This is One North Stories, an A*START CENTRAL Podcast

Eunice from Auristone shares her journey in the field of epigenomics and precision oncology.  The Singapore startup focuses on precision medicine for Asian cohorts,  particularly for late-stage cancer patients, using epigenomic profiling.  Their predictive models across cancer types deliver clinically actionable insights that complement existing genomic information.  Side note: Epigenomics studies how genes are turned on and off, providing insights beyond traditional genomics.

Eunice discusses the company's short- and medium-term goals, challenges in clinical adoption, and the importance of Asian biology in their research.  She also delves into her personal experience as a co-founding member of Auristone, highlighting the highs and lows of startup life, the critical role of building relationships with clinicians, and striving for operational excellence amidst the dynamic demands of running a startup.

Learn more about Auristone, Eunice and the amazing work they are doing:

Auristone (Website)

Auristone (LinkedIn)

Eunice Teo (LinkedIn)

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Get comfortable as we sit down with a panel of esteemed and experienced biomedical investors to explore the demand and dynamics of this ever-growing industry.

In this fireside chat, hosted by A*StartCentral, curated in partnership with A*STAR Global Network, we aim to guide Deep Tech ventures through the challenges of securing investment, and discuss how companies can position themselves to stand out and attract investor attention.

Feel free to check out our amazing panel of speakers and the work that they do:

Moderator: Yeo Su Ling

Fong Ming Koh (LinkedIn)

LYFE Capital (Website)

LYFE Capital (LinkedIn)

Chee Chuan Lai (LinkedIn)

Qiming Venture Partners (Website)

Qiming Venture Partners (LinkedIn)

Ronne Yeo (LinkedIn)

JLABS Singapore (Website)

Wen Qi Ho (LinkedIn)

Clayvst Bio (Website)

Clayvst Bio (LinkedIn)

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Turn all the knobs at once and use AI to figure it out.  This was the inspiration for Kedar Hippalgaonkar to bring AI into the scientific discovery process.  Kedar is a Materials Scientist at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR with cross appointment at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).  Trained in thermoelectrics, he has been at the forefront of using AI for materials discovery in Singapore.

Kedar discusses the intersection of AI and material science, explaining how high-performance computing, machine learning, and high throughput experimentation can accelerate the discovery and development of new materials, in theory at least.  And now his team is working to put it into practice.

In parallel to all that AI can do, possibly even autonomize itself and the discovery process, Kedar emphasises the need to continually invest in training the next generation of scientists in the fundamentals, absent of AI.  There will always be a critical need for domain experts to rebut or validate AI's findings. 

Learn more about Kedar, his lab and the amazing work they are doing:

The HIP Lab (Website)

Kedar Hippalgaonkar (LinkedIn)

Kedar Hippalgaonkar (NTU)

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GAIA Tech joined the ARTC Startup Challenge Cycle 4, looking to improve and deploy their HyperCool Solution into manufacturing environments.  HyperCool uses an in-house developed AI model, along with GAIA’s proprietary iVAV controller appliance to achieve mesh optimisation air the HVAC airside.

Through the Startup Challenge, they embedded ARTC’s solution, ECMaS to take into account human comfort as the optimization target and deployed it in a manufacturing environment of an ARTC member company.  To date, estimated energy savings of the deployed solution is 8% in greenfield buildings and up to 40% in brownfield buildings.

Learn more about GAIA Tech, Vera and the amazing work they are doing:

GAIA Tech (Website)

GAIA Tech (LinkedIn)

Vera Jin (LinkedIn)

ARTC is having their next Startup Challenge Demo day on 20 May 2025. Please join us!

Learn more about ARTC and their next Startup Challenge:

ARTC (Website)

ARTC (LinkedIn)

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After deciding he wanted to do a start-up company, Shin spent two years hanging out in the start-up scene, learning as much as he could and then assembled his founding team.  Wanting to work at the intersection of Augmented Reality/ Virtual Reality and Robotics, he left the Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre, A*STAR and started Augmentus with his two co-founders.

The team bootstrapped for around 1.5 years and found validation with ABB and with their ‘no-code’ robot arm movement software.  The team continues growing, opening an office in Austin Tx, USA in 2024.  They dream of a future where if you need to program a robot, Augmentus is the first tool that comes to mind.

