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A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

As of 2019, Singapore had over $19 billion in PE and VC assets under management, more than twice that of neighboring Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand combined. Numerous factors have contributed to building Singapore’s startup ecosystem, with government intervention and leadership being the dominant driving forces.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

meter coworking office space where majority of our portfolio companies and accelerator program companies sit on a daily basis. Through our coworking space, we are directly investing in our local ecosystem both supporting entrepreneurs and identifying rising entrepreneurs. meter coworking space.

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Software Engineer Turned Youtuber – Jarvis Johnson

Y Combinator

I think that if I were to rejoin the tech industry now, I don’t know whether or not I would go for a leadership role or an IT role. Me and another coworker had started our channels at the same time, and hers blew up kind of immediately. Craig Cannon [00:18:26] – Interesting.