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Venture Beat: VCs say Singapore’s the best hub for Asia investments

12 October 10

Singapore has increasingly become the launchpad of choice for investors. The country has an easy business registration processes, an advantageous tax regime and is located at the center of a burgeoning Southeast Asia startup boom. Investors in Asia have found Singapore to be a foreigner-friendly environment. Angel investor Joi Ito chose Singapore for his fund, Neoteny Labs, precisely for that reason. One of the most visible signs of the region’s bubbling startup acti...

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GuardTime Raises US$8m from Skype Founding Engineers & Investors from Hong Kong, Japan & Singapore

26 May 10

GuardTime, a Singapore-based data integrity service provider has raised raised $8 million in series A funding to help roll out its global infrastructure for delivering its provable data integrity service. The company’s unique approach – a service architecture that provides independently verifiable proof of data integrity – has attracted investors including: Horizons Ventures, a Hong Kong based investment fund focusing on early stage technology companies, Ambient Sound ...

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Venture Beat Special Report: Starting up in Singapore

17 March 10

In the past 2 years, 26 technology start-ups from around the world like Wikinvest and mig33 from the US, and Snap Group from Europe called Singapore their Asian home. Savvy investors and entrepreneurs like like Joi Ito, Saeed Amidi and Brad Greenspan have also chosen to base their ventures in Singapore. This is in addition to more than 7000 MNCs and 10,000 small-medium enterprises that have already established their operations here. Read more ...

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