Success Stories
Speedcargo Technologies
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Suraj Nair, Thomas Aulig
AI and robotics solutions for air cargo operations
TUM-CREATE, NTU
Central Gap Funding
2020
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
Thrixen
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Hadley Sikes, Patthara Kongsuphol, Huan Jia, Megan McBee, Peter Preiser, Shavit N. Clein
Rapid point-of-care diagnostics using engineered protein binders
SMART AMR, MIT, NTU
Innovation Grant
2021
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
Trisail Medical
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Prof Yeo Khung Keong
Minimally invasive transcatheter device for tricuspid valve repair
NHCS
I2START
2020
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
ArrowBiome
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Boon Chong Goh, Maurice van Steensel
Precision microbiome solutions using bacteriophage lysin technology
SMART AMR, NTU LKCMedicine
Innovation Grant
2022
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
Gray Matter Solutions
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Mohammed Adnan Azam, Nagaendran Kandiah
AI-driven solutions for cognitive decline detection and management
NTU, LKCMedicine, DRCS
I2START
2024
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
BioXcyte
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Win Sen Kuan, Mui Teng Chua, Kerwin Kwek Zeming
Your Immune Health from One Drop of Blood
SMART, NUH
I2START and Innovation Grant
2025
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
PIMECO
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Koh Chaik Ming, Zhang Kaixi, Mary Chan Bee Eng, Paula T. Hammond
Safe, efficacious and sustainable antimicrobial platform technology
SMART, MIT, NTU
Innovation Grant
2026
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
B1Neuro
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Thomas Yeo, Adj Tor Phern Chern, Dr Leon Ooi, Ruby Kong
Enabling precision brain stimulation through neurotargeting
NUS and NUH
I2Start
2025
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
Lincore
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Saikiran Reddy, Wang Xun, Wang Qing
Refining critical battery materials—sustainably, locally, from waste
NUS
Innovation Grant
2024
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
UrbaX
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Antonio Castro Neto
Geo-engineered platform developing low-carbon cement and sustainable construction materials technologies
NTU CA2DM
Innovation Grant
2022
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)
New Silicon Corporation
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Kenneth Lee, Eugene Fitzgerald
Fabless IC company integrating III-V semiconductors with silicon
SMART
Innovation Grant
2016
Year Founded
Founder(s)
Institutions(s)
SMART IC Grant Programme(s)