Investments in & building high potential deep tech startups | SGInnovate
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I see SGInnovate as a community—an awesome community—where you can get all the help that you need. They don’t just give you money, but they really work with you to help your company grow.- Vishram Mishra, Co-Founder & CEO of MicroSec

SGInnovate defines its key performance indicators around helping us succeed in the first place, and that places them at a very different level from a venture capital firm or an accelerator.- Dr Hossein Nejati, Co-Founder & CTO of KroniKare

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Our investment philosophy is based on our belief that difficult problems can be solved using deep tech.

Deep technology has innovative scientific research at its core. We define it as technology that is expressed in engineering and applied commercially. We target capable founders and startups using deep tech to address global problems. Many of the biggest challenges today cannot be solved by a single startup or product alone, hence we always want to work alongside founders and partners who have a collaborative and global mindset.

Our strategy is two-pronged – to build and invest.

Our Venture Building team focuses on early-stage deep tech startups in Singapore, where we leverage on our expertise and experience to help founders start and grow their businesses. Under Venture Building, we provide business building advice and work closely with the teams on areas such as fundraising, sales, strategy, branding and talent.

Our Venture Investing team focuses on scalable Singapore and overseas startups that address gaps within the Singapore deep tech landscape. Under Venture Investing, we focus on companies with proven technology and market traction, with the objective to speed up their internationalisation through collaboration with our overseas portfolio companies and tap into our global network of institutional investors who invest in the same sectors as we do.

Portfolio Companies

We are committed to your innovation being realised in market. We invest in promising deep tech startups from pre-seed through series A, primarily those built on Singapore-based IP.

Here are some of the companies:

 

AI in Financial Services

  • Predictive and preventive Risk & Compliance management

    • Won Global Fintech Hackcelerator at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2016
    • Bronze in Most Impactful Category at the SGTech SG:D Techblazer Awards
    • MEDICI Top 21 – RegTech Awards: Winner
    • Won the National Infocomm Award for Most Innovative Product/Solution in 2016
    • Won the Grand Award at the Citi HK Fintech Challenge

    Makes sense of contracts and other data for financial institutions

AI in Operations

  • AI-driven predictive analytics for the logistics industry

  • Revolutionises on-premise ordering using data analytics

AI in Healthcare

  • Automatic, non-invasive chronic wound assessments within seconds

    • Bronze in Most Promising Category at the SGTech SG:D Techblazer Awards

  • Democratises medical imaging using ML & portable ultrasound

  • Better stroke risk assessment using computer vision & computation fluid dynamics

Blockchain

    • Grand Prize winner at the Smart Dubai Office Blockchain Challenge in 2018
    • Winner in the Health category at the RFI Support Disruption for Good Challenge in 2018
    • Grand Prize winner at the IsDB Fintech Islamic Finance Challenge in 2018

    Digital Identity solutions for global development and financial inclusion

Autonomous Vehicles

  • Hyperpositioning radar for autonomous navigation in all conditions

  • Enables autonomous navigation of robots

  • Accurate and reliable LiDAR solutions for autonomous vehicles

  • Intelligent traffic technologies for safe driving

Medtech

  • Cheaper and more accessible eye testing for glaucoma using VR

  • Develops medical devices in the surgical robotics sector

  • Customisable clear wires in braces for aesthetically pleasing smiles

  • World's first medical grade ECG wearable for continuous transmission to a cloud

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