The incubators and coworking section above lists them by type.
What are the strongest startup sectors in Singapore?
Fintech and web3 lead, followed by the super-app, commerce and logistics lineage (Sea, Grab, Carousell, Ninja Van). Singapore also leads two global niches, carbon markets and agri-food-tech, and runs a genuine maritime and trade-tech cluster. See the vertical pages above for the full, filterable list.
How do I join the startup community in Singapore as an Indian founder?
eChai is free and open, and the Singapore chapter is built around the India to SEA bridge. Pick an upcoming event above, RSVP and walk in, no application or fee. It is one of the most natural on-ramps for an Indian founder landing in Singapore to meet both diaspora founders and the wider ecosystem.
How do I find a co-founder in Singapore?
Go where founders already gather. Antler runs a structured co-founder residency, but most pairings start informally at meetups, demo days and industry events. Come to a few eChai Singapore events, meet people building adjacent things, and the conversations tend to find their own way to co-founder fit.
What are the best startup events in Singapore this week?
The upcoming events block above is live: RSVP to the next eChai Singapore meetup. Beyond eChai, the city runs Singapore FinTech Festival, TOKEN2049 and a steady stream of sector meetups and demo days, listed in the communities section.
New to the Singapore startup scene? Start here.
eChai runs free, open founder meetups in Singapore, and connects the India to Southeast Asia founder bridge. No membership, no fee, just show up. RSVP to the next one and meet the people building here.
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