A big congratulations goes to Actualyzed, won participated in the CIRCLE™ Pitching competition, and came home with a very well deserved 3rd place. KiDS™, the initial Lifestage Brand of Actualyzed, was born with the hopes of inspiring and developing generations of champions with a passion for sport and a lifelong love for active lifestyles. Please follow the link below to learn more about KiDS™ https://kidsfms.com/ Judges represented by: Nikhil Kapur, GREE Ventures Khai Lin Chua, Fundnel Daren Tan, Golden Equator Hideki Fujita, Segnel Ventures Michael Blakey, Cocoon Capital Dr Eddy Lee, Coffee Ventures Dr Rex Yeap, Bansea About CIRCLE™ Assembling a mix of 200 entrepreneurs and investors, CIRCLE™ sets out to ignite and nurture the ecosystem and lifecycles of entrepreneurship. During this half-day event, startups and investors alike will get opportunities to network amongst each other, with pitching sessions held in between for startups to present their best ideas to renowned judges. Panel discussions regarding the regional startup ecosystem will be held, followed by a Q&A with investors to find out what they are looking for in entrepreneurs. Platform E (by SIM) is an entire entrepreneurship ecosystem offering a unique blend of knowledge, industry practicum, mentorship, incubation, start-up business support, and funding.

SINGAPORE – ATHLEDE Pte Ltd, a sports lifestyle hardware tech company, has received a S$40,000 angel funding and Startup SG founder grant from TRi5 Ventures to develop training assistance wearables that do more than just tracking people’s exercise and fitness. TRi5 Ventures is an Accredited Mentor Partner of SPRING Singapore. ATHLEDE is co-founded by Kwok Cheong WONG (KC), a graduate of SIM’s Platform E IntensE entrepreneurship programme and his programme mentor, Dr Bert Grobben. Dr Grobben is also CEO of Venture Builder Budding Innovations. The idea to develop training assistance wearables was conceptualised by KC during his study stint at Platform E. Through a time of working together, both mentee and mentor found a similar interest in improving fitness which spurred KC to pursue his interest in developing the product. Dr Grobben went beyond his mentorship and provided the young entrepreneur access to Budding Innovations’ in-house Industrial design and system engineering expertise. This gave KC the ability to develop ATHLEDE at an accelerated pace, from idea conceptualisation to an actual functional prototype that is already exciting its first trial users. The fitness wearables market is fast growing - in 2016, watches capture 48.1% of market share and is forecasted to grow to 64% in 2021. ATHLEDE addresses the problems people currently face with fitness trackers: What do they do with the information? How do they improve from it? Using his personal sports experience, KC wanted to develop a training assistance wearable that can deliver a new user experience for athletes and individuals with growing fitness lifestyles by helping them to optimise their training efficiency and achieve more significant results. The device makes use of an ergonomically positioned LED and Haptic feedback to provide users with a real-time response on their performance. This enables them to make training correction, and to push themselves further during the training without having to look directly at the device. Athletes can now be pushed to make their next breakthrough, National servicemen to achieve their next best 2.4km timing and individuals to reach their personal fitness goals. The device plugs into a community-based, back-end service that will deliver features to users across multiple sports. The real-time training feedback will be measured against training plans, goals, and community-based interactions. ATHLEDE actively learns the user's fitness level, monitors progression, and curates a training plan to springboard them to the next level. It replicates the sense of social facilitation by enabling users to race with other runners of all levels, introducing a new level of challenge. ATHLEDE is connecting users through the community with other athletes, coaches, schools and sports associations, creating a unique eco-system that will enable a growing inter-connected lifestyle for all. For KC, starting up ATHLEDE is a dream come true. He says, “I believe that everyone deserves some help to achieve their goals. We want to help athletes find their next breakthrough in their career and others who are looking for guidance in training to achieve what they used to think was impossible. Goal setting and training programmes offered by fitness trackers feels gimmicky as they provide virtually no feedback while in use. We go beyond the utility to create a compelling experience that connects emotionally with our users to help them realise their goals and aspirations. Wearables must be more than just a tracker. It has to influence a behavioural change to help people achieve their next goals. ” The next milestone for the company is get more devices into the hands of athletes to try and experience ATHLEDE. Building from an optimised athlete experience, the company will grow its user community, and introduce value-adding services such as personalised coaching and training schedules, as well as provide a platform for an aspiring athletes to be discovered, whatever sport they are in. ATHLEDE will be co-located with Budding Innovations, based out of Platform E’s co-working space at Namly Avenue. Media Contact: Dr Bert Grobben Founder Athlede Pte Ltd Mobile: 91285636, Email: Bert@athlede.sg About Athlede Athlede is an active lifestyle team, dedicated to supporting individuals to have a better future via achieving their personal best in sports, fitness and overall wellbeing. Our primary focus is on transforming how people train on their own by developing new training-assistance products and connecting users to other athletes, schools and sports associations through the new eco system we’re building. “It will be helpful to know your top speed… but when you are sprinting, you can’t really look at your watch. It will affect your form. A Device that can let know these information while running will be extremely useful.” Victor, ex-sprinter for TeamSG About Budding Innovations Budding Innovations Pte. Ltd. (BI) is a Singapore headquartered Venture Builder and Solutions Provider. We work with our clients to transform problem statements into in-market executions. We provide technology and organizational leadership and integrate a wide industry range of capabilities in what we build. BI effectively takes technology to market and plays an active role in the end-to-end commercialization, through its bespoke strategic capability partner ecosystem, and wide market opportunity access. BI drives commercialization through eventually transferring appropriately matured programs to a corporate client, into a (self-)managed start-up, or driving a technology portfolio approach on behalf of our clients. Technology verticals centre around Advanced materials, CleanTech, Life Sciences and MedTech. BI also engages in Corporate Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation programs (Nebula™) and offers entrepreneurial internship programs to young entrepreneurs, grows their skill sets and contributes towards building a vibrant start-up scene in Singapore. About Platform E Platform E is an integrated entrepreneurship platform that takes a long-term view in supporting the entrepreneur in his/her start-up. By combining the knowledge-building of entrepreneurs, incubation of ideas and acceleration of go-to-market strategies, entrepreneurs are also supported by an ecosystem of a 25,000 sq ft co-working space, a highly-engaged community of peers, industry experts, coaches, mentors and investors. Platform E is powered by the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) with its 50 years of experience in education and professional development, extensive alumni community and strong industry networks. About TRi5 Ventures TRi5 Ventures is an early-stage VC which invests in South-East Asian based startups. The team previously incubated 38 Singapore-based startups which raised S$8.1m in early-stage funding. TRi5 is an accredited mentor partner of SPRING Singapore.

