Deadline:
July 11, 2025
Location(s)
Online Singapore
Overview
Asia’s deep tech startup pitching competition is back with its 9th edition!
Launch your deep tech startup onto the global stage at SLINGSHOT 2025, Singapore. Compete for over S$ 2 million in grants, connect with top investors, and showcase your innovation at SWITCH 2025. Join 5,500+ startups and make your pitch of a lifetime. Register now!
Details
Ready to slingshot your startup into the world through Singapore?
Compete for grant prizes worth over S$2 million when you take the global stage under SLINGSHOT 2025’s spotlight from 29-31 October and showcase your trailblazing solutions to the world!
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!
Last year, more than 5,500 startups from over 150 markets participated in SLINGSHOT, with our Top 50 Global Startups joining us here in Singapore to forge connections with industry experts and key ecosystem partners. The competition culminated in the Finals held at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) 2024.
Ready to make the pitch of a lifetime? Register now to submit your proposal today!
Choose from 4 categories:
- Environment, Energy and Green Technologies
- Health and Biomedical
- Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity
- Transformative Digital Technologies
Why Join?
Vie for a chance to be part of our SLINGSHOT 2025 Top 60 Global Startups, get connected to our vibrant startup community in Singapore, and secure over S$2 million in startup funding!
Embark on your global startup journey through SLINGSHOT!
- IMMERSE: Dive into a specially curated immersion program featuring corporate site visits and lab crawls within Singapore’s dynamic startup ecosystem.
- NETWORK: Connect with global leading investors, accelerators and corporates.
- COLLABORATE: Ideate and co-innovate with corporates and homegrown players to fast-track your ideas into the markets.
- PITCH: Take the stage at the Finals and showcase your innovation to a global audience, with the opportunities to secure over S$2 million in startup funding.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
What are the eligibility criteria?
We are not just looking for brilliant ideas, but most importantly, practical and scalable solutions.
Any international startups with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and meet the following conditions are eligible to participate:
- can illustrate initial signs of traction;
- have proprietary technology or solutions.
Dates
Deadline: July 11, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
THE PRIZES
- Grand Winner of SLINGSHOT 2025: S$400,000 Startup SG Grant Prize
- 1st Runner Up of SLINGSHOT 2025: S$300,000 Startup SG Grant Prize
- 2nd Runner Up of SLINGSHOT 2025: S$200,000 Startup SG Grant Prize
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