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HeyGo's shattered dreams: Promising P2P classified services platform failed to scale
With 96,000 monthly active users, classified services app HeyGo grew in user numbers, but not revenue. It soon declared bankruptcy
Waterdrop: Using crowdfunding and social media to disrupt health insurance
Insurtech startup Waterdrop helps families in China who cannot afford medical treatment to raise money via online mutual aid and crowdfunding, while selling insurance plans too
Smile and Learn: The “Netflix of education” for three to 12 year olds
Smile and Learn lets schools offer AI-enabled personalized learning to every child in every classroom, for the price of a book
Despite a lack of infrastructure and threats from middlemen, Aruna continues to help Indonesian fishing communities find buyers for their catch and manage their money better.
Sequoia China Seed Fund: Growing an era of deep-tech startups
Managing Partner Neil Shen wants to help deep-tech and enterprise tech startups get investments more easily, across quantum computing, semiconductors, synthetic biology and more
SoccerDream: World's first VR soccer training platform to launch in China, US
SoccerDream uses virtual reality to boost trainee players' performance on the field by 36% compared to their peers
Cobee: On-demand staff payroll and benefits in an app and card
Backed by Speedinvest, Target Global and Encomenda, Cobee's employee-focused HR SaaS is redefining staff benefits management and beyond
HeartGenetics: Using genetic data and AI to improve predictive health outcomes
Amid growing demand for personalized health and wellness solutions, the Portuguese startup is seeking €2m to expand to Germany and the UK
Carbo Culture: Adapting indigenous techniques to remove and store CO2
By turning biomass into biochar, the startup’s technology locks carbon into a stable, solid form, with a storage life of over 2,000 years
SWORD Health: Reinventing the wheel for physiotherapy
AI-powered healthcare tech brings relief to overworked and understaffed physiotherapy providers
Eliport: Friendly neighborhood robots for cheaper last-mile deliveries
The Spanish logistics robot maker has a solution to improve last-mile delivery, with community-based smart robots, parcel hubs and postboxes. CompassList spoke to its co-founders at the recent 4YFN conference in Barcelona
Li Zexiang and his game-changing plans to take Chinese robotics global
An early supporter of drone giant DJI, Professor Li Zexiang is building robotics hubs across China to pivot homegrown enterprises into global players
Soon, a cute robot will bring you your online shopping
Using robots to automate last-mile delivery, Zhen Robotics wants to help the logistics industry slash costs and boost customer satisfaction.
ClimateTrade: Using blockchain to spur climate change action that can make a difference
ClimateTrade is a decentralized carbon trading platform that democratizes the financing of SDG initiatives and provides traceability of carbon credit purchases and emission offsets
SWITCH Singapore 2021: Driving renewable energy impact through better business models
Startups need to communicate the business benefits of green solutions to their customers, rather than just pitching the hi-tech
