siliconindia | | April 20188IN MY OPINIONHeadquartered in Atlanta, Randstad Technologies is a global Staffing & Recruitment company with proven excellence in offering Total IT Solutions, Recruitment, Consulting, Projects Outsourcing, ERP Practice, Permanent IT Staffing, and IT Staff Augmentation solutions to diverse business verticals.By Daljit Sall, Director, Randstad Technologiestartups in Southeast Asia received $8 bil-lion in investments from venture capital-ists and private equities just within the first nine months of 2017, and are experiencing increasing M&A and IPO activities. This growth is supported by 340 million active internet users in Asia Pacific, providing endless commercial and innovation opportunities for startups across different sectors and speci-alities.Growth of Startups in SingaporeSophisticated infrastructure networks and promising busi-ness environments have attracted entrepreneurs and inves-tors to setup shops in China, India and Singapore. These countries provide startups with commercial growth oppor-tunities and the market scale needed for testing. In Singa-pore, increasing investments in research & development and pro-startup initiatives from SPRING Singapore and Agency for Science, Technology and Research, coupled with its stra-tegic location to talent and resources, have made it a simple decision for startups to set up their headquarters there. To-day, Singapore is home to the headquarters of four unicorns - Grab, Lazada, Razer, and SEA (Garena).Apart from strong government support, the startup in-dustry is able to prosper greatly in Asia Pacific because of its agility to innovate and ability to provide fast-to-market solutions to increasing market demands. The industry has in-turn attracted many commercially-savvy talent who have experience working in MNCs and are looking for a change from stringent protocols and to achieve their career and per-sonal aspirations. This employment trend is visible in both the technology and financial sectors, where technical skills can be easily transferred and applied to a startup environ-ment - creating the rise in the number of fintech startups across the region.SEMPLOYEE TRENDS & OPPORTUNITIES IN THE STARTUP INDUSTRYDaljit Sall
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