Emerging Tech Startups - Singapore Landscape Report
Appendix: Definition of Sub-verticals
Verticals
Sub-verticals
Additive Manufacturing
Definitions
Advanced Materials
Processes, materials for additive manufacturing, applications of additive manufacturing (e.g. bio-printing, 3D printed food/implants).
Nano-materials (e.g. graphene), smart materials (e.g. self-healing materials, stimuli responsive polymers), multi-materials (e.g. metal/polymeric composites).
Excludes: Materials for hydrogen, batteries, additive manufacturing.
Robotics, autonomous navigation systems (e.g. drones).
Automation
Advanced
Manufacturing
Sensors and Electronics
Photonics, electronics, semiconductor, sensors and loT, quantum sensors.
Agrifood
Space Tech
Agritech
Alternative Proteins
Food Tech
Decarbonisation
Resource Optimisation
Space vehicles (e.g. spacecraft, satellites), space communication (e.g. quantum communication), propulsion, launch systems, and a wide variety of other
technologies including support infrastructure equipment and procedures.
Technologies that aim to increase farming efficiency, including the whole of food production up to the farm gate. Includes: Vertical/indoor farming systems,
farm loT, animal health.
Technologies seeking to produce protein-rich food with increased efficiency and sustainability. Includes: Plant-based and fermentation-based protein,
and cultivated meat.
Technologies that aim to promote wellness, and efficiency in designing, producing, choosing, delivering and enjoying food. Excludes: Alternative proteins.
Includes: Other functional/novel ingredients, culinary robotics.
Hydrogen, Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage, Renewables (wind, solar, bio-fuels, etc.), electrification.
Technology that enables the reduced consumption of natural resources and energy.
Sustainability
Sustainable Materials
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Health and
Biomedical
Sciences
Medical Devices
Diagnostics
Materials that enable the reduction of carbon footprint or consumption (e.g. sustainable packaging, building materials).
Devices used for medical purposes. Includes: Implants, surgical tools, monitoring systems.
Technologies applied for determining disease status or prognosis.
Platform Tech
Technologies, services and tools used as the basis for other applications and processes.
Therapeutics
Technologies for treating diseases (e.g. small molecules, biologics, immunotherapy, gene therapy) Excludes: Digital therapeutics and implants.
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