Entrepreneurship Capstone

Open to final year undergraduates only

Go from idea to execution to the marketplace in one go. Learn to become an entrepreneur and pick up the skills needed to manage and succeed in the real world.

You may find mentorship guidance and funding support should you choose to pursue such ideas as Entrepreneur-Capstone projects, if you have identified projects with the potential to become a startup venture. While meeting the academic requirements, you will also achieve a validated business model that you can take to the next stage and a Minimum Viable Prototype

Highlights

Market Analysis

Defining a compelling value proposition

Sustainable Revenue Model

In-depth information

  • 3-day Bootcamp where you will learn:

    • Ideation Process and Business Model Canvas for Startups,

    • Value Proposition and Market Validation,

    • Essentials of Crafting an Excellent Pitch to Investors and Partners.

    Entrepreneurship Capstone Workshops on:

    • Competitive Analysis,

    • Minimum Viable Product & Product-Market-Fit,

    • Business Modeling and Go-To-Market,

    • Launching Strategies,

    • Business 101 (Legal, HR and Financials),

    • Pitching 101

    • Guidance from mentors who are business leaders and experienced entrepreneurs

    • Incubation Support and Space

    • Application of Enterprise Singapore’s Startup SG Founder Grant through SUTD as an Accredited Mentor Partner of ESG, subject to meeting the eligibility conditions set by ESG

    • Stephen Riady Innovation Grant subject to terms and conditions

    • Open to SUTD final year undergraduates

    • Teams should attend the Entrepreneurship Capstone bootcamp

    • Teams should pass the review and selection by the Capstone Committee

    • Projects should be aligned with the academic capstone requirements.

    • Entrepreneurship Capstone Bootcamp: 8th, 10th, and 15th February 2023

    • Review and Selection by Capstone Committee: March – April 2023

    • Entrepreneurship Capstone Workshops: September – November 2023*

    • Entrepreneurship Capstone (Baby shark tank time!): November 2023*

    *exact dates to-be-confirmed

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Past Projects

24/25

  • Produce a device that can cool down a room inside a residential building. The cooling effect does not have to be as strong as air conditioning. but must make the room comfortable for the user and has to be energy efficient and self-driven/sustainable and potentially being able to operate without proper infrastructure in place. Whilst also being compact and easy to relocate.

    KEIRON WONG TJENG WAI

    RIO CHAN YU HOE

    TAN KIAT EE GARETH

    TONG ZHEN CHUNG SAMUEL

    WONG HONG XUAN, SHAINE

  • Develop a low-cost, user-friendly device that enables users to grow vegetables at home without agricultural know-how, with the features like pest control, automated conditioning, modular growing area and remote monitoring

    KEITH LEE ZHENG XIAN

    KOAY CHONG HAU

    LIAU XUAN XUAN VALERIE

    NICHOLAS NG ZHI YONG

    TANG HENG

    UH YUN NING

  • Develop a recommendation system that recommends F&B establishments to the user based on their preferences and for users to interface with the recommendation system as well as to read reviews of other restaurants and write their own reviews

    DEXTER LEONARD

    GABRIEL JIAREN BROUGHTON

    JAY EDWARD GOH WEI WERN

    MARC YEE HAN WEI

    STEFANIE TAN HUI ZHEN

  • The subscription service making eating healthy simple by bringing affordable fruits to user’s doorsteps.

    ALVIN LOO YI WEI

    HUNG FONG CHING HILLMAN

    KACEY TANG

    LIM YI ZHENG

    LUCAS YAP

    MARCUS TAN ZONG WEI

    SAMUEL CHIA JIN KIAT

  • Leveraging gamification and interactive technology to revolutionize coding education. Our goal is to create a coding game application that enhances learning engagement and enjoyment, integrating gaming, social interaction, and AI to make coding accessible and exciting for students of all backgrounds.

    HANNAH EVA JACOB

    HE TIANLI

    JIANYU ZHANG

    LIU YU

    TAN SHI JIE, ARIEL

    WANG YONGJIE

  • We aim to solve this problem by creating an app that links user’s existing outfit styles to a marketplace of different brands and their products that fit the user’s style.

