Business ideas in Singapore, verified with the founders

6 ideas on file, each tied to a founder and a pinpointed source. Filter the whole database for capital, revenue band and first-customers channel.

0 founder-confirmed · 6 from public sources

F&B · S$500k–1m

Craft spirits that sold out at a fair before they had a shop

A Singapore spirits brand bootstrapped with a couple of thousand dollars, broke even within a year, and sold out on day one of a two-week boutique fair.

First customers via Events and fairs (direct) · 2026-08 · public source

Services · S$1m+ / year

Grease-trap cleaning sold to the chains, not the stalls

Every Starbucks needs its grease traps cleaned on a schedule; the wedge is the head office contract, one and done.

First customers via B2B contracts (head office) · 2026-08 · public source

Retail · not disclosed

A design studio that pays for the fashion brand

The consulting company is the bank: branding and design work sold through the studio paid for the first collection, and still houses the brand.

First customers via Existing clients of the studio · 2026-05 · public source

SaaS / developer tools · S$500k–1m

The image-generation API that won by staying put

A Singapore solo founder shipped seven products in eight months for $0, then built Bannerbear, a template-to-image API, to about US$616,000 a year without investors.

First customers via Shopify app store, then developer content and the founder's public build log · 2024-05 · public source

Software · S$50k–100k / month

Queue-management software sold on free trials to local businesses

A cloud queue system for clinics, banks and shops; the first customers were local businesses on free trials who reported shorter waits and better conversion.

First customers via Free trials to local businesses · Oct 2021 · public source

Beauty / skincare · not disclosed

Kitchen-made vegan skincare that became an Amazon bestseller

A Singapore founder left finance in 2014, put SGD 25,000 of savings into Handmade Heroes, sold at pop-up markets first, broke even within six months and later held the number-two spot in Amazon's lip-scrub bestsellers.

First customers via Pop-up markets and word of mouth, then department stores and Amazon · 2018-06 · public source

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