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Bridging Innovation and Opportunity:
Scaling Deep-Tech
in Asia Growth Markets
Louis Murayama
Partner, Antares Ventures
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Innovation is the driver of growth (1975)
Global Patents Global GDP Growth
70% 70%
Top 5
Other Other
Top 5
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Innovation is the driver of growth (1995)
Global Patents Global GDP Growth
75%
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Other Other
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65%
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Global Patents % of Global GDP Growth
Is innovation the driver of growth? (2023)
85%
Other
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Other
Global GDP Growth
85% 50%
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Other
Other
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Global Patents % of Global GDP Growth
Is innovation the driver of growth? (2023)
85%
Other
Top 5
Other
Global GDP Growth
85%
Top 5
Other
47%
33%
China
China
EU+UK/JP
EU+UK
/JP
Other
Other
US
10%
US
7%
50%
17%
18%
18%
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Global Patents % of Global GDP Growth
Is innovation the driver of growth? (2023)
85%
Other
Top 5
Other
Global GDP Growth
85%
Top 5
Other
EU+UK/JP
EU+UK
/JP
Other
Other
(mostly Asia)
7%
50%
18%
18%
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Malaysia
Is innovation the driver of growth?(Last 10 Year)
Japan
R&D
spent
~4% of GDP
~30 Bn USD ~1,500 Bn USD
~1% GDP
GDP
Growth
+3% of GDP
300->400 Bn
+100 Bn USD
4.4->4.6 Tn
+150 Bn USD
+35% GDP
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What the problem of our growth is
Fossil Fuel
Dependence
and Fragile
Grid
Exposed and
Unproductive
Agriculture
Polluted and
Congested
Urbanization
Highest
Damages of
Climate
Change
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Our Areas of Focus
Energy Transition
& Decarbonization
Sustainable
Agriculture & Food
•
Regenerative
Agriculture
•
Crop Engineering
•
Precision and
Regenerative
Agriculture
•
Disease Prevention
•
Livestock Health
•
Waste to Value
Sustainable
Cities & Mobility
•
Electrification of
Transport & logistics
•
Waste and Water
Treatment
•
Heating and Cooling
•
Data Center
Decarbonization
•
Climate Resilience
Frontiers for
Humanity
•
Advanced Computing
•
Advanced Point-of-
Care Diagnostics
•
AI-Powered Clinical
Decision Support
•
Precision Medicine for
Emerging Markets
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Energy Storage
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Sustainable Base Load
(Geothermal, nuclear)
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Carbon Capture and
Utilization
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Green Hydrogen
•
Grid Resilience
•
Industry
decarbonisation
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EU/UK/JP/Canada Asia Growth Markets
Trillion Dollar
Worth of
Intellectual
Property (IP)
Trillion Dollar
Worth of
Opportunity
The very simple idea
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Born Globally Asia Deployed
A pioneering company in sustainable water treatment
via electrochemical technologies
Delivered a palm oil wastewater treatment project in Malaysia,
reducing chemical use by 90% and energy by ~50%
Case Study 1:
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Asia Deployed
Canadian-based Uncrewed Service Vehicle (USV)
Top 20 Ventures 2025 in Canada
Won in Singapore PIER71 Smart Port Challenge by MPA & NUS
Develop DataXplorer 2: First Commercially USV
Case Study 2:
Born Globally
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Asia Deployed
Canadian-based Hydrogen Logistics Company
Proprietary LOHC Technology
Grand Winner in Temasek’s The Livability Challenge
USD 100B Grand Prize + Additional Funding
Case Study 3:
Born Globally
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Who We Are
A New Kind of Venture Fund for a New Era
Antares Ventures is a purpose-built DeepTech
venture fund investing globally in
breakthrough solutions to the structural and
sustainability challenges of Asia’s fastest-
growing markets and very proactively
catalysing their scale-up in the region.
Southeast Asia
Middle East
South Asia
Catalysing Global Deep Tech
Innovation in Asia Growth Market
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[email protected]
www.antares.ventures
Antares Ventures
Catalysing Global Deep-Tech
Innovation in Asia Growth Markets