    AURELIUS BRYAN YUWANA

    AYMAN KHAN

    JORDAN LEE WEI

    LEE CHIEN SHYONG

    LIAW GE NEE

  • Aims to tackle these problems with a comprehensive platform designed to prepare users for technical interviews and assessments more effectively. The core objectives of the platform are to provide personalized feedback and learning paths to identify each user's knowledge gaps. These will highlight not just errors but also suggest improvements in coding style, efficiency, and best practices, enabling users to refine their skills progressively

    AAYUSH SINGH

    DIAN MAISARA BINTE MUHAMED ISKANDAR

    DORISHETTI KAUSHIK VARMA

    HENG JIA MING

    TAN PHENG YUAN RYNER

    TOH WEE TECK DYLAN MATHEW

  • Provide an educational platform as a service to tuition centres that is secure and easily integrable into classrooms incorporating AI technology.

    ALESTIER KWA YU FENG

    LEE DARREN

    MATEO JALEN ANDREW CALDERON

    MUTHUVEL VIMAL

    NG ZHENG WEI

    VARUN TEJA BONDUGULA

    VIVEK THOMAS

  • Aims to develop a platform or software that utilizes similar scanning technology to create precise 3D models of users' nails. This technology will streamline the customization process, allowing users to scan their nails and just select the design and wait for custom fitted press ons, eliminating the need for time-consuming and wasteful mold-making processes.

    LI JUNYI

    LI KUNPENG

    LYNETTE CHIA SZE MIN

    QIAN HELE

    RACHEL LEOW SI MIN

    YUAN YIHANG

    ZHANG XIN

  • How might we help community leaders that wants to grow above their current 50-100 size better delegate, coordinate responsibilities, efforts and empower their community members through incentive and gamification mechanisms?

    CHIA YONG KANG

    JANESSA JIAJING YANG

    JOSEPH LOW

    LIM SHENG XIANG

    RYAN PEY JUN HAO

    TEE ZHI ZHANG

  • Develop an AI model that can apply mixing and mastering techniques, we aim to make music production more accessible to amateur musicians.

    ABHIJITH KIZHAKKE CHITTADATH

    ANSH OSWAL

    JAMES TEO MING TECK

    PATRICK PHONE MYAT MO

    SIDDHARTH GANESH

  • Aim to build our B2C version that is designed more for the everyday consumers. This will include both hardware and software. Increasing its appeal to the consumer market.

    BENJAMIN GOH WEIJUN

    HUH DAM ADAM

    IAN NG ZHI YANG

    JIANG HONG BEI

    PEH YU XIANG

    SEAN CHEN ZHI EN

  • Build a platform to increase volume of thrift clothes sold and encourage more people to buy thrift clothes.

    DARREN TEO YIQIAN

    ETHAN CHOO E-RHEN

    FUNG JING WEN ELISABETH

    KAUNG KHANT HTET

    NG WEI XIAN

    S HAMSARAJ

  • ALLAI, a platform that catalogues and compares generative AI tools. By placing sample generated results together, AllAI empowers non-technical users to make informed decisions tailored to their needs.

    BENETTA CHENG JIA WEN

    DINH THAO VY

    LEEMAH BISHT

    MAITRI SRIVASTAVA

    MICHELLE CHRISALYN DJUNAIDI

    TRAN CONG NAM ANH (LOUIS)

  • Aim to provide AI-powered tools that companies and individuals can use to build ready-to-use applications. These tools should lower the barrier to entry and the time required, to go from an idea to a fully functioning prototype. The platform provides a new way to build websites with front-end and back-end functionalities for our users with zero learning.

    BRYAN AURELIUS TANAJA

    MOHAMMED ANSAR AHMED

    NATHAN ALDRICH W

    TAY JIA JIUN JOSHUA

    VINCENTIUS ROGER KUSWARA

  • Our initial solution focuses on providing a digital online ordering service for F&B businesses to automate Online Storefront Creation, establish Online Branding.

    GOPAL GURUPRASATH

    KOH CHEE KIAT

    LUCAS GOH CHEN RAY

    MICHAEL PANG JON YERNG

    MUHAMMAD ILHAM FADHILLAH

    YEO CHI NING TRISTAN

  • Aims to provide this space in the form of a personal pod. These convenient go-to spots provide highly customizable interiors; one that satisfies individual preferences of an ideal space where they can find a moment of peace amidst their hectic journeys.

