SMART’s new Innovation Office to launch scientists from bench to business

Tharman Shanmugaratnam (right), DPM and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, finding out more from a start-up at SMART@SGInnovate

In tandem with the official launch of SGInnovate – to connect tech entrepreneurs with industry mentors, venture capitalists and research talent – the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) [新加坡-麻省理工学院科研中心] launched its new SMART@SGInnovate office today. Housed on the fifth floor of SGInnovate’s office at 32 Carpenter Street, SMART’s new office is a physical extension of the SMART Innovation Centre – an entity under the ambit of SMART that models and expands on the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT. See News Release above, youtube video or media coverage in Asian Scientist for more.