When it comes to growing and scaling your startup, you need a variety of assistance. That support can come in the form of mentorships, grants, networks, and even access to a physical space where you can test out your products and services.
With all of these forms of support, your startup can take on larger goals at a faster rate and at a much wider scale! Isn’t this the dream? If so, then look no further because SLINGSHOT 2022 is extending its application deadline to 31 July to give more young and promising startups the opportunity of a lifetime!
SLINGSHOT 2022
Enterprise Singapore has extended the application deadline for SLINGSHOT — its global startup pitching competition – for an additional week to July 31, 2022. SLINGSHOT aims to provide exciting new startups a platform to launch their best tech and business ideas into the global market.
Last year, Quantumcyte — an artificial intelligence-integrated tissue dissection solution that provides more accurate test results for cancer patients — walked away with a Startup SG Grant of S$200,000 (in addition to the Startup SG Grant of S$50,000 for being a Sector winner), and 18 months worth of rent-free space at JTC Launchpad.
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In its sixth edition this year, SLINGSHOT will feature an inaugural physical immersion programme for its top 50 startup finalists to be announced in September. According to Enterprise Singapore, the top 50 finalists of the SLINGSHOT competition will be participating in a 10-day physical programme to experience the startup and innovation ecosystem in Singapore, and better understand how Enterprise Singapore can help these startups accelerate their growth and scale their business to the Southeast Asian region.
Along with the physical immersion programme, SLINGSHOT is also collaborating with the AWS Startup Ramp programme to connect its startup finalists to AWS’s global community of partners for collaborative opportunities, as well as training and credits provided by AWS.
Who can join?
Deep tech startups operating in diverse sectors are welcome to join. For its sixth edition, SLINGSHOT is looking for startups that have a particular emphasis on a variety of key innovations, namely transformative digital technologies; health and biomedical; manufacturing, trade and connectivity; environment, energy and green technology; and consumer media, goods and services.
Through SLINGSHOT 2022, startups that belong to these categories can network with global leading investors, accelerators and corporates, from regional demo days, deal-mixers, and qualifiers to finals, immerse in exclusive pitch coaching, corporate site visits, and lab crawls in the vibrant Singapore startup ecosystem, ideate and co-innovate with MNCs and homegrown players to fast-track your ideas into the market, and present to a global audience at the Finals and win up to S$1.2m (US$800,000) worth of grant prizes.
Stand to win exciting prizes
Enterprise Singapore is offering more than US$800,000 in total grant prizes for startup winners, with the top three winners of SLINGSHOT winning up to 18 months’ rent-free space at Singapore’s LaunchPad @ one-north or LaunchPad @ Jurong Innovation District.
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NextBillion, SLINGSHOT 2020’s grand winner, recently raised US$21 million in a Series B round in May. According to Enterprise Singapore, SLINGSHOT’s top 40 winners have gone on to raise almost US$400 million in investments.
The top 50 finalists of SLINGSHOT 2022 will be pitching physically during the finals to be held from October 25 to 27 during the Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology.
With the most important investors, corporates, industry leaders, mentors, media, and tech-savvy early adopters all gathered in one space, SLINGSHOT 2022 offers your startup a golden opportunity to connect with businesses and funding opportunities in the region. Don’t miss your chance to strike the deal of a lifetime.
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