One of our Budding Innovations Start-ups has been included in the list of "13 cleantech startups to watch in Asia this 2017". You can ready the full article by Lyra Reyes below, and follow the link to the e27 website here. Asia needs clean technology. Home to 4.4 billion people with 700 million of those having no access to electricity and nearly 1.7 billion having no access to safe drinking water, with deforestation rates faster than anywhere else on Earth, and whose countries are situated mostly in areas that incur great damage from nature’s tantrum, Asia’s environmental issues are great. And it is not just electricity and water. A study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicted that by 2030, the agriculture sector would need to produce 100 percent more food with diminishing water supply, have more than 1 billion vehicles emitting 80 percent of air pollution in Asian cities, and produce 46 percent of global CO2 emissions by 2035. Lucky for Asia that its startups are stepping up. Here’s 13: Husk Power Systems Focused on inclusive rural development on the backbone of electric power Husk Power Systems has developed a proprietary technology that generates electricity using rice husks processed in a biomass gasifier. The company’s business model is that of rural electrification based on a decentralised electricity generation and distribution that locals can sufficiently manage using local resources, or mini-plants. Currently, Husk Power Systems has installed 84 localised power plants servicing over 200,000 people in over 300 villages across Bahir, India. Transkinetic Harnessing vehicular movement for power and profit Transkinetic, a Singapore-based startup founded in 2013, is the creator and manager of patented technology called Movnetic. The technology revolves around a smart road hump that absorbs kinetic energy from moving vehicles and converts it into clean electricity that is distributed through and managed by the Movnetic system. Transkinetic primarily works with research partners such as the Department of Engineering of the National University of Singapore and is funded by several government agencies and a regional venture capital company. Also read: Go green: Check out this cool accelerator for startups that help protect the environment HiGi Energy Creating more accessible clean energy HiGi Energy is a Philippine-based startup that converts water hyacinth into briquettes that act as an alternative cooking energy. In a country where 65 percent of the 100 million population still use firewood and charcoal, the company aims to both help reduce tree cuttings and help clean up rivers and lakes by using the invasive water hyacinth. HiGi has recently been awarded at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Silicon Valley. Karma Recycling Save the planet, earn good karma A leading trade-in redistributor of mobile devices founded in 2013,Karma Recycling aims to minimise the negative impact of e-waste through reselling, recycling, refurbishing, or proper disposal of gadgets and electronics. Based in India where there are over 950 million devices currently in use, the company is backed by clean energy venture capitalist Infuse Ventures. EcoWorth Tech Breakthrough water remediation technology EcoWorth Tech is a Singapore-based startup that developed the Carbon Fibre Aerogel – a material that can clean up liquid industrial waste from a wide range of industries and allow it to be discharged into drains. The company prides on the process and the product being eco-friendly; Carbon Fiber Aerogel are created from natural materials like waste paper, are reusable, and are used for food waste recycling, industrial water treatment, and oil decontamination. EcoWorth was founded in 2016 as a spin-out from Singapore’s Nanyang Technical University. Also read: Towards a cleaner planet: Here a 4 e-waste businesses that will inspire you to go green RAD Green Solutions Developed a revolutionary, non-burn system for the destruction of bio-medical wastes Based in the southern Philippine city of Davao, RAD Green Solutions was formed by a team of engineers to develop an environmentally-safe, low-cost waste management system called the Pyroclave. The system decomposes medical waste using extreme heat without oxygen in a process called Pyrolysis that, unlike incineration, produces fewer by-products and effectively carbonises all solid material with 50% less carbon dioxide. The company has won many awards for this technology, most recently as a runner-up in the 2016 National Invention Contest and Exhibit by the Philippine’s Department of Science and Technology. BlueRen The best solution to constructively utilise plastic waste Formerly known as Karboneum, BlueRen has developed a process treatment that creates carbon nanotubes from trash like plastic bottles and plastic bags. Carbon nanotubes, which are 100 percent stronger than steel and are excellent conductors of electricity, can be used in optics, electronics, energy storage, and nanotechnology. The company claims that apart from reusing plastics, the process of producing the nanotubes has virtually no carbon footprint and do not release toxic gases. BlueRen has recently joined the CleanEnviro Summit held in Singapore last September 2016. Zenatix Energy consumption optimised to the last watt This India-based startup founded in 2013 provides IoT based products for energy monitoring and control. Zenatix has developed a systems that utilises sensors and smart energy meters to gather data and feed it to an analytics engine through a cloud server to generate alerts and control electrical devices based on the commands generated by the analytics engine. The company operates in the B2B space and is backed by angel investors and Blume Ventures. Cleverheat Analyze your energy consumption. Reduce costs. Cleverheat is company that creates alternative