South East Asia

Bangkok SmartUps, 2020

Posted on 2020/06/232020/06/23 by SEC Team

Bangkok Smart City, a city that will leverage technology to increase efficiency, cut costs and update its city services to achieve better quality of life, happiness, and sustainability for its cityzens. According to Thailand 4.0 Depa model, the country targets first 77 then 100 smart cities by 2022. Pioneered by Mastercard, 27 Thai Smart Cities have already been inducted into the City Possible program which is designed to make technology work for people by aligning key stakeholders to address urban issues. Currently three smart cities are presently under development: Khon Kaen, Phuket and Chiang Mai. Bangkok will most likely become Thailands Smart City hub by rolling out 5G in the capital and supporting its startup ecosystem at the True Digital Park.

Thailand 4.0 National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) depa plans 77 SmartCities. Bangkok, SmartBangkok, is first to implement 5G in southeastasia, robot dogs in malls, trafficdata Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company Limited and SmartCity hub with True Digital Park Startup Thailand startup ecosystem.

Congrats to our Top30 SmartUps: aCommerce – Ecommerce Solutions for Southeast Asia Pomelo Fashion Deliveree On-Demand Logistics (Southeast Asia) eatigo Eko Omise Co., Ltd. GetLinks Playbasis mu Space Corp Priceza Wongnai.com Zanroo Fastwork Technologies Co., Ltd. Everex WorkVenture DRVR Bitkub | Thailand’s Digital Asset Exchange 12Go Jitta Cookly Hipflat BUILK ONE GROUP GoWabi WearYouWant Ltd. Socialgiver Ookbee Mall (Thailand) Co., Ltd Seekster GIS Co., Ltd. Upbit Exchange (Thailand) Siam Blockchain GET Thailand

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Sources:

https://smartcitythailand.or.th/
https://thaiembdc.org/2020/01/27/mastercard-names-27-thai-cities-to-its-smart-city-program/
https://theaseanpost.com/article/thailand-leading-way-smart-cities-asean
http://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG200513164144100
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/1722547/smart-solutions-serve-as-a-cornerstone-for-the-future-of-transport
https://theaseanpost.com/article/smart-city-spotlight-phuket

Manila SmartUps, 2020

Posted on 2020/06/162020/06/16 by SEC Team

Philippines massive spending on infrastructure totaling 180 billion U.S. dollars in the next five years in the #BuildBuildBuild program will see the Manila subway, sky train, new airport and New Clark city, 75 miles from Manila. New Clark City, 9,450-hectare by 2050, will be a global Smart City hub accommodating 1.2 million people, boasting drones, autonomous vehicles, and environmentally friendly design and technologies. It is the Philippine government’s solution to Manila population growth pressure (20,785 persons/km2) with permanent traffic jams due to overloaded metro and roads. New Clark City is poised to be the country’s first smart, disaster-resilient and green metropolis, which, upon phase1 completion (300 hectares) in 2022, is expected to already contribute significately to the national economy, reduce Manila congestions and boost the local startup ecosystem.

Congrats to our #Top30 #SmartUps: Kalibrr Akulaku Sprout Solutions Edukasyon.ph Rappler UBX Philippines First Circle Appsolutely, Inc. Exist Software Labs, Inc. PearlPay Moneymax Troo White Cloak Technologies, Inc. Investagrams AsiaKredit Findwork Pte Ltd PayMongo Kumu PayrollHero.ph VENTENY Inc. Ayannah Qwikwire JoyRide PH Acudeen GoodWork.ph Kaleidoscope Internet of Things Jazzypay Inc Inteluck SmartCT CloudEats Inc.

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Part of Philippines SmartCity strategy, NewClarkCity Clark by Clark Global City Department of Trade and Industry near Manila will be a #smart #green #disasterfree #resilient city by 2030. SmartManila improvements include MERALCO smartgrid, Hitachi Asia trafficmanagement, and stronger local startup ecosystem IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc. QBO Innovation Hub Kris V. Libunao, CSR-P.

Sources

https://newclarkcityph.com/
https://bcda.gov.ph/projects/new-clark-city
https://www.clarkglobalcity.com/
http://admuaea.org/2019/08/07/new-clark-city-development-for-everyone/
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/08/19/phs-city-of-the-future-now-rising-in-clark/
https://businesstips.ph/the-philippines-wants-to-build-a-city-of-the-future-what-can-we-expect-from-smart-cities/
https://business.inquirer.net/246143/rise-new-city
https://business.inquirer.net/281187/crazy-new-clark-city-dream-moves-closer-to-reality
https://tgr.com.ph/new-clark-city-ph-and-japan-smart-city/

Melbourne SmartUps, 2020

Posted on 2020/05/022020/05/06 by SEC Team

Melbourne City of Melbourne is future ready with a resilient,viable, sustainable, liveable and prosperous city agenda towards a Smart City, Smart Melbourne. Digital, opendata and services platform, IoT sensors rubbish bins, pedestrian headcount, smartparking, waterfountains location and 5G testbed with Citylab are some of the initiatives. The University of Melbourne and RMIT Universitycreated Melbourne Innovation Districts, a Smart District initiative that is set to drive investment in the knowledge economy and help shape our city’s future with a vast startup ecosystem.

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Congrats, to our Top30 SmartUps: Judo Bank Airwallex Redbubble TRIBE Versent Enable Professional Services Sidekicker Whispir Moula Water Technology Pty Ltd Liven Rome2rio Viridian Advisory HotDoc Flippa.com Luminary Assembly Payments Littlepay Nura Influx Mantel Group Travelport Locomote Timelio LawAdvisor ActivePipe Alex Solutions The Lumery PLATTAR – The Platform for 3D & AR Product Experiences on the Web. Red Piranha Ento.com

Sources:

https://www.abc.net.au/lateline/melbourne-leads-smart-cities-charge-in-australia/8371416?nw=0
https://specialreports.theaustralian.com.au/524803/Get-smart/
https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/melbourne-profile/smart-city/Pages/smart-city.aspx
https://resilientmelbourne.com.au/strategy/https://www.iothub.com.au/news/melbourne-reveals-its-smart-city-ambitions-418252
https://data.melbourne.vic.gov.au/
https://mid.org.au/