More than half Singaporeans not comfortable returning to workplace post-circuit-breaker: Survey

About 59 per cent of working professionals in Singapore do not feel comfortable to return to their workplace post-circuit-breaker, reveals a survey conducted by Qualtrics, an experience management company.

This behaviour is a result of being hit by the pandemic, which has managed to cause a widespread shutdown of daily life on the island state.

Results also show that more than half of the workers (66 per cent) expect to return to their office by July while a little under a half (45 per cent) have said that a vaccine needs to be approved before they feel comfortable returning.

Mao Gen Foo, Head of Qualtrics Southeast Asia, said that business owners need to think about the pace at which they are re-opening doors since it might not match their employees and customers’ readiness.

“Businesses must be able to unlock insights around employee and customer confidence at each stage of the transition to drive necessary business actions,” she further added.

Chinaccelerator reveals its first cohort of 14 startups

Shanghai-based Chinaccelerator, which was launched in Asia in 2010, has picked 14 startups for its first cohort.

The accelerator aims to provide a “mentorship-driven programme for internet startups from around the world”, the accelerator said in a statement.

In the upcoming virtual Demo Day, slated for June 17th, Chinaccelerator will showcase the 14 companies to global investors with interest in cross-border startups across Asian markets.

Here are the selected startups from Asia:

Instoried (India): AI and data-driven solution to help companies drive empathetic engagement with their customers through content marketing.

Rosetta.ai (India): Personalises product recommendations in fashion to increase order value and conversion rate.

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Deyor Camps (India): A lifestyle community for Indian millennials who want to engage with each other via online experiences and tailored experiential trips.

KalaGato (India): Helps e-commerce companies to automate customer profiling, segmentation, and targeting based on consumer behaviour data.

Genetsis (China): Manages end-to-end e-commerce and digital marketing for global brands.

Covar.io (Hong Kong): Prime broker for digital asset managers.

Microsoft’s venture fund M12 opens India office

Microsoft’s venture fund M12 has opened a new office in Bengaluru to focus on investment opportunities in B2B companies, according to The EconomicTimes.

The local office will pursue investment opportunities across the region, focusing on B2B software startups in the sectors of Artificial Intelligence, business applications, infrastructure, security, and vanguard technologies.

This news comes in just a few days after Microsoft announced the launch of its new programme for agritech startups in India, called the “The Microsoft for Agritech Startups program“.

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