Impact Powerhouse

Dronak CEO Fabia Silva wants to make the world a better place through robotics innovation, but needs funding so the company can spread its tech wings past drones

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/dronak-looks-beyond-the-skies-to-a-future-of-robotics

Episode keywords: Agriculture & Fishery; Drones; Smart Cities; Sustainability; Artificial Intelligence; Geospatial Tech; Hardware; Internet of Things; Robotics; Smart Agrifood Summit; Dronak; Auvsi Xponential; Fabia Silva; Ricardo Rueda; Kayus Almeida Basque

The Spanish startup aims at US expansion with its 13m-strong tester database and simple, intuitive platform.

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/checkealos-the-ux-testing-platform-helping-companies-boost-conversion-engagement-and-sales

Episode keywords: B2B, Design, Developer Tools, Marketplaces & Platforms, 4YFN, Checkealos, UX, Spain, Startup

After switching focus from adtech to robo-trucks, TuSimple aims to be king of the road in China and the US

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/tusimple-when-robo-trucks-meet-the-road

Episode keywords: Automotive; B2B; Logistics & Supply Chain; Monitoring & surveillance; Artificial Intelligence; Automation; Big Data & Analytics; Computer Vision; Geospatial Tech; Location Tech; Sensors

The high costs of smart garbage bins and automation to sort out recycling have created new headaches for homes and offices.

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/research-analysis/chinas-recycling-startups-seek-cost-effective-ways-to-make-waste-management-profitable

Episode keywords: Lifestyle, Sustainability, B2C, Circular Economy, B2B, Marketplaces & Platforms, Sensors, Internet of Things, XHG, Chengdu Aobag, China, Recycling, Startups

Tea shop startups like Nayuki and Heytea are staying afloat by turning to high-quality organic ingredients and greater brand visibility 

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/research-analysis/in-chinas-frothy-tea-drink-universe-startups-learn-to-battle

Episode keywords: B2C; Consumer Products; E-commerce; Food & Beverage; Lifestyle; O2O; Retail; Students; Marketplaces & Platforms; Milk Tea; Heytea; Nayuki; Cheese Tea; Answer Tea; Quickly; Nie Yunchen; Peng Xin; Liu Zhichao

Feedect farms insects to produce high-quality protein alternatives for animal and human food

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/feedect-provides-nutritional-insect-protein-to-feed-the-future

Episode keywords: Agriculture & Fishery; Food & Beverage; Sustainability; Alternative Proteins; Lanzadera; Smart Agrifood Summit; EIT Climate-KIC

Precision farming startup iOLAND provides farmers recommendations based on data collected by its IoT devices and refined by machine learning.

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/ioland-farm-management-technology-created-for-and-by-farmers

Episode keywords: Agriculture & Fishery, Food & Beverage, Sustainability, Big Data & Analytics, Cloud, Geospatial Tech, Hardware, Internet of Things, Mobile, SaaS, Sensors, Horizon 2020, Smart Agrifood Summit, Spain, Startup

Loones, Spain’s first cooperative-based e-marketplace for bulk produce, helps traditional agricultural producers go digital

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/loones-cooperative-e-marketplace-connects-farmers-directly-with-agrifood-businesses

Episode keywords: Agriculture & Fishery; B2B; E-commerce; Marketplaces & Platforms; Mobile; Smart Agrifood Summit; La Nave Acelera; Startup with IBM; Loones; Carlos García Santacruz

Agate has evolved into one of the biggest game development companies in Indonesia over the past decade. We learned how it got there from Shieny Aprilia, Agate’s Vice President of Enterprise Business.

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/agate-learns-its-not-all-about-the-games-its-about-the-fun

Episode keywords: Entertainment, Gaming, Augmented Reality, Mobile, Virtual Reality, Gaming, Agate, mobile, CIAYO, Valthirian Arc, Levio, Aprilia, Indonesia

In the second part of an interview, Shieny Aprilia, Agate VP of Enterprise Business, discusses star project Valthirian Arc, the company’s game-making plans and the state of the local industry

Check out the full article here: https://www.compasslist.com/insights/after-success-of-valthirian-arc-agate-aims-to-up-its-game-and-boost-the-local-sector

Episode keywords: Entertainment; Gaming; Augmented Reality; Mobile; Virtual Reality; Bekraf; Gaming; Agate; mobile; Valthirian Arc; Shieny Aprilia; Infectonator; Toge Productions; Fandry Indrayadi; Arief Widhayasa; Digital Happiness