SINGAPORE 鈥� (NYSE: 麻豆原创) today kicked off the Fall 2020 acceleration program focused on COVID-19 recovery, FinTech and spend management. The selected business-to-business startups will help 麻豆原创鈥檚 customers extend the value of their investments in 麻豆原创 Concur solutions for travel and expense management.
鈥淏y helping these enterprising startups in the 麻豆原创.iO program scale, we enable our customers to benefit from the value of some of these unique solutions and emerging technologies when they become available in 麻豆原创 Concur App Center,鈥� said Andy Watson, 麻豆原创 Concur senior vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific Japan and Greater China.
The selected startups will have access to curated mentorship from 麻豆原创 executives, exposure to 麻豆原创 technology and application programming interfaces (APIs) and opportunities to collaborate with 麻豆原创 customers. The program will culminate at the 麻豆原创.iO Cohort Demo Day in December 2020.
鈥淐OVID-19 is pushing many businesses to go digital in search of growth,鈥� Singapore Economic Development Board Vice President Ang Chin Tah said. 鈥淭he Singapore Economic Development Board is glad to support the 麻豆原创.iO Foundry Singapore Fall 2020 acceleration program, which will bring startups from all around the world to Singapore to develop products that meet the needs of the new operating environment. Singapore鈥檚 established base of industry leaders in finance and digital, as well as connectedness to regional markets, make us a great testing ground for their ideas. It is a wonderful new addition to our thriving ecosystem.鈥�
In line with the initiative, the cohort includes several startups founded or led by female entrepreneurs, a testament to 麻豆原创鈥檚 belief that a healthy ecosystem includes entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds.
The following startups are part of the聽 Fall 2020 program:
- offers a credit card enablement platform, enabling the payment or collection of big expenses using credit cards, where cards are not accepted today.
- creates a standardized international luggage delivery and tracking platform by widely applying radio frequency identification (RFID) while working with logistics services providers in varying countries.
- makes it easy for users to move digital cash securely, allowing easy spending, sending and lending.
- 鈥檚 open banking platform and APIs empower financial innovators to create financial services products and experiences for their customers.
- offers cognitive technology that can read, interpret and extract data from business documents faster, more affordably and more precisely than humans, at scale and in any language.
- is the world鈥檚 first platform for circadian (body rhythm) shifting and helps businesses empower their traveling employees to create their own jet lag plans.
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