Climate Tech Open Innovation Networking

Climate Tech Open Innovation Networking

We invite and welcome thought leaders from different networks in global industry & startup ecosystems, to share knowledge, and ask for collaboration as well as give help to each other, including corporate innovators, accelerators, industry experts, mentors, angel investors, venture capitalists, and government agencies for global networking opportunities.

Not another average panel, each event has a scope of the topic (July’s topic is Smart Cities, with speakers from Dell Technologies, etc.), accordingly thought leaders from the above roles are invited for interviews and give feedback to startups. Startups within the scope of Climate Tech can submit interests to present and get invited to events according to topics.

The purpose of the track is venture building, so conversations will underline business feasibility, business model, scalability, growth strategy, and market opportunities for emerging innovations. Furthermore, the conversations aim to shine a light on how to align making a profit and making an impact. All impact investors are welcome to join and learn from industry speakers.

Track Plan

Scope of topics for events in this track:

Agenda of Each Event

  1. Welcome. Thank event partners. Introduce speakers (5 min total)
  2. The panel of thought leaders (30 min)
  3. Three Startups/Companies showcasing (25 min)
  4. After the hour: Breakout room with each demo company/startup

Monthly Date (every 2nd Wed. of each month, time might be adjusted)

Partnering Organizations

Born Global Community/Studio/Ventures

WiseOcean.Tech

Global Energy Mentors

GreentownLabs

Rice Green Energy Accelerator

Singapore Global Network

Taiwan Smart Solutions Association

TiE


July Event

Smart Cities Going Toward Net Zero

Wed., 2022/7/13, 8 – 9 AM, US Central Time / 9 – 10 PM, Singapore Time

Cities are a global economic engine, responsible for 80% of global GDP, and are key to a net-zero emissions future. Cities generate around 70% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and 75% of global energy use, according to IEA (International Energy Agency). As societies push progress towards ambitious climate goals, we can’t miss the major opportunity of reducing the footprint of cities. How can we empower cities for net-zero transformation? Increasing energy efficiency, reducing emissions from transportation by optimizing traffic management, and making city energy consumption more sustainable through the circular economy and green energy systems…. are among many other possibilities, digital technologies and data will be the core to unlock those potentials. We will have a panel discussion on how some cities are progressing on this front, and what further innovations are possible in the future.

Opening remark: Sunny Shuoyang Zhang, General Partner of Born Global Ventures

Panel speakers

Manminder Takhar, Head of Digital Cities Solutions, Dell Technologies 

John Lockhart, Lead Sustainability Technologist of Digital Cities, Dell Technologies 

James Chiao, Chairman of Taiwan Smart Solutions Association, Smart Cities advisor for Work Bank Group 

Spincer Koh, CEO of Gorilla Technology 

Moderator: Jessie Chuang, Partner of WiseOcean.Tech, with Born Global Community

Select Startups Showcase with US Investors

Select Startups Showcase with US Investors

We will host our invitation-only online demo meeting with US investors on April 27, 10 AM, US Central Time.

First of all, thanks to these global-minded investors supporting our efforts to connect Asia’s top startups with US investors and strategic partners for going global.

We work with partners to screen and vet startups with proven technologies or business tractions with a highly selective process, and we help them find their core capabilities and positioning for going global, as well as prepare them for pitching to investors. Special thanks to Paul for mentoring these startups on pitching to investors!

For investors interested in joining this panel or getting select deal flows from Asia, please email us: Contact[at]WiseOcean[dot]Tech.

The startups are looking for strategic partners and investors in the US to scale up their impact in the global market. Here are select startups from Asia that will be showcasing their companies at this event. (in the order of beginning letters of names)

Cloud Rhema – New software architecture accelerates ML computing by 10-50X and reduces cost & emission by 50%

Cloud Rhema was founded in 2020 to address the pain points of machine learning adoption: cost, development barriers, and carbon emissions. Our AISpike architecture and platform accelerate AI computation by 10-50x, reduces costs and emissions by 50%, and support AI product development with automated, protected workflow steps and lifecycle management. From CPU, and GPU to Quantum computing stacks, it can be integrated with different hardware. We have been supporting computationally intensive industry use cases such as 3D modeling for smart cities and biotech product development, in the latter case, the computing time is reduced to one week from one year! Our solution can be scaled up to support global AI application developers with a SaaS business model.

Digit Spark – AI-empowered Martech solutions group grown 2.45x YOY for 4 years and scaling up now

Digit Spark was founded in 2017 to help corporations adapt to vastly changing consumer channels with our digital marketing technology (MarTech) which has an estimated global market size of $786.2 billion by 2026. We have used AI, combined with business and marketing domain knowledge, to help 1,200 enterprises grow their businesses. We have averaged 2.45x in revenue growth YOY for the past four years and have grown into a business group with four subsidiaries and six strategic partners. Our proven integrated solution enables up to 10-20x revenue growth for our customers and averages a 30% reduction in digital marketing costs. We expect to expand our current market size by 30x by scaling up our impact on companies in the Asia region and marketing their products/solutions to the global market.

Open AI Fab – Enabling healthcare providers using AI to improve quality of care and workflow efficiency

Open AI Fab, a winner of eight national competitions, was founded in 2019 to deal with the difficulty of implementing machine learning and AI in hospitals. This demand has a global market size of $7.3 billion USD before 2027. We have served over ten medical centers with our core capabilities in medical AI solution development integrating AI, software, hardware, and their ecosystems. 100% of our customers are very satisfied with our services from surgical assistance, emergency assistance to cardiology intervention, etc. We can co-develop with healthcare providers or medical product providers to transform their products or services into AI-enabled. We plan to take 5% of the domestic SaMD market by 2024 through a strategic partnership with Qualcomm and enter the US market through strategic team building and partnerships to scale up AI-as-a-Service for healthcare.

ZCON.ai – Smart Care Anywhere – Contactless Physiological Detection Using AI Face Recognition

Our technology enables contactless measurements of bio vitals with fast speed (within 30 sec.). The vital data include oxygen saturation, heart rate variability, blood pressure, heart rate, and stress indicator. The software can be embedded in all kinds of devices: smart mirrors, TV, PC, phone…, use cases can be extended to security gates, wearables monitoring the vitals of workers, and more. The pandemic has created a long-term strong demand for frequent monitoring of bio vitals with a contactless method. Within 3 years, we expect there will be $6 million USD revenue from our mobile App downloads (assume $3 USD for each), and $1 million USD revenue from a strategic partnership with a companion robot company in Asia. We plan to enter the US market through strategic team building and partnerships.


Asia startups, especially from Taiwan (an incubator island full of tech. innovations) have a diligent work ethic and high-quality tech. talents. Also, Asia is a market with strong growth momentum, reasonable valuation, and higher capital efficiency.

For investors interested in joining the panel or getting deal flows from Asia, please email us: Contact[at]WiseOcean[dot]Tech.