Deadline: 31-Aug-22
The Origin Innovation Awards is calling for entries that provide recognition to companies that have exemplified the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship in the running of their businesses.
The 3rd chapter of ORIGIN Innovation Awards drew inspiration from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) and seeks to recognise and celebrate exemplary entrepreneurs, businesses, investors, and innovation ecosystem drivers that embodies the spirit of outstanding innovation and are actively promulgating sustainability in their business practices.
Categories
- Startup Leader of the Year
- The Startup Leader of The Year category is conceived to award and recognise early-stage startups that are building and delivering sustainable disruptive solutions or innovative solutions that fits the description of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The success must be generating significant positive impact to humanity and the way businesses operate.
- Enterprise Awards
- The Enterprise Awards aims to celebrate the contributions that established companies and industry leaders that have incorporated remarkable sustainable practices through the application of innovative practices and technologies to their business models and operations.
- Outstanding Ecosystem Leaders Awards
- The Outstanding Ecosystem Leaders Awards honours the organisations and individuals that have enabled, impacted, and supported the growth and development of the entrepreneurial landscape and created growth for the ecosystem.
Benefits
- Bragging Rights
- Be recognised and awarded for the positive contributions and impact you and your company has provided.
- Achieving the right recognition may change your life. It opens doors and opportunities.
- Their panel of Advisors are made up of professional and renowned regional investors and organisations that not only evaluate, but can potentially become your strategic or financial partner.
- Media Publicity
- Media publicity and features comes guaranteed for the finalists and winners. While you help do good to humanity, let them help share that with the world.
- Doing good needs to be promoted. By doing so, they hope to inspire more.
- For the winners, TechNode Global will award 5 free featured interviews/press releases worth U$15,000.
- To be fulfilled within 1 year from the official winner announcement.
- Exclusive Access
- Winners will be automatically welcomed into the TechNode Global family.
- Enjoy exclusive invites to speaking occasions across the various events they and their partners host, get introduced to quality networks and business matchings.
- To fulfil their role as a connector, TechNode Global will make 2 matchings for the winners. Be it a potential business partnership, or an investor.
- To be fulfilled within 6 months from the official winner announcement.
Eligibility Criteria
- General Qualifying Criteria for Startup Leader of the Year Awards Category:
- The nominee must be based or operating in APAC.
- The nominee should have a commercialized product or have existing pilot projects with commercial partners.
- The nominee’s funding round must not exceed Series B.
- General Qualifying Criteria for Enterprise Awards Category:
- The nominee should have a physical office presence in APAC.
- For this award, the nominee should showcase existing campaign and/or initiatives that are currently in place and is quantifiable with the relevant UN SDGs.
- The project has to be a long-term commitment with participation from at least 1 department of the organisation and has a two years implementation plan.
- General Qualifying Criteria for Outstanding Ecosystem Leaders Awards Category:
- The nominee should be based in APAC
- The nominee has to showcase their engagement or active contribution to the APAC ecosystem communities either through certain initiative, campaigns, or investments into the ecosystem.
Judging Criteria
- Startup Leader of the Year
- Value created by the product or service
- Attractiveness of the market opportunity
- Viability of business model
- Capability of the management team
- Growth potential
- Technology breakthrough
- Sustainability element/which UN SDGs does it fits under
- Enterprise Awards
- Business impact and value created by the corporate innovation project
- Measurable sustainable outputs and impacts that are in line with the UN SDGs
- The technologies underpinning the corporate innovation
- Outstanding Ecosystem Leaders Awards
- Exemplify strong track record and commitment in capital support, mentorship and community building Leading recognised initiatives that bring about positive impact to their community
- Strong relationships with the key ecosystem stakeholders
For more information, visit https://technode.global/origin-innovation-awards-2022/