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Registration for TOP100 is now open and we are looking forward to seeing your startup on the list!

TOP100 Program gives you the one golden chance to connect with hundreds of investors, showcase your startup at Echelon, pitch on the TOP100 stage, and access special programs. Find out what’s new in TOP100 and join here: https://bit.ly/TOP100_2023

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Now that Echelon Asia Summit is coming back in full swing, e27 is determined to make one of its key features, the TOP100, one of the best yet!

The TOP100 program is an annual initiative organised by e27 to showcase and recognise the most promising startups in the Asia-Pacific region.

The program is open to exciting new startups from the Asia-Pacific region with innovative ideas that break barriers across different industries. The selection of the TOP100 involves a rigorous screening process, including an evaluation of the startup’s product or service, team, market potential, and traction.

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The selected startups are given the opportunity to pitch their business ideas at the Echelon Asia Summit this June 14-15, 2023, at the Singapore Expo. The program also provides exposure to investors, mentors, and potential partners, enabling growth among participating startups and helping them expand their networks across the larger global tech ecosystem.

The TOP100 program has become one of the most prestigious startup competitions in the region, attracting thousands of applicants each year and providing valuable visibility and support to the most promising startups in the region.

6 startups closer to competing at this year’s TOP100

Being a frontrunner refers to startups close to making it to this year’s TOP100 program.

With all the amazing startups sprouting across the Asia-Pacific region’s vibrant tech startup ecosystem, we now present you with 6 frontrunners closer to competing at this year’s TOP100. Get to know them here!

Factorem

Factorem saves hardware teams time sourcing for parts while saving manufacturers time in drafting quotes. We enable both sides to connect & transact seamlessly while growing the platform sustainably.

Their technologies provide a seamless ordering experience for custom parts while enabling scale and cost-savings for organisations. With better communication and more efficient decision-making, they help teams build better products in weeks instead of months. Their trusted Factorem Partners offer capabilities ranging from CNC Machining, 3D Printing, to Sheet Metal Fabrication.

Factorem is Southeast Asia’s first tech-enabled platform for on-demand custom manufacturing.

3DNA Technology Ltd.

3DNA has built the digital rails for the sustainable transformation of the eyewear industry. Their technology stack allows digitally native eyewear brands to innovate faster, go to market quicker, and solve the major sustainability issues with mass production of inventory by converting the value chain to an on-demand production model. 3DNA’s global network of independent optical retailers is supported by their retail technology kiosks, which contain face-scanning technology and their proprietary eyewear design app enabling rapid selection and customisation of eyewear. Their digital manufacturing solution enables products to be made on-demand, and made-to-measure.

At its core, 3DNA is an ecosystem for digitally native eyewear brands.

HealthySure

HealthySure is India’s most loved employee benefits insurtech platform for SMEs, startups, and enterprises across the country. The platform offers a suite of group health, life, and accident insurance products with curated health and wellness programs and operates with a digitised policy and claim experience. They have enrolled over 150 corporates in their portfolio, securing over 50,000 lives so far.

Their portfolio boasts some of the most credible corporate names such as Snapdeal, Chaayos, Enkash, Vista Rooms, Clovia, and Pocket Aces to name a few.

They have launched an industry-first Flexi Top-up Insurance which allows employees to personalise and upgrade their corporate health covers and enjoy continuity benefits post-employment.

RescaleLab

RescaleLab (a subsidiary of EAT Launchpad Pte Ltd) is a B2B platform-as-a-service whose mission is to power up skills development.

They are a data-driven B2B platform purpose-built to streamline skill development processes and needs, whilst capturing feedback loops between trainers and learners. They achieve this through an incentive-driven environment in and between users, then the assignment of varying weights into existing deep belief networks, recommender systems, long-short term memory, and recurrent neural networks. This outputs the user-matching results, activity optimisation, timeline prediction, skillset recommendations, input tuning strategies, and industry learnings. Their closed-loop algorithm continuously engages and collects user performance and feedback to recalibrate for building resiliency in people and businesses.

Ametshop Limited

Ametshop.com is a wholly Ghanaian-owned e-commerce retail shopping platform that offers a wide range of products that span various categories including home appliances, mobile phones, computer electronics, automobile accessories, furniture, and groceries while offering hire purchase or consumer finance services online through its web store and mobile commerce applications with flexible payment terms of quality and trusted brands of products in Ghana. Their mission is to help people own high-quality products at fair prices with flexible repayment terms to give them the peace of mind they need to freely pursue their dreams.

Ametshop was founded in February 2016, duly registered as a sole proprietorship business in April 2019 and later registered as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) in October 2020.

Glee Trees Pte. Ltd. (Gleematic)

Gleematic AI is a Singapore-based tech startup. The first Asia-focused cognitive automation system was developed and has enhanced productivity in banks, insurance businesses, logistics companies, manufacturing companies, government agencies, and service organisations by up to 319%. Their customers are spread across Asia, including China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore.

The Gleematic A.I. software robots can perform tasks up to five times faster than humans, have near-perfect accuracy with digital data, are flexible to any technique, are intelligent enough to handle semi-structured data, and can be used at any time of day.

A step closer to the coveted prize

After a rigorous screening process, these startups are a step closer to qualifying for this year’s TOP100.

If you are one of the founders of the startups above, a representative from e27 will be reaching out to you soon to discuss with you the next step in your application process. Feel free to get in touch with us for any inquiries.

Also read: 15 startups that are among this year’s frontrunners for TOP100

If you have an exciting startup with innovative ideas that can eclipse the best and the brightest in the region, join the 2023 TOP100 and stand a chance to pitch your ideas to some of the top investors in the Asia-Pacific at this year’s Echelon Asia Summit. Register for TOP100 here.

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