Smack right in the center of Singapore at 80 Robinson Road, Crosscoop is a 8,000 square foot hotspot where you can find over 40 Japanese companies. The founder of Crosscoop, Motofumi Shoji, claims that 60 percent of Crosscoop Singapore’s companies are tech-related, including DeNA, Recruit, Mediba, Kenko, @Freaks, and GREE.
Crosscoop first originated in Japan, and Shoji explained that his Singapore office is — as he put it — “more high-class.” We have seen a sudden burst of Japanese companies flocking into the Southeast Asian market in recent months, most of them choosing Singapore as their base. So naturally, the companies who expand from Japan to Singapore are mostly heavyweight corporations. The offices have to suit their status.
Crosscoop Singapore has somewhat become one of the default landing grounds for new Japanese companies nested in Singapore. Mediba, DeNA [1], and GREE all started at Crosscoop in the last quarter. Speaking of GREE and DeNA, we can sense there’s a fun but awkward atmosphere in the office with the two rivals located in the same office space.
Besides these giants, Crosscoop also provides working stations for startups. A basic working space costs S$1,000 each month. Additional charges will be incurred if startups wish to have their own telephone lines and phone answering services. That’s still costly, but for an office located in the heart of Singapore, it is still kinda worth it!
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Although I understand that DeNA will soon relocate its office to Fusionopolis. ↩