 | | |  |  | | | Galen Growth Asia: APAC digital healthcare startups attract US$6.3 billion in funding | |
| With 294 deals being made in 2018 alone, the healthtech landscape in Asia is booming. Across APAC, digital healthcare startups attracted US$6.3 billion, with Singapore contributing to 24% of the total deal value. | |
| In collaboration with healthtech researcher Galen Growth Asia, we bring to you a special report on Singapore’s healthtech ecosystem. | |
| Some key findings: | | | • | From 2015 to 2018, the number of startups in Singapore grew 23 per cent each year and spanned categories such as medical diagnostics, health management and remote monitoring. | | | • | The number of healthtech start-ups in Singapore has grown from 45 in 2012 to 174 in 2018. | | | • | There have been 58 unique investors in Singapore in 2018 with some notable investors including SG Innovate, Heritas Venture Fund, and Venturecraft. | | | • | With Singapore’s healthtech ecosystem maturing, venture funding now spans from the seed stage to the Series B stage. |
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| Find out how the demand for cost-effective healthcare solutions is driving the growth of an emergent healthtech ecosystem in Asia. | | | |  | | The rise of the scientific-entrepreneur
Entrepreneurial scientists thrive on “Deep Tech”, creating technologies based on genuine scientific discoveries that can produce novel intellectual property. What defines these entrepreneurs? What are their motivations and what opportunities do they see in Singapore today? Innovation platform SGInnovate commissioned a study by Asian Scientist to get you the answers. | | Read more |
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