> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://blog.inacademy.eu/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Top Startups @ Asia-Pacific Innovation Academy 2018 - URL: https://blog.inacademy.eu/top-startups-asia-pacific-innovation-academy-2018/ - Published: 2018-08-30T10:35:55.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-02T11:50:36.000Z - Author: innovationacademy - Tags: Innovation Academy, Success-story, #Migrated-1790941373356, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-02 11:43 In July 2018 the first edition of Asia-Pacific Innovation Academy was launched in Shenzhen. 3 weeks in the fast phased environment of the makers capital brought together a community of more than 350 innovators. Pushed out of the comfort zone and in a completely different environment, surrounded by like-minded people from across the globe they learned what it takes to become a global entrepreneur. Here are the top teams from Asia-Pacific Innovation Academy 2018. --- [**Heart Signal**](http://heart-signal.strikingly.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) develops integrated wearable sensors that track health condition and send the information to the personal cloud database. Integrated AI gives instant feedback to the customer and for the doctor, which helps to track any anomalies and saves lives. **AWARD: Access to** [**Shanghai Cross-strait Youth Entrepreneurship Competition**](http://js.nutsbp.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) **with guaranteed awards of 10,000RMB up to 200,000RMB and possible investment up to 500,000** **SPECIAL AWARD: a Provisional patent from** [**Nixon Peabody**](https://www.nixonpeabody.com/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) **SPECIAL AWARD: 1 week of mentoring by** [**HAX**](https://hax.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Ningning Wang, [Nantong University](http://www.ntu.edu.cn/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Reicho Murakami, [Tsinghua University](http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/thu2018en/index.html?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Tao Jiang,[ Tsinghua University](http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/thu2018en/index.html?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Wenying Qiu,[ Tsinghua University](http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/thu2018en/index.html?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Xiangyu Wu, [Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute](http://www.tbsi.edu.cn/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Genesis/EVA Protocol**](https://davidpfitzek.wixsite.com/mysite?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) makes voice coding as intuitive and effortless as speaking. The team aims to solve the problem of suffering from RSI (repetitive strain injury) what haunts nearly half of the active programmers, by allowing them to code with the voice. **AWARD: an Expedited interview with**[ **Alchemist Accelerator**](https://alchemistaccelerator.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Alexander Jakobsen, [KTH Royal Institute of Technology](https://www.kth.se/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) David Fitzek, [Chalmers University of Technology](https://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Kenneth Wong, [Durham University](https://www.dur.ac.uk/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Su Jiang, Shanghai Urban Construction Vocational College --- [**Heaps**](https://www.heapshelps.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) is redesigning your traveling experience by having your luggage picked up at any place and dropped off at the airport when you want. No more hustle with the heavy luggage! **AWARD: Business Mentoring over 6 months period with** [**Dybaw Venture Capital**](http://www.dybaw.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) **SPECIAL AWARD: Trademark from** [**Nixon Peabody**](http://www.dybaw.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Cathy Chi,[ Leiden University](https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Hasan Sami Ozturk, [King's College London](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/index.aspx?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Hailey Yuan, [New York University](https://www.nyu.edu/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Brontë Kolar, [Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific](https://www.pearsoncollege.ca/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Bruce Wong, [Shenzhen University](https://www1.szu.edu.cn/2014/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Fern**](https://www.meetfern.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) is your trusty virtual gardener, making sure your plants stay healthy when you forget to. Fern reduces the effort required to grow and maintain healthy indoor greenery. Using sensor technology, Fern provides you with real-time updates about your plants' health and provides automatic watering and self-drainage. **AWARD: Design Mentorship over a 1 year period by** [**Snowfire Design Community**](https://snowfire.net/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Danielle Seymour, [University of Adelaide](https://www.adelaide.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Mads Bering, [Aarhus University](http://www.au.dk/en/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Olivia Holbrook, [Dublin Institute of Technology](http://www.dit.ie/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Roger Han, [University of Bergen](https://www.uib.no/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Yugansh Chokra, [Delhi University](http://www.du.ac.in/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**B2Brain**](https://zxmp66.wixsite.com/website-1?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) has a mission to create a reliable environment where startups can find affordable talents proven by live videos. **AWARD: Business Mentoring over a 3 months period by** [**HAG Consulting**](https://www.hagconsulting.