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Diverse and huge India market a big draw for Singapore startups

Enterprise Singapore now helping twice as many Singapore companies interested in India's tech and innovation economy compared to 2 years ago

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Sharon See

Sharon See

Published Sun, Oct 20, 2019 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

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