Through the participation in the IoT Tribe Acceleration Program, Quantum-South was introduced to Slingshot, Asia’s most exciting deeptech competition. In its fourth edition, this competition has become even bigger. This time top 100 Global Startups will pitch to a global audience at SLINGSHOT 2020’s Virtual Finals as part of SFF x SWITCH, and compete for prizes worth up to S$800,000.
Agorize helps businesses to innovate and identify the best talent by connecting them with a global community of 5 million innovators. Agorize invited Quantum-South to participate in one of Asia’s largest startup challenges, SLINGSHOT 2020.
This year’s competition is centered around 5 sectors.
They are: (1) Manufacturing, Logistics & Transportation; (2) Urban Solutions & Sustainability & Energy; (3) Health-Tech, MedTech & BioTech; (4) FoodTech & AgriTech; and (5) Digital solutions, Consumer Products & Services
Now in its 4th edition, startups from all around the world are invited to join the challenge and submit their most innovative business or tech-related solution online! Agorize believes, now more than ever, there is a responsibility to continue supporting startups like your team and accelerating innovative solutions across different industries.
Through this event it is possible to engage with Asia’s dynamic tech ecosystem and gain additional funding from investors, partners and more.
This program includes also access to SWITCH 2020, to be held on 7-11th December 2020.
Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) 2020 is the leading startup innovation and technology festival in Asia. The event will see the global technology community converge on Singapore to discuss the latest developments and insights into the evolving landscape of emerging technologies today and in the future.
SWITCH delivers highly curated content and expert discussions directly from from top industry leaders at the forefront of building the world’s most innovative solutions and technologies.
Professionals from all parts of the innovation ecosystem, including startups, enterprises and researchers will come together for technology matching, robust discussions and high-impact networking. Unique in its scale, positioning and format, SWITCH sits at the cross section of startups, enterprises, entrepreneurs and the investor community.
Quantum-South comes to Slingshot with “Efficient operations through cargo load optimization” through the quantum computing solutions. A software product integrated to legacy systems that based on cargo to be dispatched in an aircraft or ship with limited capacity, will provide the best allocation based on cost and revenue restrictions. The core optimization algorithms are based on quantum computing technologies.