In the field of Biotech, robotics, agri-tech, healthcare, IoT, nanotech
In the stage of ideation, seed to pre-series A round, and researchers’ team is always welcome to join!

Prize for the Winner

Invitation to visit Tokyo Japan in Mar 2019 to attend our conference to pitch in front of directors from Japaneses MNC & VCs
- Air tickets & accommodation fee for two members will be fully covered
- We will set up a series of meetings with our partner big companies in Japan.
- We will also bring you to our partner factories (best-in-class factories in the world) in Tokyo.
3,000 SGD worth Award money to be used freely to advance your business further

Travel award to Tokyo Japan & Other awards will be given, too!

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Snapshots from past event

TECH PLANTER is…

TECH PLANTER is a unique international seed acceleration program for deep-tech startups. We open a series of showcase DEMO DAY type pitch events around the world. This is the 6th DEMO DAY we host in SINGAPORE since 2014.

Who should be the applicants of this DEMO DAY event?

Any deep tech based early (ideation, seed to series A) startups & even pre-startups who have desire to bridge to Japanese market. We can set up a series of mtg with Director~ CXO level persons from Japanese MNC.
Ones who have had hard time in difficult prototyping. We have strong connection to best Japanese factories in various fields.

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Program Descriptions & Key Dates

Program Descriptions

The program is composed of 3 parts

DEMO DAY:

We will select 10 teams from the applicants to pitch in front of local VCs, accelerators, and Japanese MNC to showcase your technology and service.

Mentoring session for the trip to Japan

The winner and some awardees will get a ticket to come to Japan in Mar 2019. We will host your visit and will coordinate the mtg with Japanese MNC and VCs. After the competition, we will have communication to maximize your visit to Japan.

Visit to Japan

We will host your Japan visit and set up a series of mtgs. Some of our alumni teams got a deal based on this session (deal includes the start of research collaborations, start of strategic partnerships & etc)

Key Dates

Application open date: Feb 1st, 2018
Application deadline date: June 22nd, 2018
1st Screening result announcement: Late June
Mentoring session: After 1st Screening~ by the 1st week of June
Pitch event date: July 21st (Sat), 2018

About DEMO DAY on July 21st, 2018

Event Schedule

will be announced later.

Tentative schedule is as follows;

12:00-13:00 Registration
13:00-14:00 Opening session
14:00-17:15 Pitching from finalist teams
17:15-17:50 Judging time
17:50-18:30 Closing session / Announcement for the prize
18:30-19:30 Networking time

Pitch event will be open for researchers, tech-startups, and local companies who have will to help technology startups. If you are interested in attending this event, please aske us so, and wait for our response. >> e-mail to [email protected]