LinkedIn Top Startups 2024: The 10 Singapore companies on the rise

Today, we unveil LinkedIn's annual list of Top Startups, revealing the 10 emerging Singapore companies you should know now. These companies aren’t just growing fast and garnering attention from investors and jobseekers — they’re also building innovative solutions that are shaping the future of their industries, whether it’s using tech to provide personalised mental health services or leveraging AI to reshape customer service.

The list is built on exclusive LinkedIn data across four key pillars: employee growth; jobseeker interest; engagement within the company and its employees; and how well these startups have pulled talent from Top Companies. To be eligible, companies must be headquartered in Singapore, fully independent, privately held, have 30 or more full-time employees and be 7 years old or younger. You can learn more about our methodology at the bottom of this article.

Check out this year’s 10 Top Startups in Singapore — and join the conversation using #LinkedInTopStartups.

All headcounts are provided by the companies, unless marked with an asterisk. Those headcounts are from LinkedIn data.

1. Endowus

Full-time headcount: 148 | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2017 | Most common skills: Mobile Applications, JavaScript, Design Thinking | Most common job titles: Software Engineer, Product Manager, Client Services Analyst | Largest job functions: Engineering, Finance, Marketing | What they do: Endowus is a fintech company that provides data-driven wealth portfolios to investors through its robo-adviser. It is one of the first digital advisors to help users invest from their social security savings scheme.

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2. Aspire

Full-time headcount: 473 | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2018 | Most common skills: FinTech, Entrepreneurship, Economics | Most common job titles: Business Development Specialist, Partnerships Manager, Product Manager | Largest job functions: Sales, Business Development, Finance | What they do: Aspire is a financial operating system that enables companies to pay, manage and earn through an all-in-one platform. It offers a suite of services, including bank accounts for cross-border businesses, corporate cards and automated invoice processing.

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3. YouTrip

Full-time headcount: 193 | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2018 | Most common skills: JavaScript, Recruiting, Social Media | Most common job titles: Software Engineer, Compliance Manager, Talent Acquisition Specialist | Largest job functions: Engineering, Legal, Finance | What they do: YouTrip is a fintech startup offering a mobile financial platform designed for overseas payments. The platform features a multi-currency mobile wallet that grants users access to more than 150 currencies.

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4. Caladan

Full-time headcount: 90 | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2017 | Most common skills: Machine Learning, Python (Programming Language), React.js | Most common job titles: Software Engineer, Business Development Specialist, Operational Specialist | Largest job functions: Engineering, Finance, Business Development | What they do: Caladan is a trading group which transacts over US$2 billion daily in crypto assets. It operates algorithms across more than 1,000 digital assets and 65 exchanges.

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5. Intellect

Full-time headcount: 210 | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2019 | Most common skills: Mental Health, Account Management, Startups | Most common job titles: Customer Experience Manager, Office Associate, Clinical Psychologist | Largest job functions: Healthcare Services, Customer Success and Support, Sales | What they do: Intellect is a mental health services company that provides personalised wellbeing support for individuals and organisations through its digital platform. 

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6. Silicon Box

Full-time headcount: 275 | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2021 | Most common skills: Semiconductor Engineering, Product Development, Teamwork | Most common job titles: Process Engineer, Equipment Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer | Largest job functions: Operations, Engineering, Human Resources | What they do: Silicon Box is an advanced semiconductor integration service provider that seeks to offer alternatives to traditional packaging schemes. It can run the entire chiplet production process, from initial design to manufacturing.

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7. WIZ.AI

Full-time headcount: 232 | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2019 | Most common skills: Social Media, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Solution Selling | Most common job titles: Project Manager, Human Resources Manager, Customer Experience Manager | Largest job functions: Program and Project Management, Human Resources, Engineering | What they do: WIZ.AI provides conversational artificial intelligence technology that is used by enterprises to engage customers. The tech can be used to service customers over phone calls, chat, messaging and email.

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8. GetGo Carsharing

Full-time headcount: 173 | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2020 | Most common skills: Social Media Marketing, Teamwork, JavaScript | Most common job titles: Product Manager, Marketing Specialist, Software Engineer | Largest job functions: Operations, Marketing, Engineering | What they do: GetGo Carsharing is a car-sharing service that operates on a pay-per-use model. It aims to remove the costs and inconveniences associated with car ownership, while still offering the convenience of driving a car whenever required.

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9. Syfe

Full-time headcount: 120+ | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2019 | Most common skills: Mobile Applications, User Experience Design (UED), Teamwork | Most common job titles: Product Manager, Business Operations Analyst, Financial Advisor | Largest job functions: Operations, Finance, Product Management | What they do: Syfe is an investment platform that offers robo-advisors, brokerage services and cash management solutions. It partners with global asset managers to provide a range of investment options.

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10. Toku

Full-time headcount: 70 | Headquarters: Singapore | Year founded: 2017 | Most common skills: Telecommunications, JavaScript, Account Management | Most common job titles: Software Analyst, Project Manager, Software Engineer | Largest job functions: Information Technology, Engineering, Sales | What they do: Toku is a provider of cloud communications and customer experience (CX) solutions for businesses. It partners with organisations to integrate its cloud communication solutions with customer data and business processes.

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You can check out the Top Startups in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands (Dutch & English), Saudi Arabia (Arabic & English), Spain, Sweden (Swedish & English), Türkiye, the UAE (Arabic & English), the UK. and the U.S.

Methodology

LinkedIn measures startups based on four pillars: employment growth, engagement, job interest and attraction of top talent. Employment growth is measured as percentage headcount increase over methodology time frame, which must be a minimum of 10%. Engagement looks at non-employee views and follows of the company’s LinkedIn page, as well as how many non-employees are viewing employees at that startup. Job interest counts the rate at which people are viewing and applying to jobs at the company, including both paid and unpaid postings. Attraction of top talent measures how many employees the startup has recruited away from any global LinkedIn Top Company, as a percentage of the startup’s total workforce. Data is normalised across all eligible startups. The methodology time frame is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. 

To be eligible, companies must be fully independent, privately held, have 30 or more full-time employees, be 7 years old or younger and be headquartered in the country on whose list they appear. We exclude all staffing firms, think tanks, venture capital firms, law firms, management and IT consulting firms, nonprofits and philanthropy, accelerators and government-owned entities. Startups who have laid off 15% or more of their workforce based on corporate announcements or public, reliable sources between July 1, 2023 and the list launch, are not eligible. These decisions are made by the LinkedIn News team based on company statements and/or reputable news outlets.

About company insights

*Company insights were sourced from LinkedIn Talent Insights. Data reflects aggregated public member data from active LinkedIn profiles in the relevant country and includes full-time employee profiles associated with the company on LinkedIn. We exclude members who identify as part-time or contractors. Headcounts are provided by the companies directly, unless otherwise noted with an asterisk. Those headcounts are based on LinkedIn data. All insights reflect a 12-month time period looking back from July 2024. Skills data was derived from measuring the most frequent skills among a company’s employees. Most common job titles represent the occupations that are most common within each company. Largest job function measures the function area most prevalent within each company. 

Reported and proofread by: Adrian Tay and Ting Wei Toh

Methodology and insights by: Alejandra Budar