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INCUBATION SECTORS

PROJECT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY SECTORS

Founded

2016

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

B

BACKGROUND

Phase Scientific is a pharmaceutical manufacturer backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Its main products include a self-developed COVID-19 rapid antigen test (FDA-approved) and other test tools. With production and research facilities based in Hong Kong, it is also a pioneer in next generation diagnostic tools and services for cancer and infectious diseases with proprietary technologies.
 

MILESTONES

  • Project kicked off in September 2016
  • US$23 million raised to date
  • Sold over 20 million sets of self-developed COVID-19 rapid antigen test (FDA-approved)

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • You can recap the work we done to it from the video in our website.

Founded

2020

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

A

BACKGROUND

PandaMed is a Hong Kong-based start-up focusing on medical diagnostic solutions for individual, households and corporates. The company is the sole Hong Kong distributor of a COVID-19 rapid test made in Singapore. PandaMed is currently diversifying into developing rapid test technology for other diseases, including sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
 

MILESTONES

  • Project kicked off in October 2020
  • Valuation at US$10 million as of April 2022
  • Monthly sales of COVID-19 rapid test reached 500,000 in Hong Kong (early 2022)

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Helped company develop more than 100 online and offline marketing and sales channels, including retail stores and influencer collaboration
  • Connected PandaMed with our partners to develop one-stop solutions to increase product diversity
  • Help to generate over US$5 million in sales revenue since 2020 

Founded

2020

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

SEED

BACKGROUND

ARISTA is a leader in the research and development of infectious disease product. Based in Singapore, it specializes in creating access to innovative and affordable products and technology, as well as providing strategic advisory and data analytics in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is in collaboration with laboratories, manufacturers and R&D centres in the United States, United Kingdom and Asia – in addition to an expanding global sales network. 

MILESTONES

  • Project kicked off in July 2020
  • Over 100 million COVID-19 test kits sold globally
 

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Connected company with exclusive distributor in Hong Kong and six other countries 
  • Helped develop sales channels that contributes to over US$2 million in sales in five months 
  • Helped registered and gained regulatory approval for the product in three countries 

Founded

2015

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

A

BACKGROUND

A Health Check Centre, Laboratory and Pharmaceutical Facility founded in 2015. The company’s vision is to provide customised healthcare solutions to families and individuals, with cutting-edge technologies and experts that offer professional services to keep track of your health at any stage and make better decisions in life.

MILESTONES

  • Kicked off in August 2020

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Provide tailor-made marketing expansion strategy
  • Lined up with different medical partners for further collaboration
  • The result generated with 30% Sales boosting by vertical strategy implementation

Founded

2021

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

sEED

BACKGROUND

VIVA LIFE – Build the medical tech platform to help tracing infections disease, with rapid test result, to help analysis the future trend for prevention. 

MILESTONES

  • Project started in April 2021 

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Raised fund US$ 1.3 million, Viva Life established the APP with Version 1.0 completed, the app uses for recording the Antigen Rapid Test result and screening for social venue check-in
  • Working on Pre-A round fundraising in US$ 5 million, target to achieve by end of 2021 

Founded

2021

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

PRE-A

BACKGROUND

Balaena specializes in using predictive medical solutions with A.I. diagnostic technology to provide descriptive and diagnostic analytics in oncology. 

MILESTONES

  • Valuation at US$ 5 million as of April 2022

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Built the first Predictive Ultra Sound medical report model Beta version in 2021

OTHER INCUBATION SECTORS

PROJECTS OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR

Founded

2018

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

A

BACKGROUND

China-based Oasis Planet specializes in desertification control project with innovative agri-technology. It has a proven track record of turning deserts into greens through the growing of terra-reforming shrubs under the Chinese Government’s Green Supportive Agricultural Subsidy program. The company operates experimental grounds in northern China and has also started a carbon offset initiative project in parallel with a carbon credit foundation.
 

MILESTONES

  •  Project kicked off in May 2017

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Assisted in the successful subsidy application under the Chinese government’s agricultural policy
  • Assisted in the signing of the MOU with QingHai government to kick start the 1 million-acre desertification control project

OTHER INCUBATION SECTORS

PROJECTS OF FINTECH SECTOR

Founded

2016

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

Pre-A

BACKGROUND

Robot Data Company Limited was founded in April 2017, is a Vertical Service Provider (VSP) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics. It leverages ready technologies to address industry-specific problems using. The company is the member of the Inception program of NVIDIA. 

