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11th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition

11th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition
Are you a student founder or a university alumni of less than five years? Do you have a BOLD idea that could reshape the future? Now is the time to let the world know it.

Inviting the brightest student minds from the world’s most entrepreneurial universities to convene at the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition. This is the perfect platform to pitch your startup to TOP investors, government agencies, multinational companies and stand a chance to win UP TO S$2 MILLION worth of prizes!

Application is open for student founders and university alumni from all over the world! Be one of the trailblazing TOP 50 finalists who get to fly and stay in Singapore for free!

This competition is organised by SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Nordic Innovation House Singapore is a Local Partner for 11th Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition.

🚀 Apply before 31 March 2023: https://bit.ly/3f2J78s
ℹ️ Visit smu.sg/lkygbpc for full details!


Areas of Focus

  • Urban Solutions and Sustainability

  • Manufacturing, Trade & Connectivity

  • Human Health & Potential

  • Smart Nation & Digital Economy

  • Media & Entertainment


Who Can Apply

  • Each team or startup must have at least founding member or founder, who is a current student or recent alumni of less than 5 years.

  • “Current student” is defined as any person who is enrolled in a full-time polytechnic, undergraduate, postgraduate, or PhD programme at a tertiary institute.

  • “Recent alumni” is defined as any person who graduated or left school or took a sabbatical after 1 January 2019.

  • There is no restriction on the number of members in a team or company.


Judging Criteria: INVESTABILITY
Teams will be evaluated based on the following:

  • Innovativeness

  • Commercial Feasibility

  • Impact of Idea

  • Capability to Execute


Teams will need to register, fill in the online form and submit the following:

  • Executive Summary of not more than 500 words

  • Pitch Deck of no more than 20 slides

  • Optional: A video presentation not more than 5-min


🚀 Apply before 31 March 2023: https://bit.ly/3f2J78s
ℹ️ Visit smu.sg/lkygbpc for full details!