These companies will compete in the grand finale in February next year, and top 5 teams will receive a cash prize of US$100K

Jumpstarter 2020 Global Pitch Competition, a startup competition hosted by e-commerce giant Alibaba and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) in Kuala Lumpur, has announced the five regional finalists.

These companies will compete in the grand finale in February next year, where they will face off against other finalists from Shenzhen, London, San Francisco, Toronto, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai. Top five teams will receive a cash prize of US$100,000 to support their future growth.

Top Jumpstarter companies will also gain access to the Alibaba ecosystem to help them gain insight, experience, and resources to expand their businesses.

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Jumpstarter is a not-for-profit initiative curated by Alibaba Entrepreneur’s Fund. It is a platform for entrepreneurs and innovators to pitch and showcase their ideas. It aims to identify and support the growth of quality, high-potential startups and provide high-impact networking opportunities that can spur the growth in startup-ecosystems worldwide.

Meet the five finalists:

CARE Concierge

CARE Concierge provides nurses, therapists and caregivers (care pros) for post-hospitalisation recovery and eldercare. Its professionals are trained with its proprietary technology to manage activities of daily living to provide specialised care for dementia, stroke recovery, cancer, Alzheimer’s, post-op, and conditions that require medical procedures and therapies.

Mospaze

Mospaze is a web platform and marketplace that connects warehouse owners looking to rent their available warehouse space, and businesses who are looking for storage solutions.

MCOnline

Through fun and innovative solutions delivered through an e-learning platform, MCOnline complements textbook resources and makes teaching and learning more engaging and effective through the use of multimedia.

FMH Group

FMH helps restaurants to reduce food cost and automate supply chain to support their growth. The company uses Artificial Intelligence to reduce food cost and automate inventory from outlets, central kitchen until the supplier.

Fatiha Sakti

Fatiha Sakti offers software Capital Markets Fixed Income Trading System (FITS). It has also launched a human resources management software (HRIS) named HRD Helper for corporate users. In May 2016, Fast 8 launched a SaaS HR application named Gadjian for SME and lean enterprise organization users.

 

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