MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific (MTI APAC) has extended the application deadline for its 2026 Accelerator, providing more time for medtech innovators across the region to apply. If you are an early-stage or growth-stage medtech startup, this is a key opportunity to join a program trusted by founders, investors, and healthcare leaders throughout Asia Pacific.

As part of the global MedTech Innovator network — the world’s largest accelerator of medical technology startups — globally, MedTech Innovator alumni have raised over USD 10.7 billion and brought more than 500 products to market, underscoring the program’s track record of helping innovators achieve real-world healthcare impact.

Why Join the MTI APAC 2026 Accelerator:

• Regional visibility through the MedTech Spotlight pitch events

• Access to a wide network of healthcare providers, corporates, and investors

• Guidance across R&D, clinical validation, regulatory pathways, and commercialization

• Opportunities to connect directly with mentors and industry decision-makers

Catch Up on the Info Sessions

MTI APAC recently hosted a series of deep-dive sessions featuring startup perspectives, mentor insights, and details of the upcoming Seoul Pitch Event taking place on 19–20 March 2025.

👉 Rewatch the replay: www.medtechinnovator.asia/apply-apac

🚀 Join the MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific 2026 Accelerator and take the next step in bringing your innovation to patients across the region.

New Deadline: 31 December 2025

Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/2026Apply-CommPar  

The 7th Edition of the Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge (SOIC), organised by Enterprise Singapore, is officially underway! 🎉

We're proud to support this global initiative as it addresses the urgent need for sustainable tech across industries. The SOIC platform is vital for connecting industry leaders with innovative startups and SMEs that are building tomorrow's solutions. 🌱

This year's challenge focuses on five critical themes: Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, Greener Industries, Sustainable Agrifood, and Sustainable Materials. If you're an innovator with game-changing solutions in these areas, here’s your chance to turn your vision into real-world technologies! 🚀

Successful applicants will gain:

• Access to expert mentorship and industry networks

• Chance to co-develop and test your solutions with leading corporations

• Pilot opportunities & funding support worth over S$3 million

If you’re considering an application, we encourage you to make an early submission. Early applicants will be eligible for a round of feedback to help strengthen their proposals ahead of the final deadline on Friday, 30 January 2026.

Learn more and submit here: https://sustainability.innovation-challenge.sg.

29th – 31st October 2025 | Register here

TechInnovation, Asia’s premier platform for innovation and business transformation, is set to take place from 29 to 31 October 2025, at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore.

The 13th edition of TechInnovation is the ideal platform to facilitate the transfer of innovative technologies into real-world applications.

Day 1: Discover - Uncover emerging trends, disruptive technologies, and future-focused insights that will shape the next wave of innovation.

Day 2: Connect - Gain practical guidance on expanding into new markets, navigating regulations, and forming global partnerships.

Day 3: Collaborate for Impact - Learn how real-world collaborations and innovation strategies are enabling businesses to scale and stay competitive.

TechInnovation 2025 features an impressive lineup of industry experts and thought leaders sharing insights across various technology domains. Networking opportunities will enable the forging of new partnerships and collaborations. Attendees can expect thought-provoking discussions on emerging trends and strategies for driving business growth through innovation.

Meet the experts, including:

• Ho KwonPing, Founder and Executive Chairman, Banyan Group

• Richard Eu, Group Chairman, Eu Yan Sang International Ltd

• Choy Sauw Kook, Director-General, Quality & Excellence, Enterprise Singapore

• Eric Leong, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Mlion Corporation

…and more to be announced soon!

Expect to join more than 4,000 delegates for an insightful three-day event of content-rich conferences, exhibition and business networking. Register now for your complimentary pass.

Applications close on 14 August | Find out more here

The call for applications for Dimension X (DX7) by Hatch has just launched from 14 Jul 2025 - 14 Aug 2025.

Hatch, the innovation centre of Singapore’s Home Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX), has worked with over 60 start-ups from around the world and across different sectors/domains to solve challenges and seed innovative capabilities for public safety and security agencies under Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs.

