Apply for Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge (6th Edition)

Organised by Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), SOIC seeks to unite leading industry players and innovators to jointly make a meaningful impact on the planet. This is your opportunity to partner industry leaders in transforming industries, championing regenerative practices, fostering inclusive growth, and building a future resilient to climate change.

Collaborate with global leaders, gain access to diverse industries, and compete for crucial funding and support. Turn your vision into concrete solutions and help lead the path toward a low-carbon, more inclusive world.

Transform your idea into a reality with SOIC’s support. SOIC can open doors to commercial demand and help you innovate with product-market fit. Take this opportunity to partner industry leaders and advanced companies, fine-tune your solution, broaden horizons to other potential markets, gain exposure to and network with like-minded partners and investors.

Themes

• Climate Change
• Green Buildings
• Sustainable Agriculture and Trade
• Sustainable Materials

Benefits

• Potential inclusion in the pipeline for Temasek Trust’s Catalytic Capital for Climate & Health (C3H), an impact-first vehicle that provides early-stage funding for solutions.
• Exposure to companies with industry applications in the areas of Decarbonisation and Cool Earth.
• Exposure to growth catalysts, such as VCs, through SOIC 6th Edition partners and events.

Funding Information

• Total of over S$2,000,000 in pilot commitment and funding support.
• In addition, their sponsoring partner Hexagon Group will select one innovator from among the Open Category and award them S$75,000 prize money.
• Winning innovators’ prizes include:
  • Gain mentorship and co-development opportunities
  • Access prototyping and proof-of-concept grants and funding support
  • Receive marketing features for your business and technologies
  • Gaining additional exposure to Temasek ecosystem programmes

Eligibility Criteria

• The Challenge is open to all startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs). All applicants/entrants/participants (“Participants”) must be above the age of 18 years old as at the date of entry.
• Employees, representatives, and family members of the Joint Organisers should declare such relationships to the Joint Organisers that they are submitting their Project Proposals to.
• Project Proposals with solutions that have received funding from other programs run by government agencies or statutory boards should declare the funding received and project details to the Organiser.
• Institutes of Higher Learning and Research Institutes may only participate by either:
• Registering a new spin-off to license the technology, led by a committed and capable team; or
• Submitting a joint proposal with a startup/SME (the startup/SME has to co-develop the solution, lead the proposal submission and eventually commercialise the proposed solution).

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