Earn flexi-income by participating in research projects with this Singapore start-up
After undertaking various market research initiatives, Neo Kang Wei and his peers who were undergraduates at the National University of Singapore (NUS) then, know very well the pain points of today’s research industry. On top of tedious administrative processes, cumbersome and expensive participant recruitment methods render traditional methods of research recruitment highly inefficient. This is […]
This Singapore start-up harvests flies to solve the problem of food security
It has been predicted that by 2050, we would have 3 billion more mouths to feed. Coupled with an ever-increasing demand for proteins owing to dietary changes and the rising income of developing countries, global meat and fish production would have to double. Farming such animals requires protein in animal feed, food sources for animals […]
Driving solar adoption with data analytics — Solar AI plays their part in the transition to zero-carbon
Solar AI is a software company that exists to drive solar adoption by connecting property owners and energy companies. While working across different ventures and problem statements to reduce carbon emissions, Bolong quickly grew attached to the idea of utilising technology in the solar industry and went on to found Solar AI. Personally, climate change […]
GETMARKED, the AI startup that could be the catalyst teachers need to live out their own mission
GETMARKED is an AI startup whose mission is to create greater capacity among teachers. Low value and repetitive tasks like marking are automated at GETMARKED so that teachers are able to spend more time on students and higher value aspects of teaching. At GETMARKED, the marking of paper-based worksheets are automated, where teachers can simply […]
Want To Be Your Own Boss? Here Are 8 Booming Business Ideas In S’pore To Execute In 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has badly impacted the job market in Singapore, with pay cuts, retrenchments, as well as salary and hiring freezes.
Singapore start-ups find solutions to give waste a new lease of life
Road construction material, beer and energy – these are some things that start-ups in Singapore are looking to produce as they reuse or recycle waste.
WASTE 20/20 winner Magorium shares how it intends to save SEA with its plastic recycling solution
Soon after being announced as the winner of Singapore’s waste-tech startup competition WASTE 20/20, organised by StartupX in partnership with Enterprise Singapore and The Incubation Network, e27 decided to interview Magorium co-founder Chu Xian to find out more about its vision.
This Singapore start-up hopes to make roads with plastic waste
Magorium, founded in mid-2019, breaks down shopping bags, bottles and other plastic trash into a material that can partially replace the tar-like, oil-based bitumen in the mixture used to build regular roads.
Health-tech start-up SenzeHub uses wearables to monitor patients’ condition
Health-tech start-up SenzeHub develops wearables that monitor patients’ vital signs such as heart rate and temperature. These devices help flag any deterioration in the user’s condition and provide an early alert for emergencies.
This 26-Year-Old Started A Dating Service In Singapore
Like many Singaporean millennials, Lee Jing Lin once thought online dating would be the solution to finding love in this digital age.
More than S$55 million set aside to help agriculture and aquaculture firms innovate
Created by Augmentus, an industrial automation company, this machine pollinates flowers and harvests strawberries.
Reebelo, a Singapore-based site for refurbished electronics, raises $1.25 million seed round
The new funding will be used for hiring, especially marketing and operations positions for customer service as the company scales. Reebelo currently operates in Singapore, but plans to expand across the Asia-Pacific region over the next two to three years.
StaffAny launches app to help SMEs manage reopening measures
As companies resume limited operations in Singapore’s phased lifting of the circuit breaker, careful tracking of their staff’s attendance, temperatures and health declarations will be a top priority for employers, to ensure they will be allowed to stay open.
狮城有约 | 疫情专题：国人守望相助 重燃甘榜情
冠病疫情肆虐，却重燃国人的甘榜情怀。不少民众在这期间积极做义工，参与邻里互助计划。他们不但义务为年长者、残障人士和其他有需要人士买菜买食物，还会陪对方聊天，成为他们心灵上的伙伴。
Forget Swiping, This S’pore Startup Revives Old School Dating With Conversations Over Coffee
For 26-year-old Lee Jing Lin, her answer to this dating app fatigue is a new service called Kopi Date, which aims to strip away the walls of technology and take us back to good-old getting to know each other over coffee.