refrigeration systems driven by heat from the sun. Their service includes assessing refrigeration needs and recommending cost-saving alternatives, integration of renewable energy to bring down cost of refrigeration, and gathering and analysing data for monitoring and energy optimisation. The Philippine-based company has recently been selected to take part in Impact Hub’s fellowship program focusing on sustainable energy solutions. Also read: The human cost of our device and car batteries Avant Garde Innovations Powering a billion unpowered Founded in 2013, Avant Garde Innovations has only officially started its operations in 2015 with the goal of providing alternative energy to reduce dependence on India’s state power grids. The company has produced highly affordable small wind turbines that can be used by and for residential, commercial, or agricultural structures and purposes.Claiming to be the world’s first startup committed to 100 percent renewable energt, Avant Garde Innovations is globally recognised and is in the United Nations’ clean energy list. Intraix Make sense of energy consumption data Founded in 2012, Intraix focuses on creating solutions to improve energy efficiency and bring down consumption costs. The company has built a range of products for various users – from large enterprises, to food and beverage companies, to residential homes – all revolving around energy consumption monitoring and reporting. In 2016, Intraix has introduced KLUG, a USB-sized incorporated with smart home technology that turns a WI-FI router into a smart-home hub. BMB Solutions Providing impactful social innovations that pave way for sustainable and enriched living conditions Built by graduating students of Ateneo de Manila University, BMB Solutions is a community-driven company that developed the Big Mike Bike – a low-cost, modular, contraption that can do so many things. The bicycle can be fitted with various parts to be an electricity generator and storage, a water pump and filtration system, a shredder, a food processor, a laundry machine, and others. The company is currently part of The Spark Project’s startup community. Eco2 Green Data Center The Impossible Data Center: A reality Eco2 Green Data Center, founded in Malaysia, manufactures green data center equipment. The company addresses the issue of environmentally-damaging data center technology by developing a coolant where IT equipment could be submerged, resulting to 50 percent energy cost reduction, 50 percent decrease in carbon emission, and 30 percent increase in server reliability and lifetime. Eco2 Green Data Center has recently won the Chairman’s Award at the Global ICT Excellence Awards 2016 and is currently expanding portfolio to Eco2 certified hardware.

EverGreen International (EI) and Budding Innovations (BI) are excited to share that they have entered into a partnership that brings together leading expertise in further developing a launchpad for Chinese Startups coming into Singapore and the SEA region. Both firms strive to combine their expertise on business expansion and localization, and provide an incubation platform for Chinese Startups expanding from their home market, and/or setting up operations in Singapore. The platform aims to provide end-to-end support for these companies and teams, ranging from talent development, cultural onboarding, to product localization, business operations and compliance. Singapore Evergreen International Management created a new platform to “discover and cultivate talents who bring innovative ideas and technologies to build start-ups into the Asia market”. Tsinghua X-lab@Singapore will be the platform where both firms will provide the support to the Startups. Tsinghua x-lab is the official incubator of Tsinghua University. “Singapore is a perfect mix of eastern and western culture. The collaboration between EI and BI provides professional consulting services and most up-to-date global information to the innovators and entrepreneurs, which enables them to thrive in Singapore and the region at large. This is the core reason why Singapore has become and remain the top choice for multinational corporations’ headquarters.”, said Joanna Jiao, Founder and CEO of EI. “EI and BI coming together provides the opportunity for rooting more expanding Chinese Startups into Singapore and the SEA region. We consistently see that Startups benefit from having expert localization partners in a new host country.” said Dr. Bert Grobben, CEO from Budding Innovations. “The world continues to become smaller, and for promising companies to be successful they need to expand beyond their initial markets. Even for companies operating in a huge Chinese market, there are numerous opportunities to tackle in other markets.” Besides working to root businesses in Singapore, both parties aim to also create opportunities for Singaporean companies to explore expansion into China. Creating bi-lateral opportunities is beneficial for business, talent development and unlocking innovation potential. We aspire to bring meaningful new products and services to the market, and create a positive and lasting impact in Singapore, China and the region. About Evergreen International (https://evergreeninnovate.sg/) Singapore Evergreen International Management was established in 2011 in Singapore.Its corporate office is located in Singapore, Central Business District, Marina Bay Suites. Its main business operation is to create a platform where the creative entrepreneurs and the international investments meet and able to match. Thus, resulting in providing the best international technology training to all levels of learners. Evergreen is the Partner of Tsinghua x-lab at Singapore. We duplicate the success of Tsinghua x-lab training Model, Talents incubation models and adapt into the Singapore context, culture and local policies to support