Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping investment industry in Singapore. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
Recently founded means a recorded 2023–2026 founding year and no recorded parent, acquirer or public-company status. These companies are not labelled startups without that separate classification.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
20 of 1,321 tracked companies have open roles.
4 of 1,321 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 2 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 100.0% of disclosed capital, while 99.7% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $0 | 46 | 0 |
| 2017 | $0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2018 | $0 | 47 | 0 |
| 2019 | $0 | 59 | 0 |
| 2020 | $0 | 222 | 0 |
| 2021 | $987.91K | 250 | 1 |
| 2022 | $0 | 161 | 0 |
| 2023 | $0 | 52 | 0 |
| 2024 | $0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2025 | $750K | 4 | 1 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
3 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in investment industry company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Alex Bouaziz and Stefan Lindeberg and others.
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How the Singapore companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
4 of these companies (0.3%) publish at least one Android app — 11 apps in all, carrying 22M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| digibank by DBS IndiaDBS HotSpot Pre-accelerator | 11.7M | 3.7 | Finance |
| DBS digibankDBS HotSpot Pre-accelerator | 5.1M | 4 | Finance |
| POSB digibankDBS HotSpot Pre-accelerator | 3.4M | 4.5 | Finance |
| CPF MobileCentral Provident Fund Board | 1.2M | 4 | Finance |
| DBS IDEAL MobileDBS HotSpot Pre-accelerator | 417.7K | 3.3 | Finance |
| DBS digibank - wealthDBS HotSpot Pre-accelerator | 175.4K | 3.8 | Finance |
| CPF EZPay MobileCentral Provident Fund Board | 35.4K | — | Tools |
| DBS MAX IndiaDBS HotSpot Pre-accelerator | 11.4K | — | Finance |
| DBS digibank CNDBS HotSpot Pre-accelerator | 10.3K | — | Finance |
| RoadAidCube Highways | 5.7K | — | Business |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
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Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
2 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Caster Ong, co-founder of SG Alliance, said: “We share Ascend Asia’s vision of bringing consumers more choice and value, and joining the group is an exciting step to allow us to enhance our advisory offerings and continue growing with our financial consultants and clients.”
Ashurst ADTLaw acted for PrimeMovers Equity on its joint take-over and delisting of Spindex Industries Limited with Hong Wei Holdings Ltd through a scheme of arrangement.
Cool Company Ltd. (CoolCo) and Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) have successfully completed the previously announced merger between CoolCo and wholly owned subsidiary of EPS Ventures Ltd.
Singapore Ng Teng Fong billionaire family Far East Organization family office (Far East Capital) has bought preference shares in Singapore-based oat milk startup Oatside from Mugi Capital in 2025 November.
Singapore-based investment firm Temasek will take a minority stake in Golden Goose.
FST Corp, the holding company of Taiwan-based Femco Steel Technology Co Ltd, on its business combination with Chenghe Acquisition I Co
Singapore DBS Bank ($116 billion market value) has revised the Malaysia central bank (Bank Negara Malaysia) acquisition application from 49% shareholding to 30% shareholding, to buy Malaysia Alliance Bank ($1.9 billion market value) from investment firm Vertical Theme with 29% shareholding.
Fullerton Fund Management Company's acquisition of 219,300 shares of iFast Corp at an average price of S$9.04 apiece.
In May 2024, CEPL increased its stake in Continuum Green Energy (CGEL) to 74% through the conversion of CEIL’s convertible securities into ordinary shares, alongside the simultaneous purchase of additional shares from CEIL, leaving CEIL with the remaining 26%.
The manager of the trust announced on Monday the in-principle approval of the listing and quotation of 284.4 million new units at an issue price of S$2.11 per new unit for a placement of around S$600 million.
Top 10 categories among 255 recorded events in the 24-month window.
2 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO activity · Singapore Exchange mainboard1 reports
IPO1 reports
22 tracked people moves
Appointment Chief Sustainability Officer
Appointment Member of Board of Directors
Appointment Managing Partner
Resignation Consumer Banking Head
Appointment Chairman of Temasek India
Appointment Managing Director and Senior Risk Executive (Hong Kong) and Chief Credit Officer (North Asia)
Promotion Global Managing Partner
Appointment Deputy Chairman of TI, TSG, TPS
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Banking / Remittance
Payment / QR code payments
4 recorded customer wins
Customer: Real Estate
Customer: Ministry of Digital Transition and Administrative ReformTechnology
Customer: SulNOxEquity Investment
Customer: Trust Fintech LimitedBFSI
1 companies with reported reductions
4,000 rolesAI
10 recorded events
appointed as asset manager under EQDPMonetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
in-principle approvalMonetary Authority of Singapore
approved to perform licensed VCFM activitiesMonetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
sought approvalCompetition Commission of India
2 tracked suits
six-month moratorium to halt creditor actions and repossessionCivil · Filed
Debt restructuring and moratorium applicationCivil · Filed
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 17 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascend Asia→SG Alliance ↗ | Completed | 2026-05-04 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Temasek→Manipal Health Enterprises | Announced | 2026-04-10 | $2.0B |
| PrimeMovers Equity→spindex industries limited | Announced | 2026-04-09 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Temasek→Haldiram’s | Completed | 2026-01-13 | $10.0B |
| Temasek→golden goose | Announced | 2026-01-12 | Not stated in snapshot |
| EPS Ventures→coolco | Completed | 2026-01-09 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
68 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 104-posting snapshot covers 82 employers.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
42 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 104 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 37 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Temasek ↗ | 1,361 |
| Singapore Economic Development Board ↗ | 955 |
| CICT ↗ | 646 |
| YCP ↗ | 637 |
| Straco ↗ | 407 |
| AVPN ↗ | 164 |
| Hong Fok Group ↗ | 83 |
| Draper Startup House ↗ | 66 |
595 founders and chief executives across 508 companies.
