The finalists for the Asian Entrepreneur Award 2016.
The Asian Entrepreneurship Award today revealed the six finalists that were whittled down from 27 semi-finalists.
The international competition, now in its fifth year, featured startups from 14 countries working on everything from food waste recycling to image technology that can detect skin cancer.
Here are the finalists.
First Prize – BorderPass
BorderPass receiving its prize with CEO Faisal Ariff in the center.
Malaysia was the first country in the world to use biometric passports and automated gates at the airport. BorderPass hopes to continue the trend of Malaysia pioneering passport technology with its web-based immigration system.
According to today’s pitch, 38 percent of Southeast Asian airports are over-capacity. BorderPass wants to be the first “cloud passport” which gets rid of immigration forms and keeps your travel history organized.
The technology includes 3D facial image recognition and other biometrics such as fingerprints, palm scans, and passport scans. It has a touchless ten-finger fingerprint scan which starts with the waving of your hands across the sensor.
The company has already partnered with Air Asia and is part of travel company Amadeus’ startup community, Amadeus Next. It plans to start an official government-approved test this year at both of Kuala Lumpur’s international airports.
BorderPass received roughly US$9,280 and two years of free office space at 31Ventures by Mitsui Fudosan for first prize.
Second Prize – DRD Biotech
DRD Biotech receiving its prize with CEO Anzhey Zhimbiev in the center.
DRD Biotech is a Russian company working on a rapid test for the assessment of brain damage.
Third Prize – Gimer Medical
Tsinova Technology
Apollo Medical Optics
Hong Kong Organic Waste Recycling Centre
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