the entrepreneurship of the students between China and Singapore, potentially extending to ASEAN. It is a 2 way interaction cooperation of knowledge and content , success sharing, exchange, co-operation in partnership model. About Budding Innovations (www.buddinginnovations.com) BI is a Singapore-headquartered horizontally integrated Venture Builder, that focuses on Technology & Product Commercialization by maturing and developing new opportunities towards scalable in-market solutions. It operates on an « Outside-In » and « One-to-Many » Innovation model that enables efficient integration and execution of emerging possibilities across broad technologies and entities. BI specializes in all product aspects in Deep Tech, and company de-risking based on a Technology and Business Model Due Diligence and the follow through maturation and execution framework. BI is working with leading Fortune 500s and regional multinationals in delivering innovative Brand Portfolios, as well as a wide range of SMEs, start-ups and innovators in predominantly Lifespan Health, Nutrition/Food, Life Science, MedTech and Wellness domains (hereinafter “Industry Verticals”). For Start-ups in particular, BI has core expertise in taking them to full product readiness stage, scale-up, and commercial market launch & expansion. Beyond product development, BI recently launched Nebula™, an apprentice program that focuses on entrepreneurial talent development. BI brings broad applied talent development & deployment skills to Start-up teams and companies, to support in developing the business plan, and get the companies ahead towards the next fundable stage(s), but also to enable multinational companies to drive more efficient applied Innovation processes. BI has a strong commitment to develop more talent development capabilities to support a growing number of start-ups and deliver increasing innovation productivity among corporate teams. BI has a strong Singapore foothold, and is expanding its capability, client and start-ups networks into the region. Expansion and technology import/export enables value creation for companies, and talented individuals. BI aims to build close international partnerships to cross fertilize opportunities between innovation ecosystems.

Link to online version on BioTechin.Asia An incubator is defined as a company that promotes entrepreneurship by nurturing startups through the provision of facilities, mentorship and sometimes investments. Budding Innovations, is an incubator that does that and so much more. Budding Innovations’ core focus is on technology, especially life science, healthcare, advanced material science and CleanTech. Besides incubation, Budding Innovation carries out product development execution throughout the entire product lifecycle. I had a wonderful chat with Dr. Bert Grobben, CEO of Budding Innovations, alongside Dr. Reshmi Rajendran, Director of Life Science and Healthcare to find out more about Budding Innovations, as well as their insights on the startup scene in Singapore. How is Budding Innovations Different? When asked to describe Budding Innovations, Dr. Bert Grobben used a tagline “Your preferred solutions partner”, while Dr. Rajendran referred to Budding Innovations as an “end-to-end commercialization partner”. Budding Innovations provides a portfolio of opportunities through relationships, ranging from professors at universities to big multi-national companies. Incubatees can look forward to access to more ideas, technologies, capabilities and better services, increasing their work efficiency many fold as compared to setting up this ecosystem of connections alone. Furthermore, Dr. Grobben and his team participate in discussions with incubatees and take part in the execution process of commercialization, seeking the best possible solutions available. The incubation efforts of Budding Innovations are already successful with its first incubatee already winning prizes ( “Hottest Opportunity” at InnovFest Unbound Event, 17-18 May, 2016, “Biggest Impact Potential”, 3-4 October, 2016) Besides incubation, other activities of Budding Innovations include fund-raising for subsidiary start-ups, technology scouting and product execution for multinational clients, training young Singaporean talent via internships. In addition, Budding Innovations is now entering into partnerships with business schools and have signed agreements to work hand in hand with the Singapore ecosystem to nurture entrepreneurship. Criteria for accepting incubatees Some of the criteria that is taken into account before Budding Innovations accepts incubatees are : Potential of the incubatee’s technology in the market and the additional capabilities Dr. Grobben and his team can supplement to make the final product commercially successful Budding Innovations is able to imagine how the investor pitch deck of the incubatee will look like and be able to conceptualize answers to questions such as: What is the potential of the technology and what is needed to make it work? How do you translate the technology to its actual application? What is the scalability? Passion of the incubatee for their work and has done the due diligence of looking at the commercial landscape Open mindset and willingness to explore different options Starting An Incubator In Singapore Dr. Grobben explained the reasons for starting Budding Innovations in Singapore, stating the strong intent from the Singapore government on the ecosystem to drive innovation in a very targeted way. The intentionality to create things with the purpose of commercialization enhances productivity. Moreover, Singapore is unique in bringing multi-national companies into the ecosystem and investing in fundamental research that leads to commercialization. It’s not all a walk in the park as the startup ecosystem in Singapore is not fully mature. However, Dr. Grobben