Collaboration of Strengths in the East: Japan and South Korea Innovation
This Pitch Night brings together global startups, investors, corporates, government leaders, and ecosystem partners to explore the opportunities shaping one of the world's most dynamic regions.
You are invited to join us for an evening of innovation, insights, and connections from a curated B2B matchmaking and mentoring. These high-impact networking events, and strategic opportunities that accelerate growth and international expansion centers around an on-the-ground immersion into Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology (SWITCH).
🎤 Brief Agenda Program
4.30pm: Registration Opens
5.10pm: Welcome Address
6.00pm: Networking Session
7.30pm: End of Event
🚀 Startups
Meet innovative startups from Japan and South Korea as they showcase solutions designed to scale internationally and address global challenges.
Carbon Energy has developed an electrochemical Direct Air Capture system that captures CO2 from ambient air while generating electricity, yielding solid carbonate as a byproduct: a carbon-negative, 24/7 power solution for AI data centers and industry.
e-Material Lab develops HEAT Suppressor, a proprietary 'BLACK metal' heat-sink material that outperforms standard aluminum heat sinks on thermal performance, weight, and cost, targeting cooling needs across semiconductor, mobility, and display manufacturing.
Envisen Aqua is a pre-launch team building a smartphone-based microplastic detection kit, using fluorescence imaging and an AI vision app, aimed at industrial QC/ESG compliance, water utilities, and research and education, with a roadmap toward soil (Envisen Terra) and blood-analysis versions.
KADEA builds AI-powered surround-view camera systems for trucks, trailers, and other commercial vehicles, solving the blind-spot and image-tearing problem that standard 360° systems can't handle at the tractor-trailer coupling joint.
NEXT BATTERY
Next Battery has developed an ultra-thin (20–40μm) lithium-metal anode using a low-cost 'deep coating' process, targeting 40–60% higher energy density than graphite anodes for EVs, drones, urban air mobility, aerospace, defense, and humanoid robots.
Panstar Robotics, a marine-robotics spin-off from Korea's KIRO, builds AI-powered ROVs for subsea cable burial and protection and in August 2026 signed an MOU with Taihan Cable to co-develop Korea's first domestic ROV trenchers for offshore wind and HVDC submarine cable projects.
Parallel Space builds automated 3D digital-twin software that converts LiDAR and point-cloud scans into precise, CAD-ready 3D models, already used by Samsung C&T, LG Electronics, and Dongkuk Steel for construction, manufacturing, and shipbuilding quality assurance, plus robotics training data.
RoboFounders is a Japanese Physical AI and robotics company building a cross-border platform for ASEAN. Rather than developing a single robotic product, it connects Japanese robotics engineering, AI, component suppliers, manufacturers and capital across Japan, Singapore and the wider region, starting with proof-of-concept deployments in manufacturing.
Eletus develops Asagami AI, an AI-powered learning platform that turns a company's existing manuals, documents and expert know-how into personalised training and assessment content. Asagami AI generates the material itself and continuously checks whether employees have actually understood it; this combination of automated content creation and comprehension tracking cuts training preparation work while giving managers visible proof of workforce readiness.
GraBis makes GraBeads, a magnetic bead platform for isolating and purifying ultra-trace DNA, RNA, proteins and exosomes from blood and other samples, serving NGS labs, molecular diagnostics and early-cancer and biomarker researchers.
iHistory develops PointMap+, a creator platform for making, sharing and selling personalised digital maps built around places, experiences and recommendations. Unlike social feeds or review sites, where location tips are buried in posts and lost within days, PointMap+ gives creators a map-native format they own, curate and can charge for directly. Users get places recommended by creators they trust rather than algorithmic or advertising-driven listings, making recommendations much more humanized and trustworthy.
PYO Biotech developing a first-in-class oral small-molecule therapeutic targeting ovarian aging, restoring mitochondrial function in ovarian cells via selective removal of damaged mitochondria rather than hormone replacement. Aims to address oncofertility menopause-related systemic disease and infertility from a single molecular target.
Qeight offers IoT inventory systems that automatically track parts and materials in factories using weight sensors and cloud software. Instead of requiring barcodes, RFID tags, or a systems-integration project, Qeight's sensors sit beneath existing shelves and infer stock levels from weight, so a production line can be retrofitted without IT expertise. This allow teams to have continuous and real-time inventory visibility that is also affordable for the small and mid-sized manufacturers.
REDCLIFF is a drone entertainment company that plans and operates large-scale drone shows for brands, events, tourism and entertainment. Rather than renting out equipment or flying someone else's content, REDCLIFF owns the whole production in-house, from creative concept and animation through flight programming and on-site operation. With productions of more than 1,000 drones to its name, it competes at a level of scale and choreography few operators in Asia can deliver.
yocto develops smart fitness technology that uses IoT sensors and AI to analyse posture, balance and weight distribution during yoga and exercise. Where camera-based or wearable tools capture only visible movement, yocto's sensor mat measures the load and balance data that cannot be seen, including how weight shifts through the feet and hands. That gives users objective feedback on form and lets instructors coach remotely, or across a full class, using data rather than observation.