Deadline: 12-Aug-22
Huawei Spark Ignite 2022 – Thailand Startup Competition is back! Bigger and better, this year’s edition is calling for a new batch of startups who DARE TO EXCEED the boundaries of their perceived limits by partnering Huawei to help startups realise their ambitions and exceed their potential.
This year, they’re calling for ambitious growth startups (at least Seed stage), with existing commercially available products/services and who are not part of any existing Huawei program, to showcase your innovation to address one of the categories below and partner with a leading global brand.
The Grand Winner will gain the opportunity to work with one of the world’s leading technology innovators to bring their products and company onto another level, and onto a global platform. Up to 10 businesses are eligible for prizes, so there is plenty of room to make a tangible difference to your business future by joining Huawei Spark Ignite 2022 – Thailand Startup Competition.
Categories
- Enterprise Software: Articulating a well-connected Enterprise Software solution and business model that will help organisations drive real impact and value creation to stay ahead of the competition.
- Fintech – FSI: Disrupting business models and innovative integration of technology in the financial and insurance sectors.
- Media & Gaming: Reinventing the Media & Gaming experience in a post-pandemic world by disrupting the status quo with your innovative technologies.
- 5G: A “killer” application that unlocks the full potential and features of 5G, e.g. mMTC, URLLC, eMBB.
- Retail / eCommerce: Leveraging the boom in the Retail & eCommerce marketplace and optimising users’ consumer experience.
- Mobile Applications: Redefining the consumer experience and creating new solutions for smart life services.
- Sustainability / Green Energy: Stimulating low carbon consumption via the application of AI/ML, Cloud or IoT to create value in building a green economy.
Prizes & Incentives
- For the Grand Winner:
- USD 125K Cloud Credits
- Admission to Huawei Spark Program “Accelerate” Tier
- Admission to Huawei Spark Fire
- Admission to Spark Go-China program
- For the 2nd & 3rd winners:
- USD 80K Cloud Credits
- Admission to Huawei Spark Program “Accelerate” Tier
- Admission to Spark Go-China program
- For the 4th & 5th-placing winners:
- USD 20K Cloud Credits
- Admission to Huawei Spark Program “Incubate” Tier
- For the 6th to 10th-placing winners:
- USD 5K Cloud Credits
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this competition, your Company must be a:
- Growth startup (at least Seed stage)
- Startup with services/products that are already commercially available
- Startup with traction – Revenue, clients (preferred)
- Business entity and/or with clients in Thailand
- Not currently part of Huawei Spark
- Not currently part of Huawei Partner Network
- Top 15 from Spark Ignite 2021, Spark Ignite 2020, Spark Malaysia, Spark Thailand and past winners of AppsUP 2020 are not eligible to compete
- Have a solution in one of the categories listed in the Brief
- In this challenge, only one member should apply and will act as representative for the company in question. In the later stages, a second representative may be required.
For more information, visit https://www.huaweispark.com/en/challenges/ignite-thailand-2022