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Platform-agnostic customizable API that enables users to create 3D digital avatars from selfies or scanned images. The avatars can emote and mimic speech. An avatar is created in 20 seconds by uploading an image to Didimo's cloud-based API for processing via algorithm to extract and recreate facial features.
Platform-agnostic customizable API that enables users to create 3D digital avatars from selfies or scanned images. The avatars can emote and mimic speech. An avatar is created in 20 seconds by uploading an image to Didimo's cloud-based API for processing via algorithm to extract and recreate facial features.
4D ShoeTech uses SaaS platform Ideation to create collaborative workspaces for designers, suppliers and manufacturers to work together to speed up product development. Database of suppliers showing samples of materials on platform to designers. Photorealistic digital 3D prototypes can be used instead of making physical samples.
4D ShoeTech uses SaaS platform Ideation to create collaborative workspaces for designers, suppliers and manufacturers to work together to speed up product development. Database of suppliers showing samples of materials on platform to designers. Photorealistic digital 3D prototypes can be used instead of making physical samples.
Orain consists of a mobile-sized, IoT-powered hardware device that fits in all vending machines that communicates via Bluetooth with the user's mobile-based app. The app permits payment via pre-paid cash or credit card, and allows the machines to socialize with users via a chat app and launch promotions.
Orain consists of a mobile-sized, IoT-powered hardware device that fits in all vending machines that communicates via Bluetooth with the user's mobile-based app. The app permits payment via pre-paid cash or credit card, and allows the machines to socialize with users via a chat app and launch promotions.
Sonicboom has 3 products. Sonic Tone uses low-frequency signals from speakers to send push-notifications to mobile devices (discounts, automated check-ins). Sonic Pass lets users use their mobile as a multi-pass in the physical world. Sonic Sense's device captures smart devices in its proximity to understand shoppers' offline digital footprints
Sonicboom has 3 products. Sonic Tone uses low-frequency signals from speakers to send push-notifications to mobile devices (discounts, automated check-ins). Sonic Pass lets users use their mobile as a multi-pass in the physical world. Sonic Sense's device captures smart devices in its proximity to understand shoppers' offline digital footprints
Formerly Portal da Queixa, Consumers Trust's B2C and B2B2C platform is available in Spanish, Portuguese and English and provides a free consumer complaints service for the general public and an outlet for brands to respond to complaints. Integrated with social media, with a user-compiled brand ranking across market sectors.
Formerly Portal da Queixa, Consumers Trust's B2C and B2B2C platform is available in Spanish, Portuguese and English and provides a free consumer complaints service for the general public and an outlet for brands to respond to complaints. Integrated with social media, with a user-compiled brand ranking across market sectors.
DGene provides solutions using 3D digital technologies: body capture and reconstruction with low latency, live holography for 5G holographic meetings, performances or remote education; 3D digital content creation with AI and interactive 3D videos to allow users to playback and navigate events on mobile devices.
DGene provides solutions using 3D digital technologies: body capture and reconstruction with low latency, live holography for 5G holographic meetings, performances or remote education; 3D digital content creation with AI and interactive 3D videos to allow users to playback and navigate events on mobile devices.
Proppos FastPay's intelligent self-checkout solution is powered by AI and utilizes computer vision technology to identify food. Catering to self-service restaurants, the checkout platform is completely automated and can be integrated into enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and systems to reduce waiting time, operational costs and improve customer experiences.
Proppos FastPay's intelligent self-checkout solution is powered by AI and utilizes computer vision technology to identify food. Catering to self-service restaurants, the checkout platform is completely automated and can be integrated into enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and systems to reduce waiting time, operational costs and improve customer experiences.
Blackfish is an app that provides retail, online travel booking and finance services. Users can buy goods like groceries and movie tickets, top up mobile phones, book train and air tickets and hotel rooms; invest in P2P lending products, apply for credit cards and loans and make credit card repayments.
Blackfish is an app that provides retail, online travel booking and finance services. Users can buy goods like groceries and movie tickets, top up mobile phones, book train and air tickets and hotel rooms; invest in P2P lending products, apply for credit cards and loans and make credit card repayments.
Using its GEEWOO image-identification search engine technology, Haishen's G-BOX AI vending machine cabinets are located in bricks-and-mortar outlets. Customers can open the cabinets by using QR codes. The G-BOX AI will record the items taken and payments are automatically completed via smartphones when the doors are closed.
Using its GEEWOO image-identification search engine technology, Haishen's G-BOX AI vending machine cabinets are located in bricks-and-mortar outlets. Customers can open the cabinets by using QR codes. The G-BOX AI will record the items taken and payments are automatically completed via smartphones when the doors are closed.
KODI helps cooperatives track their finances and provide transparency to members. SaaS platform for logging financial activities, cash in/out, transactions, tax reports, etc. Automatically calculates each member's monthly contributions and profit-share at the end of financial year. Payment point/online commerce features as alternative revenue source for co-ops.
KODI helps cooperatives track their finances and provide transparency to members. SaaS platform for logging financial activities, cash in/out, transactions, tax reports, etc. Automatically calculates each member's monthly contributions and profit-share at the end of financial year. Payment point/online commerce features as alternative revenue source for co-ops.
A software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud-based facilities management and maintenance platform for large buildings, like airports, malls, hotels and hospitals. It encompasses corrective and preventive maintenance, add-on functions and is the first such platform to employ near-field communication (NFC) technology. Configurations displayed differ according to user type, from housekeepers to managers.
