ee 2024 winners

Emerging Enterprise Awards

Kskin Management Pte Ltd

Singapore-based Kskin offers facial treatments using advanced Korean skincare technology and proprietary solutions, providing effective treatments within 15 minutes. The company has expanded from Singapore to Malaysia and the Philippines, and is about to open its first outlet in the US. Their primary customers are individuals seeking efficient facial treatments. Kskin differentiates itself by offering pay-per-visit services without the need for packages or appointments, and plans to launch a customer mobile app for AI skin analysis and digital booking.

Pancare Medical Pte Ltd

Pancare primarily provides medical GP services under Private GP and medical services projects, including Swab Isolation facilities, Community Care Facilities, Vaccination Centres, and Covid Treatment Facilities. Based in Singapore, they operate six GP clinics in heartland areas and plan to open two to three more annually, focusing on older residential neighbourhoods. Key customers include healthcare institutions, government organisations, and elderly individuals. Pancare stands out due to its strong project arm, successfully operating multiple testing and vaccination centres and a transitional care facility during the pandemic, maintaining a competitive edge over major hospitals and healthcare operators.

Fano Labs Limited

Hong Kong-based Fano Labs is a company specialising in AI-driven language solutions, focusing on Automatic Speech Recognition, Speaker Diarization, Voice Biometrics, and Natural Language Processing technologies. They cater to enterprise and public sector clients, including major banks and regulators in Hong Kong. Fano Labs stands out with their advanced Interaction Analytics System, Caliniter, which leverages AI for mixed languages and multilingual settings, enabling precise analysis and compliance. Their use of deep learning technology allows for accurate auto-language detection and the ability to distinguish multiple speakers, enhancing customer experiences and compliance efforts.

 

Emerging Enterprise Sustainability Awards

Pyxis Maritime Pte Ltd

Singapore-based Pyxis Maritime specialises in maritime electrification, providing a comprehensive ecosystem for electric vessels. Their business model includes electric vessel production, a proprietary digital software layer, and energy solutions for seamless adoption of electric vessels. They operate in Singapore, and are expanding into Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Pyxis is unique for its integrated approach to reducing carbon emissions and developing a sustainable maritime industry.

RushOwl Singapore Pte Ltd

RushOwl develops the RushTrail app, which provides demand-responsive and self-optimising bus pooling services for corporations and schools. They serve markets in Singapore, Malaysia, and India, with plans to expand to Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Australia. Their unique approach uses AI to optimise vehicle use and reduce operational costs, providing guaranteed rides. RushOwl offers significant savings on transport and commuting time.

PT. Peduli Alam Nusantara (Plana)

Plana is a social enterprise in Indonesia that converts plastic and husk waste into a sustainable material called PlanaWood, which serves as a durable substitute for natural wood in building and furniture products. Based in Indonesia, they target construction, architecture, real estate, and government sectors. Their innovation lies in using 60% rice husk and 30% plastic waste, significantly reducing environmental impact and contributing to climate change mitigation. Plana’s process not only benefits the environment, but also supports local farmers and scavengers by creating economic value from waste materials.

 

Most Promising Sustainability Startup Awards

Life Lab Resources Pte Ltd

Singapore-based Life Lab Resources ensures food security by revolutionising food waste management using Green Eco Technologies. They recycle and valorise food waste through three steps: WasteMaster Treatment, Bio-Refinery Plant, and Sustainable Integration, producing high-quality protein and reducing waste. Their notable clients include Marina Bay Sands and Changi Airport. Their uniqueness lies in their ability to recycle mixed food waste streams, significantly reducing waste sent to incinerators and landfills.

The Powder Shampoo Pte Ltd

The Powder Shampoo is a planet-first, plastic-free, and plant-powered brand revolutionising personal care with vegan, cruelty-free, powder-to-foam formulas. Based in Singapore, their products are 100% water-free, packaged in lightweight aluminium bottles, and offer 10 times more washes per weight, reducing environmental impact. The company has received orders from over 40 countries and partners with premium retailers like Sephora and Wholefoods. The brand stands out by ensuring products are non-harmful to marine life, and are easily recyclable.