    FOO WEN XIN

    JIGNESH MOTWANI

    MUHAMMAD AQIF YEO

    NUR ADELIN BINTE JOHARI

    PARAAGA RAGHAVENDRA

    XIE JIA CHENG

23/24

  • Intellidesk is a smart ergonomic desk that merges technology and design to optimise desk usage and improve posture health. Providing both convenience and actionable feedback, Intellidesk aims to pioneer the next generation of smart workstations.

    EUNICE KWOK XIU YI

    FATIMA CO PEPITO

    FU XIONGWEI

    LAI PIN NEAN

    MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER POHADI

    NICODEMUS YIM WAI TUCK

    ZENTON YAM JING YAO

  • We are an Energy-Saving-as-a-Service (ESAAS) venture, offering IoT devices that will effortlessly gather and analyse energy consumption patterns for Food & Beverage establishments. Our solution unlocks a suite of data insights, empowering businesses to optimise energy usage with precision and foresight

    CHOW ZI JIE

    KAVERI PRIYA PUTTI

    MOHAMMED FAUZAAN MAHABOOB

    ROHIT RAGHURAM MURARISHETTI

    SANAT KHANDEKAR

    TAN XINLIN

    VISSHAL NATARAJAN

  • Namu empowers aspiring plant owners in their gardening journey by providing them with useful metrics, suggested solutions and interactive plant companions. Growing plants doesn't have to be boring and confusing. Adopt a plant and pair it with our Namu Buddy, and find out how easy it is to nurture a cute lovable pet!

    BRANDON ONG JIAN XUN

    EMILY LAW

    GLENDA ONG JING HUI

    IRVINE NOVIAN

    LEE HAN WEI, JOSHUA

    LEE SI HAO

    TAN LAY LIN

  • Homu is a direct contractor platform powered by generative AI. We use AI to generate realistic interior designs to help homeowners build a home they will love. With these generated designs, homeowners can find renovation contractors from a specially curated and verified pool to build their house. We build software to integrate the entire home renovation journey from idea to execution- optimizing every step to deliver beautiful homes affordably.

    GOH YING MING, BRYCE

    KOH DUN JIE ALEXANDER

    MAH YI DA

    PHUA YEN CHING

    RAPHAEL YEE JUN-KAI

  • Parcyl is a technological startup that allows patients to collect prescriptions at their own convenience without the presence of a pharmacist. Our vending machine plugin features a print labeller capable of pasting customised prescription label. Coupled with a smart validation algorithm, our solution accurately verifies and dispenses the right prescription while complying with healthcare guidelines, allowing us to decentralise medication collection

    CLEMENT LOH CHENG KEAT

    KIM MI RAN

    KIM SI EUN

    MOHAMAD ARMAN BIN MOHAMAD NASSER

    NG MING LIANG

    ZHANG CHIHENG

21/22

  • In line with Singapore’s “30 by 30” goal, our project will be targeting the four problems with today of Urban Farming. The problems are limited land space, high land cost, low energy efficiency and low production volume. Therefore, our solution is the development of the world’s first smart floating sea farm.

    Done by:
    CHIA HOU-AN, CLAUDIA KOH, TAN SHIN YEE, CLEMENT VIMAL RAVINDRAN, ISHAAN NAIR, JULIUS ANG YANG ZHI, CHUNG ZHI XUE

  • Our mission is to help and facilitate Singaporeans in discovering the joy of growing mushrooms for themselves, playing a more active role in the supply chain. Our objective is for Singaporeans to grow mushrooms with their community.

    Done by:

    PRINCETON POH JIN HENG, ANANTHARAJAN VIVEKBALA, LEE JET XUEN, JOSEPH CHONG GIAP SHENG, BRANDON CHONG WAH JIN, GLEN CHEN JIE, GOH YING HAO

  • By producing mycelium based products as alternatives to our everyday objects, we intend to create fun, interactive, sustainable and safe mushroom-based toys and living art mediums for all ages.

