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Korea IT Cooperation Center, NIPA and Plug and Play Host K-Global @ Singapore ICT Growth Demo Day to Connect Korean Startups with Southeast Asia Market

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SINGAPORE, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Korea IT Cooperation Center (KICC) Singapore, which serves as National IT Industry Promotion Agency’s (NIPA) strategic hub for promoting business opportunities between Korea and ASEAN countries in the ICT industry, and Plug and Play, a global innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley, are proud to announce the upcoming K-Global @ Singapore ICT Growth Demo Day in Singapore to connect Korean Startups with the Southeast Asian market.

The event will showcase groundbreaking ICT solutions developed by 10 selected Korean Startups as part of KICC’s initiative to foster global partnerships and drive technological advancement. Together with Plug and Play’s expertise in fostering startup ecosystems, this event will be a unique opportunity for attendees to witness firsthand the latest advancements and collaborative potential between Korea and Singapore.

Through this initiative, we’ve seen the great potential for collaboration between Korea and Southeast Asia, and we remain committed to fostering more opportunities like this to strengthen and expand cross-border partnerships, said Sung Wook Hur, President of National IT Industry Promotion Agency.

The Demo Day will feature presentations from a select group of promising Korean startups, each showcasing their ICT solutions spanning various sectors including sustainability, health, energy, logistics, cybersecurity, and more. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with these startups, explore partnership possibilities, and gain insights into emerging technology trends.

Featured Startups: 

AETECH
www.aetech.co.kr
AETECH is a waste management startup specializing in waste sorting solutions. Their innovative technologies include Atron, an AI sorting robot, and airo-MRF, an unmanned AI robot material recovery facility. 

DolbomDream
https://en.dolbomdream.com/
DolbomDream is a mental healthcare startup that collects data with wearable devices and provided health care guides. 

Enki WhiteHat
www.enki.co.kr
ENKI WhiteHat is a specialized offensive security company that proactively responds to cyber threats from a hacker’s perspective. We provide offensive cybersecurity solutions in a SaaS model, including OFFen-PTaaS (Penetration Testing as a Service), OFFen-ASM (Attack Surface Management), OFFen-CR (Cyber Range), and OFFen-TI (Threat Intelligence).

Inka Entworks
www.inka.co.kr
INKA Entworks is a global leader in content security and mobile app security. Through its flagship products, PallyCon and AppSealing, the company provides robust multi-DRM, anti-piracy solutions, and advanced mobile app security to protect OTT platforms, BFSI, E-commerce, and live streaming content. These solutions help businesses ensure secure content delivery and app integrity across all digital environments.

Muzlive
www.kitbetter.com
Muzlive provides a new physical music format called the KiTalbum, making music albums compatible with all smart devices. To date, KiTalbum has been released in over 1,000 titles, sold 9 million copies, and is used in more than 200 countries. We have collaborated with top artists like Seventeen, Blackpink, NCT, Snoop Dogg, and Jason Mraz, and also offer an on-demand PHYGITAL platform, KiTbetter.com, allowing artists to create KiTalbum at no cost through an automated production system.

QUVE
https://www.nexwaysusa.com/
QUVE remotely provides AI-driven design and manufacturing services to dental clinics and dental labs. Through this, we intend to provide digital dental services around the world and further implement one-day care dentistry. 

Saesol Tech
www.saesol.tech
Saesol Tech is a V2X all-in-one security solution provider for fully autonomous driving and mobility to save lives and happiness. We prevent accidents on the road with V2X technologies and solutions including security module, PKI server, misbehavior detection, PKI conformance testing and cryptographic verification module. We are actively partnering with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to bring these solutions to life. 

Stratio Technology
www.stratiotechnology.com
STRATIO, INC. (STRATIO) was founded in 2013 as the culmination of a decade of work done at Stanford University. We are committed to bring infrared vision to the mass market through our new image sensor structure & deep know how knowledge in Germanium (Ge) based nanofabrication processing.

Willog
www.willog.io
Willog is a real time supply chain monitoring solution startup. Combined with hardware sensing iOT devices along with Software platform, we help our BIO customer to fully transparent their sensitive medical shipments information by capturing crucial parameters like temperature, humidity, geo-location in the land and ocean transportation.

The Carbon Studio
www.thecarbon.studio 
The Carbon Studio pioneers advanced carbon nanomaterials for PEM fuel cells and water electrolysis, critical to realizing a sustainable hydrogen society. With cutting-edge nano technology, they aim to revolutionize clean energy by producing high-performance materials essential for hydrogen generation and fuel cell efficiency.

