9th Edition: 2019
Centred on the theme Smart City, the 9th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition attracted a record 550 submissions from over 300 universities across 68 countries, showcasing solutions spanning healthcare, urban living and digital services. The edition highlighted emerging technologies such as deep tech, blockchain and smart infrastructure, with Canada’s SpectraPlasmonics taking home the Grand Prize.
9th Finalists Winner Category
LKY 9TH winners
SpectraPlasmonics
Team SpectraPlasmonics from Queen's University of Canada emerged as winners and took home the grand prize of $100,000 after beating five other finalists to the top prize. The team had impressed the judges with their cost-effective solution that aids ultrasensitive chemical detection in areas of food and water contamination, and provides defence against illegal drugs and terrorism agents.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER & LIVING CATEGORY WINNER
CAMBRIDGE CANCER GENOMICS
HEALTH CATEGORY WINNER
YUNPHANT
SERVICES CATEGORY WINNER & WAVEMAKER PARTNERS B2B INVESTMENT PRIZE WINNER
COMPLEX DISEASE DETECTOR
AIRMAKER ACCELERATOR INVESTMENT PRIZE
19th Finalists Category
Aevice Health
From Nanyang Technological University (Singapore, Singapore)
AEvice Health develops a wearable medical device that provides doctors and patients with alternative hard data to assess, diagnose, and detect asthma & asthma attacks earlier.
Biobot Labs
Biobot Labs transforms waste infrastructure into a public health observatory by developing a pipeline of robotics, tailored biochemical assays, and analytics to extract data on human health and behavior.
Drocie Labs
Brings the power of artificial intelligence to hospitals with personalized predictions of how a given treatment will perform for a given patient.
Evisort
Evisort’s platform brings together industry-leading workflow & document management solutions for legal companies.
Hexagro Urban Farming
From University of Southern Denmark & Polytechnic University of Milan (Milano, Italy & Odense, Denmark) Hexagro Urban Farming develops and manufactures modular and soilless configurable gardens to produce healthy food in any indoor environment.
Marine Nexus
A cost-effective solution that aids ultra sensitive chemical detection in areas of food and water contamination, and provides defence against illegal drugs and terrorism agents.
Spectra Plasmonics
A cost-effective solution that aids ultra sensitive chemical detection in areas of food and water contamination, and provides defence against illegal drugs and terrorism agents.
Regit
From SIM, York University & De La Selle University (Singapore, Singapore). Regit is a B2B SaaS that simplifies how businesses and customers exchange information, eliminating redundancies & keeping customer contact data clean.
Wriggle Solutions
From Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna & Santa Clara University (Empoli, Italy)
SMART Tyre is a disruptive innovation in automotive safety capable of measuring the tread depth of tyres through sensing technologies, as well as diagnosing possible damages, deformations and flat tyres.
Zeta Surgical
From Harvard University (Cambridge, US) KRATOSTM is an augmented reality toolkit allowing surgeons to virtually see inside of their patients to make image-guided surgeries dramatically safer and faster.
Airmee Health
Cambridge Cancer Genomics from University of Cambridge & Kings College London (Cambridge, UK) CCG combines deep profiling of a tumour prior to treatment with rapidly produced personalized point of care assays for treatment tracking.
Cambridge Cancer Genomics
Cambridge Cancer Genomics from University of Cambridge & Kings College London (Cambridge, UK) CCG combines deep profiling of a tumour prior to treatment with rapidly produced personalized point of care assays for treatment tracking.
Elephant Chain
From Zhejiang University, National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University & Singapore University of Technology and Design (Hangzhou, China & Singapore, Singapore)
Hawa Dawa
From Technical University Munich, Free University of Berlin, University of New York & Boston University (Munich, Germany & Boston, US) Provides remote, real-time & in-situ air quality data anywhere & anytime with CE-certified technology.
Klarity
Klarity uses Artificial Intelligence to automate Billing & RevRec contract review for SaaS and Software companies.
OMNi
(now known as Argon) from Singapore University of Technology and Design & Singapore Management University (Singapore, Singapore) A smart motorcycle helmet capable of increasing its user's situational awareness and providing rider-specific data for a better riding experience.
Teratonix
Teratonix is able to harvest broad-band RF energy to power majority of the emerging IoT sensors, processors, and their wireless communications. Teratonix RF energy harvester can replace batteries and is truly maintenance-free.
Root Co
From University of Oxford & University of Tokyo (Oxford, UK & Tokyo, Japan)
ROOT is the world’s first remote and interactive farming platform for users to learn and enjoy agriculture from anywhere, at any time, through smart devices.
Zenjoi
From Grand Canyon University & Harvard University (Cambridge, US & Phoenix, US). ZenjoiVR is a calming and therapeutic virtual environment for dementia patients, built on the principles of music therapy, reminiscence therapy, and simulated presence therapy.
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