For DX7, Hatch is specifically looking for innovative technologies to address these challenge statements:

• Retrofit existing response vehicles for safe and reliable supervised autonomous operations

• Multi-fleet autonomous vehicle management with teleoperation control

• High-speed, close-range immobilisation and interdiction of vehicles within dense environments

• Next-generation mobility platforms for rapid aerial emergency response to remote mission areas

• Intelligent pro-active detection and disruption of online scams

• Automated proactive context-aware cyber threat analysis for next-generation SOC defense

• Enhancing decision-making through explainable AI to synthesize insights across diverse data sources

• Autonomous detection of hidden illicit substances in vehicles

• Measure and benchmark carbon emissions avoided through early firefighting response

• Digital representation of complex crime scenes for evidence tracking, spatial awareness and analysis

• Out-of-the-box - Seeking highly innovative and impactful technologies relevant to public safety and security

Start-ups selected for the Dimension X program will receive:

• Non-dilutive funding of SGD100K to develop a proof-of-concept (POC)

• Close collaboration with real-life end-users from public safety and security agencies and scientists/engineers from HTX

• Facilitated testing and validation of technologies in real-life public safety and security operating environments

• Networking opportunities with Singapore’s global start-up ecosystem (e.g. other start-ups, investors, corporations, government agencies, potential technology and business partners etc.)

• Opportunities to showcase technologies to globally leading public safety and security agencies and other potential end-users/customers

• This is a unique opportunity to co-develop your technologies alongside real end-users and validate potential product market fit with a potential customer in a short span of time.

The Singapore-International Green Building Conference 2025 (IGBC-SG 2025), organised by the Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC), will take centre stage on 9 – 11 July 2025 with three dynamic days of thought leadership and site visits. Industry leaders, professionals and sustainability practitioners will convene for insightful presentations, compelling panel discussions, site tours and tabletop exhibitions showcasing cutting-edge green solutions — all amidst unparalleled networking opportunities.

IGBC-SG 2025 will aim to address the critical levers for decarbonising the built environment, with key topics spanning Whole Life Decarbonisation, Retrofits and Adaptive Reuse, Human-Centric Metrics for Green Buildings, Smart, Data-Driven & AI-Optimised Buildings and more. Speakers will bring diverse expertise and experience —from government policymakers shaping Singapore’s green building standards, to private-sector experts pushing the envelope on built environment sustainability. With multiple learning touchpoints, IGBC-SG 2025 offers a unique cross-sectoral platform to translate ambition into actionable pathways.

The IGBC-SG 2025 experience culminates with the prestigious SGBC Gala Dinner 2025 for SGBC Members on 11 July 2025 — an evening of celebration and connection as we honour excellence in green building.

Find out more here: Home - IGBC-SG

Future of Health Asia supports 500 senior leaders from industry, government and science to enhance sustainability, navigate disruptions and shifting fiscal priorities, and create patient-centered systems.

In its fifth edition, the event features engaging case studies, candid debates and networking opportunities curated to provide strategic insights and enhance cross-sector collaboration. Participants will explore the future of health financing, medtech innovation, AI-enabled care, ageing populations and climate resilience, while examining the structural changes reshaping Asia’s health systems. Future of Health Asia offers a platform for leaders to engage in meaningful discussion and influence healthier, more sustainable outcomes for the region.

Join the conversation to discover innovations and strategies reshaping Asia’s health systems. Register today

Get a 20% discount on your event ticket with the code: FOHNIH20

Register https://tinyurl.com/58w6ysk6

Embark on the 9th edition of SLINGSHOT, a global deep tech startup competition from Singapore to the world and make the pitch of a lifetime in the presence of key industry leaders and a global audience of investors. We are excited for our best startups to walk away with more - bigger and better prizes for our winners this year!

The search continues for new and exciting startups with innovative solutions across four emerging challenge domains:

🖥️Transformative Digital Technologies

🧬Health and Biomedical

⚙️Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity

🌱Environment, Energy and Green Technologies

The Top 60 Global Startups stand to win over S$2M in grant prizes and a chance to connect with key industry players and decision makers in the startup & innovation ecosystem as they move through the competition milestones, in addition to a sponsored trip to Singapore to pitch LIVE to a global audience at SWITCH. SLINGSHOT 2025 was launched on 14 March with its finals & grand finals held between 29 and 31 October 2025. Register and submit your proposal before 11 July 2025 here!

SLINGSHOT 2025 is held as part of the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH), Asia’s leading deep tech festival connecting the Global-Asia innovation ecosystem through premier thought leadership, vibrant networking and showcase events, with its 10th edition happening from 29-31 October 2025 as a signature event of Singapore’s SG60 celebrations.

