Recognised Internationally

Awards &
Recognition

Validated by industry experts, judged by international juries, and accepted for publication in peer-reviewed proceedings. GOcacao has been recognised across innovation, engineering, and sustainable technology competitions worldwide.

Intellectual Property

The technology is
patented.

The technology
is patent-protected.

The GOcacao temperature-curve algorithm and device architecture are protected under Thai Utility Model Patent No. 2503004891. This provides a foundation for licensing, manufacturing partnerships, and commercialisation at scale.

Thai Utility Model Patent No. 2503004891

Patent Details

Patent Type Thai Utility Model Patent — Thailand
Patent Number 2503004891
Subject Matter Temperature-curve fermentation monitoring device and algorithm
Territory Kingdom of Thailand
Licensing Status Available — contact via Partner page
Competition Results

Eight competitions.
Eight podiums.

Grand Prize
+ Gold Award
CNX FINEX Innovation Competition

Hosted by Chiang Mai University. GOcacao received both the Grand Prize for technological innovation and a Gold Award for social impact in the agricultural sector.

Chiang Mai, Thailand CNX FINEX · Chiang Mai University
Silver Medal
1i1w — Istanbul International Innovation & World Awards

Silver Medal at one of the world's most competitive international innovation exhibitions, judged by a panel of independent technology and industrial experts.

Istanbul, Turkey
Gold Award
Asian Youth Innovation Award — Malaysian Tech Expo

Gold Award at the Asian Youth Innovation Awards, recognising GOcacao's combination of advanced sensor technology and measurable agricultural impact across Southeast Asia.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3rd Place
High School STEM
7th Asia Pacific IEOM 2026

7th Asia Pacific International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management — 3rd Place in the High School STEM category, competing against international high school participants.

Asia Pacific, 2026
Finalist
Diamond Challenge — University of Delaware

Selected as a finalist at the Diamond Challenge — one of the world's most prestigious high school entrepreneurship competitions, hosted by the University of Delaware.

International Diamond Challenge · U of Delaware
Finalist
International Greenwich Olympiad

Selected as a Finalist at the International Greenwich Olympiad — a prestigious global platform recognising outstanding student innovation and scientific research with real-world impact.

International
1st Place
Poster Award
IEOM Research Conference — Paper ID 350

First Place Poster Award — IEOM Asia Pacific 2026. Field-based value chain analysis of Thailand's cacao sector, accepted for publication in IEOM conference proceedings.

IEOM 2026
Top 100
EIA — Emerging Innovator Award

Recognised in the Top 100 at the Emerging Innovator Award — an international programme identifying the world's most promising young innovators developing solutions with measurable real-world impact.

International
CNX FINEX 1i1w Istanbul Asian Youth Innovation Awards IEOM Asia Pacific Diamond Challenge Emerging Innovator Greenwich Olympiad
CNX FINEX Grand Prize — winner
CNX FINEX — Grand Prize
CNX FINEX competition stage
CNX FINEX — Chiang Mai University
International award — special prize
International — Special Prize
IEOM Conference — Naravid Tejavanija
IEOM Asia Pacific 2026
IEOM poster presentation
IEOM — 1st Place Poster Presentation
IEOM research presentation
IEOM — Research Presentation
IEOM conference presentation stage
IEOM — Conference Stage
Naravid Tejavanija — GOcacao founder
Naravid Tejavanija — Founder
Food and Science Conference
Food & Science Conference
Cacao bean samples
TCCF Cut Test — Cacao Samples
Field visit — Ayutthaya
Field Visit — Ayutthaya
Deployment — Kanchanaburi
Site — Kanchanaburi
Academic Research

Presented at a
peer-reviewed conference.

Two papers document the technology and its field context. The first covers the device design and monitoring software. The second is a field-based analysis of Thailand's cacao supply chain — both presented at IEOM Asia Pacific 7th, a peer-reviewed engineering and operations management conference.

Accepted for Publication

Design and Development of a Low-Cost IoT Temperature Monitoring System for Cacao Fermentation

CONFERENCE — IEOM Asia Pacific 7th
RESULT — 3rd Place, High School STEM Category
SUBJECT — GOcacao device architecture and monitoring software
FOCUS — Sensor design
STATUS — Accepted for publication — IEOM proceedings

Accepted for Publication

Post-Harvest Inefficiencies and Downstream Value Concentration: A Field-Based Value Chain Analysis of Thailand's Cacao Sector

CONFERENCE — IEOM Asia Pacific 7th
RESULT — 1st Place Poster Award
SUBJECT — Thailand cacao supply chain
FOCUS — Post-harvest inefficiencies, downstream value distribution
STATUS — Accepted for publication — IEOM proceedings

In-Progress Research

Fermentation Quality & Cut-Test Outcomes — GOcacao Field Study

PROTOCOL — TCCF Cacao Bean Quality Assessment (CBQA)
METHOD — 100-bean cut test, field-based
RESULT — 84.5% well-fermented (GOcacao) vs 67.7% (control)
STATUS — Data confirmed · Academic paper in progress

IEOM Asia Pacific conference
IEOM poster presentation — 1st Place
IEOM research presentation
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See How It Works

Temperature-curve analysis, aerobic phase detection, and minute-by-minute fermentation passports — all from a $100 device.

See How It Works