In the first edition of Xero Community, organised by accounting software company Xero, small and medium businesses in Singapore got together to decode the 2019 Budget. The Xero Community is a quarterly series of events to provide a platform for local SMEs to learn, connect and take...
Enterprise Singapore (ESG) has set aside over S$55 million to accelerate the growth of promising local agriculture and aquaculture companies by developing their innovation capabilities to grow more with less.
This builds on ESG’s ongoing efforts to develop a vibrant agri-food tech ecosystem that...
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) and UOB have jointly launched AGILE, a campus incubator to drive innovation, learning and entrepreneurship.
AGILE, which stands for Accelerating Growth in Innovation, Learning and Entrepreneurship, was launched by Minister for Transport Mr Ong Ye Kung, who also sits on...
Amway has published its 2023 Amway Global Entrepreneurship Report (AGER), revealing comprehensive data on trends around starting a business.The Amway-sponsored study examined the state of entrepreneurship in a post-pandemic world, collecting data from more than 15,000 respondents in 15 countries including Singapore and presenting five major takeaways....
The Singapore Business Federation (SBF), Association of Small & Medium Enterprises (ASME) and Ministry of Trade and Industry’s (MTI) Pro-Enterprise Panel (PEP) have launched the SBF-ASME Pro-Enterprise Clinic for businesses, especially SMEs. Championed by ASME and SBF, the SBF-ASME Pro-Enterprise Clinic serves as a convenient one-stop platform...
Flourish Bakehouse was opened in October 2021, a time when many Safe Management Measures were in place to safeguard public health. However, these tough times did not deter founder Diane Ong, who opened her bakery at Phoenix Park, realising what had previously been a retirement goal.
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Enterprise Singapore, and the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) have joined forces to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups innovate, grow and thrive in the competitive energy sector.
Serving as a one-stop hub, the new...
NatureBond is a company founded by Singaporean parents offering baby and maternity products to its customers. Inspired by their experiences becoming new parents, the company’s founders, Jeffrey Chua and Xu Qiuling took a keen interest in baby products and have set their sights on building a global...
On 4 November 2019, OCBC announced that start-ups
can now open an OCBC business banking account in Singapore immediately after
incorporation, rather than experiencing the typical one day wait. This is made
possible through an Application Programming Interface (API) between OCBC Bank
and global information services provider, Experian. Once a business...
Pitik, founded in 2019, is an Indonesian company that harnesses the power of data and technology to empower Indonesian chicken farmers, allowing them to achieve better quality poultry and thereby generating more income. Like many SMEs and startups, they faced an issue obtaining the necessary financing to...
