Startup Grind Singapore Hosts Shashank Dixit, CEO of Deskera Open Source Shashank Dixit is a successful entrepreneur and currently the CEO of Deskera Open Source. From a humble background to the CEO of a multi-million dollar software company, Shashank’s success reminds us about “from rags to riches” story but this story is written by his Read the full article…

APAC StartUp Webinar Series | Achieving Profitability on AWS 30 May 2013 9:30am to 10:30am (India), 11:00am to 12:00pm (Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta), 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Perth, Singapore, Taipei), 1:00pm to 2:00pm (Seoul), 2:00pm to 3:00pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time), 4:00pm to 5:00pm (New Zealand Standard Time) Getting from scale Read the full article…

Come and witness the historic moment where Singapore’s Next Big Ideas Take-Off at the 14th Start-Up@Singapore Awards ceremony. Start-Up@Singapore is a revolutionary entrepreneurship competition in more ways than one. This year, with 1,310 participants and 467 teams and more than S$235,000 (US$187,385) worth of prizes to be given away, the 14th Start-Up@Singapore is the island’s biggest, grandest Read the full article…

PyCon SG will showcase talks, lightning talks and startup booths, all relating to Python, organized as a community effort by Python developers in Singapore. PyCon SG 2013 is a three-day event from 13th to 15th June 2013 held at Republic Polytechnic. There will be many Python related talks and tutorials, targetting developers of various skill Read the full article…

Online food ordering service foodpanda has confirmed its merger with Singapore-based SG Dine. Earlier last week, foodpanda announced their partnership with RedMart. Following that, the recently funded company has just announced their official merger with Singapore based Singapore Dine. We received an anonymous tip (thank you!) that foodpanda might be cooking up something huge: a Read the full article…

Two fashion tech startups have caught our eye with their ability to help consumers clear out their wardrobes. Waking up this morning, I must have hit that snooze button about 10 times. I slowly managed my way to my wardrobe and it hit me, “What the hell am I going to wear today?” I hear Read the full article…

Singapore-based e-commerce platform Reebonz has just received a US$40 million investment led by MediaCorp, valuing Reebonz at over US$198 million. Reebonz was founded by Samuel Lim, Daniel Lim and Benjamin Han back in 2009. The site offers high-end designer brands through flash-sale events. According to Today Online, Reebonz reached its two millionth member in September Read the full article…

Classic menswear e-commerce service Vanda Fine Clothing has 70 percent of their customers coming from outside Singapore. Last month, we covered local merchant Helena Tang-Lim with her e-commerce business, Manek-Manek Beads, which sells exquisite hand-made bead jewelry going cross-border with a credible payment method. With approximately 90 percent of her customers coming from Europe, the US Read the full article…

AngelHack organizes competitions where developers and entrepreneurs can learn tools, meet friends and get funding and mentorship for their startup ideas. In 2013, AngelHack will organize 100 hackathons, bringing together 15,000+ developers in 50+ cities. Winners from every city are put through the AngelHack Accelerator Program, where we mentor them for 12 weeks before bringing Read the full article…

W-Locate, which provides indoor and outdoor geolocation through GPS and SIM cards, has secured pre-series A funding from TNF Ventures. Location-based services are popular not only in the consumer market, but also in enterprise. With the rise of GPS- and WiFi-based location services popularized among retail and restaurant businesses, another solution is on the rise: Read the full article…