Singapore, November 2022 – Over the past three months, KILSA Global worked with the AI Yangjae Hub to curate the programme and provide a platform for rising AI startups from South Korea to connect with the Singapore ecosystem. The immersive programme comprises a virtual component of business understanding, mentoring workshops, and offline business matching sessions, where participating companies showcased their tech solutions and networked with potential collaborators, investors, and industry partners.
The 3-day onsite program was commenced by Mr Yoon Jong Yung, Managing Director of AI Yangjae Hub. He spoke fondly of the advancements and innovations made in the Korean AI technologies and how Singapore could potentially be a platform to accelerate the growth and adoption of said technologies.
Mr Philip Park, Managing Director of KILSA Global, added that there are plentiful cross-border collaboration opportunities to benefit start-ups as Singapore has advanced technological foundations. Furthermore, KILSA Global specialises in global expansions services and business developments to facilitate and maximise start-ups’ ventures.
Ms Jessie Yip, Managing Partner of KILSA Global (Strategy and Operations), introduced the core partners, A*STAR – Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Continental-NTU Corporate Lab, and Draper Startup House. They provided a curated guided tour to introduce the innovative tech capabilities and shared about the potential collaborations to help Singapore pivot towards a Smart Nation.
Through the AI Yangjae Glocalisation programme, Korea-based AI startups can continue to be supported through holistic programmes that virtually and physically connect them to tech communities and industry partners for growth support.
The participating companies include:
Coconut Silo
Coconut Silo is a logistics and supply chain software developer that optimises artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create a seamless logistics chain. They provide innovative technologies spanning ocean freight, road freight, and digitalised solutions – Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to connect logistics players and optimise the Transportation and Supply Chain ecosystem in Singapore.
Impactive AI
Impactive AI is a software developer for AI enterprise solutions with Machine Learning-based predictive modelling. Impactive AI has over 100 ML predictive models that can be applied to different stages of the product life cycle, starting from product pre-launch to discontinuation. The solution helps companies to generate sales forecasting, prediction of new product launch failure, predictive inventory, and loss prevention.
Injewelme
Injewelme is a smart healthcare app developer that provides obesity management and growth analysis for teenagers. The app utilises gamified content and big data-based AI analytics model to engage and educate children on health management. It also helps key stakeholders – parents and schools to monitor teenagers’ well-being.
VideoMonster
VideoMonster offers ViiV – a one-tap AI Vlog Maker that automates video editing to make informative travel vlogs, reshaping travel inspirations. ViiV automates complex and time-consuming video production processes by analysing metadata such as location tagging. Hence VideoMonster creates efficient SAAS solutions for businesses to create engaging content for the travel-related media and advertising industry (B2B) and app users (B2C).
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About KILSA Global
KILSA Global is an on-demand market entry execution and business management specialist that empowers businesses to scale up in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region. We provide highly customised programs and network of industry partners to help companies drive goals with business transformation, globalisation, acceleration, and funding needs.
At KILSA, we strive to achieve the best for our clients by being a collaborative and inclusive strategic platform that adds value to the existing technologically driven ecosystem in Asia.
Special thanks to A*STAR, Continental-NTU Corporate Lab, and Drapers Startup House for the unwavering support in creating a successful AI Yangjae Glocalisation 2022!
