Startup funding

Singapore captures 83% of the total capital raised; large rounds dominate

The latest funding round’s close coincides with the launch of the firm’s newly commissioned recycling facility

The company builds research agents that can work independently of scientists’ prompts and supervision

The fund pulls together the global port operator’s experience and the fund manager’s record in tech investment

Capital concentrates in fewer but larger deals, with total regional funding rising nearly three times

The French AI startup plans to treble its Singapore headcount as it expands in South-east Asia

Its robot has an articulated arm and can clean a restroom

Singapore accounts for more than 60% of the total capital raised by the 16-company cohort

Funding round would increase Perplexity’s valuation by more than 50%