Founded in 2019, MedFluid is committed to making biomedical testing affordable and easy to use for everyone. Using patented LOC (Lab-on-a-chip) microfluidics, MedFluid has developed two products for decentralized healthcare: POCT molecular diagnosis (“O-in”) and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (“NAST”). The patented gravity-driven microfluidic cartridge of NAST, when used in conjunction with a portable analyzer, can provide rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) results in as little as 6 hours directly from collected specimens. NAST can prevent drug resistance in clinics by generating accurate antibiotic medication reports, eliminating the need for professionals and a central laboratory.As of Q1 2023, NAST is currently in use at 15 animal hospitals in Taiwan and Malaysia. The product has received significant positive feedback in the veterinarian market and MedFluid is now seeking to expand to the US and EU markets.MedFluid is searching for potential partners in the following areas: (1) Direct import and sales to distributors or hospitals for both human and veterinary markets. (2) Strategic partnerships with local device and reagent GMP suppliers. (3) CDMOs utilizing an integrated Lab-on-a-chip platform.
FarHugs is a digital mental health platform created by Mediot Co. Ltd. in 2019, offering matchmaking service that helps clients find their personal mental health providers. FarHugs offers both medical therapy sessions and non-medical mental care consultations, providing clients with diverse options. As of March 2023, FarHugs has conducted over 19,000 sessions. Additionally, FarHugs has provided mental health programs to the employees of more than 36 companies.The innovative mentoring program on FarHugs ensures that providers maintain service quality with the same users, leading to a 20% increase in user retention. The hybrid client management system, which combines AI-bot and human support, satisfies emotional needs, ensures precise matching, and prepares clients for between-session activities, resulting in a decrease of the average cost for clients to find a suitable mental health provider from US$1,000 to US$150.
MoBagel empowers enterprises to make the right business decisions by using its easy-to-use Automated Machine Learning software to produce fast and actionable predictions. Their core product, Decanter AI, allows anyone with basic data analysis knowledge to build and deploy machine learning models using an intuitive interface and is the first to incorporate time-series cross-validation. Decanter AI shortens the Big-Data Driven Decision-making process from months to weeks or even days.
They believe every business decision at its core is a prediction problem, and as data continues to grow, every business will need AI to help them make decisions faster than their competitors.
They are serving clients in sectors including retail, manufacturing, banking, telecom, and more, generating over US$5M in revenue in 2019.
Nex is helping humanity reconnect with the joy of movement through fun, social, and interactive motion entertainment that’s accessible on any modern camera-equipped device. Using cutting-edge AI, mobile, and vision technologies, Nex merges the digital and physical worlds, so players are immersed in the experience using their natural body movement. Nex has been recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, Time’s Best Inventions, and has been awarded the prestigious Apple Design Award. Nex's products are available in over 200 countries and regions worldwide, and include HomeCourt, Active Arcade, Party Fowl, Starri, Miniacs: Steering Madness, and Peppa Pig: Jump and Giggle. Learn more about Nex at https://www.nex.inc.
NodeFlair is Singapore’s #1 tech talent platform empowering talents to make smarter career decisions with data, not opinion. Founded in 2018, NodeFlair has evolved from a tech-enabled recruitment platform to a full-stack tech career platform with products for every step of tech talent’s career, across job discovery, job researching, job securing, and career uplifting.
NodeFlair’s compensation data are verified so talents can have ease of mind when embarking on their next job exploration. Also, its 2021/2022 “Tech Talent Compensation” report, which is based on 30,000 salary data points, provides valuable insights for both talent and companies.
Besides Singapore, where 1 in 4 tech talents already use NodeFlair to make better career decisions, the company also has an office in the Philippines. NodeFlair plans to enter the Taiwan market in 2023.
OakMega provides omnichannel instant messaging CRM solutions for businesses, conquering the last mile of communication with customers.
