by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Founders, Families & Startup Ecosystem, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRSingapore competes with Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Bangalore, Dubai and Hong Kong for startup activity, and it wins on different dimensions than each of them. It is the region’s undisputed centre for incorporation, capital and...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Founders, Families & Startup Ecosystem, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRSingapore’s startups raise capital easily and exit awkwardly. The domestic exchange has struggled to attract technology listings, most large companies list in the United States, and exits therefore concentrate in trade sales and secondaries. A...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Founders, Families & Startup Ecosystem, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRSingapore’s economy depends on imported talent because its own workforce is small and shrinking. Its immigration framework has become progressively more selective, with points-based assessment for employment passes, separate routes for entrepreneurs...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Founders, Families & Startup Ecosystem, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRSingapore’s economy contains a set of large family-controlled business groups spanning banking, property, hotels, commodities and manufacturing. Most are now in their third or fourth generation, the stage at which family businesses historically...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 2, 2026 | Founders, Families & Startup Ecosystem, Singapore Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRSingapore built a startup ecosystem deliberately, through government co-investment funds, incubator infrastructure, grants, talent visas and research commercialisation programmes. It produced a dense, well-capitalised ecosystem serving the region, and a...
