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Navigating Singapore’s Startup Ecosystem: Top 5 Funding Initiatives Unveiled

AsiaTechDaily

Startup SG Tech Grant Startup SG Tech, a key initiative for technological firms in Singapore, underwent enhancements in 2017 to facilitate better cash flow for successful applicants. Startup SG Equity Scheme Launched in 2017, the Startup SG Equity scheme operates through two interlinked modalities.

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Top 5 Cross-Border Acquisitions To Eye for in 2023

AsiaTechDaily

Register The tally of recognized startups and acquisitions, burgeoning to 84,012 in 2022 from a mere 452 in 2016, is a testament to the positive impact of investment incentives and simplified business regulations, as highlighted by the Economic Survey 2022-23.

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Japanese Regulator Plans to Double Crowdfunding Investment Cap for Retail Investors

AsiaTechDaily

Japan initiated its startup crowdfunding framework in 2015 through revisions to the financial instruments regulation. Since the launch of crowdfunding services in 2017, businesses have leveraged platforms like Fundinno and Ecrowd to secure funding from retail investors. billion yen from 2017 to August of the current year.

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How To Grow Your Economy. Build It, Don’t Buy It!

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Startups are key to economic dynamism and strong economic growth. The key ingredient to increasing the rate of economic dynamism is startups. The best way to revitalize a city’s economy is through entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem building. Ecosystems need to intentionally build and nurture a startup community.

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K-Startup Grand Challenge 2022 is accepting applications from global startups till May 31

AsiaTechDaily

In 2017, South Korea established the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to systematically oversee various startup support projects to reinforce momentum. Furthermore, the government plans to find 200 promising startups through 2022 and 1,000 promising startups, and 700 pre-unicorn startups by 2025.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer was inducted into the Oklahoma Woman’s Hall of Fame in 2017. Collaboration and cooperation are key traits of our people, and this desire for all to succeed is part of our landscape. Oklahoma’s startup ecosystem is disproportionately male, how can we improve the number of women-led startups in our region?

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

When they return, young people like Morrison are finding that Atlantic Canadians have quietly built a robust startup ecosystem that has resulted in a dozen acquisitions to companies like IBM and Salesforce, the sum of which likely surpasses $5 million in cash and stock.