Our Sarawak winner was Ravenry, a company that wants to connect researchers and companies needing information

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When e27 started the TOP100 competition this year, the goal was to find the best young startups Asia has to offer. While this means it is important to visit hubs like Seoul, Bangkok and Jakarta it is equally important to visit the less famous locations.

Startups can come out of anywhere, and one such place is Sarawak, in the Malaysia portion of Borneo. This year’s TOP100 competition proved this statement true as six startups qualified to compete for the overall championship at Echelon Asia Summit 2019.

This year’s winner was Ravenry, a startup that wants to make it easier for regular people to connect with quality researchers.

The pain-point Ravenry is trying to solve is that when an individual or company performs a general search for useful information, it is often inadequate or overly broad. So, the startup wants to become a matching service for the supply and demand side of the industry.

Users send research requests to Ravenry, where the team connects their requests to relevant researchers who provide results within a 48 hour window.

As the winner, Ravenry will be presented with a free booth at e27’s Echelon Asia Summit from May 23-24, 2019. But while they have won the battle, the war is not over. At Echelon, they will be but one of many competitors pitching for over S$100,000 worth of prizes.

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TOP100 is not completely over! We still have one more online pitching competition that will feature startups from places we could not visit this year — including Japan, India and Bangladesh.

The qualifiers

Five other startups have qualified for TOP100 in Singapore!

They qualify for discounted rates for Exhibition booth space in the TOP100 Zone at Echelon Asia Summit 2019 (Offer ends by end of the event day).

Once a qualified startup has purchased the TOP100 booth, they are then also entitled to:

  • A Pitching slot on the TOP100 stage on day 1 of Echelon
  • Intimate investor meetings and inclusion to Corporate business matching
  • 5 Starter Tickets to Echelon Asia Summit
  • Access to the TOP100 Tour in Singapore

The qualifiers are as follows:

  • Trasso
  • Sixteen Resources & Consultancy
  • HQ EZFOOD DELIVERY
  • E POST WORLDWIDE
  • Solaku

See you in Singapore!

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