Hand-curated structure profiles of 10 companies registered in Singapore, the entity type, the registration jurisdiction, ownership and the people on the filings. From Alphabet and Meta to Stripe, OpenAI and Anthropic.
Singapore's Pte Ltd (Private Limited) structure is the default for both local and foreign founders, registerable online via ACRA BizFile in as little as one day. The 17% headline corporate rate is softened for startups via the Start-Up Tax Exemption (SUTE).
Many Southeast Asian unicorns run a Cayman parent holding above a Singapore operating entity for capital-markets flexibility, a pattern used by Grab, Sea and Razer.
The formation guide walks through LLC versus C-Corp, the EIN application, registered agents, franchise tax and BOI reporting.
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