Applications open for Slingshot Deep tech Startup Pitching Competition ($1.2m grant + trip to Singapore)

Applications are now open for the Slingshot Deep tech Startup Pitching Competition 2024 with prizes worth $1.2m plus a sponsored trip to Singapore. 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:

Domains of the Slingshot Deep tech Startup Pitching Competition

1. Consumer Media, Goods and Services
2. Environment, Energy and Green Technologies
3. Health and Biomedical
4. Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
5. Transformative Digital Technologies

Benefits of Slingshot Deep tech Startup Pitching Competition

• 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.

Prizes for the Slingshot Deep tech Startup Pitching Competition

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.

Timeline: Slingshot Deep tech Startup Pitching Competition

• GLOBAL CALL
  12 Mar to 1 Jul: Register on the platform and submit your presentation.
• PHYSICAL IMMERSION
  23 to 25 Oct: Top 50 Global Startups will immerse in Singapore’s startup ecosystem, with opportunities to meet and network with local ecosystem partners.
• DOMAIN FINALS & GRAND FINALS
  28 to 30 Oct: Top 50 Global Startups will pitch LIVE at SWITCH on 28 and 29 Oct.
• The Top 10 Global Startups will be selected to pitch at the Grand Finals on 30 Oct for the chance to become SLINGSHOT 2024’s Grand Winner.

Application for the Slingshot Deep tech Startup Pitching Competition

• For details and to apply Visit the Official Webpage of the SLINGSHOT 2024 – Deep tech startup pitching competition
• Deadline: July 1st 2024