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Funding in Singapore reaches $491.1m in December

Late-stage rounds accounted for 73.4% of funding during the month.  

Singapore saw $491.1m of funding in December 2025, a 139.89% increase from the previous month and a 0.26% rise compared to the same month last year, Singapore Business Review and Traxcn data showed.

Late-stage funding accounted for 73.4% during the month, compared to 24.4% last November and 84.1% in the same month last year.

Top deals were made by Airwallex with $330m, Galatek with $30m, Validus with $30m, Olea with $30m, and MetaComp with $22m.

Top investors were T. Rowe Price, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, and Diligent Capital Partners.

Top investors were venture capital funds and incubators as the three companies under the two categories completed one deal each. In the private equity funds, one deal each from two firms (Diligent Capital Partners, HSG) was recorded.

Venture capital fund top investors were Activant Capital, Altara Ventures, and SC Ventures, whilst top incubators were Plug and Play Tech Center, Endeavor, and Global Brain.

In terms of exits, one acquisition and zero IPOs were seen in December 2025, whilst the month before recorded one IPO and two acquisitions. No unicorns emerged last month.

Regarding funding trends amongst equity rounds and tech companies in the last 12 months, funding peaked in January 2025 and July 2025, seeing $794m and $1650m, respectively.
 

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