While it may be the smallest country in Southeast Asia, Singapore is home to some of the largest companies in the world. From established international giants to local success stories, the city-state’s tech scene is especially bright, boasting innovators across e-commerce, artificial intelligence, social media and much more. Below, we’ll dive into some of the most prominent tech companies based here in Singapore.
Top Tech Companies in Singapore
- Sojern
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- ByteDance
- Grab
- Sea
- Razer
Tech Companies in Singapore to Know
Chinese technology giant ByteDance is the parent company of popular apps like TikTok and Douyin, placing it at the forefront of entertainment, internet content and social commerce innovation. The company moved into a new 60,000 square foot office space in Singapore’s financial district in 2020, paving the way for its long term plan of using the city-state as a launchpad to a much larger Asia expansion, according to a Bloomberg report. Bytedance has more than 1,800 local employees, working in everything from technology to sales to marketing.
Sonar offers open-source and commercial products that help developers ensure they are producing clean code, which is easy to read, maintain and secure. The company provides three open-source solutions — SonarLint, SonarCloud and SonarQube — used by millions of developers worldwide to maintain simplicity and transparency in their coding practices. Sonar is actively hiring for various roles in Singapore to support its operations.
Mondelēz International is a multinational food and beverage company that focuses on snack foods, producing a wide range of popular items such as powdered drinks, candy, chocolate and cookies. Known for iconic brands like Oreo, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Sour Patch Kids, Mondelēz operates in over 80 countries worldwide with thousands of employees, including an office in Singapore.
CSC operates in Singapore, offering a range of tech solutions for digital brand services, business administration, compliance and capital markets. The company works to support business resilience, efficiency and growth by helping its customers adapt to a dynamically changing tech landscape.
Enfusion offers SaaS solutions to investment institutions. It provides real-time financial data to financial institutions like traders, CFOs and asset managers. The company has an office in the Chinatown area of Singapore.
Software giant Microsoft is a household name when it comes to search, gaming and productivity, and a trailblazer in emerging technology like spatial computing, quantum computing and artificial general intelligence. The company is primarily based out of Washington state, but its headquarters for the Asia Pacific region is located right in the heart of Singapore’s central business district, where employees help deliver Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and several other cloud and datacenter services. Microsoft has also invested significantly in the betterment of Singapore since first arriving here in 1990, particularly on the environmental restoration and sustainability fronts.
Singapore-based tech conglomerate Sea functions as a holding company for several prominent tech products in Singapore. Its digital entertainment arm, Garena, is a game developer and publisher; its fintech arm SeaMoney provides mobile wallet services, payment processing and other financial products and services across Southeast Asia and Taiwan; and its Shopee business has become the largest e-commerce platform in the region. Currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Sea’s IPO in 2017 was one of the largest US public listings ever by a Southeast Asian tech company.
With an annual revenue of more than $550 billion, Amazon is one of the largest companies on the planet. The tech giant is headquartered in Seattle, but has a substantial office in Singapore, occupying 100,000 square feet in the Asia Square retail and office development. Spanning three floors, the space houses more than 30 teams and about 700 employees supporting the company’s consumer business and corporate functions, including Amazon.sg, Amazon Fresh, Amazon advertising and Prime Video. Its other business units — including audiobook and podcast platform Audible and livestreaming platform Twitch — also have regional offices in Singapore.
Chainlink Labs provides enterprise-grade oracle infrastructure to integrate smart contracts with external data sources, empowering clients to validate real-world events and enhance blockchain transaction transparency. With a fully distributed team working globally and hiring in Singapore, Chainlink Labs supports remote work with a hardware allowance and co-working space stipend for employees.
Adyen is an engineering company that helps solve complex financial challenges for companies. Its platform serves businesses including Facebook, Uber, H&M and Microsoft with a suite of payments, data and financial products.
Belvedere Trading is a proprietary trading firm and market maker specializing in equity index and commodity derivatives. Using Scrum and Agile methods, the firm continuously improves its software systems, allowing it to quickly assess markets and manage financial risks. This approach enables the firm to adapt to sudden market shifts and excel in offering creative trading solutions and various market liquidity options. Headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York and Colorado, it also has a Singapore location.
Workiva offers an audit-ready, secure cloud platform that aims to simplify operational, financial and regulatory reporting. It provides its clients with the generative AI tools to revise and draft documents. The company has an office in Singapore near Marina Bay.