already has plans for Budding Innovations in the future. He hopes to give more young and aspiring entrepreneurs opportunities to do more entrepreneur-type internships and this will help grow a bigger entrepreneur base in Singapore. In addition to working with MBA programmes by giving guest lectures and by giving MBA students the opportunity to work on actual startup projects rather than theoretical case studies, it allows for a hands-on experience and accountability to drive a project forward. Since the interview, Budding Innovations has also partnered with SIM to be a partner in the Entrepreneur Centre opening early 2017. Tips / Words of advice “…Believe in yourself. Don’t underestimate your own potential and be stupid enough to believe you know all the answers…Entrepreneur life is high risk, with a million and one things that can go wrong but the biggest success driver is understanding that, every issue is an opportunity to go and create something. It doesn’t matter what sort of solutions they are…Jump off the cliff and figure the answer on the way down…You can make things happen if you don’t give up. Take up every opportunity as a chance to learn and be flexible. Things might not happen the way you thought they would but if you are happy to change, change direction, try something different, then you will always find an answer to your problem…Surround yourself with capable people. Don’t go into things on your own. Be smart to ask for help.” – Dr. Bert Grobben “…Have a realistic evaluation about yourself. Fully understand what an entrepreneur does before diving head first into it…Listen to people who criticize because they will give you insights into what directions you should take your business into.” – Dr. Reshmi Rajendran

Digital tools are an integral part of everyday personal and professional life, but COVID19 has abruptly shown everyone that substantially shifting most if not all of our learning and business activities into the digital world is a tough move to make. The widespread lockdowns have shown us that we miss critical skills to effectively 'live' in a digital world. Even as we start to emerge from restrictions, the world will likely not be the same. What we learn and adjust now in the face of crisis will have tremendous value in the future, as we will gain key insights and capabilities that will boost our productivity for all interactions that will happen remotely. (Click image to join Webinar) In collaboration with Innolab.Asia we are organising a Webinar to guide you on your transition from offline to online learning and innovation. At BI we have been successfully running innovation programs fully digitally. From our point of expertise [and our own hands on learning curve] we will share actionable perspective with you. During this session we will assess, share and practice key aspects of adjusting from a physical "In-Real-Life" space to a fully virtual and digital environment. We will tackle your readiness, your Tech Stack and how to evolve your mindset for optimal progress. Assessing your Digital 'literacy' and readiness & preparedness to adopt virtual environments. This will identify your current profile, but also the baseline to address gaps and opportunities for you. We are all different. We all learn differently Meet your virtual classroom / meeting room. Beyond the basics of a video chat, running interactive processes online involves several new aspects. Anything we do in the real world, we can do in the virtual world The tools & platforms. Get exposed to key services used to create a virtual space. Get acquainted with the tech stack, and learn how to design your own. Adoption and implementation of your Tech Stack. Virtual room etiquette. Learn the techniques and behaviours that make virtual engagements more productive. How to connect your digital space with your physical living/working space. Developing a digital mindset. Dependent on what generation or background you are from, we all have a diverse propensity to leverage digital tools. We'll take you through key considerations and actions to become as effective virtually as you are face-to-face. Managing verbal & Non-verbal communication Creating content suitable for Digital consumption Virtual space design and delivery considerations How to effectively engage and interact on a personal level remotely Adjusting your mindset to be receptive for digital learning Join our Webinar HERE. If you have a specific need for support, please reach out to us directly for a discussion on what we can do for you. See you soon. Take care - Be safe - Stay Healthy

Many hackathons and innovation movements have been organised high level by large organisations or companies. But at Leng Kee YEC, they believe that every person or organisation, big or small, should have the chance to benefit from social innovation. No challenge statement is too small to warrant a new angle to re-examine it. This gave rise to their first-ever ground-up social innovation event, the SIF 2018! Every problem, every challenge statement you see in SIF 2018 is a collection of the various issues faced by various resident groups or beneficiaries in their local area. Leng Kee YEC gives every challenge statement a chance, and to develop an idea or a solution to solve it. On Sept 8-9th 2018, BI volunteers will join Social InnoFest 2018, as mentors, judge, and as masters in taking Ideas to Execution. We specialise in taking technologies to market, and building successful companies around them. When we apply our expertise onto Hackathons, we are particularly experienced at taking PoP ideas to MVP products later on, before they enter into the full Cradle to Unicorn lifecycle. For Social InnoFest 2018 we relish the opportunity to add our expertise to the teams, and help make a [Social] impact for the local community. For more details, please visit the event site here.