Be a step closer to winning over S$500,000 in our latest IMDA Open Innovation Platform challenges! With partners like beIN Sports Asia, Prudential, Ministry of Education and more. For this call, we are seeking tech solutions ranging from Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Management, Fintech and more to enhance efficiency and boost productivity in various domains. Learn more here

Green Link Digital Bank

Green Link Digital Bank (GLDB) is a digital wholesale bank established to serve micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and non-retail clients. GLDB is looking for a solution that can leverage on AI to automate data collection, validation, and reporting–reducing manual effort while ensuring compliance with MAS regulations. 

Prudential AI Lab

Prudential Singapore aims to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of its AI-driven innovation process. The AI Lab at Prudential Singapore is looking for an AI-driven problem refinement, classification, and scoring system that works hand-in-hand with human expertise to refine project proposals and streamline workflows reducing manual effort and improving scalability. 

JL Cable Detection

JL Cable Detection (JLDC) specialises in underground cable detection services. JLCD is seeking a centralised platform that consolidates their fragmented data management systems, enhances team communication, and streamlines manual processes.

BeIN Sports Asia

beIN Sports Asia operates in the media and entertainment industry, with a strong focus on sports broadcasting and over-the-top (OTT) digital streaming. beIN Sports Asia is looking for a real-time video analysis solution that can instantly capture and highlight key moments from live sports broadcasts helping fans stay in the action, even if they join late.

Ministry of Education

The Ministry of Education (MOE) formulates and implements education policies on education structure, curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. MOE is looking for automated cleaning solutions to enhance efficiency, reduce manpower reliance, and maintain consistent hygiene standards in schools.

*MOE Challenges close on 2 May 2025.

The call for applications for Dimension X (DX6) by Hatch has just launched from 10 Mar 2025 - 4 Apr 2025.

Hatch, the innovation centre of Singapore’s Home Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX), has worked with over 50 start-ups from around the world and across different sectors/domains to solve challenges and seed innovative capabilities for public safety and security agencies under Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs.

Check-out a quick recap of their recent Demo Day for cohort 4 of Dimension X here!

For DX6, Hatch is specifically looking for innovative technologies to address these challenge statements:

• Digital identification and reconstruction of fragmented objects at incident sites

• Hands-free, immersive real-time multi-modal situational awareness

• Real-time dynamic traffic prediction at checkpoints

• Maritime communications network for multi-node manned and unmanned assets operations

• Autonomous dynamic multi-drone orchestrator

• Real-time adaptive audio enhancement in complex environments

• Active body cooling technologies for first responders

• Non-invasive detection of objects on a person

• AI video analysis and summariser agent

• Real-time heads-up display for firefighter operations

• Out-of-the-box - Seeking highly innovative and impactful technologies relevant to public safety and security

Submit your proposals through this APPLICATION PAGE! Start-ups selected for the Dimension X program will have:

• Non-dilutive funding of SGD100K to develop a proof-of-concept (POC)

• Close collaboration with real-life end-users from public safety and security agencies and scientists/engineers from HTX

• Facilitated testing and validation of technologies in real-life public safety and security operating environments

• Networking opportunities with Singapore’s global start-up ecosystem (e.g. other start-ups, investors, corporations, government agencies, potential technology and business partners etc.)

• Opportunities to showcase technologies to globally leading public safety and security agencies and other potential end-users/customers

This is a unique opportunity to co-develop your technologies alongside real end-users and validate potential product market fit with a potential customer in a short span of time.

Applications close on 4 Apr 2025, 11pm SGT (UTC+8).

Join the Nordic OIC to connect with ABB and Electrolux, and promote your company in the Nordic market! You’ll have the opportunity to access up to S$50,000 in solution development support, along with business opportunities with industry experts who are at the forefront of developing future cities. 

Spearheaded by leading Nordic corporations, the Nordic OIC initiative seeks innovative solutions for quality control and sustainability, with the potential to revolutionise industries and inspire a global movement toward equitable, environmentally friendly future. Keen to find out more? Click here now for more details and to start your applications! 

Applications close on 30 April 2025 | Apply here

Inspired by one of the world’s most visionary leaders, the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition (LKYGBPC) is one of the world’s largest deep-tech university startup challenges. Every two years, our pitch competition lights up a global stage for university startups to showcase their groundbreaking innovations and connect with the world, fueling their growth.

Powered by Singapore Management University’s Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SMU IIE), we have fostered a global youth innovation village and launched countless successful ventures solving real-world challenges since 2002.

Why Join LKYGBPC?