A software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud-based facilities management and maintenance platform for large buildings, like airports, malls, hotels and hospitals. It encompasses corrective and preventive maintenance, add-on functions and is the first such platform to employ near-field communication (NFC) technology. Configurations displayed differ according to user type, from housekeepers to managers.
Mars Rabbit is an app that facilitates express checkout and easy payment at retail outlets. It enables shoppers to scan barcodes and pay online without lining up at cash registers. Before leaving, shoppers must go through a special checkout stand where a staff member verifies they paid for their purchases.
Mars Rabbit is an app that facilitates express checkout and easy payment at retail outlets. It enables shoppers to scan barcodes and pay online without lining up at cash registers. Before leaving, shoppers must go through a special checkout stand where a staff member verifies they paid for their purchases.
Location intelligence SaaS that cross-analyzes and models big data on demographics (e.g., socio-economic profiles), pedestrian traffic, consumer habits and spending in a user-friendly visual interface to help companies determine points of sales’ viability and optimize distribution strategy in retail, real estate and FMCG sectors.
Location intelligence SaaS that cross-analyzes and models big data on demographics (e.g., socio-economic profiles), pedestrian traffic, consumer habits and spending in a user-friendly visual interface to help companies determine points of sales’ viability and optimize distribution strategy in retail, real estate and FMCG sectors.
Zaihui provides SaaS-based customer loyalty solutions and marketing promotional tools that use AI and data analytics to retailers, particularly in the F&B industry. It offers seven products that have slightly different focuses: loyalty management, new user acquisition, takeout business management, data analysis, reward programs, membership development and brand maintenance.
Zaihui provides SaaS-based customer loyalty solutions and marketing promotional tools that use AI and data analytics to retailers, particularly in the F&B industry. It offers seven products that have slightly different focuses: loyalty management, new user acquisition, takeout business management, data analysis, reward programs, membership development and brand maintenance.
SaaS platform that integrates into the APIs of marketplaces and is powered by deep-learning and image recognition technologies to detect fakes and copyright infringements online. Protects brands through automatic, continuous monitoring of websites, marketplaces and social media platforms as well as non-compliant distributor channels.
SaaS platform that integrates into the APIs of marketplaces and is powered by deep-learning and image recognition technologies to detect fakes and copyright infringements online. Protects brands through automatic, continuous monitoring of websites, marketplaces and social media platforms as well as non-compliant distributor channels.
Oimo: Biodegradable marine-based bioplastics for environmentally friendly food packaging
Its pellets already work well in current factory machinery, so Oimo wants to scale when the EU’s ban on single-use plastics kicks in next year
BukuWarung: Accounting-payments app targets Indonesia's 60m MSMEs
BukuWarung’s easy-to-use 6MB app designed for lower-end smartphones gets boost from Covid-19-accelerated digitalization
Indonesian B2B e-procurement platforms: Disrupting long-standing practices
Indonesia’s B2B e-commerce players are winning over corporate clients with education and government support, growing a market forecast to be worth $13.4bn by 2023
“Sniper investor” Zhu Xiaohu: GSR Ventures chief’s slow but steady way of spotting future unicorns
Known for his conservative investing in China’s often-euphoric tech startup scene, Zhu Xiaohu has caught unicorns like Didi Chuxing while making a profitable exit from Ofo just before it sank
MENA and Du’Anyam: How two Indonesian social enterprises are tackling Covid-19 challenges
The call to help women in rural communities has become more urgent as social enterprises struggle to survive the current crisis
GetGo pivots from cashierless kiosks to B2B e-commerce with a visual search engine
Covid-19 changed GetGo’s fortunes, but quick thinking and networking created a new opportunity
NANOxARCH: Pioneering awareness and use of sustainable materials in China
Founder Lei Yuxi reckons Covid-19 could usher China into a new era of sustainability, as her startup seeks to make sustainable materials more affordable
In depth: The business ecosystems China’s tech giants and unicorns build
Startups could accept to join Alibaba, Tencent or other tech giants in their ecosystems and scale quickly. Or they could say no and keep their independence. But do they really have a choice?
Last-mile delivery tech pioneer Mox expands into e-commerce amid Covid-19 online shopping surge
Last-mile logistical solutions provider Mox scaled its business across markets during the Covid-19 lockdown and is looking to raise €8.2m
China reverses ban on street vendors to boost economy, sparking new demand for digital solutions
Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan and other tech giants give roadside vendors digital makeover, so they can compete with fast-food chains like McDonald’s, KFC and Pizza Hut
Wallbox’s bumper funding boosts Spain’s EV charging sector
Wallbox’s generic EV charging systems are sold in 40 countries, including the US and China; attracting major backers like Seaya Ventures, Spanish utility Iberdrola and US VC Endeavor
Revoolt: “Covid-19 accelerated our expansion plans and made us more ambitious”
Revoolt’s emission-free last-mile delivery model proved viable during the lockdown in Spain – growth that’s now its launchpad for international expansion and new funding
Kopi Kenangan serves up an addictive blend of rapid expansion and profitability
Its recent $109m Series B infusion boosts the Indonesian startup's confidence for sustainability and regional expansion despite the current Covid-19 slowdown
Some Chinese startups spot new market opportunities amid Covid-19 gloom
Crises create opportunities for startups to pivot and innovate, as Covid-19 is showing
Orain: Making vending machines smarter and more profitable
Vending machines can now interact with consumers and offer FMCG retailers valuable data, thanks to smart hardware from Barcelona-based Orain
