HoloSuit wins Tech in Asia’s Pitch Night

Tech in Asia held its virtual Pitch Night in partnership with venture capital firm Gobi Partners last July 22.

It was a lively evening as over 280 attendees watched five startups from different regions of Southeast Asia make their pitches in front of three investor-judges: Kay Mok Ku from Gobi Ventures, Pinn Lawjindakul from Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Martin Berry from DTRIBE Capital.

The five finalists gave their best five-minute pitches and were judged based on the clarity of their ideas and business models, as well as their investment-worthiness.

At the end of the night, the startup HoloSuit won the top prize.

Pitch Night’s winner gets full coverage on Tech in Asia and a 30-day subscription to Tech in Asia Jobs. The startups that came in second, third, and fourth places received Amazon Web Services credits worth US$100, and all the finalists bagged a 30-day subscription to Tech in Asia premium news.

Here’s an overview of the participating startups and their business models:

Waktukita

There has been a lot of talk about Indonesia’s economy boom this decade, with many entrepreneurs and investors looking to capitalize on the opportunities it presents. As more tech companies and startups emerge in the country, citizens are also looking to be part of this tech wave.

Local startup Waktukita is a platform that focuses on skills development and job placement to help young Indonesians enter the tech industry. By providing services such as workshops, classes, and job matching, Waktukita wants to bridge the gap between youth unemployment and the available entry-level jobs in the archipelago’s tech space.

YoRipe

It’s the first question that most people ask the moment they wake up, and it’s also on their minds after ending a long day at work: “What should I eat?”

Singapore-based startup YoRipe aims to help consumers answer that question with a cooking app that allows them to search for recipes and cooking videos by cuisine, diet, ingredient, and dish – plus the convenience of buying the ingredients straight through the app.

The startup’s goal is to build a cooking and baking ecosystem that connects consumers who are looking to plan their meals and buy groceries with content creators seeking a dedicated platform to share their recipes and cooking videos, and with brands and retailers who want to reach their target audience.

HoloSuit (Winner)

With the world going digital and doing more remote work, equipping manual workers with the necessary skills has become an issue. How do you teach someone how to drive a tractor without having to be on-site with them?

HoloSuit was created to make virtual skilling possible. Students will simply need to put on a HoloSuit — a tracking suit embedded with sensors — and enter a virtual reality where their teachers can virtually guide them to develop the skills they need to learn. Thanks to the suit’s sensors, teachers will be able to see the students’ movements and correct them when necessary.

Some use cases of the HoloSuit: A cricket coach teaching someone how to bat or a therapist guiding their patients through rehab exercises.

Sugar Technology

Have you ever dreamed of coming back to a house where the lights, the water supply, and the air-conditioning get automatically turned on because it just “knows” you’re about to arrive?

Smart lifestyle technology startup Sugar Technology wants to make that a reality. The Indonesian company looks to simplify people’s lives through smart consumer products.

Their current product line includes a luggage that unlocks via fingerprint, a backpack that can charge your phone, and a tumbler that features an LCD screen showing the temperature of its content as well as a reminder to drink.

Schoters

Studying abroad has become popular among people in developing countries who want to receive quality education. But there’s a misconception that overseas education is only for the wealthy, and information about the application and admission processes, such as interviews, the required documents, and remittance, is often scattered and unorganized.

Indonesian education tech startup Schoters wants to help students get all the information they need to apply to their dream schools by providing an end-to-end service that includes admission consulting, test preparation, mock interviews, document translation, and medical check-ups.

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