The Entrepreneurship Outreach Trip 2019: Singapore
Prince Daniel's Fellowship delegation of entrepreneurs and business leaders visited Singapore to gain insight into the local business climate, with a focus on start-ups and innovation.
Singapore is consistently ranked as one of the world's most innovative countries, and more than 250 Swedish companies are established here. To learn more about Singapor's innovation system and it's ecosystem for startups, Prince Daniel's Fellowships delegation visited several companies and organisations.
First up was a visit to the Port of Singapore, one of the world's busiest ports, and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), one of the world's leading universities. There, vice-chancellor professor Subra Suresh, introduced us to NTU's innovation and entrepreneurship programme.
In the afternoon the delegation met with Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's Senior Minister and Coordinating minister for Social Policies, for a discussion on innovation and entrepreneurship in Singapore, moderated by Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman of Prince Daniel's Fellowship.
Photo: Clement Lim
We then visited Nordic Innovation House , a hub where small and medium-sized Nordic companies can exchange experiences and recieve support in entering the Singaporean market. Representatives frrom several Nordic companies present had the opportunity to introduce their businesses and share their experiences of operating in Singapore.
Photo: David Chang
The following day, the delegation was introduced to Southeast Asia's largest bank DBS Bank, and given an insight into the bank's work with digitalization. The day continued with visits to the investment company Temasek and the government agency Economic Development Board, and concluded at Grab – Singapore's foremost unicorn offering taxi service, mobile payments, food deliveries, and more.
