Singapore is becoming one of the best places to build a startup, but most of the early-stage entrepreneurs we speak to aren't aware of the local tech resources that are available to help them.

With applications for the Singapore Founder Institute now open, we're excited to release the Singapore Startup Resource Guide, which is currently in Draft v2 below! It was developed by the Singapore Founder Institute and its local leaders: Chin Yeow Ng (Co-Founder at B2B eCommerce startup), David Yeng (Co-founder of InsureVite) and Mavis Ng (Founder & CEO at TRI Management Consultancy).

This is just a draft, and while we spent many hours on this research, more input is needed. Please leave your comments on this collaborative Google document to help us complete the list. There are definitely omissions on this current version. 

Are you looking to build a startup in Singapore? Then apply to the Singapore Founder Institute today!

Text version included below, for ease of searching:

Startup Stages

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There is no one right way to build a technology company, but for the sake of simplicity we have outlined a basic, common, sequential framework.

1. Idea Stage

This is where new entrepreneurs get inspired, learn best practices, develop skills, validate ideas, and begin to build their team and product.

A. Inspire

• Startup Media: Local tech news, startup press, and communication channels. (i.e. startup blogs/ publications/ lists/ FB groups/ newsletters)

1. Asia Tech Daily - Singapore
2. Asia Tech Insight - Singapore
3. Digital News Asia - Singapore
4. e27 Singapore
5. Fintech News Singapore
6. KrASIA - Singapore 
7. SGInnovate News
8. Startup Digest Singapore
9. Startup News Asia - Singapore
10. Startup SG News
11. Tech in Asia - Singapore
12. Tech Lingo
13. Vulcan Post

• Inspirational Singapore Startup Events: Open, inclusive startup events that often focus on ideation. (i.e. Startup Weekend, idea fairs, and inspirational meetups)

1. EduTECH Asia 2020
2. ExpertTalks Singapore
3. Fintech News Singapore Meetup
4. Singapore FinTech Festival
5. Singapore SG Lobang Club
6. Singapore Tech Entrepreneurs
7. Startup Weekend Singapore
8. Startups and Entrepreneurs
9. SWITCH 2020
10. TECHINNOVATION 2020
11. TechTalks
12. ThoughtWorks Talks Tech
13. Wo-tech (Women in Tech)
14. Women Who Code Singapore

B. Educate

• Best Practice Startup Events: Beginner knowledge-sharing events. (i.e. beginner events that serve to educate more than inspirate, like Startup Grind, Startup Founder 101, etc).

1. AIPMM Singapore
2. Analytics At Speed Singapore
3. ASIA Technologies Community
4. BigDataX
5. Deep Learning SG
6. Deep Tech for Good
7. Entrepreneurs Learning Circle
8. Grab Tech Thursdays
9. IoTalents Singapore Meetup
10. New Retail Tech
11. Ninja Van Tech
12. Product Talks Singapore
13. Singapore Blockchain Startups Club
14. Singapore Business Startups
15. Singapore Identity Tech Talks
16. Singapore Local Startup Meetup
17. Singapore Tech Switchers
18. Singapore Women in Tech
19. Startup Founder 101 Singapore
20. Startup Grind Singapore
21. STARTUPs & Resources
22. StartupToken - Singapore
23. Tech Talks @ TS
24. Tech@50
25. WoSEC Singapore: Women of Security

• Startup Training & Feedback: Skill & Idea development events. (Ex. bootcamps and comprehensive training programs, like Founder Institute, General Assembly, Lean Startup Machine, code camps, etc)

1. ALPHA Camp
2. Atlassian User Group Singapore
3. Byte Academy Meetup
4. CodeLearn Singapore
5. Data, Cloud and AI in Singapore
6. Data Science Dojo
7. Data Science and Machine Learning University
8. Digital Transformation Singapore
9. Founder Institute
10. General Assembly
11. General Assembly Singapore Meetup
12. Google Developers Space
13. Hackwagon Academy
14. IBM Cloud Singapore
15. iKompass
16. Le Wagon
17. Le Wagon Singapore Meetup
18. Lean Startup Machine Singapore
19. Oracle APAC User Group
20. Product Management Nights Singapore
21. ProductTank Singapore
22. Red Dot Innovation!
23. Rocket Academy
24. Sea Founders
25. SG Code Campus
26. Sg New Economy Forum
27. SGInnovate Meetup
28. Singapore AI Developers Group
29. Singapore EdTech Meetup
30. Singapore IDEAS LAB
31. Singapore Innovation & Entrepreneurship Group
32. Singapore Lean Startup Circle
33. Singapore Product Mastery Series
34. Singapore Startup: Idea to IPO
35. Startup Agile Group - Singapore
36. Startup Prodigy Singapore
37. Tech Community - Workshop, Networking and Career Talk
38. Tech@Sea
39. TechLadies
40. Trent Global Full-Stack Coding Bootcamp Programme
41. UI UX Creatives, Designers Wanted
42. UpCode Academy
43. UX Training Singapore
44. XiThink

