Associates & Fellows
Aminur Rasyid
Artably
Chang Qingyang
ConcreteAI
Chia Hsin-Ee
Learning Vessels
Chong Ing Kai
Stick ‘Em
Chua Rui De
UnaBiz
Heng Li Seng
Green Nudge
David Hoe
YTL PowerSeraya
Kazel Koh
CyberLife AI
Julian Koo
Jaga-Me
Kuik Shiao-Yin
Common Ground Civic Centre & Consultancy
Debra Lim
And Pte Ltd
Lee Jin
Tictag.io
Lee Zi Xin
The Young SEAkers
Fitzkhoon Liang
Keppel Networks
Jan Lim
Participate in Design
Kenneth Lou
Mito Health
Jodie Monteiro
Ferticlay
M. Ibnur Rashad
GUILD
Ritchie Ng
Eastspring Investments
Oon Tian Sern
Acceset
Shahri Samsi
Shogun Fight Gym
Sim Zhi Min
Tsinghua University
Ellwyn Tan
BagoSphere
Kevin Tan
Tri Sector Associates
Shaun Tan
Inclus
Tan Ying Quan
Barramundi Group
Tan Zheng Wee, Sean
Insect Feed Technologhies
Suzanna Farid Tang
Urban Origins
Claire Teo
Methodist Welfare Services
Samantha Thian
Seastainable
Udayagiri Vishnu Saran
Invigilo Technologies
Vairavan Ramanathan
Project Enigma
Esther Wang
Asian Venture Philanthropy Network
Wang Junyong
ISS International Academy
Yeoh Wan Qing
Hatch
Yu Gao Fei
Exabloom
Radiah Zainal
Feeveo
Committee Members
Chee Yeow Meng
Member
Edwin Chow
Head
Selection
Sub-committee
Natasha Foong
Head
Mentoring
Sub-committee
Manohar Khiatani
Member
Koh Lin-Net
Chairman
Steering Committee
Kiren Kumar
Member
Debra Lam
Member
Lim Jui
Head
Events and
Networking
Sub-committee
Lisa Ooi
Member
Sim Zhi Min
Member
Tan Kai Hoe
Deputy Chairman
Steering Committee
Wang Junyong
Member
Mentors
Abel Ang
Group CEO,
Advanced MedTech Holdings
Aw Kah Peng
Chairman,
Shell Companies in Singapore
Lily Chan
Chief Executive & Vice Chancellor,
Wawasan Open University
Chong Siak Ching
CEO,
National Gallery Singapore
Edwin Chow
Vice President,
Industrials & New Ventures,
Accuron Technologies
Natasha Foong
Co-Founder,
Incuvest
Heng Teck Thai
Deputy CEO,
Building and Construction Authority, Singapore
Julian Ho
Partner,
Egon Zehnder
Manohar Khiatani
Senior Executive Director,
Capitaland Group
Khoo Seok Lin
Director,
Phos
Consultancy
Koh Lin-Net
Director,
Centre for Impact Investing and Practices Temasek Trust
Kiren Kumar
Deputy CEO,
Infocomm Media Development Authority
Adrian Lee
Director of Operations,
Asia Lendlease Asia Holdings
Lee Eng Keat
Head,
Group Strategy & Programs Office,
Singapore Post Ltd
Leong Wei Hung
Advisor,
Eezee
David Lim
Lim Jui
CEO,
SGInnovate
Suresh Natarajan
Principal,
ITE College Central
Bruce Poh
CEO,
ITE Education Services
Tan Kai Hoe
CEO & President,
Accuron Technologies
Chairman,
Singapore Red Cross Council
Sidney Yee
Advisor,
A*STAR Innovation and Enterprise
Yeoh Keat Chuan
CEO,
Temus
Elaine Yew
Senior Partner,
Egon Zehnder
Advisors
Aw Kah Peng
Chong Siak Ching
Khoo Seok Lin
Featured Project
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Middlescence Academy
The Middlescence Academy is a pioneering initiative aimed at elevating the proficiency of housing agents in senior living and housing. It provides agents with comprehensive training on the needs of seniors and the different stages of senior living. Beyond that, it strives to create a harmonious shared living space between homeowners and senior housemates.