 

ee 2023 winners
From left: Chin Kai Lun, COO of ProfilePrint; Craig Goonting, COO of TROOPERS Innovation; Raghav Narayan, CEO of Aprisium; Tan Swee Yen, co-founder and CEO of CoNEX Healthcare; Didi Gan, founder and CEO of N&E Innovations; Steven Fong, co-founder and CEO of Flex Fuel Hydrogen Development; Kang Jen Wee, founder and CEO of Redex Group; and Bryan Oh, CEO of NEU Battery Materials. Photo: Yen Meng Jiin, BT

Emerging Enterprise Award

CoNEX Healthcare Pte Ltd
Singapore-based CoNEX developed PreSAGE – a patient-monitoring solution for healthcare and eldercare applications. By utilising thermography sensors, CoNEX combines proprietary artificial intelligence models with novel image processing techniques to monitor and predict patient movement in a privacy-preserved manner. Co-developed with Tan Tock Seng Hospital, PreSAGE has been adopted as the standard fall mitigation care solution for high fall risk patients in public and private hospitals, long term care facilities and even residential homes that enable seniors to age-in-place safely.

ProfilePrint Pte Ltd
ProfilePrint is an AI-driven ingredient quality platform powered by a patented digital food identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) technology. ProfilePrint synthesises complex molecular data of ingredient samples into digital fingerprints, rapidly predicting its identity and quality, helping agribusinesses to buy and sell better. Backed by the world’s largest food ingredient conglomerates and international venture funds, ProfilePrint is a Singapore-based company with a global footprint.

TROOPERS Innovation Sdn Bhd
Malaysia-based TROOPERS is a digital HR tech platform for flexible work that aims to grant equitable access to flexible work for Malaysians. Since inception in 2017, TROOPERS has grown to become Malaysia’s flexible job-matching platform and works with companies across Malaysia to meet all their flexible manpower needs. The TROOPERS App launched in 2021 has garnered over 215,000 verified users, generating over RM 30 million in income for gig workers with more than 200,000 shifts transacted on the app.
 

Emerging Enterprise Sustainability Award

Redex Group Pte Ltd
Singapore-based Redex Group Pte Ltd operates Asia’s leading trading platform for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). The company offers a one-stop ecosystem for RECs, supporting clients through the full RECs lifecycle – asset registration, production verification, marketplace, and retirement. As an early mover in Asia with a proven track record, REDEX is developing practical and innovative solutions to meet the renewable energy needs of corporates globally. The company’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition towards renewable energy.

N&E Innovations Pte Ltd
Singapore-based N&E Innovations developed a circular economy application to transform food waste into Vikang99, a first-in-the-world, potent antimicrobial agent derived from upcycled food waste. Its production process is chemical-free. This reduces greenhouse gas production and offers sustainable alternatives to traditional antimicrobial agents like titanium dioxide, which can harm the environment and human health. Vikang99 has been integrated into a range of products including Vi-Mask, a CE-certified mask made from bamboo fibers and naturally blended C2Plus line of disinfectants, that provide protection against coronaviruses for up to six months.

Flex Fuel Hydrogen Development Limited
Founded in 2017 in Hong Kong, Flex Fuel Hydrogen Development Limited specializes in hydrogen research, development, and equipment manufacturing, to produce tailored green energy solutions. Over three years, the group envisions the establishment of 15,000 Hy-Carbon Connect stations across China and Asia. This ambitious endeavor aims to achieve significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, attain carbon neutrality, and greatly mitigate pollution originating from both light and heavy vehicles, maritime vessels, and industrial machinery.
 

Most Promising Sustainability Startup Award

Aprisium Pte Ltd
Singapore-based Aprisium is a sustainability-focused deep tech startup delivering autonomous, continuous, on-site-deployed, live, contamination detection and monitoring devices. Direct insights are sent to customer browsers, helping them proactively manage and address their contamination hazards. Aprisium’s solutions support customer profitability and sustainability efforts in the wastewater, data centre and industrial space.

NEU Battery Materials Pte Ltd
NEU Battery Materials is a Singapore-based lithium battery recycling company. Using a patented clean recycling method, it recycles lithium batteries from phones for use in electric vehicles. This is crucial to support the rapid growth in electric vehicles. Backed by partners like Temasek Foundation, SGInnovate, ComfortDelgro, Momentum VC and others, NEU is building an automated recycling facility in Singapore to provide an avenue for clean and sustainable recycling.

The Emerging Enterprise Award
AP Technologies
Lumos Labs
Speedoc

Most Promising Startup Award
Plasma Science 

Best Innovation Award
Meridian Innovation

Sustainability Award
Moovita