Deadline: July 1, 2024
Calling all startups around the world! Entries are now open for the 8th edition of SLINGSHOT. Embark on your global startup journey at SLINGSHOT 2024, Asia’s premier deep tech startup competition!
Join the SLINGSHOT journey and compete in one of five emerging challenge domains to unveil your forward-thinking innovations to a global audience of key industry leaders and investors:
- Consumer Media, Goods and Services
- Environment, Energy and Green Technologies
- Health and Biomedical
- Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
- Transformative Digital Technologies
Benefits
Vie for an opportunity to join the SLINGSHOT Top 50 Global Startups and immerse yourself in Asia’s vibrant startup community through a sponsored trip to Singapore and contend for grant prizes worth over S$1.2 million. Make the pitch of a lifetime to a global audience at the SLINGSHOT 2024 Finals, which will be held at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) 2024.
- NETWORK: Meet global leading investors, accelerators and corporates.
- IMMERSE: Specially curated immersion programme that includes corporate site visits and lab crawls in the vibrant Singapore startup ecosystem.
- COLLABORATE: Ideate and co-innovate with corporates and homegrown players to fast-track your ideas into the markets.
- PITCH: Present to a global audience at the Finals and win up to S$1.2 million worth of grant prizes.
Cash prizes
- Grand Winner of SLINGSHOT 2024 will receive:
- S$200,000 Startup SG Grant Prize
- 18 months rent-free space at LaunchPad
- 1st Runner-Up of SLINGSHOT 2024 will receive:
- S$150,000 Startup SG Grant Prize
- 12 months rent-free space at LaunchPad
- 2nd Runner-Up of SLINGSHOT 2024 will receive:
- S$100,000 Startup SG Grant Prize
- 6 months rent-free space at LaunchPad
- The Top 3 winners will also receive a complimentary 12 month international membership with ACE.SG.
Eligibility
- They are not just looking for brilliant ideas, but most importantly, practical and scalable solutions.
- Any startups with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and meet the following conditions are eligible to participate:
- Develops or possesses innovation
- Has been registered within the past 10 years in their country of registration
- Is not a subsidiary of a corporate entity
- Regardless of your business area, all startups are welcome to apply in any domains stated in the SLINGSHOT 2024:
- Consumer Media, Goods and Services
- Environment, Energy and Green Technologies
- Health and Biomedical
- Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
- Transformative Digital Technologies
Application
Register on the platform and submit a PDF presentation (10-slides maximum, in English only) with the following details:
- Your problem/solution
- Market and total addressable market (TAM)
- Value proposition and positioning
- Go-to-market strategy
- The business/revenue model
- Traction: KPI metrics & milestones
- Forecast 2024/2025
- Team Presentation
Ready to upscale your innovation? Register now to submit your proposal. [tracked link]
For more information, visit SLINGSHOT.
