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NAME OF STARTUP: Memory Maps Inc. FOUNDED IN (Year): 2,021 FOUNDER'S NAME: Anthony Diamond THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: Memory Maps enables students to spend less time studying, ace their exams, and master their field of study. THE FOUNDER'S STORY: When and how did you come up with the idea for the business?: The founder is previously...

Halloween or Hallowe'en or All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October. It was introduced in Europe during the 4th century by the Catholic Church and popularized by the folk customs of the Celtic people of Ireland and Scotland, whereby there would be a lighted bonfire on Hallowmas, All Saints' Eve,...

NAME OF STARTUP: Nethone FOUNDED IN (Year): 2016 FOUNDER’S NAME: Hubert Rachwalski (CEO) THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: Reducing fraud for merchants and customers (account takeovers, identity theft, minimising false positives and chargebacks) and ensuring smooth/frictionless online transactions. THE FOUNDER’S STORY: When and how did you come up with the idea for the business?: The initial project evolved...

NAME OF STARTUP: Optery FOUNDED IN (Year): 2020 FOUNDER'S NAME: Lawrence Gentilello THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: Optery is opt out software that removes your home address and other private info from the Internet THE FOUNDER'S STORY: When and how did you come up with the idea for the business?: Most data brokers make it intentionally difficult...

By Sally Wu  As Facebook gets ready to invest billions into its Metaverse project and artists such as Arianna Grande make appearances inside virtual concerts, the early signs of the Metaverse revolution are already here. The Metaverse term was originally coined by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin in 2008 to describe the decentralized Internet of the future. We are not talking about a...

NAME OF STARTUP: Service Club Delivery FOUNDED IN (Year): 2013 FOUNDER'S NAME: Zeynep Demirbilek THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: We're looking to change the way we think about work, by giving members what they need - tools, resources and motivation - so that they can succeed in their career. Our mission is to provide our members...

The innovations in the tech industry that thrive during a pandemic are diverse. but all of them are really helpful during a pandemic. Some innovations are about different ways to make transactions online without revealing your identity while doing it. Some of them are useful because a lot of people probably migrate to their loved ones or friends during the...

NAME OF STARTUP: Hedonova FOUNDED IN (Year): 2020 FOUNDER: Alexander Cavendish THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: There are more alternative assets than there are stocks on the NYSE. The sheer optionality and the lack of research and data, it becomes hard for investors to get exposure to alternatives. Hedonova solves this by acting as a single window...

NAME OF STARTUP: YiChi FOUNDED IN (Year): 2019 FOUNDER'S NAME: Song YiYi THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: Mandarin is a tonal language (where a change in tone can change the whole meaning intended). For years/decades learners are trying to learn Mandarin Chinese language as a second language with an objective to speak but they are...

By Shonali Advani When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a pandemic 18 months ago the world went into a tizzy. Companies had to adapt to the new normal of working from home, overnight. And most struggled. There was no set routine, employees missed team huddles and managers found it hard to ensure their staff actually ‘worked’ from home! But...

NAME OF STARTUP: Surges FOUNDED IN (Year): 2021 FOUNDER'S NAME: Stuart Goulden THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: There's a SaaS for everything, we're on a mission to find the best ones for your business. THE FOUNDER'S STORY: When and how did you come up with the idea for the business?: Marketers love to romanticize their craft. But the...

NAME OF STARTUP:: Presence - Push-to-talk for remote teams FOUNDED IN (Year): 2021 FOUNDER: Junu Yang THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: Current ways of texting and scheduling video calls are way too time consuming and inefficient. Teams end up over indexing on ‘informal’ communication via text (ie Slack fatigue) or ‘formal’ communication via video calls (ie...

NAME OF STARTUP: eWebinar FOUNDED IN (Year): 2019 FOUNDER'S NAME: Melissa Kwan THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: We help companies scale their customer success team without adding any resources by helping them run their repetitive onboarding and training webinars so they never have to host them live. THE FOUNDER'S STORY: When and how did you come...

NAME OF STARTUP:: Movia FOUNDED IN (Year): 2015 FOUNDER: Casey Binkley THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: Helping brands maximize their advertising results with a unique combination of mobile ads and technology. Movia installs tracking and Wi-Fi collecting devices onto trucks acting as moving billboards, offering real-time impression analytics and retargeting opportunities. Brands can view their real-time...

By Kaberi Gogoi With rising unemployment, declining incomes, and increasing issues of domestic violence in families, there has been a steady rise in mental health issues among India's youth, during the pandemic. Bangalore-based, 17-year old Ayushi Kishore is part of Future Leaders' program by 1M1B Foundation in regards with her project 'i4inspire'. Kishore is raising awareness about issues of mental...

NAME OF STARTUP:: NeuronSW SE FOUNDED IN (Year): 2016 FOUNDER'S NAME: Pavel Konečný THE IDEA: What is the problem being solved by your startup / business?: The Czech startup Neuron soundware develops technology for automated predictive maintenance of industry machinery. Using sound/vibration analysis of the machines, the technology enables it to detect imminent failures that would mean costly repairs and production outages. THE FOUNDER'S STORY:...