Shell StartUp Engine
The Shell StartUp Engine is a global innovation programme for early to mid-stage energy start-ups looking to develop their capabilities and power business growth within the smart, clean energy landscape.
Our aim is to deliver more and cleaner energy solutions to help meet Singapore and Asia’s growing needs. Leading this transition to a low carbon future, Shell Startup Engine’s objective is to help grow and stimulate the smart, clean energy startup ecosystem in Singapore, creating value for both entrepreneurs and the society.
What can Shell StartUp Engine offer you?
A three-month programme that can help you to build the expertise you need and connect you to a wider community, in order to better position your startup for success:
Gain insights about the energy sector through curated sessions, and access a global network of opportunities, including access to unique resources
Build up your start-up capacity via tailored workshops.
Engage directly with representatives from Shell, external industry experts that can help you to frame your start-up’s value proposition
Connect to a wider community of mentors, subject matter experts, community of energy start-ups, industry network of corporates, investors, academia and government agencies etc.
Showcase your start-up at highly relevant platforms and build up your credibility needed to build trust with customers, partners and investors globally
Seize opportunities to meet and pitch to potential investors and industry audience, with potential chance to secure post-programme funding from programme partner, Energy Market Authority (EMA)
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Find out how what we’re looking for
Meet the start-ups who graduated from our programme
Shell Start-Up Engine was previously known as Shell IdeaRefinery
Check out our 2020 start-up cohort
Clean energy start-ups benefitting through the expertise of Shell StartUp Engine.
Feel the experience from the previous programme
Shell IdeaRefinery Cohort 3 | Testimonial Video
Title: Shell IdeaRefinery Cohort 3
Duration: 4 minute 14 seconds
Description:
Montage video on the Shell IdeaRefinery Cohort 3 events that the startups participate in, and their innovations relating to energy.
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Shell IdeaRefinery Banner
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3 months, 7 startups, more than 20 mentors, and the challenge of energy sector transition.
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Group of audience on Demo Day
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Mentor talking with others during Masterclass
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Female Presentation
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Shell IdeaRefinery Cohort 3
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Shell IdeaRefinery is a programme that supports energy entrepreneurs to power progress together and to tackle global and local energy challenges.
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Panel speaking during SIEW Showcase
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A man interacting with guest
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Two men looking at iPad
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Female Presenting and talking
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Female speaking and gesturing
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Female interview
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Shell is committed to innovation and partnership to create more and cleaner energy solutions for the future.
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Man standing amongst people speaking
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I think energy transition would require a lot of innovative ideas and solutions. EMA is very very happy to partner Shell in incubating and growing the next generation of startups.
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Man listening
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Man interacting with EMA Representative
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Aw Kah Peng interacting with EMA Representative
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Male Interview
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Woman looking up
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Today we will be featuring for you energy innovation made in Singapore.
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Man presenting
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Female presenting and talking
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After all the training that we have gone through so far, I think we are ready and I feel really excited to tell everyone about what we have.
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Man speaking
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Man teaching
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Two men interacting
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Male Interview
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Two men interacting at SWITCH
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Text Display: Anzene
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Micro mobility has the potential to take over the first and last mile transportation in mega cities of the future. There is a need to reduce congestion and pollution in these cities. We offer a smart charging and swapping system for batteries for micro-mobility.
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Male Presenting
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Scooter and battery innovation
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Male Presenting
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Battery innovation
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Close-Up battery innovation
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Man putting battery innovation into scooter
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Text Display: Pylon City
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Pylon City aims to decentralise the way that we generate and use power. It means an individual decentralised power source that you can put at any building, and you will be able to track and use the clean electricity at that- place.
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Male Interview
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Solar panels on top of a building
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Man walking towards car
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Man using app on phone
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Statistics on computer screen
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Text Display: Augmenteed
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Our goal is to help technicians in industrial context, to be guided through complex procedures in augmented reality. But our vision is bigger, we want to digitize as well all those industrials which are still working with pen and paper.
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Man using iPad at pump room
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Man using his innovation on iPad
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Man using iPad to scan the pipe
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Male presenting
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Text Display: Teale
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In Singapore, there are dozens of people working behind the stage to maintain own ways of equipment training to supply air-conditioning across hot building.
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Male using computer
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Male interview
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So, if you don’t understand your facility, you cannot optimize it. This is why at Teale, our approach is to use digital technologies for energy management.
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Male presenting
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Cables plugged into innovation
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Male inserting cable into device
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Male inserting cable into another device
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Statistics on computer
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Text Display: NewGen Gas
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What if, we could handle natural gas, like we store, we can hold ice in our hands.
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Male presenting
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Male holding solidified natural gas
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Two men using machine
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Our innovation is solidified natural gas. Our process is designed to enable energy security for all our customers, to safely store natural gas at a economically viable price.
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Man looking at machine
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Solidified Natural Gas being produced
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Solidified Natural Gas being burnt
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Male interview
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Text Display: EcoWorth Tech
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So, EcoWorth tech is a Singapore based clean tech start-up focusing on waste water treatment. And here’s where we come in with our super absorbent sponge technology, that we call the carbon fibre aerogel.
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Male interview
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Carbon Fibre Aerogel soaking up oil contamination
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Carbon Fibre Aerogel and another sponge soaking up oil contamination comparison
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Carbon Fibre Aerogel in water
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Man squeezing oil out of the Carbon Fibre Aerogel
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We’re eliminating oil contamination via turning waste into worth.
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Oil being squeezed out of the Carbon Fibre Aerogel
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Male presenting
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Text Display: Mesotope
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There are always more needs to figure out how to keep that energy for longer term and how to make it more compact, more light. At Mesotope, we innovate for energy efficiency, we make material for better energy storage.
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Innovation products
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Used batteries
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Innovation waste materials
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Female Interview
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Male presenting to an audience on Demo Day
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Female interacting with guest
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Through the whole masterclasses and workshops that Shell has provided us with, it has really sharpened our pitch, to just really focus on one thing that has the most impact.
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Male interacting with guest
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Male Interview
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Close-Up Male Interview
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Male speaking
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The accelerator actually helped Augmenteed, to connect with the subject manner experts of Shell who are validating what we developed in order to know exactly how they could use and how it could be uhh.. useful for them.
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Panel speaking
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VIP talking to Male
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Three men interacting
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Male interview
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Aw Kah Peng talking to VIP
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We believe that we have to play a role in the energy transition
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Aw Kah Peng presenting
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Male listening
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The Shell IdeaRefinery is a great platform for us to connect with people who bring bright ideas, are passionate about energy transition and can add to the entire energy ecosystem in Singapore.
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Female interview
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Male interacting with guest
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Three people interacting
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Two men interacting
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Three men interacting
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Female presenting
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As more and more people move into cities, energy consumption will go up, how we generate electricity and how we use energy will become increasingly important. And we hope to use more technology and innovation to help enhance the way of living for a better future.
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Audience discussing
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Three people interacting
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Innovation shown on iPad
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Female interview
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So, are you ready to bring the energy efficiency of the future, today?
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Female presenting
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