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Why Indian Tech Startups are migrating to Singapore

“From an Entrepreneurs' perspective, Singapore is a great place to operate from. If you are starting a (VC fundable) venture now, I would recommend having your headquarters/holding company in Singapore and making your Indian operations operate as a subsidiary of that. Singapore also has highly credibile image and is not looked upon as a tax haven.” - Sesh A.V., Basiz Fund Services at the Venture Intelligence APEX'13 Summit From a recent Business Today article: Exact data on such ventures is not available, but the number of Indian companies with operations in the citystate jumped to 4,000 in 2012 from 1,100 in 2000, according to the Singapore Economic Development Board (SEDB). Industry executives say a Singapore presence is ideal for companies aspiring to go global as the city-state is an international business hub. "The very fact that your company is based in Singapore means it is considered more of a regional or global company as the local market is very sm...