Deadline Date: August 05, 2026
The Cross-Border Jobs Startup Competition is designed to identify startups improving labor mobility systems across South and Southeast Asia through innovative solutions.
The focus areas of this competition include cross-border labor mobility, worker recruitment and placement systems, migrant support services, financial inclusion, pre-departure training, language learning, compliance and legal support, housing solutions, remittance systems, reintegration support, skills verification, credential recognition, and worker welfare platforms.
This initiative aims to identify and support startups building solutions that improve labor mobility systems across South and Southeast Asia. It highlights the growing importance of safe, transparent, and fair cross-border work enabled by technology.
The competition focuses on strengthening labor mobility ecosystems by supporting platforms and services that help workers move, connect, and thrive across borders. It also seeks to address systemic barriers and improve fairness and transparency in global labor migration.
Startups that facilitate worker mobility, provide enabling services for migrants, or expand existing solutions into labor mobility systems are encouraged to apply. The competition also seeks innovations that support ethical recruitment and worker protection.
The top three startups will each receive a $10,000 grant along with mentorship, visibility, and access to a network of founders and experts in labor mobility.
Eligible applicants must have a registered business and may be at any stage of development, including idea or MVP stage, with preference for those showing some traction. Solutions must serve workers from South or Southeast Asia and follow ethical labor migration principles.
For more information, visit LaMP.
