Startup Asia Singapore 2014 hackathon: the winners

14 teams of entrepreneur hopefuls came together last Saturday to do battle in the final round of Startup Asia Singapore 2014’s hackathon. While many were impressive, only a few walked away with the highly coveted prizes. Here are the winners:

Amazon Web Services challenge

Amazon’s challenge for these participants was to build a solution that interconnects their devices, and/or the open API data available from the Singapore government to the AWS cloud for analytics or control logic. Here are the three winners:

• 1st: MelonSail, who created an exhibition management app, won $1,000 in Amazon credits
• 2nd: Tyker, who created a kids- and family-oriented personalized recommendations app, won the Amazon Kindle ereader, Paperwhite
• 3rd: Journy, who created an inspirational travel log app, won the Lean Startup book

Intel challenge

The challenge was simply to build an Android app that runs on Intel Architecture. The winner of this challenge, Troop, made a social event and meetup app for Android devices and the Tizen smartwatch, and walked away with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Piktochart challenge

Piktochart, a Malaysia-based infographic editor application for non-designers, came looking for talented developers to join their team. The challenge: to build the “Most Innovative Javascript App”.

Tyker took home the cash prize of S$1,000, and perhaps we’ll see them on the Piktochart team in the near future.

Samsung challenge

Not surprisingly, Samsung’s challenge was to integrate an existing app with their own Galaxy Gear device. The catch is that it should include an interactive actionable alert/notification component on the watch, with two-way interactivity.

The two winners, Gear2Cam and Pandago Studio, won a set of custom-fit Samsung Gear. Gear2Cam created an app that allows the user to control the smartphone’s camera using their Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 smartwatch, while Pandago Studio worked on a Samsung Gear 2 app for discovering restaurants nearby.

ETPL challenge

The challenge issued was to design a solution to overcome problems faced by the event attendees and organizers in the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) industry, thus improving the attendees’ overall experience, increasing the re-participation rate and improving the organizers’ efficiency by deploying technologies and intelligence.

BoothGoWhere, who made an app that gives consumers a seamless experience of an exhibition hall when they enter, and MelonSail came in first and second, winning a Portabee 3D Printer Kit and GoPro Hero3 Camera, respectively, which were sponsored by IIPL.

Mig33 challenge

Singapore and Indonesia-based mobile social networking company mig33 issued the challenge to build an application that would blend one or more social networks, while satisfying one or more of the following aspects: connecting with friends, meeting new people, sharing unique moments, following celebrities, and keeping abreast with the latest trends and news.

Troop was the winner of this challenge, and won $1,000 worth of CapitaVouchers for consumer electronics at Challenger, Harvey Norman, and Courts.

SG Enable challenge

The challenge from SG Enable came in the form of a question: “How might technology help enhance health, fitness, and recreation for persons with disabilities and their families in the community?” Simply put, the participants were asked to develop a solution towards a future for an inclusive society and enabled lives.

Chevrolet challenge

Skyscanner challenge

Here challenge

Starhub challenge

Overall winners