Shell Idea Refinery is a 4-month programme.
In the programme, we empower the start-ups
to a situation or status where they are impact-investment ready
We are trained in all aspects of running a business,
how we can better market ourselves.
The mentorship is valuable.
You wouldn't get anything like this anywhere else.
By seeing things from different perspectives,
we begin to rethink our business processes,
try to correct the weaknesses that we have,
and turn that into our advantages
We love the people,
it’s a very interesting camaraderie
of conversation which happens,
and there’s a cross-pollination of ideas.
You have a product, but you need to have
a business model surrounding this product
in order for you to sell.
We feel that hydrogen has to be the fuel of the future.
We are a pretty new company, but our technology is very matured
It is time now that we can use
what we have developed back then,
to develop a good product now.
We definitely want it to go worldwide.
For us, sustainability begins at home.
In order to be able to use energy smartly,
we actually need access to the usage data
of how much electricity we’re consuming.
With that kind of awareness, we can change.
BillionBricks is a non-profit enterprise,
with a very simple vision
to end homelessness in the world.
We believe that we need to build an organisation
which will 24/7 think of creative ways
which it can be solved on a massive scale.
So scale is very critical for us.
Our vision is to make the earth a greener place to live in.
We wanted to harvest the energy of the sun more efficiently.
We actually tested the concept at a very small scale,
and it actually works.
So we want to take that idea a little bit further.
We are a bunch of geeks
that are trying to bring technology to the world.
We want to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles.
We actually created the holy grail
of how electric vehicles should be charged.
Currently we see very, very good results.
It’s better than we expected.
For Shell Idea Refinery Demo Day, we are both excited and nervous.
We really want to make sure that people
understand the impact that it could have in the world.
We hope that we can get a lot of attention
from the industrial sectors, the logistic sector,
to get engaged with us to do trial runs with us.
Of course we are very excited about Demo Day.
We are able to show our hard work, our product,
to show the world what we have done
for so many years.
Welcome down to Make the Future Singapore 2018!
Shell’s Make the Future event is huge,
I’m excited to be participating in it.
3, 2, 1, here we go!
Shell Idea Refinery is such an exciting project.
These young, energetic start-ups
and the ideas that they have for the future...
That is so exciting.
We just finished our first round of practice pitching,
and we really look forward to the actual demo,
and we hope to ace it.
I think we are ready for the big pitch,
for the big event.
So… Xnergy
Hi. Good afternoon.
Um… In case you’re still wondering why
I’m wearing such a casual dress,
I can do that because I’m in a start-up.
[audience laughter]
We are passionate to bring innovative charging solutions
to mobile robots and electric vehicles.
We want to cut the wires,
and we want to remove the hours
that you’d be waiting to charge your car.
H2Batt is very, very safe,
and it’s a very self-controlled system.
So what we want is to have an investment
coming in to take us to the next level.
PowerHyde combines your homes with a power grid on your roof.
I want to invite you all to come in and join us
in making a world where everyone has access to energy,
and climate change could be a thing of the past.
Thank you so much.
Very promising.
I'm impressed by the quality of the propositions.
Having experienced people chaperone young entrepreneurs
and helping them not only materialise their idea
but actually change humanity.
That is fantastic.
The pitch went really really well.
It’s good to get such a good receeption from the audience.
We actually also met a number of very high-profile investors
that we will reach out to after the event.
The five start-ups have quite a good synergy between us
that potentially might work out into good commercial collaboration
down the road, even after the programme has ended.
All the start-ups are tackling meaningful issues.
I’m sure they will create a very positive impact on society.
It gives you great hope for the future
when you see an inspired generation of people
who want to make a difference in the world.
Huat ah!