Here’s a complete list of unicorn companies founded in Singapore, which includes Grab and Lazada Group.
Singapore is filled with successful companies that have raised millions of dollars in VC funding that came from some of the top investors in the world.
Many of these successes have turned into unicorns—private companies worth over $1 billion.
If you want to achieve it, these 9 companies can be your inspiration.
Grab is a multi-service platform that makes your transportation experience better.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$14.30
B (
December 2014
)
Country:
Singapore
City:
Singapore
Started in:
2012
Founders:
Anthony Tan, Tan Hooi Ling
Industries:
Car Sharing, Financial Services, Food Delivery, Ride Sharing, Transportation
Number of employees:
10,000+
Funding Amount:
$12,147,750,000
Number of funding rounds:
34
Number of investors:
53
Grab Financial Group provides top-tier financial services that enable clients to leverage their balance sheets to succeed in today’s market.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$3
B (
January 2021
)
Country:
Singapore
City:
Midview City
Started in:
2018
Founders:
No Data
Industries:
Financial Services, Insurance, Payments
Number of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
$300,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
1
Number of investors:
5
HyalRoute operates a multi-fiber universal connection point that provides the highest values of international network coverage, redundancy, and continuity.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$3.50
B (
May 2020
)
Country:
Singapore
City:
Singapore
Started in:
2015
Founders:
Xinglong Huang
Industries:
Communications Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Wired Telecommunications
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$263,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
1
Number of investors:
1
Lazada is an online shopping and selling destination in Southeast Asia. It offers a wide variety of consumer electronics, fashion apparel, and consumer goods.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$3.15
B (
June 2017
)
Country:
Singapore
City:
Singapore
Started in:
2012
Founders:
Aimone Ripa di Meana, Alexandre Dardy, Armando Baquero Ponte, Bede Moore, Elizabeth Craft, Eugene Chistyakov, Fung Lestario, Inanc Balci, James Chang, Magnus Ekbom, Maximilian Bittner, Michael Mitterlehner, Pierre Poignant, Riccardo Basile, Stefan Bruun, Stein Jakob Oeie, Sundeep Sahni, Thomas Damek, Tim Rath
Industries:
E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet, Shopping
Number of employees:
5,000-10,000
Funding Amount:
$4,209,739,556
Number of funding rounds:
9
Number of investors:
10
ONE Championship is Asia’s largest global sports media property with a unique vision for the martial arts industry.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1
B (
October 2018
)
Country:
Singapore
City:
Singapore
Started in:
2011
Founders:
Chatri Sityodtong
Industries:
Broadcasting, Media and Entertainment, News, Sports
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$336,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
3
Number of investors:
6
PatSnap is a marketplace and platform that provides frictionless access to all of the anonymous innovation intelligence you need.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.00
B (
March 2021
)
Country:
Singapore
City:
Singapore
Started in:
2007
Founders:
Jeffrey Tiong
Industries:
Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$351,602,005
Number of funding rounds:
6
Number of investors:
12
QuEST Global Services provides high quality engineering services to a variety of companies operating at different scales – from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$2.50
B (
December 2019
)
Country:
Singapore
City:
Singapore
Started in:
1997
Founders:
Ajit Prabhu, Aravind Melligeri
Industries:
Consulting, Outsourcing, Software
Number of employees:
10,000+
Funding Amount:
$431,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
3
Number of investors:
5
Trax marketing solution enables retailers to increase sales, manage costs and invent new experiences for their customers at all phases of the purchase journey.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$2.00
B (
July 2019
)
Country:
Singapore
City:
Singapore
Started in:
2010
Founders:
Dror Feldheim, Joel Bar-El
Industries:
Analytics, Computer Vision, E-Commerce, Image Recognition, Retail Technology
Number of employees:
1,000-5,000
Funding Amount:
$1,026,900,000
Number of funding rounds:
10
Number of investors:
10
V3 Group is committed to offering their residents the finest living, working, entertainment, and learning experiences in every property they develop.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.70
B (
December 2018
)
Country:
Singapore
City:
Singapore
Started in:
1980
Founders:
Ron SIM Chye Hock
Industries:
Lifestyle
Number of employees:
10-50
Funding Amount:
SGD366,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
1
Number of investors:
1
