Scale It Up Asia-Pacific Innovation Challenge (Applications Open)

The Scale it up - innovation challenge is your opportunity to get first-class support in accelerating your start up from leaders in the food value chain. Acquire technical expertise Acquire technical expertise in the areas of ingredients, extrusion, milling, flavourings, formulations, marketing, operational scale up and much more;   Accelerate product development Accelerate product development and get faster to market. Increase your chances of creating a successful product. Get access to scale up trials and facilities to build a Proof of Concept (POC). Build a network & partnerships Build a network and potential partnerships . Increase credibility and awareness for your company . Collaborate with experts within the industry and across the value chain Provide growth opportunities Win equivalent to USD 100K+ with mentorship and access to application center facilities. Sign up What you could win? All participants An opportunity to join a community of like minded people. Top 15 Opportunity to pitch your project to the partner companies Top 5 3 day visit to application centres in Singapore to prepare Proof of Concept . All expenses covered for 2 people per start-up worth USD 100K+ Maturation/refinement and concept proofing in-house with partner companies Mentorship from one of the partner companies Winners 6 months mentorship for the winner & 3 months mentorship for the runner-up One time access to the partners' application centers for testing, scaling or launch Visibility into the partner's ecosystem Ready to accelerate? Project sharing is open from 15 August – 01 October 2022, and you are welcome to join at any point of time.  15 August —  01 October Project sharing Sign up, share your projects, get acquainted with others and find experts. Don't share any confidential information yet. 12 October Top 15 selection A panel of experts from the partnering organisations will select Top 15 projects, based on the platform submissions 12 October — 19 October Pitch preparation During this week, Top 15 will have time to prepare their pitch for the next selection. Teams won't be sharing any confidential information during their pitches. 19 October Top 5 selection A panel of experts from the partnering companies will select Top 5 projects, based on the pitches. 01 December, 2022— 25 January, 2023 Acceleration &  onsite visit Top 5 visits the partner’s facilities for 1-2 weeks. The team must be able to travel to the Singapore, during the period of 01 December, 2022– 25 January 2023 (expenses for 2 team members will be covered) February 2023 Final pitch Top 5 will pitch again and present the results of their visits. 1 winner and 1 runner-up will be selected.  Stay tuned If you have read this far, we know you are serious about alternative protein sources and doing something to make a difference in the world.