
Daily Briefing: Singapore Together Pack to be disbursed starting 20 July; Antler reveals 15 startups in its 4th Singapore programme.
And crypto startup Xangle raises $4.17m in a series A2 funding round.
From ChannelNewsAsia:
Each Singaporean and permanent resident household will be able to collect one Singapore Together Pack, if they wish to, from community centres/clubs (CCs) and residents' committee (RC) centres starting 20 July.
Residents must present their NRIC at the collection counter for verification and can do so between 10am to 6pm daily, except on public holidays. The packs will be available at all CCs until 2 August, and at all RCs until 26 July.
Households are encouraged to send one member to the collection points. There will be safe distancing measures and temperature-taking implemented at the centres to "ensure the safety and well-being of the public, volunteers and staff,” according to the press release.
This year, the NDP Singapore Together Pack will contain a handheld national flag, iron-on patches, a pledge card, and a face tattoo as well as hand sanitisers, a thermometer and face masks will be included, alongside an e-discount booklet of vouchers.
Read more here.
From e27:
Global startup generator and early-stage VC firm Antler has announced the 15 new companies that have graduated and received investment from its fourth Singapore programme.
The list includes Approvd, Chloropy, Empala, Moneko, Pawjourr, Pretepop, Skibre, Vikree, Volopay, Workclass, YourRent, Zealth-ai, and Zopnik. The list also includes two startups from Antler’s COVID-19 Initiative, Biogenes Technologies and Path BioAnalytics.
The initiative was launched earlier this year to invest in startups that are working on ideas that respond to the impact of COVID-19.
About 61% of these 15 companies had previous entrepreneurship experience, and 38% have at least one female co-founder.
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From e27:
CrossAngle, operator of the global crypto asset disclosure platform Xangle, announced that it has successfully completed its series A2 investment round with $4.17m (US$3m). This is led by Hanwha Investment and Securities, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group.
Xangle is a public crypto disclosure service focused on providing transparent data for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The series A2 investment is expected to enable it to develop an infrastructure for institutionalising crypto data services.
In order to provide its disclosure service, Xangle collects, verifies and integrates corporate disclosures from global projects and companies that have issued crypto assets. The platform provides the public access to both off-chain corporate disclosures and on-chain metrics and analytics.
Read more here.