OakMega empowers large enterprises to integrate IM platforms with Salesforce and HubSpot, building an efficient way to acquire, analyze, and engage with customers. Concurrently, with their SaaS and marketplace model, SMEs can build an intuitive CRM like never before.
Founded in 2019, OakMega has acquired over 150 clients in Taiwan and Japan from various industries by 2020, including gaming, medical, real estate, retail & FMCG, KOLs, etc.
ParseMe offers data solutions that leverage AI and ML to assist customers, such as corporate executives and data scientists, gain access to critical data quickly and efficiently.
PenguinSmart is enabling intelligent, individualized rehab therapy for all. Founded by Harvard & MIT alumni, their team combines the latest data sciences with expert insights to empower caregivers to become a key part of the rehab journey.
They are developing a global solution, as this is a universal issue that impacts 1 in 7 children. Their solutions not only increase the efficacy of rehab therapy, but they also allow therapists to oversee 8x as many patients while providing long-term care.
PenguinSmart is an Alchemist Accelerator and SparkLabs Taiwan-backed company and was named one of the Top 10 Disruptive Parenting Companies of 2017 by Disruptor Daily.
Pickupp is a data driven, AI-enabled logistic platform dedicated to supporting merchants with flexible and cost-effective solutions. Its platform connects and consolidates all types of assets in the supply chain to improve logistics scalability, flexibility and cost efficiencies.
Its competitive edge lies in an asset light model with proprietary technology that dynamically bundles efficient orders in clusters and utilizes predictive pricing to match the most suitable courier at the lowest marginal costs. With their line haul, warehouse, sorting and delivery network, businesses can de-bottleneck peak sales periods to scale without worrying about logistics or sacrificing speed and cost of delivery.
Pickupp’s customer base ranges from e-commerce, retailers, and F&B to multinational 3rd Party Logistics. It started operations in Hong Kong back in mid 2017, and expanded to Singapore and Malaysia in 2018. Starting in late 2020, Pickupp began operating in Taiwan, generating an ARR of over US$15mm, and is looking to quickly scale up Taiwan’s business and expand into other Southeast Asian markets.
Founded in 2018 by ex-Googlers, PowerArena focuses on monitoring and analyzing production sites in real time by making use of deep learning artificial intelligence technology. By finding out the root causes for low efficiency in the manufacturing sector, they aim to improve production efficiency by more than 5% in 4 weeks.
PowerArena has team members across Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, and the US. PowerArena’s solution is already adopted by 15+ leading manufacturers such as Jabil, Wistron, LITE-ON, MSI, etc. It has also started cooperation with automotive manufacturers.
Seasalt.ai puts customer communication on auto pilot. Its customer experience platform addresses the challenges of missed calls, automatic appointment booking, customer acquisition and customer service.
Businesses can immediately respond to customers with contextually aware conversations 24/7, text or call. With Seasalt.ai, businesses can build customer communication automation within minutes, powered by Seasalt.ai’s in house speech recognition technology that is more accurate than Google’s and faster than Azure’s.
Seasalt.ai is led by serial entrepreneurs Guoguo Chen and Xuchen Yao, both PhDs from the Johns Hopkins University, and ex-Googlers. Seasalt.ai is backed by Unlock Venture Partners, Taiwan AI Cloud, and Microsoft Accelerator in Taiwan. Seasalt.ai is the only Twilio Gold Partner and Flex Reseller in North Asia.
Showwcase is a professional network built for developers. The network allows developers to showcase their skills with developer portfolios, engage with communities, and find new work opportunities. After launching the network in July 2021, Showwcase has 91,000+ members, 500+ communities, and 2,000+ jobs from 193 countries globally. The professional network is primarily built as a content hub for developers to share what’s happening in tech and consume high quality developer articles, technical roadmaps, and courses that are created by content creators. These content creators have the option to monetise their content in the network via subscriptions, pay-walls, and in-content ads. Showwcase also offers developer headhunting services.Showwcase’s investors include SparkLabs Taiwan, Vynn Capital, Init-6, Fountane Group US, and other angels.