BI prides itself on the fact that it's a horizontally integrated venture building firm, addressing all executional aspects of taking technology to market. We are constantly building and upgrading our bespoke networks, partnerships and capabilities. As a fast growing firm, we face a constant need for new innovative thinking, and a ever higher need to operate as a seamlessly integrated organisation. We took a big step forward by making 2 critical additions to the Leadership Team. We are integrating Design thinking into the leadership team. This step is also coinciding with an expansion of the Design organisation into China. Talent, and interpersonal skills are at the core of all we do. To further nurture our talents, and grow the teams, we have added dedicated Human Capital capabilities. Ms. Sabine Wenter is passionate about building high performing teams and organizations. As a senior business leader and partner for organizational landscaping she is recognized for establishing and shaping talent management frameworks to support and drive organizational growth initiatives in start-ups as well as SMEs and MNCs (Omicron electronics, Alstom, Ingersoll Rand, KPMG). Sabine brings a blend of consulting and corporate leadership experience to this role. She delivers major impact to organizations by implementing innovative learning and performance management concepts, as well as data-driven strategies to guide business and people development decisions. Sabine carries an engineering degree in Interior Design, a bachelor’s degree in Vocational Education and a master’s degree from University of Innsbruck, Austria in Economics and Organizational Development. Guohua Pan a.k.a. "VJ". Trained as first an industrial designer then a design manager, VJ started his career in the Gillette/Braun ID team as a product design project coordinator based in Shanghai, China. Through years of organization change within P&G, he has enjoyed multiple roles in the whole new product development cycle: rear-end design-manufacture coordinator, external design resource manager, mainstream product designer, prototype lab manager, front-end innovation concept designer, future design researcher. VJ was exposed to the tremendous knowledge base and the best of class design practice from Gillette, Braun and many other brands he served. These experiences, coupled with his natural interest in technology, material and engineering, enabled VJ to approach any industrial design subject from a deeply futuristic yet practical perspective. Together we keep building towards our vision of becoming a recognized leader in delivering globally impactful technology based solutions, for a better Life, a better Environment, a better World.

