Sense Photonics
Data-Rich 3D perception systems for mobility, industrial and robotics autonomy
Sense Photonics produces LiDAR and 3D sensor solutions for the Autonomous Vehicle, UAV and industrial automation markets. They use a proprietary method called Micro Transfer Printing (MTP) to pick up vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) from a wafer and ‘prints’ them onto a flexible substrate with conducting lines etched into it. This enables Sense Photonics to produce a cost-effective LiDAR solution that is more accurate and reliable in all conditions.
Shauna Mcintyre, CEO A seasoned technology and automotive executive with a track record of driving innovation in traditional industries, Shauna is the master-in-chief executive at Sense.
Hod Finklestein, CTO Hod defines the direction and deployment of Sense’s technology. He started his career at Intel, designing the first Pentium chips and was in charge of semiconductor technologies at Mellanox Technologies.
Scott Burroughs, Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer Scott is both co-founder and co-dreamer at Sense Photonics. He has 30 years of commercial and innovative product experience in III-V compound semiconductors and optics.
Russ Kanjorski, Co-founder, Government & New Opportunities Russ Kanjorski brings 25 years of experience from multiple industries through his solar, strategy consulting, finance and legal background. Before Sense, Russ served in leadership roles at two solar PV startups.
Brent Fisher, Founding Scientist Brent Fisher is a leader and prolific inventor with years of experience at the cutting-edge of numerous technical fields and industries, including optoelectronics and solar energy to materials and defence systems.
Movel AI
Autonomous robot navigation that is 3X more accurate, 5X faster and 80% cheaper than current standards
Movel AI is a software platform that allows robots to understand the environment in the same way as humans do. Powered by Deep Learning, Sensor Fusion, and Probabilistic Planning, Movel AI is the software platform that enables any robot to perceive its environment like humans, and to plan its set tasks accordingly. Their first product enables robot navigation that is three times more accurate, five times faster and 80% cheaper than current standards.
Abhishek Gupta, Founder & CEO Holds a Master’s in Embedded Systems from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Before Movel, he founded a hardware robotics company, where he designed and sold more than USD$70,000 worth of educational robots to a Singaporean university in less than 15 months.
Hertzwell
Hyper-resolution 3D imaging radar for persistent object detection and identification
The rise of smart machines like self-driving cars, industrial robots and VR/AR technologies is inevitable. But making them aware of their situation, while getting precise measurements of their position is a problem. Hertzwell is building a low-powered radar system to track movements of machines and even human gestures to a millimetre scale precision, outperforming any existing technology at a fraction of the cost.
Ram Vignesh, Co-Founder He holds a master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU). Ram was awarded the best startup award during his time at ideas.inc — a NTU accelerator programme.
Bhaskar Dutta, CTO & Co-founder He holds a master's degree in Mechatronics from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Bhaskar has extensive experience in building robots, having previously worked at both Chrysler and Tata Technologies.
AID:Tech
Digital identity solutions for global development and financial inclusion
AID:Tech provides enterprise-level Blockchain and digital identity solutions to international NGOs, governments, and corporates to address some of the largest obstacles in global development, including legal identity, financial inclusion and corruption. AID:Tech’s solution provides end-users with a verifiable digital identity and offers partners a seamless experience in identifying end-users in the process of entitlement delivery. This solution has been successfully implemented in Lebanon to ensure Syrian war refugees receive aid while preserving their dignity and humanity.
Joseph Thompson, CEO & Co-founder Prior to founding AID:Tech, Joseph held several senior positions at Bearing Point, Ericsson, The Litmus Group and AIB.
Niall Dennehy, COO & Co-founder Prior to founding AID:Tech, Niall held multiple business analytics positions, while leading the design and development of numerous award-winning apps and platforms. Niall also co-founded Imprez and PresX.
KroniKare
Transforming chronic wound care through automatic, non-invasive assessments in seconds
KroniKare provides automatic, non-invasive chronic wound assessments within seconds, using a normal smartphone. Chronic wounds require frequent and accurate assessments to prevent complications such as infection, amputation, and death. The assessment is currently completely manual, time-consuming, expensive, as well as error prone. KroniKare uses cutting-edge Machine Learning, Image Processing, and multi-modal Data Analysis, to understand what is happening to the wound underneath the skin.
