Singapore Entrepreneurs

Singapore – 7 July, 2008 - Real estate search engine HomeSpace.sg has unveiled their latest feature, HomeValue, which allows Home buyers to determine their negotiation advantage on real estate that they are interested in. [ Read More ]

Morange, the leading free mobile communication suite, more than double its user base in the first half of 2008. Beijing/Singapore, June 29, 2008: Singapore-based, mobile application developer MOZAT Pte Ltd today announced it has received the Golden Olive Award in Beijing. MOZAT’s premium mobile software product, Morange, won in the category of Best Mobile Entertainment Service in the 3rd Sony-Ericsson Cup China Mobile Application Competition. [ Read More ]

With a last minute arrangement, a group of us from the local community met up with Greg Kumparak, the MobileCrunch Editor from TechCrunch. He was here to visit and report about the CommunicAsia event. Of all places, he has picked Zouk, one of the famous places in Singapore (like the number 11 out of the top 50 clubs in the world - I may be wrong about this). Here is a short account on what transpired in this gathering. [ Read More ]

Micro-loans from Singapore-based Remarkable Innovation will help entrepreneurs in the world’s poorest nations. SINGAPORE, June 13th, 2008 – Local technology advisory firm Remarkable Innovation is putting its reserve funds to good use by making loans to third-world entrepreneurs through visionary website Kiva.org. Endorsed by well-known figures including former US president Bill Clinton, Kiva allows “investors” to finance loans for people starting or expanding a business in the world’s poorest countries. [ Read More ]

Technology to Increase Solar Panel Efficiency by 20% Through Quantum Dot Nanotechnology. Singapore, June 4, 2008: Singapore-based seed fund BAF Spectrum Pte Ltd today announced taking a 30 percent stake in Mentarix Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based solar photovoltaic component startup. The investment reflects BAF Spectrum’s strategy to invest in early-stage clean technology companies that provide new and innovative solutions. [ Read More ]

The first Facebook App, made by Singaporean and made for Singapore. An entrepreneur by the name of Kien, has created the MySingapore App in facebook that replaces the network page for Singapore (since Facebook has deprecated the networks). Check out the app MySingapore. This site is with the community spirit of Singapore at heart. You can check out some of the highlights like sharing images, rating movies and even the group shout feature.

Singapore, 22nd May 2008 – After much anticipation, local startup, Widgeous finally launched during yesterday’s Barcamp Singapore unconference session. Widgeous is a web-based startup focusing on creating a universal cross-medium communications platform. [ Read More ]

The Business Times ran an article two days ago in its print and online editions on the microfunding scheme by the Interactive Digital Media R&D programme (hosted by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA)). The article was written by Danny Tan and Joanne Chiew and is titled, “Future pillar on shaky ground at present” (May 20th, 2008). The article talked about the government initiative to spur the IDM industry and cited several of the incubators under this microfunding scheme. [ Read More ]

Press Release - Singapore, May 5th 2008, Recruit.net, an award winning tech company that operates a network of trilingual job search engines across Asia Pacific, has launched a new job search function at Ping.sg, Singapore’s leading blogging community site. With the new function, community members are able to search for ten of thousands of jobs through a single click at Ping.sg. The Recruit.net job channel allows for users to find tens of thousands of Singapore related jobs from hundreds of websites in a single search through Ping.sg: http://jobs.ping.sg/ [ Read More ]

A new web service has just turned up from Shannon Low, one of the co-founders of Shoplette.com. Shoplette is a service you can use to tell your friends what you bought and where you bought it. Check out what your friends have bought and where they’ve been shopping, discover new stuff to buy and new places to shop, and find out what’s hot and where to shop in other countries. Do check it out.