Budding Innovations is looking forward to participate in IPOS' IP Week, and be a participant in CONNECTIONS@IPMARKETPLACE. We welcome the opportunity to engage with companies and individuals out there, and support them with their Deep Tech Commercialisation. Please come and see us during the event, and book an appointment via the event portal About Budding Innovations Budding Innovations Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore headquartered firm with a global reach, that focuses on Technology Commercialization by closing the maturity gap between new innovations and the multiple needs of a commercial product. The firm specializes in working with deep technology owners, and translates the technology’s potential into a go-to-market strategy, and the hands-on execution and delivery thereof. The technology expertise and verticals of focus are targeting BioWellness, Advanced materials, CleanTech, Life Sciences and MedTech. We work to 1) Develop & de-risk Start-Ups, 2) Take innovative IP to the market through a fully qualified product, 3) Support MNCs in delivering their innovation needs, 4) Curate and fully mature business ideas and portfolios on behalf of MNCs, and 5) partner with VCs to deliver a higher investment ROI. Our value proposition towards MNCs includes wide technology and capability access, quick risk reduction of ideas, significantly lower development execution cost (especially during the initial phases), and an accelerated execution versus what they can do internally. Our incubatees and partners on the other hand have unparalleled access to development capabilities, expertise, and in-market opportunities. Budding Innovations aims for a significantly higher success rate of Deep Tech commercialisation, compared to traditional models. We are independent, unbiased and neutral as we work for the best interest of the technology to drive it towards commercialization. We operate a reward structure that leads to our profitable growth only if our client is successful. As such, we give each incubate and each project the full attention and support it needs to develop it towards market success. Our bespoke approach is made possible by our 1) Highly experienced and multi-talented core team, and 2) Carefully selected network of strategic capability partners who support our nimble, flexible and entrepreneurial model.

The Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge (SOIC) 2021 is calling for startups and SMEs across the globe to take a step forward on sustainability. If you have an innovative solution to build a greener future, we want to hear from you! Following the successes of the past two Sustainability Open Innovation Challenges (SOICs), Enterprise Singapore (ESG) is once again collaborating with key industry partners to launch its third edition of the challenge. This edition will focus on Circular Economy with the following challenge areas: - Waste Management - Sustainable Materials (Packaging/Plastic Value Chain) - Sustainable Food Source Participate with a 5-10 slide PDF deck for a chance to access: - Co-innovation opportunities with corporates and/or government agencies - Paid trials, pilot project and test-bedding opportunities - Exclusive mentorship and industry network with global partners Sign up now for the opportunity to co-innovate with SOIC 2021 partners and global corporates such as Alliance to End Plastic Waste, Changi Airport Group, Mercedes-Benz, EM Services, ExxonMobil and WWF-Singapore! Are you ready to show us what you’ve got? Sign up for the SOIC 2021 - Round 1 by clicking on the “Participate“ button to submit your pitch! [https://sustainability.innovation-challenge.sg/] Application Deadline: 24 October 2021, 23:59 SG time (GMT +8)

Who will walk away as the Grand Winner of The Liveability Challenge 2020? From alternative protein produced from cell or plant-based sources to biodegradable packaging film from food waste or sidestreams, seven teams will face off in a virtual showdown on 8 July, Wednesday at 2.30 pm to convince a panel of Asia's most renowned investors that they deserve the ultimate prize of up to S$1 million in project funding and other exclusive opportunities. Witness history in the making: https://bit.ly/TLC2020GrandFinale #TheLiveabilityChallenge #LiveableCities #GrandFinale #virtualshowdown #sustainabilityshowdown

EcoWorth Tech won the Grand Winner Price during TechPlan Demo Day for its innovative technology to develop unique water filter system using carbon fibre aerogel made from biomass. In addition to the Grand Winner price, EcoWorth Tech has received an additional Industry Award from FujiFilm and has been invited to Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference in Tokyo Japan held in March 2018. Leave a Nest successfully conducted TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in SINGAPORE 2017 on July 29. This is the fifth time of the DEMO DAY held in Singapore. In this event, 8 finalists selected from 25 applicants presented their business projects in Singapore, were joined by 4 regional winners from India, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand totalling 12 finalists. From the website: https://en.lne.st/2017/08/01/2017winner-ecoworth/

Our Incubatee EcoWorth Tech will present during CleanEnviro Summit Singapore (CESS) 2016. We are proud to be selected as one of only 3 new CleanTech companies that will be featured to the Singapore Media. EcoWorth Tech is commercialising a breakthrough Carbon Fiber Aerogel technology developed by NTU's School of Materials Science and Engineering, produced from biomass waste as a source material, to step change how organic contaminants are removed and recuperated from Oil & Gas waste water, industrial waste water, and food waste.

Following 9 months of fast growth, Budding Innovations has moved to "The Hive" as our official co-working space. After house hunting for several months already, we have selected The Hive as the space fitting our needs and equity best. It's a beautiful 5 floor co-working arrangement with warm woody interior, fabulous staff, a vibrant community of entrepreneurs, an active social agenda of activities, and services (and cost structure) fitting bootstrapped start-ups. We look forward operating out of The Hive, and welcome our partners and incubatees to join us here.

