Healthtech startup Plano raises undisclosed sum from billionaire Peter Lim
Local healthtech startup Plano has raised an undisclosed sum in a new funding round from several investors, including a seven figure sum...
Screwing up IP law is an easy way to doom your startup
Navigating complex intellectual property laws can be a real nightmare, yet most startups inevitably have to grapple with IP laws sooner...
Know the purpose of Singapore startup grants before applying for them
The Singapore tech ecosystem is one of the few ecosystems that promote entrepreneurship and offers startup grants to its citizens,...
A startup helps financial institutions build digital wealth products within six months
From gold and stocks to art, wine, and even comic books, investment products come in all shapes, sizes, and values. If you have a bit of...
Hong Kong and Singapore Sign MOU to Strengthen Co-operation in Personal Data Protection
Hong Kong’s and Singapore’s data protection authorities today furthered their warm relations by signing a Memorandum of Understanding...
Investment tech must ride the swell of fintech in Southeast Asia. Does tech have a hierarchy of need
If tech consumers had their own Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, internet access would form the bottom rung, and financial-technology would...
What Singapore can learn from Silicon Valley
It was my second official business visit to Silicon Valley in three years. This time, I was part of a Singapore government delegation...
Mastercard, Kuok Ventures, SGInnovate invest in AI startup
AIDA Technologies, a startup that uses machine learning to generate insights that help financial services companies make decisions,...
AirTrunk raises $450m to build Singapore data centre
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - Data centre start-up AirTrunk has raised $450 million in debt and equity to help build its first Singapore facility...
Upcoming events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs
Singapore has such a dynamic ecosystem that sometimes the number of events offered can be overwhelming. Here at FirstCOUNSEL, we're going...
