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.

Competition Results

Competition results

Grand Prize
+ Gold Award

CNX FINEX Innovation Competition

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

Chiang Mai, Thailand CNX FINEX · Chiang Mai University

Gold Award

WICO — World Invention Competition & Exhibition

Gold Award at WICO, judged by an international panel against inventions from across the world.

International

Gold Award

Asian Youth Innovation Award — Malaysian Tech Expo

Gold Award recognising the combination of sensor technology and measurable agricultural impact across Southeast Asia.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Finalist

Diamond Challenge — University of Delaware

Finalist at the Diamond Challenge, one of the largest high school entrepreneurship competitions in the world.

International Diamond Challenge · U of Delaware

Top 100

Emerging Innovator 2025 — University of Delaware

Named in the Top 100 of the Emerging Innovator programme, which identifies young innovators building solutions with real-world impact.

2025 · International

3rd Place

High School STEM Competition

Third place in the High School STEM category for the GOcacao device design and its field results.

Asia Pacific

1st Place
Poster Award

Poster Presentation Award — Supply Chain Research

First place for the poster presentation of our field-based value chain analysis of Thailand's cacao sector.

Asia Pacific

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

Cut Test — Cacao Samples

Field visit — Ayutthaya

Field Visit — Ayutthaya

Deployment — Kanchanaburi

Site — Kanchanaburi

Research — In Progress

Current research

An ongoing collaboration with Chiang Mai University. GOcacao currently tells a farmer when to act. With CMU we are developing a device that carries out the intervention itself, so a full fermentation runs unattended.

Collaboration with Chiang Mai University

Research work at Chiang Mai University

Research work at Chiang Mai University

Chiang Mai University — ongoing

Published Papers

Two papers behind the work, both on ResearchGate.

Published — ResearchGate

Design and Pilot Implementation of a Low-Cost IoT-Based Temperature Monitoring System for Cacao Fermentation Optimisation

SUBJECT — GOcacao device architecture and monitoring software
RESULT — 3rd Place, High School STEM Competition
READ — Open on ResearchGate →

Published — ResearchGate

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

SUBJECT — Thailand's cacao supply chain and where value ends up
RESULT — 1st Place Poster Presentation Award
READ — Open on ResearchGate →

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Understand the technology behind the results

How it works

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

See How It Works