Participate in Design
Participate in Design is a non-profit design organisation delivering consultancy and training services to facilitate the integration of community-based participatory processes into urban space design and planning. It promotes socially inclusive, just, and democratic approaches in design and planning practices to ensure local communities can inform and influence decisions that affect them.
Mito Health
Mito Health brings together medicine and technology to offer advanced health diagnostics with personalised health plans. It helps members identify health issues early and guides them into making the right changes. Its aim is to maximise not just the length, but the quality of one’s life.
Debra Lam
Debra Lam is an organisational development practitioner who focuses on improving organisational health in various sectors. Designing diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies, she also supports people and organisations in building more inclusive societies through awareness and innovative solutions. She previously co-founded a social enterprise that designs methodologies and platforms to promote the social inclusion of the disabled community.
GUILD
Through PYI, the Ground-Up Innovation Labs for Development (GUILD) has transformed from an invention studio to a learning consultancy. By empowering young innovators, GUILD has supported diverse projects, including the award-winning Floating Chinampa farming invention with L’Oreal, TECH TARIK scientific research seminars, the Youth Sustainability Champions Programme, the Remaking Paths career discovery programme for youth ex-offenders, and My Digital Bootcamp in partnership with UOB.
Barramundi Group
As the Head of Strategy, Corporate Affairs and Singapore Operations of Barramundi Group Ltd, Tan Ying Quan leads the group’s aqua-tech strategy in developing key technology areas such as selection breeding and genetics, vaccines, and aquaculture systems.
Shogun Fight Gym
Prioritising skill development, Shogun Fight Gym is dedicated to unlocking the full potential of its students, on and off the mat, regardless of age or ability. Shahri Samsi is a coach who believes that a person’s character and talent can be moulded and honed through training and guidance.
Joytingle
Joytingle is an award-winning health education company founded by Esther Wang, with products used by leading hospitals across 25 countries. Its well-known product is Rabbit Ray, a pioneering educational toy for children. Esther was awarded Forbes 30 under 30 in the category of ‘Healthcare and Technology’ and appeared on the cover (Forbes Asia, April 2018) as one of five featured honorees.
SS International Academy
Wang Junyong joined PYI with the goal of creating a positive impact through drumming. He eventually found his way to Cambodia, where he now manages ISS International Academy to provide quality education to middle-income children in the country.
UnaBiz
Chua Rui De developed a portable motorised add-on for wheelchairs. During the early stages of product and business development, his PYI mentor facilitated key connections to kick-start the project and to refine it to achieve product-market fit. Since then, he has continued to use the technology to improve the daily lives of people through his work in UnaBiz, a global massive IoT service provider and integrator.
Schools for The Future
Schools for The Future co-funded Kuik Shiao Yin’s first
systems-level intervention, bringing together key stakeholders from three different schools. Over six months, these stakeholders were trained on change leadership, a skill that helped them to introduce grounded changes in their respective schools.
Ritchie Ng
n collaboration with local hospitals, Ritchie Ng started off with a project that utilised AI in detecting lung nodules in X-ray scans and cancer in mammograms. An unrelated nationwide data leak affected this project, which was subsequently terminated. Since then, Ritchie has pivoted to harnessing AI in the financial sector, assisting individuals in their financial well-being.
BagoSphere
BagoSphere creates pre-employment and employee onboarding programmes that empower talents to secure frontline entry-level jobs by building up their skills and confidence. Since 2013, it has trained over 7,000 individuals, of which more than 80% became successfully employed, and expanded their reach from the call centre industry to the microfinance sector.
Artably
Artably’s Pledge-A-Badge project aims to use collectible badges featuring illustrations and characters to raise awareness of important social issues. It has two main goals: creating visuals that highlight important causes and collaborating with local businesses to promote these badges.
Learning Vessels
The Early Learning Programme (ELP) developed in 2014, addresses educational challenges faced by disadvantaged and vulnerable children through personalised 1:1 teaching using methods from educational, speech and language, and occupational therapy. Learning Vessels was created in 2018 as a social enterprise that offers ELP learning materials to parents and educators at market rates. It also works with charities and volunteers to provide intervention-based literacy and numeracy programmes to children.
