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Enterprise Technology

Chandler Song, 24; Ajay Prakash, 24 Australia
Ryan Fang, 23 China Cofounder, Perlin
Cofounders, Ankr Network
Hanaa Lakhani, 24; Gia Farooqi,
Takashi Ban, 27 Japan 23; Hasan Usmani, 23; Moneeb
Founder, Hachidori Mian, 24 Pakistan
Cofounders, Roshni Rides
Evan Wong, 25; James Han, 25
Australia Xu Chiheng, 28; Xu Bing, 29 China
Cofounders, Checkbox Cofounder, SenseTime
Xuguang “Patrick” Dai, 29 China Fang Shihun, 28; Wang Taizhou,
Cofounder, Qtum Foundation 28 China
Mohammad Danesh, 29 Singapore Cofounders, Shiheng (Shanghai)
Cofounder, Transcelestial Technology Service
Technologies Soravis Srinawakoon, 26 Thailand
Cofounder, Band Protocol
Raunaq Vaisoha, 23; Anil
Dukkipatty, 25; Sahil Kathpal, 27 Elinor Swery, 28 New Zealand
India Senior Solutions Architect,
Cofounders, Elemential Labs Soul Machines
Robbie Ferguson, 22; James Charmain Tan, 29 Singapore
Ferguson, 26 Australia Founder, QuickDesk
Cofounders, Fuel Games
Haryanto Tanjo, 29 Indonesia
Huang Yao, 26 China Cofounder, Moka
Founder, Aqrose
Li Zhan, 29; Chen Kairan, 25
Dou Renyin, 28; Li Jiajun, 28 China
China Cofounders, Tungee Technology
Cofounders, Humanplus Kenny Wang, 29 Singapore
Intelligent Robotics
COO, Igloohome
Jia Yaoqi, 29 Singapore
Cofounder, Zilliqa Research Xu Xin, 28 China
Founder, XSKY
Hyunwook “Luis” Kang, 27
South Korea Zhao Yang, 27 China
Founder, Bepro Company Cofounder, Zaihui
Zhu Yinglun, 27 China
Retsu Kitagawa, 29 Japan
Founder, SmartDrive Cofounder, Shenzhen Zhiyi
Technology
Yuya Kuratomi, 26 Japan
Founder, COCON
JUDGES
Leonard Loo, 27 Singapore Kaifu Lee, China
Product Manager, CEO, Sinovation Ventures
Open Government Products
Yat Sui, Hong Kong
Varun Mani, 29 India CEO, Outblaze
Cofounder, Waypoint Labs
SD Shibulal, India
Kevin Tung Nguyen, 29 Vietnam Cofounder, Infosys and
Founder, JobHop Axilor Ventures
Natalie Nguyen, 29 Australia
Cofounder, Hyper Anna

Kenny Wang, 29

COO, IGLOOHOME SINGAPORE
One day in 2014, Kenny Wang found himself locked out of his apart-
ment while his grandfather lay inside, unconscious on the floor after
falling and breaking his hip. Luckily, his aunt arrived 30 minutes later
with a key and they took Wang’s grandfather to the hospital.
Looking to prevent such incidents, Wang joined Singapore-based
smart lock maker igloohome the following year as its COO. Smart
locks use mainly key codes, fingerprints or biometric scanners to lock
and unlock doors. Advanced versions such as the one from igloohome
generates temporary codes—ideal for use in Airbnb apartments.
Founded in early 2015 by two of his former colleagues at local telco
Singtel—Anthony Chow, 32, and Kelvin Ho, 44—Wang helped grow
JING WEI (STUDIO W) FOR FORBES ASIA investors Insignia Ventures Partners and Wavemaker Partners.
the company from just four members into a team of 60. The startup
has attracted over $10 million in funding, including Singapore-based

Wang sees a big opportunity in working with corporate clients.
Igloohome signed a deal last January with Singtel, which will resell
igloohome’s smart locks equipped with SIM cards to its business
customers. “We hope that in the next five years, almost every
consumer and every industry will see the value in using smart locks,”
Wang says. “It’s really about convenience and peace of mind.”
—Rana Wehbe

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