Biomass Lab Crowned as the Grand Winner of TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in VIETNAM 2020
On 25 July 2020, Leave a Nest had conducted the TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in VIETNAM 2020 Via Online platform. Even in this pandemic time, we continue to explore and support deep technologies that can solve deep issues around the world.
This year, 9 finalists were chosen from 26 applications to pitch their core technology, business model and issues that they want to solve in front of panel of judges from Leave a Nest Singapore, Mitsui Chemical Singapore R&D Pte. Ltd, Real-Tech Holdings Inc., Sun* Inc., Saigon Innovation Hub, Entrepreneurs Hub, KisStartup and RT Capital. The finalists were from various backgrounds such as Eco Tech, Med Tech, and Bio Tech.
This year, we introduced various awards from our partners. Biomass Lab led by a local researcher that works on turning waste paper slurry into bacterial cellulose and harvesting it for transformation into other useful materials such as nano cellulose crystals was crowned as the Grand Winner.
We would like to express our thanks to judges who have joined us this year.
Judges in TECH PLANTER Vietnam 2020
Check it out the list of all winners below:
Grand Winner
- Content: 3000 SGD cash prize, round trip air tickets to Singapore and accommodation for 2 team members, and right to participate in TECH PLANTER SOUTH EAST ASIA FINAL in Singapore 2020
- Winner: Biomass Lab
- Theme: Super material and potentially wide-use material from waste slurry
Biomass Lab Team Won Grand Winner Award
Leave A Nest Award
- Content: round trip air tickets to Singapore and accommodation for 2 team members, and right to participate in TECH PLANTER SOUTH EAST ASIA FINAL in Singapore 2020
- Winner: FO-tech
- Theme: Modify FO membrane and design reusable FO bags for flood water treatment
FO-tech Team Won Leave A Nest Award
Mitsui Chemical Award
- Content: 2,500SGD cash prize
- Team: FO-tech
- Theme: Modify FO membrane and design reusable FO bags for flood water treatment
FO-tech Team also won Mitsui Chemical Award
Sun* Award
- Content: 2,500SGD cash prize
- Team: Skin Detective
- Theme: AI-powered smartphone app for automatic skin diseases detection
Skin Detective Team won Sun* Award
Congratulations to all the winners! We look forward to the contribution of the winners as well as the finalists in solving world issues. The nearest TECH PLANTER will be held in the Philippines.
Here is the upcoming Demo Day in the region:
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