Budding Innovations is participating in Walkabout Singapore on 22 Sep'17! Walkabout is an annual city-wide open house for technology companies. Stop by The Space at Platform E to meet our team, get the inside scoop on the community, and a behind-the-scenes look at the few features we're cooking up just for you. Join us on Friday, September 22nd for Singapore's annual technology open house. We can't wait to meet you. www.walkabout.sg

It’s the first time ever for Asia to have an experiential conference, and you might be wondering how that stands out from other typical tech summit. Just imagine the time you’re able to engage with global innovators and best-selling authors like Alexander Osterwalder and Dan Roam to solve your company's biggest challenges, or, to re-design your strategic approach with the founders and CEOs of unicorns like Forrest Li from SEA Group to implement innovative framework into your business model. The interactive and practical workshops are our highlights, where you’ll get to put visual thinking and various frameworks into actions. For the first time ever, instead of just sitting down and listening to famous speakers for merely inspirational stories, you’ll be able to interact with creators of theories and industry leaders to accelerate your potential to the next level - these are the kind of hands-on experiences we are bringing you on this coming March. Be ready to expect: 1. Immense learning from world-class innovation leaders We’ve hand-picked our pool of speakers and coaches just for you, from disruptive business executives in leading global organizations to best-selling authors who’ve helped businesses scale and sustain innovatively. Here’s our first batchspeakers: Alexander Osterwalder, creator of the Business Model Canvas and the best-selling author of Business Model Generation - One of the foremost thinkers on business strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship in the world, Alex will be speaking on ways to help companies reinvent themselves and to deal with obstacles along the way. Robert Wolcott, Founder of Kellogg Innovation Network (KIN) - Besides being a Digital Advisory Board member and an active angel investor, Robert founded KIN in 2013 to drive sustainable innovation dedicated for senior executives. At CIS 2019, he will be addressing the role of digital in transforming innovation and the future of everything. Dan Roam, International best-selling author of The Back of the Napkin - Having his book named “the #1 creativity and innovation book of the year, Dan is the founder and president of Digital Roam Inc., and has used visual thinking to solve complex problems for clients such as Google, Boeing, eBay, Microsoft, Wal-Mart, the U.S. Navy, and the United States Senate. He’ll be sharing his “recipe” at the summit. Stephanie Marrus, Director of Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF - An entrepreneurial business executive whose latest accomplishment is starting companies from science and medical technologies for a University of California campus, Stephanie has built the Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF into a vibrant ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation. These are just a small portion of our speakers, there’ll be more to come! 2. Outcome-driven and highly interactive workshops The world is rapidly evolving in this digital era. Embracing the change and adapting to it are essential towards sustaining an organization. Before anything else, it has to start with the people and the culture within the workplace. During the 2 days, the summit is going to feature 40+ hands-on workshops, 60+ keynotes and panelists and 15+ mentoring clinics that will transform mindset and skillset, which when leveraged by organizations, will lead to actionable outcomes. The workshops are core components to the summit where you will learn the most about collaboration and co-creation within an organization. You’ll learn about how visual thinking can stimulate innovation, building a culture of innovation, harnessing innovation through strategic M&A and many other key tools that drive innovation. It’s also a great opportunity to connect with other corporate innovators. 3. New ideation and concepts for implementation Innovation always sparks when we do things differently from the traditional approach. Big corporations can no longer stand on their own, and in order to keep the company growing, firms have been finding different ways to be more innovative, be it building their own innovation lab, outsourcing external accelerator programs, or working with startups. There’ll be a few sessions which will get participants to create new ideas and implementation tools to solve their organization’s biggest challenges. The summit is also a great way for innovators to grasp the different methodology used by business leaders in the US and Europe to better comprehend the wide scope of innovation. 