    Done by:

    TEO SZE JIA, ANISHA SINGH LE SHUANG, STEPHANIE SEOW XI HUI, BENJAMIN LIM EN HOW, BENJAMIN LIM SHANG ZHI, PAN ZISHAN

  • Our team aims to leverage the user base of our Telegram bot and convert them to paying users through an educational mobile app that will allow access to interactive educational videos and articles to the specific syllabi in Singapore – at the Primary, Secondary and Pre-University levels – to understand the same concepts and ideas from a whole new angle.

    Done by:

    MAX KOH JUNRAN, PRAVEEN S/O RAJESH, VICTORIA YONG, CAREY LAI, TAN PECK KEE

  • TBO aims to develop a software which uses human behavioural data and machine learning to simulate user experience and optimize spatial design.

    Done by:

    JOVIN LIM JING KAI, VALENT TAN WEI REN, SHERYL MAH YING YING, SHARMAYNE LIM ZHIYU, WU XIN YUN, ANDARAMANAGE CHARINI AMANDA JINADASA

  • WasteNot's goal is to increase the percentage of 3D printed wastes to be recycled in SUTD and at the same time, promote the consumption of recycled products that customers would want to use - in hopes of extending the lifetime of the PLA plastic.

    Done by:

    CHAN YAN LING, LIN XIAOYU, HOU BOWEN, KENNETH HENG, SOH WEI SI

20/21

  • Team ABC’s invention ‘Remoree’ is a personalised ergonomic chair which investigates the user’s ergonomic requirements and guides the user on how to customise it to achieve their optimal sitting experience.

    EMIL GOH, TIMOTHY STUART NG WEI WEN, DANIEL TANG JU QIAN, WONG YI XUAN, KWANG KAI JIE, SEE TOW JO WEE, YEOH JIA ER

  • Curest aims to provide an intervention that helps sufferers track and relieve their migraines easily. This is done in part to help health practitioners identify triggers quicker in order to provide more targeted treatment, ultimately improving the quality of life of sufferers.

    ADAM IDRIS LIM WEI, VIJAY KEVIN SOLOMON, NICOLE SIM FANG SING, SEE CHIN CHEN EUGENE, MRIDULA RATHEESH THEKKEDATH

  • ReVitalise focuses on muscle injury prevention using data analysis. We aim to let users, physicians and trainers understand the limits of the body and improve the performance of the athletes. We aim to create a working system and a reliable model of our product before the end of our project.

    KINGSLEY TAY, DECLAN NG, ALYSIA CHAI, BRANDON YEO, WONG YONG XIANG, TAN HUI XIN

  • Team STIG endeavours to create a new robotic platform to automate the yet unautomated task of seat-track inspection, with possible extensions into rolling out a fleet of such robots.

    TAN WEIHENG, ONG JIN YANG BRANDON, SIM HONG KAI AMOS, TAY JIA WEI, CORNELIUS YAP, BRYAN KONG SHIN FAI, RYAN SACATANI

  • Agora Sports aims to grow the sports scene in Singapore and promote an active lifestyle among all Singaporean youths by sparking their interest in sports and introducing them in an interactive and convenient way. All this is done through a comprehensive platform which cultivates interest in sports and provides an interactive solution for users to pick up the basic rules and gameplay of various sports.

    JEREMY NG KAH JUN, LIM JIE HAN, JOEL, MEGAN CHOR XIN YI, TAY KIAT HONG, TEO SIANG CHUAN DANIEL, WILBERT ARISTO GUNTORO, WONG JING YI

  • Aurient seeks to enhance social integration of new employees by creating human-driven, human-centric onboarding experiences, facilitated and accelerated by Artificial Intelligence. Lora, the name of our product, will be a chat-based application that helps to onboard new hires and spark social interaction by creating conversations amongst the team.

    SON SOO HAN, LOW EN, DARYLL WONG, PHILIP WEE, STEPHEN ALVIN

  • Scratchbac is a platform that allows users to requests or offers help/resources to the people around them; imagine having a personal PA system with you everywhere you go. Imagine having the ability to get help from the people immediately around you.

    Our objective is to support social mobility and develop individual opportunities. We hope to achieve this by strengthening private initiatives and peer-to-peer responsibilities. In other words, Scratchbac’s mission is to privatize social welfare through a peer-to-peer market model.