·        Leverage Singapore’s edge in innovation, startup-friendly policies and top talent

·        Connect with leaders shaping Southeast Asia’s market of 700M consumers

·        Pitch to investors in Singapore’s thriving hub of 200+ VC funds and family offices

·        Join a deeptech peer learning network of founders from world's top 100 universities

·        Receive 1:1 mentorship from C-suite executives

·        S$2.5M+ in prizes and counting

🌐 MedTech Innovator is the world’s largest and highest-performing accelerator for startups in medical devices, digital health and in-vitro diagnostics. Since its inception in 2013, over 12,500 companies have applied. Our non-profit initiative has empowered 717 graduates across the globe, who have collectively raised nearly USD 9 billion in funding. In addition, 351 FDA approvals and clearances have been achieved, and 350 products are now available on the market showcasing the program’s unmatched impact in driving innovation.

💡Why Join MTI APAC 2025 Accelerator Program?

We provide unparalleled access to mentoring, coaching, and education in a four-month program that helps innovators address challenges and maximize opportunities in the Asia Pacific market. Our ecosystem connects you with top investors, strategic partners, and peer networks for ongoing support.

• A non-profit, no-equity accelerator that doesn’t charge application or participation fees and is location agnostic, so you don’t need to relocate to participate.

• Win over USD 300,000 in non-dilutive cash and other awards for finalists.

• Access to focused mentorship with tailored pitch coaching, one-on-one corporate mentorship, and a global network of industry experts.

• A customized program featuring a rich educational curriculum with cohort-driven webinars, and exclusive invites to the MedTech Innovator Summit in the US.

🚀 Join the MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific 2025 Accelerator Program and take the first step towards your innovation journey!  Together, let’s transform healthcare.

https://tinyurl.com/CommsPartnerApp
Apply now—Deadline: 15 January 2025. Early applications receive the broadest possible review by key industry experts.

About MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific

MedTech Innovator is the world’s largest and most impactful showcase and accelerator for innovative companies in medical devices, digital health, and diagnostics. Our mission is to improve patient outcomes by supporting startup companies with their innovative solutions to revolutionize the medtech space. Through our global platform, participants gain access to key players in the MedTech industry.

The Prudential AI Lab Accelerator is now accepting applications from early- to mid-stage startups aiming to make a mark in financial and health tech. This unique programme offers hands-on mentorship, data access, and a supportive sandbox environment to help participants develop and scale their solutions. Focus areas include:

• Health and Wellness Management

• Client Accessibility to Wealth Advisory

• Expertise and Advisory Augmentation

Join an Info Session to dive deeper into these challenge areas!
In-Person: Tuesday, 3 December 2024 | Virtual: Thursday, 5 December 2024

Learn more here: https://www.pruailab.com/accelerator.

Nordic Innovation House Singapore is a Community Partner for SLINGSHOT 2024.

Organised by EnterpriseSG, SLINGSHOT is a global startup competition that aims to develop local startups and attract high quality international startup into Singapore. In 2023, they received close to 4,700 startup application from 150 countries and this year, they are continuing their search for new and exciting startups with innovative solutions to compete in any one of their 5 challenge domains:

1) Consumer Media, Goods & Services

2) Environment, Energy & Green Technologies

3) Health & Biomedical

4) Manufacturing, Trade & Connectivity

5) Transformative Digital Technologies.

SLINGSHOT is held as part of Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH), Asia’s leading deep tech festival connecting the Global-Asia innovation ecosystem through premier thought leadership, vibrant networking and showcase events. This year, it will be held from 28 to 30 October 2024 at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

Calling for entries until 1 July 2024!

Click here for more information.

The CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge (CSXC) is back! If your innovation and technology can solve sustainability challenges that impact urban development, register now. Organised by CapitaLand, CSXC aims to source for emerging solutions and advance collaboration in sustainability within the urban environment globally.

CSXC provides an opportunity for innovators to showcase and profile solutions to make the urban environment more climate-resilient and resource-efficient. Through the Challenge, innovators will stand a chance to:

• Pilot, test and implement innovations within CapitaLand’s buildings located across more than 260 cities in over 40 countries, with over S$1 million to cover the cost of piloting all the chosen innovations.

• Gain access to local and global markets with expert mentoring on strategy and approach.

• Implement forward-looking solutions for asset types including retail, office, lodging, business parks, industrial, logistics, self storage, data centres and development/construction sites globally.

Click here for more information on CSXC.