Ali Aladdin, CEO Experienced entrepreneur, having founded and exited two companies. His early career was spent managing Enterprise Sales for startups and MNCs.
Dr. Hossein Nejati, CTO 10 years’ experience in Machine Learning, Image Processing and Data Analytics with a PhD in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Biofourmis
A highly sophisticated AI-powered health analytics ecosystem
Biofourmis provides patients with affordable and effective health management solutions that personalises and improves their experience and quality of care. Using mobile technology and wearable biosensors, their Artificial Intelligence-powered health analytics platform, BiovitalsTM, personalises the user experience to optimise engagement and predicts exacerbation days before a critical event. This dual-edged diagnostic precision and early intervention will result in improved health outcomes, lowering the healthcare burden and costs.
Kuldeep Singh Rajput, CEO & Co-founder Prior to Biofourmis, Kuldeep was a PhD candidate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) focusing on Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was also previously a researcher at MIT Media Lab’s Camera Culture Group, where he worked on wearable healthcare solutions and biosignal analytics for cardiac health monitoring. Kuldeep is an active member of the health innovation and entrepreneurship community in Singapore.
Wendou Niu, Chief Privacy Officer & Co-founder Prior to Biofourmis, Wendou was a Systems Engineer at Sinopec. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
AIDA Technologies
Machine Learning for insurance smart-claims, banking, digital smart-lending and managing risk/compliance
AIDA’s Artificial Intelligence-driven analytics provide high-precision customisable solutions that address the key challenges of automation and knowledge work, by augmenting the ability of human experts to make decisions when confronted by huge amounts of heterogeneous information from diverse sources. With a focus on risk and compliance analytics in the banking and insurance sector, AIDA’s innovative solutions enable risk and compliance management to take on a new dimension of being predictive and preventive, rather than simply detecting events that have occurred. AiDA's technology platform, with its suite of algorithms for unsupervised Machine Learning, delivers intelligent systems that can watch over and help risk and compliance managers see change as they emerge.
Dr Tan Geok Leng, CEO Dr Tan was previously the Executive Director of Singapore’s largest Infocomm Research Institute, the Institute for Infocomm Research at A*STAR.
Dr Shonali Krishnaswamy, CTO She was previously the Head of Data Analytics at the Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore. With over 15 years of experience in leading research in data science and intelligent systems.
Dr Andrew Ang, COO He was previously the Director of the Industry Development Group at A*STAR, with more than 20 years of experience overseeing companies spanning from startups to MNCs.
Vebits AI
Intelligent tra c technologies for safe driving
Vebits is developing intelligent traffic technologies to help manned and unmanned vehicles drive safely. Their platform provides complete situational awareness, monitors the state of drivers, and alerts them when potential accidents are imminent. Simultaneously, the system harnesses drivers’ experiences to teach unmanned vehicles to better pre-empt and infer a human driver's behavior when on the road with human drivers.
Dr. Marcus Chen, Founder & CEO Previously studied at Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, and holds a PhD in Machine Learning for Visual Analytics from Nanyang Technological University.
Dr Wang Yuhui, Co-founder & CTO
Portcast
AI-driven predictive analytics engines for the logistics industry
Portcast provides Artificial Intelligence driven predictive analytics engines for the logistics industry. Portcast's Data Science, using external signals in real-time in their proprietary system, is 10 times better than existing systems. Portcast’s ultimate vision is to be the go-to-expert for global trade flows – providing real-time data and algorithms that correlate externalities with trade flows.
Nidhi Gupta, CEO Previously held several leadership roles related to Management Consulting, Sales Strategy and Business Development in Deutsche Post DHL across Asia Pacific, with more than 10 years’ experience in logistics.
Dr. Lingxiao Xia, CTO Expert in Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, with a double Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Information Engineering, and a PhD in Network Information Theory from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.