Jaga-Me
Jaga-Me Home Care is an award-winning digital healthcare platform that bridges a patient’s transition from hospital to home. Its mission is to enable access to quality healthcare at home through a global community care network. Its digital platform, available also as a mobile app, matches people requiring care with clinical care resources in the community, facilitating home visits, personalised care, and the delivery of medical goods.
Acceset
Acceset is an online mental wellness platform that features text-based therapy, enabling users to share problems online and receive emotional support from others. Oon Tian Sern is now transitioning into a management role to address community mental health issues in an institutional setting, while also working on a side project that brings communities and stakeholders online to leverage the advantages of a large network to enhance lives.
Tri Sector Associates
Tri Sector Associates is a non-profit advisory firm whose mission is to maximise the effectiveness of social spending by deploying a model called Pay for Success. Founded by Kevin Tan in collaboration with Third Sector Capital Partners, the firm unites governments, philanthropies, and private funders across Asia-Pacific to invest in social causes.
Green Nudge
Green Nudge began as Heng Li Seng’s project idea to make large-scale events more sustainable. He later pivoted the company’s focus to tailor sustainability initiatives to meet the specific needs of companies and communities, guiding them in adopting more environmentally responsible practices when planning and hosting events.
Yonah
Yonah was a project that focused on implementing drone robotics in Southeast Asia. Through PYI, Sim Zhi Min has successfully deployed his systems in Malaysia and the Philippines. While the project has ended following Zhi Min’s departure, its contributions to robotics literature and open-source knowledge remained impactful in the rapidly expanding area of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for payload delivery.
https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/yonah-ops-ground-control-ogc-part-0/61300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgUoU5AQGTo&list=PLl-iLTU48Gjskdb6IPQCHDqjlRvOjyxUd&index=2&t=52s
Inclus
Inclus is a social enterprise that helps persons with disabilities (PWDs) achieve gainful employment and independent living. It works closely with tertiary institutions and non-profit organisations to support PWDs as young as 16 years old in society. It aims to expand its life-journey approach by helping both PWDs and their families from cradle to grave.
I Am Talented
“I Am Talented” is a social empowerment programme that offers non-academic experiences to secondary school students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Its courses cover diverse areas such as songwriting, fashion design, and robotics, allowing students to nurture their passions. With PYI funding, the programme has introduced robotics to Primary 6 students in Jalan Kukoh and Kampong Glam. Through a partnership with Catch+, students are guided towards selecting secondary schools that offer robotics as an applied learning programme.
https://www.facebook.com/PhilipYeoInitiative/photos/pcb.2767603140233853/2767601483567352
Claire Teo
Claire Teo, the first visually impaired LASALLE College of the Arts’ Diploma in Performance graduate, achieved a significant milestone as a protagonist and playwright in Singapore’s first inclusive musical, “ART:DIS Singapore’s Welcome to My World 2023: Cha Cham Bo! Taking Flight”.
Honoured with the 2022 Goh Chok Tong Enable Awards (UBS Promise), she passionately serves marginalised communities. She teaches drama at special needs and mainstream schools, including LASALLE College of the Arts, MINDS, Lighthouse School, and works as a programmes’ executive at Methodist Welfare Services.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/PhilipYeoInitiative/photos/pcb.2767603140233853/2767601456900688
Seastainable
Seastainable is a social business focused on marine conservation in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, and Malaysia. Promoting sustainable living and environmental awareness, it directs its profits to support environmental organisations. It also collaborates with Indonesian communities to pay fair wages for collecting plastic waste and advancing environmental education.
Invigilo Technologies
Invigilo Technologies is an AI safety intelligence platform, delivering prescriptive, preventive, and predictive safety solutions in the workplace, particularly for high-risk worksites. It uses historical data and on-site IP cameras, employing advanced computer vision to provide real-time safety breach alerts for swift action. It also offers a comprehensive dashboard with vital site safety statistics.
Exabloom
Exabloom is a conversational commerce platform for businesses, with the aim to digitise and enhance the entire customer journey through chat. Since its launch in January 2023, it has processed more than 2,000,000 conversations globally. It is fully customer funded and has achieved profitability. Currently, it serves customers from Singapore, Malaysia and the United States.
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