    NEO THENG TAT, KENJI LING CHANG LING, EVANGELINE LIM, JORDAN TAY, RYAN YIP, YANG AO BO, KUA YI JIE ISAAC

  • SAVR is a Mobile Application that uses AI/ML Algorithms to track spending progress on different credit cards a user owns in order to recommend the best card for purchases in different categories to help users achieve the rebates and cashback that they deserve.

    EREMUS SOH, DOUGLAS POH, MATTHEW WONG, JESSICA DAVINIA, HANSING JUNITRA

19/20

  • Proccoli is a SaaS (software as a service) e-procurement tool for the facilities management (FM) industry to make procurement processes efficient, transparent and integrated.

    WANG WEI LIANG, KOE JIA YEE, CHONG YU KAI, ZHOU ENNA, TAN JIN YAN, LOW WEI LEONG LUCUS

  • Sourcebite, a platform for food ingredients, will solve these issues by automatically matching the current conditions of the supply and the conditions that clients can accept. This makes the purchasing process more efficient and effective, allowing manpower to be redistributed elsewhere.

    LIN WANYUAN, DONG YUAN JIA, JOEL TAN, KOK HUA JIE, ADDISON CHEW JUN WEI, TAN JUN HUI AUGUSTINE, SONG ZHI GUO ZACHERY

  • MoBlocks is a set of Architecture STEM building blocks, targeted at Preschool-Kindergarten Education.

    PENG MAOYU, SOH JUN XIAN, SHEEQAL RUKIRSOR, NICHOLAS WITJAKSONO, NIGEL CHAN TERNG TSENG

  • Decentralized microgrids for energy sustainability.

    BRYAN PHANG, CHLOE ZHENG, YI XUAN, THIANG WAN TERNG, AVE

  • A smart system to detect spoilt streetlights and create a faster and simpler way of changing lights using electromagnets.

    TOH JIA PEI, CHIEW JIA HUI, HAN ZHONG KWANG, JAMES KUSUMA DEWA HALIM, SHAO GUANBO

18/19

  • A fully automate the bubble tea preparation process, integrating it into an “Automated Brewery” that accepts both pre-orders and live- orders for proprietary recipes of Bubble Tea.

    CHERYL CHAN, GABRIEL WONG, KADY HO, TZE HOW LEE, YOS YOHANNES, YUSTYNN PANICKER

  • Myme.ai is designing the factory of the future. We’re building technology that allows workers to train robots by mimicking human actions, all without a single line of code.

    WONG ZHENG XUN CHARLES, ARAVIND SATKUNASINGAM KANDIAH, HO JIE RUI CANNETH, KESHIGEYAN CHANDRASEGARAN, REUBEN WANG, RONG WEN, JUDITH LIM LI JUAN

  • Valte-X is a smart, cross-platform virtual pet aimed to establish close rapport with you unlike other virtual pet games and simulations.

    LIM YUET TUNG, RAY CHENG CHERN XI, FOO LIN GENG, TRACY YEE ENYING, LIM KEN JYI, CHOO HAN YE

  • Smart anomaly detection and defence for IoT networks

    BHARAT ATUL DESAI, ISAAC NG YI MING, YAN YA XIN, MAO LI YAN, WANG NIAN YU, JOHN CHAN KARR ONN

  • Fantasy GG is an e-sport platform for mobile games and the goal of this project is to be the premiere fantasy league provider for esports in South East Asia.

    TEO KAI XIANG, CHEN KAI ZHANG BRIAN, WOONG WEN TAT, CHERIA WIDAYANTO, ANDREW TAY WEI QUAN, CHEN HUI HUI, LOU ZHI QI

17/18

  • Democratizing the augmenting of reality

    SANJAY PUSHPARAJAN, MELISSA MAK, TEO SI-YAN, SURESHKUMAR VIVEK KALYAN, TAI HONG WEN, MONICA NATHALIA`Democratizing the augmenting of reality

    SANJAY PUSHPARAJAN, MELISSA MAK, TEO SI-YAN, SURESHKUMAR VIVEK KALYAN, TAI HONG WEN, MONICA NATHALIA`

  • Last mile logistics.