C. Validate

• Team Formation: Events and Resources for teaming up. (i.e. tools that facilitate early-stage recruitment and cofounder matching)

1. Co-Founders Matching Singapore
2. CoFoundersLab
3. CRIB
4. Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
5. Entrepreneur First Singapore
6. Entrepnr
7. Female Founders
8. Founders Nation
9. Founders Network
10. Founders' Hangout
11. Rebel Meetups by Yena
12. SG (Fin) Tech Meetup
13. Singapore Astropreneurs
14. Singapore Business Networking Meetup
15. Singapore Community for Entrepreneurship
16. Singapore Entrepreneurs Network
17. Singapore Hardware Startups
18. Singapore LEAN Startup & SME
19. Singapore TechMeetups
20. Tech Startup Entrepreneurs Venture Capital MasterMinds Group

• Product Workshops: Hackathons & resources to help build your first product. (i.e. hackathons and other builder-focused events and resources)

1. #HACK 2020
2. Accounting Innovation Challenge 2020
3. AI Makerspace
4. ASEAN 2020 Hackathon
5. BrainHack
6. Code for Singapore
7. DBS Hack2Hire Singapore
8. Dell Augmented Hackathon
9. FOSSASIA Singapore Open Tech Meetup
10. Hack & Tell Singapore
11. Hack&Roll 2020
12. HackerNest Singapore Tech Socials
13. Hackerspace Singapore
14. HyperHack
15. Indie Hackers Singapore
16. ISPE Singapore Hackathon 2020
17. Junior Developers Singapore
18. LeetCode Club SG
19. MakerHive
20. Makerspace.SG
21. Nulab Drinking Code Singapore
22. NUS Hackers
23. OneMaker Group
24. Product Hunt Singapore Meetup
25. Shopee Ultra-Hackathon
26. Singapore Airlines AppChallenge 2020
27. Singapore Hackathon Meetup
28. STACK-X by GovTech Singapore
29. UP Singapore

2. Launch Stage

In this stage, entrepreneurs establish and formalize the company, develop the product, get feedback from customers, and prepare for the next step.

A. Start

• Establish:Singapore startup law firms & banks that specialize in helping new companies

1. ABN AMRO Bank
2. Baker McKenzie
3. Bank of China
4. Bank of Singapore
5. BMO Private Bank
6. Citibank Singapore
7. Cooley LLP
8. DBS Bank
9. Dentons
10. Deutsche Bank
11. DL Law Corporation
12. DNB
13. FirstCOUNSEL
14. Foxwood LLC
15. HL Bank Singapore
16. HSBC Singapore
17. ICICI Bank Singapore
18. Kindrik Partners
19. LGT Bank
20. Maybank Singapore
21. OCBC Bank Singapore
22. Osborne Clarke
23. POSB
24. Rajah & Tann Singapore
25. RHB Singapore
26. Standard Chartered Bank
27. State Bank of India
28. The Bank of East Asia
29. United Overseas Bank

• Singapore Workspaces: Co-working and flexible workspaces for startups in Singapore.

1. 80RR Fintech Hub
2. ClubCo
3. CoCRE8
4. CoQoons Coworking
5. Distrii
6. EZCO Workspace
7. Found8 Coworking
8. Gather Cowork Space
9. JustCo
10. LEVEL3
11. MOX
12. NuSpace
13. O2 Work
14. OneSpace
15. SmartSpace
16. Spaces
17. SPECTRUM
18. Temasek Shophouse
19. The Co.
20. The Cocoon Space
21. The Common Ground
22. The Company
23. The Executive Centre
24. The General Room
25. The Great Room
26. The Harmony Space
27. The Hive Carpenter
28. The Work Project
29. The Working Capitol
30. The Workshop
31. Tinkertank
32. TRADINGPLC
33. WeWork
34. Workcentral

B. Develop

• Formalize: Singapore accounting, development and HR tools for early-stage startups.  

