Online sales during the Ramadan period was very rewarding for e-commerce business in the Southeast Asia Region. Singapore start-ups Akandatang.sg and Halal Dining Club benefited from this online demand during the Hari Raya festive season.  

SMU School of Accountancy graduate Siddiq Poh’s start-up “Heartland Chefs” was featured in Channel 8 news. “Heartland Chefs” is a social enterprise platform for people to buy and sell home cooked food.

Stint at marine firm charts his course in life

Mr Chean, an accountancy student and also a incubated startup with Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (IIE) at Singapore Management University (SMU) shares his personal experience and entreprenuerial journey with The Straits Times, Me&MyMoney.

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Homage raises US$1.2M to provide on-demand caregiving to the elderly in Singapore.

Homage, an online platform that provides on-demand caregiving solutions to the elderly in Singapore, has secured US$1.2 million in seed funding from US-based 500Startups, early-stage VC firm Golden Gate Ventures, and seed investor SeedPlus.

Homage was founded in 2016 by Y-Combinator alumni Gillian Tee (CEO), Lily Phang, and Tong Duong. The team was motivated to start Homage when they saw a clear and urgent demand for in-home care for the elderly, who currently number more than 450,000 in Singapore’s rapidly ageing population.

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The Second Beijing and Taiwan Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2017 BTSC Second Beijing-Taiwan Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
- Strong Concentration of Projects

We must discover young entrepreneurs who are passionate, dreaming, dare to fight, and full of fighting spirit. As long as you have unlimited creativity, magic ideas or a wonderful business plan, innovative business model, we will help you create your own generation!

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After running this 3-month programme which started in late February, we have finally chosen the winners after the programme ended yesterday, Monday, 12^th June. 33- students from SMU, NTU, NUS and SUTD, 9 teams were competing against each other and Team 1 was awarded Best Student Venture Capital Team for 2017.

联合早报 Zaobao's interview of brothers, Nicholas and Jonathan Han who run an online retail startup that customises timepieces has been published on 21 June 2017

INTELLLEX will also be conducting a briefing titled “Exploring Tech and Internships with Legal Tech Startups” for those who are interested to join them as an intern in December 2017.

The 9th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition, organised by Singapore Management University’s (SMU) Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE), drew to a close today with an Awards Presentation Ceremony held at the Fairmont Hotel. Over 300 guests attended the event, including SMU President Professor Arnoud De Meyer; Michael Seibel, Chief Executive Officer of Y Combinator, a leading start-up incubator and accelerator in USA; as well as SMU faculty, staff and partners of the competition.