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Nine companies from Singapore and the region bag top honours at 2026 Emerging Enterprise Awards

2026-10-26T14:00:00.000Z
Aaru’s president and founder Ned Koh says the startup’s Singapore office will enable it to grow its partnerships with global firms and woo Asia-Pacific customers.

US-based AI prediction ‘unicorn’ opens Singapore office to target regional customers

2026-10-19T06:00:00.000Z
The deal also offered greater investor protections and included structural changes that would require the borrower to pay a penalty if the debt is repaid early.

JPMorgan, Goldman boost yield on Volta AI loan to lure investors

2026-10-16T00:07:15.000Z
Established in 2008, the Emerging Enterprise Award recognises startups and young businesses across Singapore and Asia, providing resources to boost their growth.
EMERGING ENTERPRISE AWARD 2026

Building solutions for changing needs

2026-10-12T23:00:00.000Z
In September, Anthropic decided against acquiring Decart AI. 

Amazon is in talks to buy US$7 billion AI startup Decart, WSJ reports

2026-10-11T21:51:58.000Z
Minister Tan See Leng says the facility enables startups to shorten their path to market and derisk the gestation periods typical of deep-tech projects.

A*Star launches expanded labs to speed up firms’ scaling of deep-tech ventures

2026-09-23T14:10:52.000Z
Manus’ existing backers include Tencent Holdings, HSG and ZhenFund.

Manus eyes US$4 billion value in first round since Meta breakup

2026-09-17T03:47:06.000Z
Anthropic’s backers include Amazon and Google, who are also its major compute suppliers. 

Nvidia in talks to invest in Anthropic’s mega IPO: sources

2026-09-12T03:55:26.000Z
Embrace founder Claire Mercieca says up to 75% of sales currently come from North America, with the rest mainly from Singapore and Hong Kong.

Singapore-founded intimates brand Embrace grows North America footprint with major Nordstrom deal

2026-09-09T06:01:21.000Z
Softbank’s plans follows its agreement last year to acquire Swiss engineering group ABB’s robotics business for US$5.4 billion. 

SoftBank in talks to buy stake in humanoid developer 1X at US$6 billion valuation: report

2026-08-27T04:41:36.000Z