1. 3E Accounting
2. 3Paradigms
3. Agile Lab
4. Ambient
5. Anveron
6. Applify
7. CodiGeeks
8. Corporate Services SG
9. CorpZap
10. EC1 Partners
11. FRONTLINE
12. Garner International
13. K Cloud Accounting
14. Koh Management
15. LOL Corporate
16. Metis Recruitment Partners
17. Salt Search
18. Sciente International
19. Skylark
20. SleekDigital
21. VentureHaven

• Prepare for Seed: Groups that prepare companies for seed investment and provide advanced mentorship. (i.e. advanced knowledge sharing, later stage events and resources)

1. BLOCK71
2. Entrepreneur First
3. EthAum Venture Partners Incubator
4. F10 Incubator
5. Get2Volume
6. ICE71
7. Innovate 360 Incubator
8. Nordic Innovation House
9. NTUitive
10. NUS Start-up Runway
11. PayPal Incubator
12. Pollinate
13. Red Dot Ventures Startup Builder Program
14. Shell Startup Engine
15. SMU IIE Business Innovations Generator
16. Spaze Ventures Incubator
17. Startup SG Founder Venture Building Programme
18. StartupX
19. Timbre+
20. Vikingcubator

C. Launch

• Singapore Seed Accelerators: Seed funding mentor programs (Techstars-style programs that provide funding)

1. Accelerating Asia
2. Accelerator EPS
3. AIRmaker
4. Ampersand Accelerator
5. Antler
6. EduSpaze
7. Entrepreneur First
8. EthAum Venture Partners Accelerator
9. F10 Accelerator
10. Facebook Accelerator Singapore
11. GROW
12. HyperX
13. ICE71
14. ImpacTech
15. InspirAsia Accelerator
16. Iterative
17. JFDI Accelerator
18. Mastercard Start Path
19. Mbanq LABS Accelerator
20. Oracle for Startups
21. PIER71
22. Singapore Tourism Accelerator
23. Startupbootcamp FinTech Singapore
24. The FinLab
25. TNB Ventures Accelerator
26. Tribe Accelerator

• Pitch & Demo Events: Tech events that showcase Singapore startups for investment.

1. Accelerating Asia Demo Day
2. AngelCentral Pitch Days
3. Antler Southeast Asia's Virtual Demo Day
4. Elevating Founders Asia
5. Extreme Tech Challenge
6. Facebook Accelerator Singapore Demo Day
7. HyperSpark Demo Day
8. Singapore 2021 Venture Capital World Summit
9. Singapore Tourism Accelerator Digital Demo Day
10. SLINGSHOT 2020
11. SoGal Global Pitch Competition Singapore
12. The Startup Buddy Demo Day
13. Xoogler Singapore Demo Day 2020

3. Growth Stage

Here, a startup proves their utility, receives recognition, and scales up. This usually requires funding, angels, VCs, and ways to connect them to startups.

A. Recognition

• Singapore Investor Networking:  Events and groups that connect professional investors with founders.

1. AngelCentral
2. BANSEA
3. Keiretsu Forum
4. Singapore Angel Network
5. Singapore Investment Network

• Major Media: Mainstream local business press that often showcase local startups.

1. Channel Asia
2. Channel News Asia
3. Singapore Business Review
4. Singapore Business Owners
5. The Business Times
6. The Independent
7. The New Paper
8. The Straits Times

B. Funding

• Singapore Angel Investors: Seed-stage investors and micro-vcs.

1. Arnaud Bonzom
2. Cheryl T.
3. Deepak I. Shahdadpuri
4. Der Shing Lim
5. Derrick Chen
6. Diana Kam
7. Dora Wang
8. Eddy Lee
9. Eduardo Saverin
10. Frank Meehan
11. Gina Chiang
12. Gwendolyn Regina
13. Henric Suuronen
14. Jake Wong
15. Jayesh Parekh
16. Jeremy Yap
17. Joanne Huang
18. John Tan
19. Lance Ng
20. Lance Quek
21. Royston Tay
22. Shao-Ning Huang
23. Shiva V.
24. Siddharth T Patel
25. Simon Paterson
26. Sweta Rau
27. Toivo Annus
28. Vinnie Lauria
29. Vishal Harnal
30. Wouter Kneepkens

• Singapore Venture Capitalists: Series A and beyond

1. 8capita
2. 500 DURIANS
3. B Capital Group
4. Cocoon Capital
5. Crystal Horse
6. Dream Labs
7. East Ventures
8. Eight Mercatus
9. Expara
10. Far East Ventures
11. GGV Capital
12. Golden Equator Ventures
13. Golden Gate Ventures
14. HealthXCapital
15. Insignia Ventures Partners
16. Jungle Ventures
17. KK Fund
18. Life.SREDA
19. Lightspeed Venture Partners
20. Monk's Hill Ventures
21. Openspace Ventures
22. Play Ventures
23. Quest Ventures
24. Rakuten Capital
25. REAPRA
26. Red Dot Ventures
27. SeedPlus
28. Sequoia Capital
29. Singtel Innov8
30. Sirius Venture Capital
31. SPH Ventures
32. Spiral Ventures
33. TNF Ventures
34. UOB Venture Management
35. Vantage Capital Partners
36. Vertex Ventures
37. Vickers Venture Partners
38. Wavemaker Partners

C. Growth

• Infrastructure: Office space, HR, local business insurance. (i.e. office space/ HR/ insurance providers for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)

