Startups
Silicon Box’s advanced $2B packaging factory in Singapore has been operational for early customers since October 2023, following its grand opening on July 20, 2023. This 750,000 sq. foot facility has been scaling up its workforce to support round-the-clock operations. With high demand already anticipated for its existing capacity, the company has successfully completed Series B funding to expedite its production expansion.
Smell has the power to invoke memories, arouse emotion, and alert our evolutionary instincts to warn us of danger. Such a sense, therefore, has real potential to tap into something very tangible for consumers. Yet, during the virtual reality (VR) craze that has come over the consumer and even business market, smell has remained largely untapped. We’ve, for instance, heard fuss about a VR treadmill to incorporate further immersion into the realm, but not seen the same for smell… until now.
Fashion and its supply chain is the third largest polluting industry. It emits 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, releasing 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, more than the shipping and aviation industry combined. Yet unlike say the oil industry, fashion is one sphere where consumers can exercise a greater level of control in their interactions with it. Whering was created to highlight that control.
Bird, the startup focusing on eco-friendly electric transportation, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In a press release, the company “announced its entry into a financial restructuring process aimed at strengthening its balance sheet and better positioning the company for long-term, sustainable growth.”
As the online world increasingly shifts from traditional text to video consumption, video content now constitutes 80% of today’s Internet traffic. Finnish-Luxembourgish marketing tech startup Videobot leverages this growing preference for video content by enhancing traditional website experiences with personalised, interactive video chatbots.














