Daily Briefing: About 330 got jobs with start-ups under SGUnited package; See-Mode raises $9.7m series A round

And TADA unveils new wet market delivery service.

From ChannelNewsAsia:

About 330 job seekers have taken up jobs with start-ups under the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package between April and June, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in its second report on the local jobs market.

About half were mid-career workers who took part in the professional conversion programmes (PCPs) whilst another 150 fresh and recent graduates have entered the start-up scene under the SGUnited Traineeships Programme since June.

To date, more than 1,600 start-ups are offering over 4,600 jobs and 860 traineeships and attachments, as part of the $2b SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package announced in May during the fourth Budget.

These openings include unconventional roles such as gallery manager executive, as well as tech-related positions such as software developers and app developers.

Start-ups are also on the lookout for non-tech roles like sous chefs and business development leads.

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From DealStreetAsia:

Singapore and Australia-based medtech startup See-Mode Technologies has raised $9.57m (US$7m) in a series A round led by MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia, the firm said in a press release.

Its latest financing round was backed by existing investors Blackbird Ventures, Cocoon Capital, Entrepreneur First, and SGInnovate, and an angel investor group.

The proceeds will be used to expand product reach to Europe and the US next year as well as to build up R&D, engineering, and sales teams, the statement said. See-Mode’s software technology uses AI and computational models on existing medical imaging technology, such as ultrasounds, CTs, and MRIs, to improve predictions of strokes and vascular diseases in patients.

See-Mode said its first product, Augmented Vascular Analysis (AVA) uses AI software to analyse vascular ultrasound and detect potential strokes in patients. The product has been approved by Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority as a Class B medical device, whilst US and European approvals are still pending, See-Mode’s website said.

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From ChannelNewsAsia:

TADA Fresh Market aims to act as an “online multi-wet market shopping platform”, delivering fresh vegetables, fruit, seafood, meat and poultry from 36 stalls at Tekka and Tiong Bahru markets.

Shoppers need to place an order of at least $30 worth of groceries to shop on the TADA Fresh Market website, with free deliveries for orders above $50.

TADA Fresh Market was identified as a delivery partner for Tekka Online Market by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), which is seeking to digitalise the wet market industry.

The new delivery platform is also an additional source of income for TADA's private-hire drivers, whose livelihoods have been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions to curb the spread of the outbreak.

TADA currently operates in Singapore, Vietnam and Cambodia. Earlier this month TADA’s parent company MVL announced it had raised $6.83m (US$5m) in funding, which it said would help in its plans to manufacture electric tuktuks for the Southeast Asian market. 

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