Accelerators in Singapore

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...