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Ben Chubin Xu, [South China University of Technology](http://en.scut.edu.cn/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Dasol Kim,[ Zhejiang University](https://www.zju.edu.cn/english/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Lisa Moretti, [Anglia Ruskin University](https://www.anglia.ac.uk/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Panpan Ma, [Nanjing Forestry University](http://eng.njfu.edu.cn/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Sucharitha Chokkappa Gari, [Madanapalli Institute of Technology and Science](https://www.mits.ac.in/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Raply**](https://www.producthunt.com/upcoming/raply?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) is an entertainment platform that gives everyone an opportunity to become a rap star. Imagine the combination of Musical.ly, traditional Chinese karaoke, and Snap. Raply provides a mobile app where you can easily record your rap songs, autotune your rapping to sound better and share it with other rap music lovers in order to get useful feedback or to collect new fans and get discovered. **AWARD: Marketing Mentoring over a 1 year period by** [**Hunter & Bard**](https://hunterandbard.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Nele Saarelaid,[ Tallinn University of Technology](https://www.ttu.ee/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Pavel Andreevski, [Yanka Kupala State University](https://en.grsu.by/index.php?lang=en&ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Pavlo Pedenko, Setapp.com (MacPaw) Vital Rozhevski, [Kyiv Polytechnical University](http://kpi.ua/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Yauheni Stralets, [School of Business and Management of Technology](http://www.sbmt.bsu.by/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- **Acrolyzer** is an acrobatic sports analysis tool. Fusing together video and IMU data, it provides easily interpretable data for coaches and athletes, who want to take their training to the next level. **AWARD: Pitch60 consultation over a 1 year period by** [**otherDOTs**](https://www.otherdots.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Andres Namm, [The University of Hong Kong](https://www.hku.hk/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Dipixa Sharma, [University of Wollongong](https://www.uow.edu.au/index.html?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Sten Remmelg, [Chalmers University of Technology](https://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Sufyaan Ibraimo, [Oxford Brookes University](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**TanZu 探职** ](http://www.tanzu.io/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu)is a platform that connects Chinese international students with jobs back in China and aims to disrupt the Chinese recruitment industry by focusing on authenticity, speed, and simplifying the application process. **AWARD: Design Mentoring over a 1 year period by** [**IMAGINE \\TBWA**](http://imagine.ee/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu#all) Cillian Burke, [University College Dublin](https://www.ucd.ie/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Lei Cao,[ Zhejiang University](https://www.zju.edu.cn/english/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Mario Robert D'Ambrosio, [University of Naples Federico II](http://www.unina.it/unina-international?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Nathan Huggins, [University College Dublin](https://www.ucd.ie/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Qianru Liu, [EDHEC Business School](https://www.edhec.edu/en?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**IRIS**](http://193.112.87.40:8080/views/index.html?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) is your online family doctor to help you with pre-screening your symptoms, give advice for relief or make an appointment. IRIS will reduce limited access to primary medical consultation and overcrowded hospitals that are common in China. **AWARD: Access to** [**Shanghai Cross-strait Youth Entrepreneurship Competition**](http://js.nutsbp.com/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) **with guaranteed awards of 10,000RMB up to 200,000RMB and possible investment up to 500,000** Anastasios Mastroanastasiou, [Karolinska Institute](https://ki.se/en/startpage?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Gale, [South China University of Technology](http://en.scut.edu.cn/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Kerli Kustola,[ Chalmers University of Technology](https://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Lin Ye, [Nanjing Forestry University](http://eng.njfu.edu.cn/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Xiaochen Zhu, [University of Edinburgh](https://www.ed.ac.uk/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- [**Aqualight**](http://aqualight.sxl.cn/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) brings incredible sound quality, real-time conversation, and convenience underwater by developing a wearable device based on the blue LED. This can solve the problem that divers to communicate with each other underwater, using a unique method to overcome the challenges that traditional acoustic and RF communication approaches facing. **SPECIAL AWARD: 1 week of mentoring by** [**HAX**](https://hax.co/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) George Wang, [University of Calgary](https://www.ucalgary.ca/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Leo Yunfan Wei, [University of Adelaide](https://www.adelaide.edu.au/?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Zhuopeng Wei, Shanghai Urban Construction College Zihan Zang, [Tsinghua University](http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/thu2018en/index.html?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) Zixian Wei, [Tsinghua University](http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/thu2018en/index.html?ref=blog.inacademy.eu) --- **Top 15 teams of APIA 2018 had a chance to access Shen Chuang Cup Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition at Shenzhen University and selected teams enjoyed the visit** [**Cloud City of Brightvision Capital**](http://www.cn-bvc.com/project.asp?id=14&ref=blog.inacademy.eu) **in Yuyao, Ningbo.**