Startup

E-sports startup MPL raises USD35.5 mn in Series A funding

Fastest growing e-sports startup Mobile Premier League (MPL) has raised USD35.5 million (SGD48.2 million) in its Series A funding round led...

Singapore-based student housing provider OxfordCaps raises USD8 million in Series A funding

Singapore-based student housing provider OxfordCaps has raised USD8 million (SGD10.83 million) in Series A funding as the startup plans to...

Global investments in Indian start ups cross 11.5 billion mark

The global investment flows into the Indian start ups has crossed 11.5 billion US dollars, underscoring the growing confidence of investors...

Singapore startups get chance to win SGD12,000 grant at ‘The Island Exchange’

Singapore is the country for startups. Multitudes of funding options, government grants, business chambers like SICCI forever out to support...

Sops, tax exemptions for start-ups up to INR 250mn, NRIs excluded

To provide a momentum to investments in start-ups, the Indian government has cleared a proposal that exempts a start-up from paying income...

Singapore-based fashion startup Zilingo raises USD226 million in Series D round

Singapore-based online fashion marketplace Zilingo has raised USD226 million (SGD306.69 million) in its latest series D round financing.

Facebook acquires shopping startup GrokStyle launched by Indian origin woman

In an attempt to enable users shop better using Artificial Intelligence, Facebook has acquired a startup founded by an Indian-origin woman,...

OYO expands international presence, enters US market

Growing from a single hotel in May 2013 to over 8,500+ hotels at present, Gurugram-headquartered hospitality unicorn OYO is all set to enter...

India best investment destination, Modi tells global fintech firms

Asserting that India was one of the top nations for fintech adoption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today exhorted the global fintech majors...

ComfortDelGro partners Finnish start-up to launch 'Netflix of transport'

ComfortDelGro Corporation has partnered Finnish startup MaaS Global to launch “WHIM”, a multi-modal transport app.

Facebook and IMDA jointly launch start-up programme

Startup Station Singapore is a six-months programme, and aims to take in between eight and 12 start-ups in the pioneer batch.

Singapore-based startup AirTrunk raises SGD851.7 mn to fund expansion plan

Singapore-based startup AirTrunk has raised SGD851.7 million to fund the expansion of its two Australian data centres in Sydney and...