Event Details:

K-Global @ Singapore: ICT Growth Demo Day
Date: 18/11/24Location: Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl, Singapore 179555, Level 2, River Room and River TerraceTime: 2:30 PM – 7:00 PM SGT

Interested attendees can register for the event through this link.

About Korea IT Cooperation Center (KICC) Singapore

Opened in 2014, KICC (Korea IT Cooperation Center) Singapore serves as NIPA’s (National IT Industry Promotion Agency) strategic hub for promoting business opportunities between Korea and ASEAN countries in the ICT industry. KICC Singapore offers a range of solutions and programmes to help Korean IT companies expand and grow in ASEAN and Oceania, harness and leverage Korean technologies, and drive ASEAN’s digital revolution.

Find more information about Korea IT Cooperation Center (KICC) Singapore visit kicc.sg 

About Plug and Play

Plug and Play is a global innovation platform. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we have built accelerator programs, corporate innovation services and an in-house VC to make technological advancement progress faster than ever before. Since inception in 2006, our programs have expanded worldwide to include a presence in over 60 locations globally, giving startups the necessary resources to succeed in Silicon Valley and beyond. With over 80,000 startups and 620 official corporate partners, we have created the ultimate startup ecosystem in many industries. We provide active investments with 200 leading Silicon Valley VCs, and host more than 700 networking events per year. Companies in our community have raised over $12 billion in funding, with successful portfolio exits including Danger, Dropbox, Lending Club and PayPal.

Our Asia Pacific headquarters was launched in Singapore in 2010 and we have since expanded into Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Since then we have invested in more than 100 startups and have collaborated with various governments as well as multinational and regional corporations to multiply their innovation efforts through initiatives such as industry-specific accelerator programs.

For more information visit www.plugandplayapac.com

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Stryker launches next generation of SurgiCount+ to help improve the standard of care in hospitals for sponge management and blood loss assessment

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PORTAGE, Mich., USA, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stryker (NYSE:SYK), a global leader in medical technologies, announced its launch of the next generation of SurgiCount+ within its sponge management portfolio. Now integrated with Stryker’s Triton technology, SurgiCount+ addresses two key challenges: retained surgical sponges and blood loss assessment. Integrating these previously separate digital solutions provides the added benefit of a more efficient, streamlined workflow for hospitals.

Maternal mortality has been rising in the U.S. for decades,1 with approximately 50,000 cases of severe maternal morbidity occurring each year.2 Notably, 70% of pregnancy-related deaths due to hemorrhage are preventable.3 Stryker’s Triton software includes AI technology that can differentiate blood from other fluids and a Bluetooth scale that batch weighs blood-soaked items to help assess blood loss. This provides hospital staff with real-time information to help coordinate the clinical team’s hemorrhage response and make informed patient care decisions.

Surgical sponges continue to be the number one retained surgical item with 88% of retained surgical items occurring with a false correct count.4 For nurses trying to locate a missing sponge in the operating room (OR), that can take up to 10 minutes on average.5 Stryker’s SurgiCount+ software helps address these problems by featuring a wireless reader that counts, tracks and locates surgical sponges in the OR. RFID-tagged sponges enable unique identification, eliminating false-correct duplicate or unknown counts.

“We are committed to helping keep caregivers and patients safe from harm,” said Brandon Jominy, vice president and general manager of Stryker’s Surgical Technologies business. “Integrating our SurgiCount+ and Triton technologies on one platform will set a new industry standard for quantifying blood loss and continuing to help reduce retained surgical sponges in the OR.”

Additionally, recent studies show that nurse burnout is affecting more than half of all U.S. nurses.6 By integrating these two technologies into one solution, it provides additional benefits to hospitals and staff which includes:

Helping save time by standardizing clinical protocols for chartingSimplifying workflows and aggregating case data with backend dataHelping reduce manual data entry errors through real-time EMR integrationTracking and communicating patient information with one seamless workflow

For more information about Stryker’s SurgiCount+ integrated with Triton please visit safeor.com/products/surgicount-triton.

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com.

Media contact
Beth Sizemore
Sr. Director, Strategic Communications
beth.sizemore@stryker.com

 

1. Hoyert DL. Maternal mortality rates in the United States, 2021. NCHS Health E-Stats. 2023. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:124678

2. Callaghan, W.M., Creanga, A.A. and Kuklina, E.V. (2012) “Severe maternal morbidity among delivery and postpartum hospitalizations in the United States,” Obstetrics & Gynecology,120(5), pp. 1029–1036. doi:10.1097/aog.0b013e31826d60c5.