SpotMe is an event platform designed for B2B enterprise events, providing comprehensive tools for in-person, virtual and hybrid events. The platform enhances engagement and learning experiences through features like participant registration, content delivery, integrated live streaming and polling. SpotMe also emphasizes pre-event engagement with personalized agendas and interaction between participants through its app.
Braze is a customer engagement platform that aims to help consumers stay connected to their favorite brands through cross-channel messaging and journey orchestration, as well as AI-powered experimentation and optimization. Serving industries such as financial services, media, retail and hospitality, Braze equips marketers with tools and insights to enhance digital interactions with consumers. The company has offices across the Asia Pacific region, including Braze Singapore, which has around 90 employees.
Razer is a multinational technology company that designs, develops and sells a variety of consumer electronics and gaming hardware and software. Its products primarily consist of gaming laptops, keyboards and audio devices. The company also operates its own corporate venture arm, where it invests in early-stage startups working in areas like gaming, deep tech and sustainability. Razer is dual headquartered in California and Singapore, with more than 530 local employees.
Dynatrace offers software development solutions. Its platform consolidates observability, continuous runtime application security and intelligent automation to help companies streamline their cloud operations, deliver software quickly and securely and provide high-quality digital experiences. Dynatrace’s Singaporean office is located next to the Raffles Hotel and Chjimes.
Contentsquare equips businesses with an AI-powered platform that provides contextual insight into customer behaviors, feelings and intent. Its solutions help teams understand and optimize every digital experience with the goal of improving conversation and customer retention.
Sojern is a digital marketing company focused on tech solutions that enable travel and hospitality businesses to optimize their marketing strategy and build a loyal customer base. Its travel marketing platform uses data and AI to precisely target and engage potential customers. Sojern has office locations worldwide, including one in Singapore that opened in 2015.
Motorola Solutions builds technology to advance communications, safety and security across industries like law enforcement, utilities, education, healthcare, retail and logistics. The company’s product portfolio covers everything from two-radios and dispatch management software to in-car video systems.
Grab is among the biggest tech companies in the region, employing more than 3,500 people alone at its headquarters in Singapore. The super app offers a range of ride hailing, food delivery and digital payments services, and operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. In 2019, Grab became the first tech company in Southeast Asia to hit a $10 billion valuation. And in 2021 it made its public debut on Nasdaq following the world’s largest SPAC merger at the time.
As the creator of the Snapchat app, Snap builds mobile technology that serves an average 422 million daily users. Snap also offers advertising tools businesses use to connect with and engage Snapchat users in more than two dozen countries. The global company has a presence in Singapore where it hires employees for teams like sales and engineering.
DRW is a fintech company developing technology to support trading activity across multiple continents and asset classes. The company says it delivers liquidity for traditional as well as cutting-edge markets, and it boasts a global workflorce that includes more than 700 technologists.
AB Tasty is a customer experience optimization platform designed to help companies in e-commerce, media and other industries enhance their ROI. The company offers scalable services such as client-side A/B testing, personalized marketing and progressive product rollout. By leveraging AI-driven technology, AB Tasty enables brands like L’Oreal and Ashley HomeStore to create tailored digital experiences and track consumer engagement. It’s a global company with a location in Singapore.
Smartly, a social media advertising platform, works with recognized brands like Uber and eBay. With scalable tools designed to automate ad buying and production for large marketing campaigns, it also aims to enhance creative production using artificial intelligence technology. Trusted for its real-time insights and comprehensive suite of SaaS tools, Smartly works to help brands optimize content and campaigns while minimizing manual efforts. The company has offices all over the world, including one in Singapore.
Digital accounting platform Xero empowers small business owners to better manage their finances. With its user-friendly system, millions of users can take care of accounting as well as administrative tasks like payroll and workforce management. Employees who work in one of the company’s eight global offices enjoy perks such as commuter benefits and company-sponsored outings.
Through its portfolio of brands, Comcast Advertising provides digital tools for advertisers as well as other media industry stakeholders like publishers and distributors. For example, its Effectv division offers multiscreen advertising solutions. Comcast Advertising’s roster of over 100 global offices includes a location in Singapore.
AutoStore is a robotics company specializing in order fulfillment solutions for industries such as grocery, retail, healthcare, industrial and third-party logistics. Its innovative Black Line robots, powered by lithium-ion batteries, can operate 24/7 and feature a space-efficient cavity design for transporting bins throughout warehouses. The company, headquartered in Norway, has office all over the world, including Singapore.