    MANDIA JOAQUIN INIGO MANAS, CHOO JIA HUI, PAMMELA NG, NGUYEN THE HUNG STANLEY, CHUA TZE CHONG, LOH YI LIN

  • Electrically powered grids network and modular partitions panels.

    XING BO, ONG WEI TONG, SNG EI JIA, QUEK WEN JIA MARCUS, TAN YONG JUN DANIEL

16/17

  • One-Stop customer service platform

    ZHAO JUAN, WANG SIYUAN, KEVIN ONGKOWIJAYA, GAO XIONGYI, NG JIONGHAN

  • Collaborative e-annotation tool for education

    HUANG JING JIE, JOEL ANG, SEET YU FEI, AMOS CHOO ZHONG SHENG

  • A smart helmet aiming to improve motorcyclist safety

    DARREN KOH, DYLAN TAN, LIM QUN, YI SHU, KEITH CHIA, MUHAMMAD HAFIZ

  • A retrofitted motorized wheelchair unit

    KIMBERLYN TJIPTO, CHUA RUI DE, FOO ZHI CHUEN, NG WEI QUAN, EUGENE MENG

15/16

  • A smart document classifier that allows companies to digitise and manage their content, saving time and improving utility.

    GOH JIA HAO (ISTD), PEH QIN CHENG (ISTD), TAN WEI, JUN BENJAMIN (ESD), YAK JUN XIANG (ISTD)

  • Zaibike is a community-based smart bicycle sharing system that aims to make short distance commutes easy and efficient, and provide a platform to optimise the existing urban infrastructure.

    TEAM EPAS: KELLY KUO KAI LI (EPD), LEE LI ZHEN (EPD), ONG YONG, SIANG (ASD), TAN CHANG TAT (EPD) TEAM ISES: CHOK XIN LIN (ESD), LEE JUN XIANG (ISTD), LIAO XIAO XUE (ESD), PORNTHIP SAE-CHONG (ISTD), TEE MAY YING (ISTD)

  • A mobile platform that enables anyone to help those in their community by providing services and earning additional income without deviating from their schedules at their own convenience.

    HOONG YONG WEN, BENJAMIN (ASD), LAM YUN EN (ESD), LEE ZI SHAN (ISTD), LIN XUE HAN (ESD), NG ZI KAI (ESD), THE JUN HAO (EPD)

  • The World’s most portable hand trolley

    KIMBERLYN TJIPTO, CHUA RUI DE, FOO ZHI CHUEN, NG WEI QUAN, EUGENE MENG

FAQs

  • Yes, we welcome all aspiring founders.

  • Most of our programmes require that you have an idea of the problem you want to address.

    You can choose to join with a pre-formed team, or find like-minded teammates during the programme. We have had many participants who met their teammates during the programme as well!

  • Typically between 12 to 14 weeks. Apart from attending the workshops, you may be expected to complete assignments outside of class (e.g., interviewing customers, preparing pitches and actively consulting your mentor)

    As our programmes are designed to take you from zero-to-one in the most efficient way, we encourage you to follow through the full course of the programme. We understand if you have one-off commitments which might affect your attendance, but do make time if you are signing up.

    We also have a short introductory programme and one-off events for you to take that first step!

  • Our programmes are friendly for all participants and we are excited to witness your development, so you do not have to worry!

    Concerned about your commitment? We have a short introductory programme and one-off events for you to take that first step!

  • We will generally absorb the cost for you, but you are subject to meeting eligibility conditions and shortlisting by a panel.

  • Entrepreneurship Capstone:

    • Curated workshops providing all the tools you need to start up.

    • Mentorship to refine your business and technical development.

    • Network with ecosystem players to expand your business horizon.

  • On top of the newly gained knowledge, inspiration and relationships built with like-minded participants, you can expect to develop a market-ready product / business model.

  • The market becomes your playground; tap onto SUTD to access a whole suite of support, including:

    • Incubation Spaces

    • Mentorship

    • Grant Access

    • Curated events and programmes for alumnus

  • Yes, you will be accorded credits for programmes that are part of academic requirements in line with the guidelines of the Office of Education.

  • We do not take take equity from teams and start-ups who join our programmes.