MILESTONES

  • The project kicked off in January 2021

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • The project is Invested by Smart Up with the fundraised amount US$ 18 million in total by Feb 2021, looking for an A round with US$ 10 million, by the end of 2021

Founded

2019

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

Pre-A

BACKGROUND

Pantheon Lab is a deep learning company focusing on synthesized content technology, A.I. technologies for virtual human applications, A.I. solutions on virtual human ecosystem, and short video & Ads automation. 

MILESTONES

  • Top 100 finalist of Alibaba Entrepreneur Fund/HSBC JUMPSTARTER (DeepTech category)
  • First runner up and Best Performance Award winner at HKSTP’s SciTech Challenge

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Valuation at US$15 million as of April 2022
  • Set up the metaverse business in 2021 May and facilitate the collaboration with ViLab and BetterArena 
  • BetterArena attains a valuation of US$24 million within 1 year, with annual project revenue reaching US$3 million

Founded

2021

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

Pre-A

BACKGROUND

ViLab is a metaverse platform and solution provider with the goal of building the necessary infrastructures for global users to create their own virtual identities and behavior. Together with its partners, the company develops technology that will allow users to immerse in the virtual space and to connect virtual with the real world. Its flagship project – Betterverse — is a metaverse system with its own space and time.
 

MILESTONES

  • Signed partnership with Gulliver Studio, the special effect creator of “Squid Game”
  • Assisted in the successful launch of BetterArena, the key event venue in the BetterVerse

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Valuation of US$15 million as of April 2022
  • Successfully conducted seed round funding in 2021 
  • Created the BetterVerse brand that focuses on virtual entertainment and Multi IP branding events 
  • Help connect the company with a major Hong Kong-based airline for a future Metaverse project

Founded

2021

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

Pre-A

BACKGROUND

BetterArena is a multi-function metaverse platform for entertainment, sports, brands and multiple intellectual properties. Using the latest artificial intelligence and virtual reality technologies, BetterArena creates a three-dimensional virtual space which provides immersive entertainment experiences and allows an effectively unlimited number of audiences. BetterArena is also a community-driven platform where creators and brands can monetize ownable digital content and concert experiences on the blockchain.
 

MILESTONES

  • Project kicks off in 2021 
  • Co-host Asia’s first big data conference in the metaverse in May 2022
  • Received US$ 300,000 investment from AP Capital in 2022

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Valuation at US$ 24 million as of April 2022
  • Helps project achieve monthly revenue of over US$2 million

Founded

2018

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

Pre-A

BACKGROUND

Nysus is an A.I. education and learning experience platform with the goal of fostering  talents and upgrading business productivity through effective and intuitive training programs. It uses A.I. analytics to generate recommendations and personalized learning paths for users.
 

MILESTONES

  • Awardees of Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF) and HKX Tech Foundation

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Valuation of US$ 10 million in April 2022

OTHER INCUBATION SECTORS

PROJECT OF PROPERTY SECTOR

Founded

2020

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

SEED

BACKGROUND

A Pre-fabricating House Manufacturing Company, engineered by the famous top notched Steel Structures Manufacturing Company in China, with a target Cap Size US$ 1 Billion, has pre-made housing in factories made in China and shipped to Turkey to supply the local markets there, with coming up plans for worldwide markets like Southeast Asia and the middle-east, aiming to help lowering the cost for housing developers, and enabling the town planning sites to be settled in a much shorter time, enabling effective resources planning in the Value Chain of housing development town planning.

MILESTONES

  • Project kicked off in Jan 2020

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Finalized the company structure and financial model
  • Established first project in Turkey in Aug 2020, expected to be ready by 2024. Introduced the registered technology to Somalia Government for further collaboration. 

OTHER INCUBATION SECTORS

PROJECT OF ENEGRY SECTOR

Founded

2015

Status

Private

Latest Deal Type

Corporate

Financing Rounds

A

BACKGROUND

Best Ship Energy Management Co., Ltd (BSE) is a Sino foreign joint venture specialized in managing the whole Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industrial chain using LNG as fuel for applications in automobiles, ships, ports and filling stations.

MILESTONES

  • Project kicked off by Sept 2020

SMARTUP’S EXECUTION PROGRESS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Business consultation, project restructuring, aim to fundraise US$ 300 million in Q3, 2021. 
  • Further assist on Tank shipping service registration on selected countries. 

OTHER INCUBATION SECTORS