Deadline– 28 January 2014
Participants from around the world are invited to take part in Social Venture Challenge Asia Competition. This program is being supported by DBS and NUS Enterprise. The mission of this program is to identify and support new social ventures that have the potential to generate scalable and sustainable social impact. It is an 8-month programme that aims to raise awareness and build a culture of social entrepreneurship in Asia. The Challenge also provides multi-dimensional support for budding social entrepreneurs and builds capacity through public education in social entrepreneurship.
Winners will have the opportunity to win grand prize of up to $ 30, 000.
Benefits-
Financial assistance will be provided for that representative for teams residing outside of Singapore. The rest of the team is responsible for covering their own airfares and lodging should they choose to participate in the bootcamp and finals.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- There is no limit on age, nationality or number of members in a team.
- Ventures that have received outside investment from venture capitalists, private investors, governmental or industry sources at the point of registration are eligible to compete, provided that the total funding (including paid-up capital, grants, loans and other forms of funding) does not exceed S$100,000.
- Submissions should be the original work of the team- teams are expected to demonstrate the originality of their ideas whenever possible, or evidence of innovation.
- Proposed ventures must have a scalable social impact in Asia.
- Teams that qualify as semi-finalists/finalists are required to send at least one core member to attend the boot camp and finals in Singapore. Financial assistance will be provided for teams residing outside of Singapore.
- The organisers of the Challenge reserve to right to disqualify any teams that are found to have violated the spirit of the competition guidelines.
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