{"id":373109,"date":"2026-03-30T14:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/373109\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:54:09","slug":"singapores-deep-tech-push-requires-calculated-bets-stronger-ecosystem-nus-enterprises-benjamin-tee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/373109\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore&#8217;s deep-tech push requires &#8216;calculated bets&#8217;, stronger ecosystem: NUS Enterprise&#8217;s Benjamin Tee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Such ventures are not about moving from \u2018zero to one\u2019, but about scaling breakthroughs to impact millions, he says<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[SINGAPORE] Singapore\u2019s deep-tech push will hinge on \u201ccalculated bets\u201d and building a stronger ecosystem to support it, said Professor Benjamin Tee, vice-president of innovation and enterprise at NUS Enterprise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">While Singapore has been able to support and foster idea development through research and development (R&amp;D) and minimum viable products via early-stage funding, the next phase requires a shift in mindset, said Tee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Deep-tech ventures are not about moving from \u201czero to one\u201d, but about scaling breakthroughs to impact millions \u2013 or even billions \u2013 of lives, he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-lucida text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal -tracking-5% text-gray-850\">Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter. Delivered to your inbox. Free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Such ventures are not about moving from \u2018zero to one\u2019, but about scaling breakthroughs to impact millions, he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[72,191,61,60],"class_list":["post-373109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}