Shiok Meats, the world’s first cell-based crustacean meat company based in Singapore, has raised US$ 12.6 million (S$ 17.27 million) in a Series A funding round. The Series A round is led by Aqua-Spark, the first investment fund focused on sustainable aquaculture. Other investors include SEEDS Capital (the investment arm …
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Euniece was a purchaser at Ben’s Independent Grocer while Jinli was a content creator at Astro. The two met by chance through Jinli’s husband in March 2019 and discovered they shared a common passion and frustration: Their love for chocolates; The lack of good quality hot chocolates in Malaysia’s local …
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Entrepreneur Samuel Chua takes the concept of “multi-tasking” to a whole new level. The Singaporean co-founded Singapore’s first ‘happy hour’ app while holding down a full-time job and running another tech startup. Named ULO, the new ‘happy hour’ app is a booking platform that offers up to 70 per cent …
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GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Console Wars remains the best book I’ve ever read about the gaming industry. It’s the exciting story of Sega of America taking on Nintendo’s console monopoly in the ’90s. We’ve known that it would become a documentary, …
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Forbes recently unveiled its list of 2020 Forbes Singapore Rich List, which highlighted the top 50 richest in Singapore. One interesting finding is that all three of Sea’s co-founders are included in the list. Chairman and CEO Forrest Li added US$ 5.53 billion to his wealth and entered the ranks of …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Google today launched Android 11, the latest version of its mobile OS, and pushed the source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Unlike previous major versions, Android 11 is not only arriving as an over-the-air update to Pixel …
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Singaporeans are no stranger to super apps such as WeChat in China, Go-Jek in Indonesia and Grab in Singapore. These super apps are all-encompassing, and allow users to access a host of different services on the same platform. They incorporate many functions and features, from e-commerce to ride-hailing to food …
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The Tiny House concept has been on a rise, which was one of the propelling factors for serial entrepreneur Seah Liang Chiang to build Singapore’s first Shipping Container Hotel. People around the world are choosing to downsize their living spaces, with a Netflix reality TV show revolving around the topic, …
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Connie Culp, the first patient in the United States to receive a face transplant, died on Wednesday at the Cleveland Clinic, which had performed her procedure in 2008. She was 57. She died of complications from an infection that was unrelated to her transplant, a spokeswoman for the hospital said. …
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