3. Building U.S. Capacity to Review and Prevent Maternal Deaths. (2018). Report from nine maternal mortality review committees. https://www.cdcfoundation.org/sites/default/files/files/ReportfromNineMMRCs.pdf

4. Gawande, A. A., Studdert, D. M., Orav, E. J., Brennan, T. A., & Zinner, M. J. (2003). Risk factors for retained instruments and sponges after surgery. The New England Journal of Medicine, 348(3), 229–235. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsa021721 

5. Double-blinded survey of 154 Operating Room Nurses from 154 different facilities across the United States. Data on file internally. Conducted August 2020.

6. Rotenstein, L.S., Brown, R., Sinsky, C. et al. The Association of Work Overload with Burnout and Intent to Leave the Job Across the Healthcare Workforce During COVID-19. J GEN INTERN MED 38, 1920–1927 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08153-z

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14,000 Consumers Weigh In: Kearney Consumer Institute Releases Keeping Up with the Consumer – New Report Identifies Key Tension Points Informing Consumer Choices, Brand Selection, and What’s Behind “Unpredictable” Consumer Behavior

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Brands are pumping out more choices than consumers need or want.Consumers streamline their needs spending to enable discretionary spend.Brands and retailers need to revert to EQ and great merchandising.

CHICAGO, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Kearney Consumer Institute (KCI), an internal think tank of global strategy and management consultancy Kearney, today released a consumer research report that upends much of the conventional wisdom around brand proliferation, over-reliance on data, and consumer choices. Based on survey data from 14,000 consumers across the US, Europe, and APAC, Keeping Up with the Consumer examines buyers’ unpredictable, seemingly quixotic behaviors, identifies the underlying tension points that explain them, and concludes that brands are massively under-accounting for the human element that drives purchase decisions.

“Brands have more data than ever about consumer demographics, behavior, spending, and opinions. But we still often categorize consumer behavior as ‘unpredictable.’ To understand why, our research found three key consumer tensions that help explain this behavior,” notes KCI lead Katie Thomas. “As options and access grow, consumers’ lives are only getting more complicated. Sometimes we get lost in one side of a narrative, without realizing the strain it puts on consumers.” The research identified the following three friction points:

Options vs. overload: Consumers seem to expect a product that suits each type of skin, diet, or fitness need. Yet, in many major categories, most consumers believe there’s already plenty to choose from—if not too much.

Curation vs. control: Two out of three consumers say they like making all their decisions themselves. But it’s logical that consumers want (and need) some level of curation to make sense of all their options.

Facts vs. feelings: Consumers want to “do their own research” (and they trust themselves more than they trust brands and institutions), but have limited reserves of time, energy, and motivation.

Keeping Up with the Consumer explores consumer shifts since 2016, when the KCI released The Future Consumer. Then, brands were focusing on the power of influence, a socially driven approach centered on “authenticity.” However, as the “influence” approach became more common, it lost some appeal and started to feel less authentic. Meantime, dramatic changes to the consumer landscape—from COVID-19 to political unrest to the emergence of new social media and shopping platforms—helped consolidate this massive shift.

The research suggests that retailers and brands aren’t striking the right balance between facts versus feelings, curation versus control, and too many choices. Noted Thomas, “When retailers and brands balance the tension, applying emotional intelligence and great merchandising, they will better navigate the mindset of the future consumer to address their needs.”

“Here, we see the push–pull between consumers and brands,” Thomas says. “Sometimes brands should lead consumers forward; but sometimes, the better choice is following consumer behavior. The key is understanding the complex, nuanced, and sometimes unexpected tensions that will crop up next.”

Read the full report by clicking this link.

For more information, or to schedule an interview with Katie Thomas or receive a copy of the Keeping Up with the Consumer report, please contact:

MKPR/Meir Kahtan
+1 917-864-0800
mkahtan@rcn.com

About the Kearney Consumer Institute

The Kearney Consumer Institute (KCI) perspective. By leveraging consumer behavior data and insights, the KCI helps generate conversation, and ultimately action, around how to address consumer needs with meaningful benefits.

Using a consumer-first lens the KCI looks at today’s consumer revolution not by thinking about consumers, but by thinking like consumers. Our consumer-centric approach includes simple, precise, plain-language conversations on topics like trends, consumer communities, convenience, loyalty, service, fair pricing, and product development and technologies.