1. 33 Talent
2. AIG
3. Aphaca HR Consultancy
4. Aviva
5. AXA Insurance
6. Chubb
7. CommercialGuru
8. DecodeHR
9. Etiqa Insurance
10. GOHRBPO
11. GorillaSpace
12. Instant Offices
13. Office Finder
14. Olofsson & Company
15. Pacific Prime Insurance
16. Provide
17. Regus
18. TalentKraft

• Startup Scaling: Singapore Growth accelerators and consultants. (i.e. programs and business consultants for capital-rich companies to grow and scale)

1. ABeam Consulting
2. Accenture
3. Aon
4. Artefact
5. Arthur D. Little
6. Askvisor Consulting
7. Bain & Company
8. Boston Consulting Group
9. Capgemini
10. Cognizant
11. Deloitte
12. Ernst & Young
13. Exulto Consulting
14. Frost & Sullivan
15. FTI Consulting
16. Gartner
17. IGPI Advisory
18. Innosight
19. Kantar
20. Kearney
21. KPMG
22. LEK Consulting
23. Mazars
24. McKinsey & Company
25. Mercer
26. Milliman
27. Oliver Wyman
28. Protiviti
29. PwC
30. Roland Berger
31. Simon-Kucher
32. Tata Consultancy Services

4. Singapore Startup Success Stories

Successful homegrown companies that have raised significant institutional funding, employ a large workforce, or have achieved liquidity.

1. 99.co
2. AnyMind Group
3. BIGO
4. BluSmart
5. Carro
6. Combinesell Pte. Ltd.
7. Deskera
8. EVOS Esports
9. GeniusU
10. Grab
11. Holmusk
12. Insider
13. Kyber Network
14. Lanturn
15. Lazada
16. Moovaz
17. Motorist.sg
18. MyRepublic
19. Next Gen Foods
20. Ninja Van
21. PropertyGuru
22. Propseller
23. RootAnt
24. Sea
25. Shiok Meats
26. Silent Eight
27. Sunseap
28. SWAG EV
29. TenX
30. Tessa Therapeutics
31. Thunes
32. Trax Retail
33. Zilingo

Supporters

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To facilitate the steps, every ecosystem needs strong supporters.

1. Singapore Startup Leaders

Successful local founders who lead the ecosystem & frequently mentor newbies.

1. AJ Boelens
2. Alyssa Maharani
3. Amra Naidoo
4. Andrea Li
5. Anna Gong
6. Anuj Jain
7. Ash Singh
8. Bernadette Cho
9. Carolyn Chin-Parry
10. Chin Yeow
11. David Yeng
12. Durwin Ho
13. Ee Ling Lim
14. Elise Yee Ling Tan
15. Gerald TY
16. Grace Sai
17. Hans Zhong
18. Janise Tan
19. Jason Lin
20. Kelly An
21. Mavis Ng
22. Mike S.
23. Rachel Ler
24. Rafi Ansari
25. Renee Tan
26. Ryan M.
27. Ryan S.
28. Scout T.
29. Steven Koh
30. Yan Lin Ang
31. Yann Hamon

2. Singapore Government Startup Resources

Public organizations that facilitate local economic development

1. AmCham Singapore
2. AustCham Singapore
3. Business Grants Portal
4. Enterprise Singapore
5. EuroCham
6. Government Technology Agency
7. IMDA
8. SGInnovate
9. Singapore Economic Development Board
10. Singapore International Chamber of Commerce
11. Startup SG

3. Talent

Major local business or tech universities and employers that attract and retain local talent.

• Local Singapore Tech Universities (universities with prominent technical or business programs)

1. Aventis School of Management
2. INSEAD Asia
3. James Cook University Singapore
4. Management Development Institute of Singapore
5. Nanyang Polytechnic
6. Nanyang Technological University
7. National University of Singapore
8. Republic Polytechnic
9. Singapore Institute of Technology
10. Singapore Management University
11. Singapore Polytechnic
12. Singapore University of Technology and Design
13. Temasek Polytechnic
14. Yale-NUS College

• Singapore Tech Employers

1. Agilent
2. Amazon
3. Apple
4. AT&T
5. Broadcom
6. Cisco
7. Dell
8. DXC Technology
9. Facebook
10. Garena
11. General Electric
12. Google
13. Grab
14. Hewlett Packard Enterprise
15. HP
16. IBM
17. Micron Technology
18. Microsoft
19. Motorola Solutions
20. Nokia
21. Oracle
22. Pactera
23. PayPal
24. Salesforce
25. Samsung
26. Sea
27. Siemens
28. Uber 

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Learn more about the Startup Ecosystem Canvas here, and leave us your thoughts on the Singapore Canvas on this collaborative Google document (This is just a draft, and more input is needed!)

Are you looking to build a startup in Singapore? Then apply to the Singapore Founder Institute today