The 15 Semi-Finalists and Thailand Track Round Teams

The Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin, Asia’s only global intercollegiate post-graduate start-up competition, was created in 2002 to encourage students in post-graduate programs across the globe to become more entrepreneurial. For 2018, the competition has a new co-host in Siam Cement Group and is being renamed SCG Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin.

After receiving a historic number of applicants to the first round - 112 postgraduate teams that represent 52 institutions, from 16 countries across 4 continents - our panel of distinguished first round judges has now selected the 15 Semi-finalists that are invited to the competition at Sasin on February 8-10, 2018, as follows:

Institution	Team
Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, U.K.	H24U Innova
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, U.S.A.	BOHO Insurance Marketplace
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	VIKLAB
Naresuan University, Thailand	B Detec
	Fibrovera Wound Dressing
National Chengchi University, Taiwan	SEed
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan	CMA Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
	DetectCam
Queensland University of Technology, Australia	CareTracks
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, India	Shuddh
Sasin School of Management, Thailand	Chiwitech
	Fresh2Joy
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia	TOLKIDZ
University of Oregon, U.S.A.	Grit Trailer Company
University of Toronto, Canada	Cleanopy

And, due to overwhelming demand from teams representing academic institutions based in Thailand to participate in the competition, for 2018, we are introducing a Qualifying Round to the Thailand Track that was launched last year in an effort to cultivate the local deep-tech start-up ecosystem. The top 6 teams of this Qualifying Round will gain entry to the Thailand Track Finals, with the winner proceeding to join the other 15 teams Semifinalists mentioned above in the Semi-Final Round of the competition.

The Thailand Track Qualifying Round will be held on January 27th, 2018, and comprise the following:

Institution	Team
Asian Institute of Technology	iFix
Bangkok University	ALL FREE
Kasetsart University	PhytetoSDlab
Khon Kaen University	GABA YOGURT
King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok	OvalPhyte
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)	ESCOZOR
	Exito
	EZ Tracker
	iMirror
	INNO-OK
	Plan37 Switch
	ZM151
Sasin School of Management	Welly