4. Insights into the innovation ecosystem Intensive learning and practicing the tools from the workshops will help you gain a clearer understanding of the key trends of innovation and ways to leverage innovation within your organization. Innovation does not only happen within the private sector, but the government also plays a big part in setting the direction to drive forward the ecosystem within its nation. Each player within the organization has a role to play. If you want to know more about how venture capital can work together with corporates, there’ll be a session for that. Government & policy, corporate accelerator, M&A and deep tech are also huge focuses of the summit. CIS 2019 is going to disrupt the way big corporates embrace innovation. It's not going to be a sit-and-listen keynote session, because you can get those from YouTube anyway, but rather, we'll have those innovation-triggering workshops and exclusive mentoring clinics that will help corporate innovators solve their biggest challenges and more importantly, re-ignite their innovative capacity. See you there! Vanessa Techapichetvanich Community and Partnership Manager Corporate Innovation Summit 2019 #CIS2019

WHAT: Informal gathering of Health enthusiasts and experts to share applied insights and approaches to transform company wide organisations to become more agile. In Asia, 30 ROCHE executives are going through a journey of translating a centrally lead company strategy, into a regional implementation. With this implementation, there is an opportunity to take local needs and flavours into account, and learn from current best practices to serve as inspiration for ROCHE During this (free) event, we bring people passionate in health, transformation, agile operations, etc. together with the ROCHE team, and have a conversation around what it takes to transform organisations and operations. WHEN: October 31st, 2019 WHERE: JustCo Co-Working space at Marine Square (6 Raffles Boulevard) AGENDA: 5:30pm : Welcome address 5:35pm : Opening by ROCHE 5:45pm - 6:10pm : Start-up introductions (2min each) 6:10pm - 7:30pm : Share & Reapply discussion with 30 ROCHE executives on applied Agile Transformation. Register: https://forms.gle/EQmY8U3dptARMnCH6 About ROCHE: ROCHE has been committed to improving lives since the company was founded in 1896 in Basel, Switzerland. Today, Roche creates innovative medicines and diagnostic tests that help millions of patients globally. ROCHE was one of the first companies to bring targeted treatments to patients. With its combined strength in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, ROCHE is better equipped than any other company to further drive personalised healthcare. Two-thirds of its Research and Development projects are being developed with companion diagnostics. ROCHE is the world's number 1 in biotech with 17 biopharmaceuticals on the market. Over half of the compounds in its product pipeline are biopharmaceuticals, enabling them to deliver better-targeted therapies. ROCHE has been at the forefront of cancer research and treatment for over 50 years, with medicines for breast, skin, colon, ovarian, lung and numerous other cancers. ROCHE offers doctors profound information to guide treatments and to answer more patients’ questions than any other company. And its tests enable hospitals and labs to deliver that information quickly and reliably. ROCHE invests around 9 billion Swiss francs in Research and Development every year because innovation is its lifeblood. This is amongst the highest Research and Development spends in the world across all industries. ROCHE is a force of over 90,000 people working together across more than 100 countries. Roche is consistently ranked as employer of choice by its employees and by external institutions. For many years running ROCHE has been recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices as the leader in sustainability within its industry.

Effective May 1st 2018, BI is appointed by Enterprise Singapore as an Accredited Mentor Partner for the Startup SG Founder Grant scheme. With this new role, BI assists to administer and promote the grant of $30k SGD for first time Singaporean Founders. BI is excited with this appointment, as it enables us to work with more first-time entrepreneurs, and support them through the early days of their journey. BI is active in talent development and technology commercialisation since 2015. This appointment comes as a recognition of the impacts we have made so far, and serves as an opportunity to do much more. About the SG Founder Grant: Startup SG Founder provides mentorship and startup capital grant to first-time entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas. Enterprise Singapore will match $3 for every $1 raised by the entrepreneur. Enterprise Singapore has appointed Accredited Mentor Partners (AMP) that will identify qualifying applicants based on the uniqueness of business concept, feasibility of business model, strength of management team, and potential market value. Upon successful application, the AMP will assist the startups with advice, learning programs and networking contacts. More on the Startup SG Founder Grant scheme: www.startupsg.net/startupsg-founder/ BI is committed to support the startup in a meaningful manner, and with applied programs. We will work with the Founder in several ways, to make the mentoring journey as relevant and progress driven as possible. For application related matters, or for more on what BI can do for you, reach out to us at Applications@budinno.com