Founded in 2021 by Dr. Uzair Javaid and Kevin Yee, Betterdata is pioneering synthetic data generation technology to help data science and engineering teams easily access and share sensitive customer data. Headquartered in Singapore, Betterdata works with universities, regulators, and enterprise customers across Asia-Pacific, and is backed by notable investors including Investible, Franklin Templeton, and Plug and Play.
Q: What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
A: There are currently over 130 countries in the world that have passed some form of privacy law. This rapid shift in data protection regulations has made it difficult for data science and engineering teams to access customer data when they have to train AI models for their business use cases. Traditional approaches like data anonymisation and encryption are there, but they cannot be used to train AI models.
Q: What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
A: On construction projects it’s quite normal for there to be thousands of documents being sent around and updated. Working in the industry myself, I found that I could spend 50% of my time simply searching for information, comparing between document versions and worst of all redesigning if I worked from outdated information. This is a massive waste of time and resources for the industry which is faced with labour shortages and sustainability issues.
Q: What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
A: Early-age cube testing is often used in construction to assess concrete readiness before proceeding. However, it requires testing hundreds of cube samples per project and standard cured cube test does not represent the in-place concrete strength due to differences in temperature, volume and curing environment. This results in extra waiting time and resource wastage that leads to the potential risk of project overrun. If it takes around 20 days to build a floor, almost 5-7 days are wasted if we were still relying on standard-cured cubes.
Hephaestus Technologies is a B2B software company that specialises in 3D visualisation solutions for Interior Design & Home furnishings. Their company was founded in 2021 with the core belief that 3D solutions can empower consumers in their decision-making process by providing further contextual information that existing 2D solutions are unable to. They strive to continue developing user-friendly 3D solutions that will encourage further adoption of the technology and eventually spread to other industries.
Q: What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
A: Current interior designer workflow processes are time-consuming, costly, and are not conducive for collaboration with their end-customer. The time and economic cost to produce high-quality visuals can often result in delays and higher costs in projects. This is further compounded by the lack of real world digital assets whereby additional time is taken to source for furnishings that faithfully replicate the digital design. This ultimately can impact on a customer’s experience and ultimately affect the likelihood of giving referrals that can account for up to 90% of an ID’s customer acquisition channel.
Q: What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
A: There is a huge shortage of manpower in the cleaning janitorial sector. In particular, toilet cleaning poses the greatest challenge as 50% of cleaners refuse the job if it involves cleaning toilets. Companies are struggling to cope with the combined forces of rising minimum wages and restrictions on foreign labour, which is making the available pool of toilet cleaning staff smaller and smaller. There is no other alternative other than automation as companies cannot find sufficient manpower to fulfill their existing contracts.
Q: What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
A: Existing methods for accessing, cleaning, and maintaining tall structures, using ladders, scaffoldings, and mechanised platforms, are not only time-consuming and laborious but also expose crews to the hazards of working at heights and toxic chemicals. At Spinoff Robotics, we’re introducing a safer, cost-effective, and highly efficient solution that shows promising results in boosting high-elevation cleaning productivity.
Q: What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
A: On one hand, current building materials are not fit for changing climates, leading globally to an increasing lack of infrastructure integrity and recurring costs. On the other hand, mainstream Portland cement and petrochemicals-based building solutions account for 1/3 of final energy use and CO2 emissions globally, destroying our natural habitats and biodiversity. There should be no compromise between sustainability, performance, and competitiveness. UrbaX offers green and affordable binder substitutes that are twice as efficient, effective, and long-lasting.
Q: What is the problem you’re trying to solve?
A: Currently, most warning and control system solutions for assets like buildings and fleets can only diagnose a limited set of metrics and indicators, and have gaps in data accuracy and decision support systems. Because of limitations in the data, current systems cannot offer full insights since systems and equipment are influenced by many factors which are not tracked.