Emergent Singapore - 2025: Building the India–SEA Innovation Corridor

India and Singapore have long shared a relationship defined by trust, trade, and shared purpose. But in today’s multipolar world, where innovation is the new diplomacy, their partnership is evolving into something far more consequential: a joint authorship of the India’s technological and economic future.

Singapore, with its unmatched regulatory foresight and financial depth, serves as Asia’s global launchpad. India, with its scale, entrepreneurial energy, and digital infrastructure, is rewriting the blueprint for inclusive, bottom-up innovation. Together, they represent a rare and powerful axis, where ideas are not just exchanged, but accelerated.

It was in this spirit that 3one4 Capital, in partnership with Stripe and DBS, hosted the India Reception at Emergent Singapore 2025 on April 10th. Set against the historic backdrop of the National Gallery Singapore, the forum was a curated convergence of India’s most forward-looking technology companies and Southeast Asia’s most influential institutions. 

This edition of Emergent spotlighted 11 high-growth companies from the 3one4 portfolio, pioneering breakthroughs across generative AI, cross-border payments, credit infrastructure, industrial biotech, consumer internet, and clean mobility. As India and Singapore deepen this corridor of co-creation, Emergent underscores 3one4 Capital’s enduring commitment to backing generational companies that scale with both context and conviction.

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Founders, Innovation, and Intent

Emergent Singapore featured 11 companies from the 3one4 portfolio, each solving category-defining problems across deep tech, fintech, health, consumer internet, SaaS, and supply chain innovation.

The event opened with a keynote from Pranav Pai, Founding Partner and CIO at 3one4 Capital, setting the tone on how Indian startups are not only scaling at home but actively driving digital transformation in global markets. His remarks highlighted the imperative of long-term ecosystem thinking, underpinned by capital, partnerships, and sustained founder support.

Throughout the program, across showcase sessions and high-intent 1:1 meetings, 3one4’s portfolio offered attendees an in-depth look at the companies redefining the trajectory of their respective industries:

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Building the Infrastructure for the Next Economy

• Exponent Energy is unlocking India’s EV potential with a vertically integrated energy stack that enables 0–100% charging in 15 minutes, all without degrading battery life, setting a new benchmark in electric mobility.
  
  
• Ripplr, India’s largest tech-first B2B distribution platform, is solving deep-rooted inefficiencies in the $1.5T retail sector. With its scalable, tech-enabled infrastructure, Ripplr is now expanding into ASEAN, enabling global brands to streamline distribution and scale efficiently across diverse markets.
  

• Fermbox Bio is pioneering advanced precision fermentation for biofuels, enzymes, and biomaterials, powering cleaner industrial biotech across India and SEA.
  
  
• Smallest.ai has developed the world’s fastest text-to-speech model, enabling ultra-realistic voice agents and content dubbing at sub-second latencies. The company supports over 5,000 businesses across India and the US.
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Transforming Consumer Experiences and Financial Infrastructure

• Kuku FM, India’s largest multi-format storytelling platform, is reshaping audio and video content for Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets and expanding internationally into the US and Korea.
  
  
• CheQ is building the country’s first fully integrated credit management ecosystem. With $3.5B in processed payments and 2.5M+ users, it’s fast becoming India’s most engaging credit platform.
  
  
• Elivaas is reimagining hospitality through a luxury villa and alternative accommodation network, driving 50% higher occupancy than industry norms.
  
  
• Shvasa is digitising yoga and wellness for global audiences with real-time posture correction and gamified engagement.
  
  
• Hyperface is powering the future of embedded finance through its credit card and prepaid infrastructure stack, already live with banks and fintechs across India and SEA.
  
  
• Xindus is removing friction from global trade by building a full-stack logistics and cross-border infrastructure platform for SMEs and D2C brands in India, the US, UK, and UAE.
  
  
• GLOMO is establishing a real-time, regulation-first cross-border payments infrastructure as the first authorised PSP at GIFT City, enabling instant global fund flows.
  
  

Each of these companies is at a unique inflection point, scaling rapidly, building defensible moats, and now seeking to align their solutions with global partners who can help expand their reach.

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The Emergent Thesis

At 3one4 Capital, we believe meaningful outcomes come from proximity - of ideas, of people, and of intent. Emergent Singapore 2025 was a reflection of that belief. It wasn’t just about showcasing companies. It was about creating the right setting for the right conversations to happen, with the right people in the room.

We were especially encouraged by the volume of 1-1 meeting requests from across the ecosystem. These follow-on engagements, some of which are already underway, signal the tangible demand for Indian innovation across SEA markets. The event concluded with closing remarks by Nruthya Madappa (Partner) who reflected on the power of sustained cross-border engagement and reiterated the firm’s commitment to building platforms that translate innovation into long-term, global opportunity.

As we continue to scale the Emergent platform, our goal is to bring Indian entrepreneurship closer to global corridors of opportunity, and to do so with purpose, consistency, and context. We look forward to nurturing more of these high-intent engagements that move markets, unlock new frontiers, and support the rise of generational companies from India.