DeepTech Archives

Recent News:

Why profitable 6Y/O Poladrone decided now’s the time for funding & bagged RM18M, Vulcan Post, 26 Oct 2021
Poladrone Rebrands Itself as Aonic: Launches New Vertical, Data & Storage ASEAN, 5 July 2022
UAVs: Propelling the drone industry forward, The Edge Malaysia, 2 Jan 2023

Aonic

Aonic (formerly Poladrone) is the leading drone service provider in Southeast Asia to enterprises that are looking to modernise and streamline their operations workflows. They serve the agricultural, industrial, services, retail and educational industries with their proprietary drone models.

Key Operations: Malaysia and Thailand

Industry: Drone Technology & Services

Founded: 2016

Founders: Cheong Jin Xi

Website: https://www.aonic.com//

Recent News:

Singapore’s Robotics startup Botsync secures additional Series A funding from SGInnovate, TNGlobal, 14 Jan 2026

Botsync earns Robotics – Manufacturing accolade at SBR Technology Excellence Awards 2025, Singapore Business Review, 30 Apr 2025

PORTFOLIO

BotSync

Botsync is a robotics startup that specializes in developing Autonomous Mobile Robots and industrial automation solutions for factories and warehouses. The company focuses on transforming supply chains by replacing manual material handling with robots that can be deployed rapidly, without requiring major changes to existing infrastructure.

Key Operations: Malaysia

Industry: Robotics

Founded: 2017

Founders: Nikhil Venkatesh, Prashant Trivedi, Singaram Venkatachalam, Rahul Nambiar

Website: https://botsync.co/

Recent news:

Fashion imaging startup FlixStock banks $2.5m from Wavemaker, others, TechInAsia, 2 March 2020

PORTFOLIO

FlixStock

FlixStock is a full-stack imagery solution provider that helps fashion brands and retailers create high- quality, eCommerce-ready on-model images effortlessly and economically. Flixstock’s market-leading AI engine generates 4k high resolution on-model images with just single mannequin shots of the garments without the need of human models.

Key Operations: US, Singapore, India

Industry: Fashion Tech

Founded: 2015

Founder: Harindar Keer, PhD

Website: https://en.flixstock.com/

Recent News:

Blood tests may soon offer early clues to ageing and health: Lucence CEO, Straits Times, 28 Jan 2026

PORTFOLIO

Lucence

Lucence is a precision oncology company focusing on non-invasive early-stage cancer screening and late-stage liquid biopsy genetic profiling tests which are offered to individuals through hospital and physician partners.

Key Operations: Hong Kong, Singapore, USA

Industry: Healthtech

Founded: 2016

Founders: Dr Tan Min-Han

Website: http://lucence.com/

Recent News:

Matterport To Make Public Debut On Friday Following SPAC Merger With Gores Holdings VI, Yahoo Finance, 23 July 2021

PORTFOLIO

Matterport [EXITED]

Matterport is the leading spatial data company focused on digitizing and indexing the built world. Their all-in-one 3D data
platform enables anyone to turn a space into an accurate and immersive digital twin which can be used to design, build, operate, promote, and understand any space.

Key Operations: Global including Southeast
Asia

Industry: Enterprise

Founded: 2011

Founders: Matt Bell and David Gausebeck

Website: https://matterport.com/

Recent News:

Transcelestial and NTT to provide wireless laser communications technology in Indonesia, TechWire Asia, 30 March 2022
Transcelestial in tie-up with Exclusive Networks for wireless laser communication tech, Business Times, 23 Nov 2021
Singapore’s Transcelestial banks nearly $10m in series A round, TechInAsia, 8 July 2020

PORTFOLIO

Transcelestial

Transcelestial Technologies is a last-mile internet connectivity startup that developed a new generation of wireless communications technology. The company’s flagship product provides secure last-mile connectivity with fibre-like speeds at a fraction of deployment time and cost.

Key Operations: Singapore

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 2016

Founders: Rohit Jha and Mohammad Danesh

Website: https://www.transcelestial.com/