12th Edition: 2025
In celebration of SG60, the 12th Edition of the LKYGBPC welcomed 60 exceptional finalists drawn from a record-breaking pool of applicants spanning 91 countries. Hosted at Singapore Management University, this landmark edition spotlighted deep-tech ventures tackling the most pressing challenges of our time, from climate resilience and sustainable materials to advanced healthcare and artificial intelligence.
Grand Prize Winners
CHANCELLOR'S CUP FOR BETA INNOVATION
ChemT Biotechnology
CHANCELLOR'S CUP FOR INFINITY IMPACT
Zhejiang Polar Code Technology
Wavemaker Sustainability Investment Prize S$100,000
Qarbotech
Indorama Ventures Future of Sustainable Materials Award
(BETA) S$50,000: Micromelt
(INFINITY) S$75,000: Synmetabio
Zhang Fan Global AI Initiative Award
(1st Place) S$50,000: PhotonCore
(2nd Place) S$40,000: Dunia Innovations
(3rd Place) S$35,000: Luxtelligence
The GEAR by Kajima Built Environment Accelerated Commercialisation Prize S$60,000
Mimicrete Ltd
YIT Global Exploration Award (S$25,000 per Winner)
OmniPath H2
Macrocycle Technologies
Qarbotech
Universalllab
raiSE Social Impact Grant Prize S$60,000
Seamless XR
Best Professor-Student Team Award S$20,000
Nephrogen
People's Choice Award
(BETA) S$10,000: ReZinc
(INFINITY) S$10,000: SpaceFields
DueAI® Challenge Winners 1st Place (S$50,500)
Puffer AI
DueAI® Challenge Winners 2nd Place (S$15,000)
Evalyze
DueAI® Challenge Winners 3rd Place (S$10,000)
Shensu AI
Meet the 8 Grand Finalists
Beta Category: Arculus Solutions, Helix Carbon, ChemT Biotechnology, Luxtelligence
Infinity Category: Aerologix, Genia, MacroCycle Technologies, Zhejiang Polar Code Technology
Meet the 60 Finalists
BETA CATEGORY
Pre-Revenue Startups
Sector: Climate Tech
Arculus repurposes natural gas transmission pipelines for bulk transportation of either CO2 or hydrogen, thanks to a patented barrier coating applied on the internal surface of the pipe.
Sector: Emerging Tech
Towards One-Click Chip Generation: ChipEvo leverages Large Language Models to revolutionize silicon design and verification with 10x faster development and significant cost savings.
Sector: Carbon Tech
EarthFlow AI is making subsurface climate and energy solutions scalable with ultra-fast AI simulation.
Sector: Sustainable Materials & Circularity
Helix Carbon provides electrolyzers to the steel industry that upcycle CO2 directly out of waste gas, no carbon capture required
Sector: Green Building & Construction
Inviscid AI delivers physics-informed AI that creates digital twins and simulations up to 1000x faster than traditional methods for design optimization.
Sector: Climate Tech
Micromelt is a deep-tech startup transforming hard-to-recycle plastics into virgin-grade products using a breakthrough microwave-driven catalytic process.
Sector: Sustainable Materials & Circularity
Neela Biotech produces carbon-negative aviation fuel from waste using AI and synthetic biology, leveraging existing biogas and HEFA refinery infrastructure.
Sector: Public Health
Oculab strengthens Tuberculosis (TB) monitoring by bringing AI-powered analysis to microscopes through smartphone, reducing examination time to 10 minutes while achieving 87% accuracy rates.
Sector: Energy Transitions
Development and installation of next-generation geothermal power tailored to the geological conditions in the volcanic region.
Sector: Water Solutions
The autonomous robotics platform for pipe inspection, mapping, and repair.
Sector: Public Health
Saint Novel enables drug discovery with innovative GenAI and full-stack drug development success experience (from in silico design to phase II trial which was sold to Sanofi at 1.5 billion US
Sector: Urban Mobility Solutions
The world's first high performance airless tires, based on NASA technology.
Sector: Energy Transitions
Untapped Energies unlock 100% renewable wind & hydro energy from unutilised, 'untapped' real estate.
Sector: Public Health
Vivid Dx is developing a next-generation platform to deliver broad pathogen ID in 30 minutes and phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) in 3 hours – directly from blood, with no blood culture required.
Sector: Public Health
At ChemT Biotechnology, we revolutionize bio-manufacturing with AI-designed small molecules that enable precise and tunable modulation of cell behaviour.
Sector: Energy Transition
Cold Battery is a cutting-edge solution for storing and delivering cold energy efficiently, boosting profits and slashing emissions across industrial cooling applications.
Sector: Sustainable Materials & Circularity
Helix Carbon provides electrolyzers to the steel industry that upcycle CO2 directly out of waste gas, no carbon capture required.
Sector: Food and Land Use
HyveGeo removes CO2 from the air while boosting food security in arid regions.
Sector: Emerging Tech
We develop energy-efficient photonic circuits for Quantum and AI, leveraging advanced thin-film materials to enable next-generation, high-performance connectivity solutions.
Sector: Green Building and Construction
Powering the smart infrastructure of tomorrow.
Sector: Public Health
Nephrogen is developing curative gene therapies for kidney and pancreatic diseases, which affect more than 15% of the global population but have zero effective treatments.
Sector: Climate Tech
Novel industrial decarbonization technologies lowering costs for the hydrogen economies of today AND tomorrow.
Sector: Carbon Tech
Restoring our oceans' natural capacity to permanently remove CO2. Worldwide.