Northwind, Lassie, ex - NA-KD. Stockholm School of Economics BSc 2012 & MSc 2014
CEO StartupX, ex-JustVim, appbackr. Copenhagen Business School BBA 2013, NUS MBA 2015
Co-Founder Bindle Systems, Green Tiger Markets, Bamboo Capital Partners, ex-Co-Founder S!NG. University of Chicago BA1992, Harvard University ALM 2004
Co-Founder Rider Dome, ex-Co-Founder WatchMe88, Founder KK Consulting, Singapore-Dine, Genesis Retail, Life Technologies. University of Haifa BA 2000…
Ex-Boston Consulting Group · American University of Beirut BS, University of California, Davis MS, Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA
CEO Australian Retirement Trust, ex-BetaSmartz, TCorp, DBR Wealth, NAB Asset Management, State Street Global Advisors. Macquarie University BE 1990.
Desautels Capital Management, ex-Gryphus Capital, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Barclays Global and Wood Gundy. The American University of Paris BA…
Krux Asia, Turing, Verbal, ex-Founder Amoeba Software Studio, Grab, Canvass Research and Analytics. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign BE 1998…
Heritas Capital, ex-Philips, Alodokter, Standard Chartered Bank, DSTA. Oxford Brookes University BSc, Nanyang Technological University Singapore BE
Baksh Capital, Ex-Q Investment Partners, Deloitte Real Estate, Project Services, Tancred Developments. Queensland University of Technology MBA 2011
Co-Founder Rising Giants, Dashlane, ex-Sevea, Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Wilbur O and Ann Powers College of Business at Clemson University 2015
Singapore FinTech Association, Ex-ANZ, McKinsey & Company, Macquarie Bank. Nanyang Technological University BE 2005, Singapore-MIT Alliance MS 2006
170 profiles with education records.
26 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
173,139 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Investment Industry coverage across Singapore · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 22,395 |
| 2021Q3 | 24,870 |
| 2021Q4 | 22,593 |
| 2022Q1 | 24,587 |
| 2022Q2 | 25,280 |
| 2022Q3 | 28,165 |
| 2022Q4 | 31,666 |
| 2023Q1 | 32,643 |
| 2023Q2 | 32,213 |
| 2023Q3 | 32,669 |
| 2023Q4 | 35,902 |
| 2024Q1 | 34,823 |
| 2024Q2 | 40,982 |
| 2024Q3 | 39,787 |
| 2024Q4 | 41,919 |
| 2025Q1 | 49,492 |
| 2025Q2 | 32,369 |
| 2025Q3 | 85,778 |
| 2025Q4 | 26,376 |
| 2026Q1 | 29,668 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
249 recorded company events across 24 companies; percentages use that event total.
Investment Industry coverage across Singapore · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Investment Industry coverage across Singapore
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | 2,416 | 1,012 | 139% |
| decentralized forex | 407 | 231 | 76% |
| stablecoin fx impact | 394 | 174 | 126% |
| study overseas | 336 | 105 | 220% |
| overseas study | 306 | 100 | 206% |
| semester abroad | 270 | 80 | 238% |
| exchange rates | 206 | 144 | 43% |
| international programs | 202 | 56 | 261% |
| ai research | 202 | 134 | 51% |
| tanker routing | 198 | 30 | 560% |
| flight safety measures | 66 | 285 | -77% |
| direct investments (pe) | 145 | 243 | -40% |
| brent crude forecast | 46 | 241 | -81% |
| aircraft emergency procedures | 50 | 232 | -78% |
| crude oil analysis | 44 | 218 | -80% |
Investment Industry coverage across Singapore
territories, disputed islands, countries
18.3% critical · 16.0% positiveinflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, pre-ipo valuation
41.1% critical · 58.7% positivegdp growth forex, gdp growth rate, inflation reports fx
39.4% critical · 51.8% positiveInvestment Industry coverage across Singapore. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
99.8% across the displayed hubs
18 companies hiring · $1.0M disclosed funding
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0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 30 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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