Child with robot

Tech Connect Singapore

Connecting founders, investors and experts across Southeast Asia, Japan, India and Australia to unlock innovation and partnerships

We offer a regional platform connecting technology founders with clients, investors, academics and thought leaders across Southeast Asia, Japan, India and Australia. Anchored in Singapore, our programs are delivered primarily through curated in‑person events, complemented by regional participation from leading experts and innovators. Leveraging UBS’s global reach and capital strength, we help entrepreneurs build visibility, forge partnerships and access new growth opportunities.

Past Tech Connect Events

electronic chip

Deep Tech

We explored how AI and frontier technologies are shaping the next wave of value creation.

Featured speakers included:

  • SG Innovate: Government‑owned platform that builds and scales Deep Tech startups solving complex challenges through scientific and engineering breakthroughs.
  • SpeQtral (Singapore): Deep tech company using space‑enabled quantum technology to secure communications against future cyber threats.
  • WIZ AI (Singapore): Tech company developing generative AI–powered conversational voice “talkbot” to automate customer service and enterprise engagement.
  • Beleaf (Indonesia): Agritech company that provides AI‑ and data‑driven technology to improve productivity, efficiency, and sustainability across food supply chains.
Medicines

Health Tech

We examined how technology is paving the future of healthcare.

Guest speakers included:

  • Jungle Ventures (Singapore): The Asia Healthcare Lead shared insights on key trends shaping VC investing.
  • Engine Biosciences (Singapore and United States): Biotech company that uses machine learning and combinatorial genetics platforms to accelerate precision oncology drug discovery.
  • MiyaHealth (Singapore): Digital health company that enables clinicians to deliver personalized, data‑driven care through improved patient engagement and clinical decision support.
  • Qumata (London, Singapore): Insurtech company that uses AI and digital health data from smartphones/wearables to revolutionize life and health insurance underwriting
solar panels in a field

Power and Resources

We delved into how AI‑driven growth is reshaping energy demand and advancing clean energy solutions across the power and resources value chain.

Featured companies included:

  • STACK Infrastructure (United States, Europe, APAC): Large global data‑center platform shared how hyperscale data centers are managing rising energy requirements and sustainability challenges.
  • SunGreenH2 (Singapore): Clean hydrogen innovator developing next‑generation electrolyzer technologies to accelerate the adoption of green hydrogen at scale.
  • Medisun Energy (Singapore): Cleantech company that develops sustainable desalination technology to turn saltwater into clean energy and water.
Old lady

Longevity

We looked at how technology, data, and scientific innovation are shaping the future of longevity and healthy aging.

Spotlight companies included:

  • AMILI (Singapore): Precision gut microbiome company offering precision probiotics, gut microbiome banking and diagnostics.
  • Eternami (Singapore): Holistic longevity clinic that uses AI-powered tracking and personalized biomarker assessments to optimize healthspan and reverse aging.
  • Gero AI (Singapore and United States): Therapeutics company using physics‑informed AI to intercept aging at its source and extend healthy human lifespan.
  • L’evive Labs (Singapore): Lifestyle longevity platform blending science‑backed supplements, biomarker and wearables tracking, and a community‑led approach to healthy aging.
  • MitoCharge (Singapore): Medtech company with a patented muscle‑metabolic training system using magnetic fields, for rehabilitation, mobility and performance.
Singapore office

SEA VC Insights

We examined the evolving dynamics of Southeast Asia’s venture capital ecosystem, exploring themes including artificial intelligence, semiconductor demand, energy infrastructure, and the region’s increasing importance as a hub for innovation, technology, and growth.

Guest speakers included:

  • K3 Ventures (Singapore): Venture capital firm that shared perspectives on the state of VC investing in Asia, highlighting opportunities at the intersection of technology and traditional industries, including data centres, digital infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and consumer electronics.
  • Openspace Capital (Singapore): Venture capital firm that discussed Southeast Asia’s growing role in global supply chains and the importance of long-term investment partnerships and manager selection in capturing regional growth opportunities.
  • 65 Equity Partners (Singapore): Private investment firm that shared insights on company valuations, venture investing, and the importance of exit pathways such as IPOs and strategic acquisitions in realizing value creation.
Robot

Robotics

We examined how advances in artificial intelligence are accelerating the adoption of robotics and automation across manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and services, exploring themes including physical AI, autonomous systems, human-robot interaction, and the commercialization of next-generation robotics technologies.

Guest speakers included:

  • Nanyang Technological University (Singapore): Through the Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology and Innovation (CARTIN), shared insights on robotics research, innovation, startup development, and the growth of Asia’s robotics ecosystem.
  • National University of Singapore (Singapore): Highlighted developments in biorobotics, wearable robotic systems, human-robot interaction, and the convergence of AI, intelligent control, and robotics to address healthcare and workforce challenges.
  • CynLr (India, Switzerland, United States): Deep-tech robotics company developing Visual Object Intelligence technology that enables industrial robots to understand and manipulate unfamiliar objects without prior training, unlocking new opportunities in manufacturing and logistics.
  • LionsBot (Singapore): Robotics company developing AI-powered autonomous cleaning robots that are transforming facility management through automation, data intelligence, and smart operations at scale.
  • Weston Robot (Singapore): Robotics company focused on deploying intelligent automation solutions across facility management, industrial inspection, security, transportation, and environmental applications, demonstrating the real-world adoption of robotics technologies.