BI is actively engaged in Entrepreneurial and Corporate Innovation skills development. Our Nebula™ program has been specifically designed to deliver a Hands-on talent delvelpment program. Develop your [team's] skills, alongside pushing ahead with actual innovation delivery. We're very excited to participate in the first ever experiential Corporate Innovation Workshop where we'll be delivering elements of the Nebula™ program. We'll be participating in 2 panel discussions, and delivering 2 focused workshops. Details below. If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, get yours now on https://cis.riseaccel.com/buy-ticket. Special discounts apply only till March 1st: $300 off the full price ticket with code 'CISBUDD' $600 off the full price Inner-Circle ticket with code 'RISEINNER' Both Wesley Boers and myself will be there to actively participate with 2 workshops and 2 panel discussions. 1) Panel Discussion [Dr. Bert Grobben]: "The Future of Accelerators in SEA...." 2) Fireside Chat [Mr. Wesley Boers]: "Why Human Centric Design Works" 3) Workshop [Dr. Bert Grobben]: "Corporate Entrepreneurial Innovation" Large corporations drive significant Socioeconomic impact through the products and services they market. Powerful brands make in-use experiences better with each innovation that goes to market. However, in an ever changing market & competitive landscape, and where customers & consumers needs are evolving faster than ever, it is increasingly challenging bring meaningful innovations to market that also meet bottom & topline financial growth requirements. Open Innovation (OI) approaches have been around for a while to enable big corporates to identify and leverage new ideas and technologies developed by smaller, nimble and fast moving entrepreneurs and technologists. OI is inherently complex and difficult, as partners with very different views come together to [co-]create new solutions. In this workshop, we will touch on techniques and approaches to enable big corporates to innovate more like an Entrepreneur. You will learn skills and adopt a mindset that you can take back immediately to innovate more productively, and profitably. You will also gain insights on how to partner with Incubators, Accelerators, Capital Sources and others, for support on the process of new innovation adoption and commercialisation. 4) Workshop [Mr. Wesley Boers]: "Seed of innovation" - First & foremost understanding the problem statement of your customer. Instinctively we like being problem solvers, zooming in on the solution, focusing hard to make it the best fit ever, often falling in love with it along the way. It is however absolutely critical we validate the right problem before we start working on the right solution. This hands-on interactive workshop will share some fundamental insights and approaches on how to validate the problem statement without falling in the solution trap. Participants will walk away with increased awareness & ready-to-use tools to create the right mindset & approach for understanding the problem statement.

Since 2015 Budding Innovations [BI] has been active in the Corporate Innovation and Start-up scene. We’ve steadily built deep networks, expertise and a matching portfolio of clients and capability partners in a space we call “Lifespan Health”. We are passionate about bringing DeepTech enabled solutions to market that allow individuals to live healthier lives, from Cradle to Grave. We’re all about enhancing life, improving lifestyles and moving away from preventable diseases by promoting preventative Healthcare. We operate across several key industry verticals, on physical DeepTech solutions as well as the Digital world. We build meaningful and impactful solutions within each vertical, and create new opportunities by creating connections across them. We’re doing this in Singapore, in SEA, as well as any other region. We work with big corporates as well as new-born start-ups. We mature the technology, and take a particular interest in developing the people skills of the innovators that will repeat their successes. Whether you are an online or offline business, you most likely still have a physical space you call "home". Beyond bringing all the skills together to support you in building and scaling your business, we aim to deepen our services stack to also build a better home – and connect yours with that of others so new opportunities are created. Not random connections, but purposefully curated connections so your business actually benefits from them. BI Labs is our answer. In partnership with JustCo, BI is launching a regionally expandable space where our portfolio companies and clients can come together, and rally behind our Lifespan Health vision. Together with JustCo, we are bringing more opportunities to life as our community grows, and where our clients and start-ups members are embedded with all the expertise and capabilities that need to be accessible to build DeepTech solutions. This Full Stack services model is there to support our ecosystem, and is there for the benefit of every JustCo member. BI works with clients around the globe, building from its Singaporean roots. Its global and cross-vertical reach drives creativity, and is now enhancing corporate/start-up mobility by facilitation inter-regional expansions and business localisation. BI focusses on Lifespan Health, Wellness, Nutrition/Food, Personal & Family care, Wearables & Diagnostics and MedTech. BI operates inside these verticals, and across them to build the future of Smart Living & Working. BI Labs is the co-working space where our LifeSpan Health community comes together. Designed to grow businesses exponentially (“B to the power of I”), it is the physical and digital environment where Entrepreneurs, Start-ups, SMEs and Corporates build and scale their businesses, and where new connections are created between industry verticals, and between established and start-up businesses. BI Labs takes a unique approach to Venture Building; 1) BI Labs gives access to a full stack of capabilities & services for companies to grow exponentially, with a business model that is customizable and has some of our skin in the game too. 2) BI Labs is set up to be a long term “cradle” to “exit” partner because the support it provides moves together with the evolving needs our community members have over time. 3) The community that is coming together is curated to boost new opportunities that sit at the interface between its portfolio members. Our valued community members actively create value for each other.

On Thursday November 9th, Budding Innovations will be organising our first Open Innovation workshop at NUS, together with MSD.