The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. The joint Singapore-Thailand Demo Day, which looks to highlight startups from both markets, is being warmly received by startups operating in various sectors, including cybersecurity, agriculture, and robotics. Representatives from Vertex Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, and Qualgro Partners evaluated the submissions to choose ten finalists.
These are the finalists for the Singapore-Thailand Demo Day to be held on January 11:
AiTreat designs and integrates assistive medical robots to help doctors and physicians with providing soft tissue therapeutic treatment to patients. The company is also the first in the world to develop commercial TCM massage robots.
ProfilePrint is a food ingredient search engine platform powered by a patented AI fingerprint technology. The company synthesizes complex interrelated parameters and sensory data into a single digital fingerprint, rapidly predicting the quality and profile of a food sample within seconds.
Protos Labs is a cybersecurity startup that helps insurers, re-insurers, and enterprises quantify cyber risk exposure using an AI-driven risk quantification platform, Nexus.
Vicuna created a flagship product called Scholaebot, a recommendation and generation engine that creates gamified worksheets to encourage students learning.
CloudSeq provides cloud-based bioinformatics and next-generation sequencing services. Its proprietary bio-data analysis platform hosts bioinformatics and sequencing solutions that makes projects easy to run and manage, without the need for expensive instruments or computer hardware.
Sati App is a mental health support app with the mission to create an army of empathetic listeners who are available around the clock for their users.
Rovula uses advanced artificial intelligence and robotics to provide end-to-end subsea and marine inspection, repair, and maintenance in the oil and gas industry, and beyond.
Zeemart is a food and beverage procurement platform that connects buyers and suppliers to make discovery, purchasing, and communication easier through a simple interface.
Cate is a chat automation platform designed by innovation agency The Omelet. Cate has over 100 templates for businesses to create a working chatbot in minutes.
Fitforce creates interactive workout mobile games that require no gym equipment and only a mobile phone as a controller. The games include fitness tracking functions, various engagement modes to suit user’s needs—such as multiplayer and custom exercise plans—and various mini games.
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is part of Alibaba Cloud’s Project AsiaForward initiative, which aims to bring digital transformation to enterprises in Asia and nurture fresh talent. Through this program, startups have the opportunity to join Alibaba’s global ecosystem. Startups can also develop connections with top VCs in Southeast Asia and China, as well as become the subject of coverage on KrASIA, 36Kr, and more.
The Singapore-Thailand Demo Day will be held on January 11, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (GMT +8).