Rui Xian LEE

This is not a Demo Day is a culmination of the intense training received during BLOCK71’s Global Startup Runway programme. As part of the Singapore cohort, five ICE71 start-ups finally presented their cybersecurity solutions and business pitches to investors, corporates, government and institutions to secure funding and support for their exciting journey ahead!

Cohort 5 Startups have been mentored on Unit Economics, Funding, Branding, Impact, Product and Scaling by:

• VCs from Cocoon Capital, Wavemaker Partners, Touchstone Ventures, AC Ventures, Kejora Ventures, Finch Capital, Farquhar Capital, Do Ventures, Atlas Ventures
• Technical Experts from B Lab Singapore, Pencil Group, Growth Marketing Studio, Brandspace Advisory
• Fellow entrepreneurs from Allo Bank, Bobobox, Xurya Daya, Genetica, Eden Farm, nafas, TechinAsia, Pinhome, SYNthesize, SentinalOne, Selly, Republic
• Tech Corporate division Leads from STRIPE, Alicloud, Byteplus, AW

Are you interested in discussing potential opportunities with these teams? Reach out to enquiries@ice71.sg to get connected!

Missed the event? Access the programme booklet here and watch the pitches below.

Aires Applied Technology
Founders: Lim Meng Liang, Ken Lin

Focus: Quantum-Resistant Encryption

Aires A.T has proprietary tech in Post-Quantum Data Encryption coupled with AI, to replace encryption standards today. Their novel methods of data protection form a robust & efficient security infrastructure for clients of varying needs, both individuals and organizations.

Numen Cyber Technology
Founders: Chris Zheng, Nolan Wang, Dr. Simon Xie

Focus: Web3 Threat Detection & Response

Numen Cyber focuses on Web3 project security audit, on-chain threat detection and response, digital currency tracing and Web3 threat intelligence.

AxisNow
Founders: Andy Ong

Focus: Cloud SASE Network Security

“Axisnow is the first alternative to Cloudflare. Axisnow uses the SASE and zero-trust network model to provide distributed employees, B2B upstream and downstream partners, and B2C customers with secure access to websites, applications, APIs, and the Internet. They have built a secure access unified cloud which allows companies to build a modern secure access network in minutes from a single panel, securely opening any resource to any user for quick access.”

PolyDigi
Founders: Curtis Chan, Johnathan Lee

Focus: Identity Access and Management (IAM) for Digital Transactions

PolyDigi is an Identity Access and Management (IAM) start-up that make digital transactions safer and smoother with its user friendly multi-factor authentication.

Reperion
Founders: Andrew W. Sallay, Dr. Dmitry Mikhaylov

Focus: Operational Resilience for Maritime & Drones

Reperion assures operational resilience across sea, land, and air by securing the hardest assets to defend from cyber and drone attacks.

Meet our latest ICE71 Accelerate start-up cohort!

Aires Applied Technology
Founders: Lim Meng Liang, Ken Lin

Focus: Quantum-Resistant Encryption

“Aires A.T has proprietary tech in Post-Quantum Data Encryption coupled with AI, to replace encryption standards today. Their novel methods of data protection form a robust & efficient security infrastructure for clients of varying needs, both individuals and organizations.”

Contact Aires A.T →

Numen Cyber Technology
Founders: Chris Zheng, Nolan Wang, Dr. Simon Xie

Focus: Web3 Security

“Numen Cyber is developing an On-Chain security platform to help web3 applications to avoid being attacked and causing asset lost with multiple security methodology and security ecosystem.”

Contact Numen Cyber →

AxisNow
Founders: Andy Ong

Focus: Cloud SASE Network Security

“Axisnow is the first alternative to Cloudflare. Axisnow uses the SASE and zero-trust network model to provide distributed employees, B2B upstream and downstream partners, and B2C customers with secure access to websites, applications, APIs, and the Internet. They have built a secure access unified cloud which allows companies to build a modern secure access network in minutes from a single panel, securely opening any resource to any user for quick access.”

Contact AxisNow →

PolyDigi
Founders: Curtis Chan, Johnathan Lee

Focus: Identity Access and Management (IAM) for Digital Transactions

“PolyDigiTech is an award-winning cybersecurity Identity Access and Management (IAM) start-up that makes digital transactions safer and smoother with its user friendly and comprehensive multi-factor authentication.”

Contact PolyDigi now →

Reperion
Founders: Andrew W. Sallay, Dr. Dmitry Mikhaylov

Focus: Operational Resilience for Maritime & Drones

“Reperion assures operational resilience across sea, land, and air by securing the hardest assets to defend from cyber and drone attacks.”

Contact Reperion →

ICE71 had the privilege of hosting Dan Woods, Global Head of Intelligence of F5, for a cybersecurity sharing session.

At this community event, Dan shed light on the latest tools used by cyber attackers, using real-life cases as examples. Along with providing valuable insights, he also shared personal experiences in cyber intelligence. He talked about how he pursued high-value targets at CIA, assisted with investigations on the 2001 anthrax attacks at the FBI, and gave a behind-the-scenes peek into a Russian human click farm.

Taking questions from cybersecurity practitioners during Q&A, Dan shared his thoughts on a range of topics from how he found his passion for cybersecurity to tips for professional development, adding to the richness of knowledge shared at the event.

Overall, the event was a success. ICE71 hopes to bring more cybersecurity sharing sessions in the future to continue fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing within the community.

