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Two SOSE Teams Finalists in TECH PLANTER 2023; EnviSense wins double
EnviSense and Stage Biotech, two interdisciplinary teams from the Ateneo's School of Science and Engineering (SOSE), emerged as finalists in the Leave a Nests’s Tech Planter Philippines 2023, with EnviSense bagging two awards from the competition.
EnviSense, a startup from A collaborative research work between the Department of Electronics, Computer, and Communications Engineering and the Department of Environmental Science, claimed the spotlight by securing not one, but two awards during the event. EnviSense's innovative product, the Smart Groundwater Electronic Monitoring System (SmartGEMS), garnered The Leave a Nest Award and The Focus Systems Award. These awards secured the team an invitation to participate in the Tech Planter Asia Final, as well as a cash prize of Php 30, 000.00. Judges and investors saw potential for development in EnviSense’s smart customizable groundwater monitoring system as it can be used to address problems faced by other countries as well.
Stage Biotech, hailing from the Ateneo Research Institute of Science and Engineering (ARISE), is the other SOSE-grown finalist. Their team of chemists, physicists, and engineers offers scale-out biomanufacturing outsourcing services to help the biotechnology industry in the Philippines to take off.
Tech Planter is a pitching competition that serves as a dynamic platform to celebrate the groundbreaking solutions of researchers and tech developers. Out of a record 46 applications, 9 finalists and 6 lightning talk teams were given the opportunity to pitch their ideas to investors during the Demo Day on May 13, 2023 at Escaler Hall, Ateneo de Manila University. The program also fosters collaboration between ventures and major corporations, creating new avenues for business development. Leave a Nest, the organization behind this initiative, envisions a future where deep technology ecosystems become more cohesive and robust, effectively addressing urgent global issues.
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