Innovation Insights

Face masks on the go with SUTDStartup BEEP and Fintech firmRazer!

This is made possible by an island-wide rollout ofsurgical mask vending machines to provide one freesurgical mask to every adult Singapore resident.About five million masks are estimated to be givenout during this initiative. Beep’s proprietarye-payment tech has been instrumental in providingseamless dispensation of masks.

To redeem the masks, users must register for themobile wallet app, Razer Pay, to verify their identity.A QR coupon code will be issued which can bescanned at vending machines for mask collection.The vending machines will be available at all mallsunder Frasers Property Retail and JustCo co-workingspaces.

Beep is currently work on launching a maskpurchase system with Temasek Foundation.

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Photo credit: Razer

Photo credit: Razer

Startup spotlight

Proccoli – Bringing tech tofacilities management!

Proccoli is a SaaS (software as a service)e-procurement tool for the facilities management(FM) industry. Helmed by a team of aspiring finalyear students, they are redesigning traditionalprocurement processes to bring the FM industry tothe next phase of change.

With Proccoli’s e-procurement, digital tenderingand e-invoicing features, facilities managementprocesses can be made more efficient andeffectively pain free! It will be less paper-reliant andprocesses made more transparent.

Presently, the software tool enables propertymanagers to source for suppliers, post tenders forbids and track progress. More to sprout fromProccoli!

Team behind Proccoli

Proccoli - Taking the workout of paperwork!

Capstone spotlight

SourceBite – Snipping foodwaste in the bud!SourceBite takes aim at addressing waste andmarket inefficiencies. Its secret sauce lies inaggregating food demands to achieve betterbargaining power. By partnering with F&B clients,the team behind SoureBite takes on the outsourcingrole from them and pushes savings back to them.This translates to cutting costs for clients by 20- 40%on food & disposables.

The Capstone team have worked with some bignames including Lo & Behold group, Spa Espirit &Grand Hyatt.

They are also sourcing for talent! On the lookout formore operational and sales roles to push SourceBiteforward. The intrepid team hopes to expand to thehawker centres next.

More on SourceBite

SUTD Lean LaunchPadProgramme (LLP) team goingstrong with intense training!

The national LLP programme SUTD run 2 just crossthe midway mark! All 5 teams have been workingtirelessly to turn their inventive technologies intocommercially viable products and feasible businessventures. This year’s teams bring an interesting mixof innovative ideas to the fore, ranging fromcapturing atmospheric CO2 to a portable MRImachine.

After weeks of market discovery and customervalidation research and rounds of presentations, theteams will undergo one on one review with thisyear’s LLP track instructor, Lim Song Joo.

The teams will be gearing up for the final daypresentation in the coming weeks. More details tofollow.

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