The event was made possible through the efforts of Division Zero (Div0) and F5, who extended the opportunity to the ICE71 Community.

Fun fact: ICE71 start-up alum Shape Security was acquired by F5 for $1B in 2020, marking the company’s highest acquisition to date!

For event collaborations, please write to us.

Another year, another chapter of growing ICE71 with our vibrant community. To more exciting times ahead 🍻!

You can also watch the video here.

The Govware-ICE71 Pitch Pit our showcase stage for ICE71 Community start-ups at the Govware Conference, where professionals and experts from across the globe convene annually for the Singapore International Cybersecurity Week.

The purpose of the Pitch Pit is for participating companies – Responsible Cyber, XRATOR and Protos Labs – to receive real-world feedback for further validation of their solutions.

This year, all three pitching companies showcased solutions for Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in a friendly competition before a panel of esteemed judges. The judges were:

– Cheri Lim – CISO, Temasek
– Will Klippgen – Managing Partner, Cocoon Capital
– James Chong – Senior Director, NCS Innovation Hub
– Pang Tzer Yeu – Head of Information Security, Mediacorp

Each start-up had the opportunity to deliver a full pitch + Q&A, followed by a final quick fire question round by the judges.

The winner was announced by Rayson Ng, Programme Manager at ICE71, after careful deliberation and feedback from the judges. Congratulations to Protos Labs on winning the 2022 Govware-ICE71 Start-up Pitch Pit!

Thank you to all pitching companies who had made thorough preparations for this stage, the judging panel for their thoughtful comments and assessment, the Image Engine team who co-organised this event with us, and everyone who supported, cheered and participated in the pitch pit. Until next time!

We couldn’t have asked for a better turn out at the ICE71 Startup Party 2022 – an evening filled with good food, refreshing drinks and even better conversations!

The cybersecurity startup community got to share their exciting achievements on the “bragging stage”, form new connections over pizza, and hear about new plans in 2023. 🍕

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate another successful year and share their stories with us. Looking forward to seeing everyone again next year!

On 31 Aug 2022, the Cybersecurity Industry Call for Innovation 2022 was launched by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), together with partners NUS Enterprise and TNB Ventures.

The call was launched at Cybersecurity Innovation Day 2022 by Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Communications and Information, Dr. Janil Puthucheary, who delivered the welcome address to a full house at the Raffles City Convention Centre.

→ Read it in The Straits Times here.

The Cybersecurity Industry Call for Innovation invites cybersecurity companies to develop innovative solutions to address specific cybersecurity challenges.

Seven challenge statements supported by six end-users were announced. View the challenge statements here.

11 winning projects of CyberCall 2021 were announced at the event. The awardees were selected from more than 70 local and international companies to develop and trial their proposals with participating organisations.

Technical experts were also recognised for the invaluable support they provided throughout the CyberCall review process.

Thank you to everyone who participated for making this event such an overwhelming success!

→ Learn more about the Challenge Statements, end-users, and funding criteria at www.cybercall.sg

→ Sign up for the upcoming Meet the End User sessions.

InnovFest x Elevating Founders was held in Singapore from May 31 to June 3, 2022, as the official start-up event of ATxSG. Over 26,000 attendees participated in NUS Enterprise’s flagship conference, connecting over topics in Web3, Sustainability and Accessing markets in Asia.

The ICE71 Community was privileged to be involved in this exciting event, helping to promote the latest cybersecurity trends and technology to other innovation leaders in the tech ecosystem!

1. Panel Discussion: Beyond the Hype – Securing the Metaverse

‘“Securing” the metaverse can be interpreted in two ways—understanding the commercial opportunities for businesses and society, and ensuring people in the metaverse are protected.’

In this panel discussion at InnovFest 2022, ICE71 brought together experts in mixed reality, FinTech, and cybersecurity to share different perspectives on the metaverse. They discussed how the metaverse is building “trillion-dollar opportunity”, it’s impacts on advancing healthcare and education, as well as security risks to look out for.

We are incredibly proud to say that this panel discussion was the most bookmarked across 200 conference sessions at the Asia Tech x Singapore conference! (You can see attendees spilling out into the hall below!)

We thank panelists Dr Gao Yujia, Prof Keith Carter, Mr Pankit Desai, Mr Winston Ng, and moderator Ms Wynthia Goh for their insightful contributions!

→ Read a recap of the discussion by the good folks at KrASIA here.

2. Exhibition Floor: ICE71 Start-ups at InnovFest

After two years of virtual events, it was exciting to meet everyone from the start-up ecosystem in-person at the Singapore Expo.

ICE71 start-ups were part of a lively exhibition floor featuring over 100 start-ups from the NUS ecosystem.

Being a part of Singapore’s largest technology event also provided the opportunity to connect with 600 exhibitors showcasing the latest tech products, from Singapore and across the world.

ICE71 Scale alumnus, CYFIRMA, introduced their technology to Ms Rahayu Mahzam, Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Communications and Information, and NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye, alongside other NUS start-ups.

(ICE71) are doing really great in supporting innovations related to cybersecurity in healthcare, education, tech and so on – you can see there are many opportunities there and we are happy to be part of it.

It helps us, especially in markets like Southeast Asia. Now that things have eased up, we attended our first InnovFest x Elevating Founders. While a virtual meeting helps as a presentation, nothing beats seeing people in person and understanding what each of us does.

– Strobes Security, an ICE71 Start-up.

→ Check out all the action in this issue of Enterprise Sparks by NUS Enterprise.