About Kearney
Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm. For nearly 100 years, we have been a trusted advisor to C-suites, government bodies, and nonprofit organizations. Our people make us who we are. Driven to be the difference between a big idea and making it happen, we work alongside our clients to regenerate their businesses to create a future that works for everyone. www.kearney.com

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GovInvest Reports Triple-Digit Quarterly Growth Fueled by New Customer Wins and Industry Recognition

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — GovInvest, the pioneer of compensation analytics technology for government agencies, is celebrating a record third quarter in 2024, marked by significant new customer growth, regional expansion, and industry recognition. Over the past quarter (July-September 2024), GovInvest achieved an impressive 125% quarter-over-quarter increase driven by new client partnerships and strengthened relationships with existing customers through expanded solutions.

With its comprehensive suite of labor costing, budgeting, and compensation analytics solutions, GovInvest empowers public sector organizations to streamline operations, bridge the gap between HR and finance, and make smarter workforce decisions. By providing real-time, data-driven insights, the platform helps agencies attract top talent, optimize budgets, and improve employee satisfaction—critical advantages during today’s labor crisis.

Nationwide Customer Growth
Q3 2024 client wins and expansions included new deals in California, Georgia, Ohio, Rhode Island, Iowa, Texas, and Washington. These recent additions highlight GovInvest’s continued momentum in its core California market, where cities like San Bernardino, Beverly Hills, and San Marcos have deepened their use of GovInvest solutions. At the same time, the company is experiencing significant geographic growth, with new clients across diverse regions such as Georgia, Texas, and Washington, demonstrating its expanding national footprint and ability to address the labor costing and budgeting needs of government agencies nationwide.

“We’re excited to see such strong customer growth this past quarter in every geographic market, particularly in the southeast and pacific northwest,” said Michael Fryke, CEO of GovInvest. “This expansion underscores the trust that public sector agencies have in GovInvest’s ability to deliver powerful, data-driven solutions that address their labor costing and budgeting needs. We’re proud to partner with these organizations as they tackle today’s workforce challenges and plan for future success.”

Industry Recognition and Strategic Partnerships
GovInvest’s industry recognition further solidified its leadership in the government services sector. The company was named to the 2024 Inc. 5000 list, ranking 95th in the Government Services sector. This prestigious recognition honors the fastest-growing private companies in America and highlights GovInvest’s rapid growth even amid inflationary pressures and labor market challenges.

“We are deeply humbled by the opportunity to not only make the Inc. 5000 list but to have earned a position within the top 100 Government Services companies,” said Michael Fryke, CEO of GovInvest. “Our success is driven by the dedication of our customers and team, who work tirelessly to provide cutting-edge solutions to help governments make smarter, data-driven workforce decisions.”

In addition, GovInvest announced a strategic partnership with CPS HR Consulting, designed to deliver advanced, technology-driven solutions for compensation consulting. This collaboration further positions GovInvest as a leader in the government services sector, enhancing its value proposition for public sector agencies seeking smarter workforce strategies.

Strengthening Industry Ties
GovInvest’s involvement in key industry events continued to drive its momentum in Q3 2024, including being selected as a sponsor for the PSHRA (Public Sector HR Association) Annual Conference in September. GovInvest showcased its commitment to supporting human resource and public sector professionals with ongoing education and technological innovation.

Customer Webinars Resonating with Agencies
GovInvest’s client webinars also gained traction, with a particular focus on labor costing and workforce planning in the face of inflation and wage compression. The “Effective Labor Negotiations in an Era of Union Empowerment” webinar, featuring Chris Moses, Director of Human Resources for the City of Columbus, OH, provided public agencies with actionable insights into navigating today’s complex labor landscape with GovInvest’s tools. The session resonated with many participants, reinforcing GovInvest’s position as a thought leader in the government analytics space.

“With GovInvest, we’re able to show the unions exactly where we stand financially, making negotiations more transparent,” Moses said. “The trust that we’ve built through these accurate, real-time projections has been invaluable.”

Looking Ahead
As GovInvest looks ahead to continued growth, the company remains dedicated to providing the most advanced labor costing and compensation solutions for government agencies across the country. With a strong foundation of customer success and industry recognition, GovInvest is poised to drive further innovation and transformation in the public sector.

About GovInvest
Founded in 2014, GovInvest empowers over 1,000 public sector agencies nationwide to run their own labor, compensation, and benefits analysis at a fraction of the cost and time through powerful software solutions and hands-on consulting. With a commitment to transparency, efficiency, and equity, GovInvest empowers government leaders to make data-driven decisions, attract top talent, and enhance the effectiveness of their operations. To learn more, visit www.govinvest.com.

CONTACT: Christen Clegg, christen@govinvest.com

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