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Startups association ACE calls for better access to funding, tech talent

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Sharanya Pillai

Sharanya Pillai

Published Mon, Jan 24, 2022 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    A LOCAL startups association is calling on the Singapore government to ease access to foreign tech talent, as well as to strengthen funding and market access support, among other suggestions.

    In a position paper on Tuesday (Jan 25), the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) identified 3 key challenges that Singapore startups currently face: a talent crunch, constraints in overseas expansion and difficulties in raising capital.

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