Nov 2008
-Technology prospecting trip to Massachusett, Australia and London.
October 2008
-Cap Vista is pleased to announce its investment in Lilliputian - a US company developing state-of-the-art MEMS micro fuel-cell s For more information on Lilliputian, please go to their website, http://www.lilliputiansystemsinc.com
September 2008
-The TechX Challenge Finals will be held on Sunday 21 Sep 2008 from 10am to 5pm at the Republic Polytechnic. Come and witness the ultimate race among the six team finalists! Don't miss the chance to discover robotics and operate robots at the Robotics Showcase! For more information on the event, please go to http://www.dsta.gov.sg/index.php/Upcoming-Events/
August 2008
-Cap Vista is proud to sponsor the Asian leg of the Global Security Challenge (GSC) semi-finals. The GSC is a premier business plan competition for security related startups organized by London Business School. Each winner of the regional semi finals in Asia, Europe and USA will compete for the grand prize of USD500 000 at the finals to be held in London in Nov 08 . The Asian leg is organized by NUS Enterprise and will take place on the 26 Sept 2008 1400hr to 1730hr at NUS Business School Hon Sui Sen Auditorium .
This year, we have a good diversity of participants from all over Asia in the semi-finals, they are: G.Tsulukidze Mining Institute of Georgia (Georgia), Hiperware ( Singapore), Lockstep Technologies ( Australia), Precision Sensors Instrumentation ( Armenia), Veritide Limited ( New Zealand). The keynote speaker will be RADM Joseph Leong, Head Joint Plans and Transformation Department, MINDEF.
The judges are from esteemed members of the defence and venture areana, namely, Mr Tan Peng Yam, Deputy Chief Executive (Operations), DSTA, Mr Pierre Hennes, Partner, Upstream Venture, Mr Eddie Chau, E-cop, Mr Todd Brethauer, TSWG, US Dept of Defence, Dr Tohru Kishi, Former VP of National Research Institue of Police Science, Japan and Prof Wong Poh Kam, Chairman of Business Angel Network ( SEA) Ltd. The topic for the panel discussion will be "Asian Security - Opportunities and Risks for Security Innovators". On the panel, we will have Dr Fong Saik Hay, President of ST Dynamics, Dr Roberto Mariani, CTO of XID Technologies and last year's Asian winner, Mr Foo Nian Chou, Chief Managed Services, NCS and Mr Lin Yih, Director & Founder of Digital Applied Research & Technology ( DART).
For more information on the competition, please go to http://www. globalsecuritychallenge.com
July 2008
-Cap Vista carried out a comprehensive review of local technology startups and SMEs to identify partnership opportunities. Young Singapore technology companies are also encouraged to take the initiative and approach Cap Vista directly. Please send a short executive summary of the business plan to info@capvista.com.sg
June 2008
-Cap Vista is proud to sponsor the Asian leg of Global Security Challenge 2008. In addition, there will be a chance for selected Asian entries to pitch their business ideas to esteemed members of the defence security community in as part of the fringe activities. For more information on the Global Security Challenge, please visit www.globalsecuritychallenge.com
April 2008
-Technology prospecting trip to Munich, Germany and Zurich, Switzerland.
-Technology prospecting trip to Finland.
March 2008
-Technology prospecting trip to Santa Monica, USA.
January 2008
-Technology prospecting trip to Massachusetts, Michigan and New York, East Coast of US.
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