Learn more about Augmentus, Shin and the amazing work they are doing:

Augmentus (Website)

Augmentus (LinkedIn)

Yong Sheng Shin (LinkedIn)

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Innovating to reduce battery pack fires.  Leong from Matwerkz Technologies in Singapore joins to share his founding story.  Leong spotted the opportunity for materials discovery and formulation as the COVID19 supply chain crisis hit Singapore.  He left the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR to start Matwerkz Technologies.

Reading in the news about battery pack fires, Leong wondered about a material that could dissipate heat during normal operations, but turn into an insulator in the case of thermal runaway.  Enter Thermorphous, Matwerkz' flagship product.

Leong has leveraged his advisors and even retirees to build up a resilient supply chain across Asia and is looking to deploy the technology with the World’s largest pack manufacturers.

Encouraged by a friend, Leong entered Slingshot 2024, Singapore’s premier start-up competition hosted at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH).  Going in with no expectations, he won the whole thing.

Learn more about Matwerkz, Leong Yew Wei and the amazing work they are doing:

Matwerkz (Website)

Leong Yew Wei (LinkedIn)

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Data Interconnect.  The buzz is 15+ years old.  The problem still exists and the performance of compute systems is still following Moore’s Law.  Meet New Silicon Corp, a Singapore start-up working to usher in a new paradigm to connect memory and your GPU, TPU, CPU or other processing unit.  Interconnect channels enabled by Gallium Nitride (GaN) LEDs.

Professor Gene Fitzgerald Co-founder of New Silicon Corp (NSC), a start-up out of the Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) joins the show to share their exciting journey from lab to fab to product.  

Taking lessons from disruptive innovation of the past, they moved past the idea of serial innovation to parallel innovation to position heterogeneous integration as a natural next step for chip evolution.  This has been especially important for bringing along the chip design and chip manufacturing industries, empowering existing tools to design and manufacture on NSC’s platform.

Initial first applications might have been for wireless comms, but given AI, AI, AI and the memory wall, they’re fully focused on data interconnect.  Chipsets are in testing with unnamed companies looking to break the memory wall.  Coming to a hyperscaler's datacenter near you.

If it all works out, this could position NSC as a dominant player in the semiconductor industry for years to come.

Learn more about New Silicon Corp, Prof Gene Fitzgerald and the amazing work they are doing:

New Silicon Corp (Website)

New Silicon Corp (LinkedIn)

Eugene Fitzgerald (LinkedIn)

Eugene Fitzgerald (Profile Podcast - AsiaTech)

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Digitalizing waste?  As easy as emptying the trash bin in your computer?  Not quite.  But one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, especially if they meet each other on Circular Unite’s industrial symbiosis marketplace.

Emmanuel Tay, co-founder of Circular Unite joins One North Stories to share about his founding journey into helping companies with waste management and decarbonization.  Circular Unite aims to bridge traditional waste management with innovation by providing data-driven solutions for profitable sustainability. 

Emmanual also shares about their strategic partnerships, overseas expansions, and why they joined 11 accelerator challenges within a year.

Learn more about Circular Unite, Emmanual and the amazing work they are doing:

Circular Unite (Website)

Circular Unite (LinkedIn)

Emmanuel Tay (LinkedIn)

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Creating Deep Tech Startups. Product market fit, building teams and getting technology ready to launch.  This is what the Venture Creation Team within A*STAR does on a day-to-day basis.  Who better to share the pulse of the trends going into 2025. 

Mayank Gurnani and David Sher join host Chia Pei Ling in a flowing conversation on MedTech, Digital Health, Pharma Bio and Nutrition trends.

Learn more about Mayank, David and the amazing work they are doing:

Mayank Gurnani (LinkedIn)

David Sher (LinkedIn)

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Digital biomarkers from human body motion.  Via an iPad. CareCam, a spin-off from the Instituteof Infocomm Research (I2R), A*STAR uses a single camera and 3D AI technology to provide unique insights across frailty, musculoskeletal and neurological diseases including cardio-ageing, stroke and Parkinson’s disease.

This episode is from an A*StartCentral fireside chat recorded October 2024.  Daniel Lim and Anthony Chong interview Elson Yong and Raman Pahwa, CareCam co-founders.

Learn more about CareCam, Elson, Raman and the amazing work they are doing:

Carecam (Website)

Carecam (LinkedIn)

Elson Yong (LinkedIn)

Raman Pahwa (LinkedIn)

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