Sector: Sustainable Materials & Circularity
ReZinc - a sustainable innovation to transform carbon-based batteries waste into high-quality carbon paint for metal surfaces.
Sector: Public Health
SinuStim is developing an oral appliance that instantly alleviates nasal congestion and facial pain for patients with chronic sinus disease by using gentle electrical pulses that regulate overactive nasal nerves.S
Sector: Energy Transitions
Scalable vertical GaN technology to dramatically improve energy efficiency and power density for AI, in data centers.
Sector: Sustainable Materials & Circularity
UpcycleX, out of MIT, is transforming the chemical industry with a scalable, zero-emissions electrocatalytic platform that turns plastic waste into high-value products, unlocking an $80B market opportunity.
INFINITY CATEGORY
Post Revenue Startups
Sector: Energy Transitions
8inks revolutionizes battery manufacturing with multilayer curtain coating, enabling higher performance, lower cost, and scalable production of next-generation lithium-ion and solid-state batteries.
Sector: Climate Tech
Harnessing Satellites & Artificial Intelligence to produce reliable ocean data and take the best decisions at sea.
Sector: Carbon Tech
CLEANCO2 is China's CCUS mineralization technology pioneer and industrialization leader.
Sector: Emerging Tech
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Sector: Public Health
ENANTIOS enables the fast, simple, and robust characterisation of complex and chiral molecules and biologics for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry.
Sector: Transport & Logistics
Expedock's flexible tech solutions automate workflows and improve visibility, empowering your team to focus on what matters most.
Sector: Homeland Security
Jmem Tek provides ready-to-deploy JPUF-based quantum resilient security solutions for vulnerable industries to address encryption obsolescence concerns as quantum computing advances.
Sector: Food & Land Use
Koralo creates functional food and feed enriching health and beauty with patented co-fermentation of microalgae and mushroom roots - delicious, functional and affordable.
Sector: Climate Tech
MapCollective.com is a multi-tier supply chain traceability data mining and dashboard platform, helping procurement and sustainability organizations gather supplier data.
Sector: Emerging Tech
MUI-Robotics specializes in sensory-AI which imitate human smell sense with high accuracy for real-time quality control, safety, and environmental monitoring globally.
Sector: Climate Tech
Qarbotech develops patented photosynthesis-enhancing solutions that boost crop yields sustainably, helping farmers grow more food with fewer resources while combating climate change.
Sector: Emerging Tech
We are building the "Northrop Grumman of the 21st century" from India. SpaceFields aspires to be the dedicated merchant developer and integrator for next-gen bespoke solid propulsion for burgeoning aerospace and defence marke
Sector: Emerging Tech
Reshaping the $60B materials R&D testing industry with AI agents.
Sector: Energy Transitions
Smart microgrids with advanced proprietary software and innovative grid solutions.
Sector: Emerging Tech
Aerologix is a drone technology platform connecting clients with 40,000+ pilots, delivering on-demand aerial data, mapping, and AI insights for infrastructure, environment, and industry.
Sector: Public Health
Castomize, a startup from Singapore Management University and the Singapore University of Technology and Design, is making healthcare more accessible, effective, and less invasive by creating impactful medical devices using advanced manufacturing technologies.
Sector: Carbon Tech
Synthesising insulin and $40 billion worth of drug precursor molecules by harnessing a photosynthetic cell discovered in 2020.
Sector: Emerging Tech
Dunia Innovations is revolutionizing the field of material discovery by leveraging cutting-edge AI and autonomous experimentation to bring breakthrough materials to the world.
Sector: Energy Transitions
exnaton enables utilities to quickly launch innovative, data-driven electricity products with its AI-powered billing platform, accelerating the energy transition.
Sector: Green Building & Construction
Genia builds Generative Design CoPilots for engineers in construction helping them design permit-ready drawings 10x faster with 20% material savings.
Sector: Sustainable Materials & Circularity
Kerong: Leading the Application of Precious Metal Catalyst Technology in the Environmental Protection Industry! 科融, 引领贵金属催化剂技术在环保行业中的应用！
Sector: Energy Transitions
Vortex is Klimatech's vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) that combines aesthetics and function for sustainable energy in urban, remote, and commercial spaces.
Sector: Sustainable Materials & Circularity
MacroCycle is the venture creating circular plastics and textiles at cost parity and with zero carbon emissions.
Sector: Emerging Tech
OrionGo specialises in the development and integration of positioning algorithms, with strong R&D in inertial navigation, geomagnetic positioning, Wi-Fi, 5G, GNSS, BLE and AI positioning fusion technology.
Sector: Energy Transitions
Sesame Sustainability's industrial-grade modeling platform transforms how energy companies plan multi-billion-dollar decarbonization investments, compressing analysis from years to weeks.
Sector: Sustainable Materials & Circularity
Tidetron Bioworks is a pioneering platform that integrates synthetic biology and AI to drive low-carbon innovation.
Sector: Water Solutions
Xatoms discovers new materials using AI and quantum chemistry for water purification.
DUEAI™CHALLENGE FINALISTS
Evalyze is an AI platform that automates fundraising and due diligence for startups and VCs through intelligent scoring, investor matching, and outreach automation.
Puffer AI unifies under-utilized startup data, expert know-how and AI-driven workflows to accelerate research, scouting and evaluation, turning scattered information into smarter, faster investment decisions.
Shensu AI creates AI-driven automation tools that optimize financial operations, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs for individuals and enterprises alike.
Highlights 12th Edition: 2025
IDEAS THAT MATTER | IMPACT THAT LASTS | INNOVATION WITH PURPOSE
