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Google-Owned Waze To Close Sales Office In S’pore And APAC – Axes 5% Of Global Workforce

Waze, the Google-owned navigation and mapping service, will lay off 5 per cent of its global workforce, said its CEO Noam Bardin in an email announcement to employees. This equates to about 30 people out of its 555-strong global workforce. It did not mention how many of its Singapore staff are …

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S’pore Startup Beam Raises US$26M Funding To Build The Largest E-Scooter Fleet In APAC

Singapore micromobility startup Beam has raised US$ 26 million (about S$ 36.6 million) in its latest Series A funding round. The fundraise was led by Sequoia India — which was also Beam’s lead investor at seed stage in 2018 — and Hana Ventures. They are joined by other Asia Pacific …

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