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Tech funding slumps 94% in September

Tech funding slumps 94% in September

dtcpay led the month with a $25m round as dealmaking stayed subdued.
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Tech acquisitions hit 14 as IPOs stall at 1 in Q3

No unicorns emerged in the quarter, whilst acquisitions more than doubled.
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Early-stage share jumps to nearly 29% in Q3 as late-stage share sinks

Seed-stage share kept shrinking to 0.7% from 1.8% in Q2.
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Tech startup funding hits record $5.5b in Q3: Tracxn

This is the highest in 12 quarters.
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SME digital adoption climbs to 96% in 2025

Digital adoption amongst large firms stayed at 100%.
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Info-comm tops digital adoption at 3.7 in 2025

Digitalisation efforts in Singapore improved across all 11 sectors.

Digital adoption hits 96.4% of firms in 2025

Average use per enterprise grew to 2.5 from 2.3 areas out of six.

Finance tops digitalisation gains as 3 sectors corner 81% of value

Construction, retail and food services combined for just $2.4b of digitalisation value.

Info-comms GDP share climbs to 6.3% as sector growth slows sharply

Its gross domestic product contribution also grew to $47.1b.

Half of developers moderately concerned about labour costs: survey

One in three are most concerned, whilst one in five are not concerned at all.

Developers expect no change in residential launches and prices in next 6 months

One in three still expect prices to rise moderately over the period.

Global slowdown, rising rates drive fear across Q2 property survey

Government intervention concern sharply dropped 26.4 percentage points.

Office sector posts highest net balances in Q2 as retail slump persists

Prime retail posted the lowest net balance in both current and future periods.

Property sentiment rebounds to 5.6 in Q2 but stays below 2025 peak

Future sentiment also improved but by a smaller margin than current.

Four out of four real estate firms plan to raise LWW wages: survey

All surveyed companies in banking and insurance, other services, and health and social services shared the same intention.

Large firms planning low-wage hikes drop to 66%: survey

SMEs intending to increase LWW wages in the next 12 months also slipped by 5%.

Firms raising low-wage pay drops to 67% YoY: survey

Businesses intending to increase wages also fell from 66% to 61%.