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ELEVATOR PITCH COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: 31 December, 2023

LOCATION: Hong Kong

EPiC is a unique, worldwide competition for global startups to expand their footprints into Asia, leveraging extensive network and tailored support from Hong Kong’s largest innovation ecosystem.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Event is open and offered only to tech companies which are incorporated for  no more than 10 years.  Each Participant must accept and agree with the Terms before they may proceed further with the Event. 

This Event is not open to (1) employees of the Organiser; (2) the immediate family members or members of the same household of any such employee; or (3) anyone professionally involved in the development or administration of the Event.

No entry of the Event will be received or held in confidence and under no circumstances will any entry create a confidential relationship or obligation of secrecy between any Participant and the Organiser or between the Participant and any other party. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, each Participant understands and agrees that its entry may be publicly disclosed by the Organiser on its website, or virtual event platform, or in other public communications, forums and media.

BENEFIT:

Cash prizes: USD240K

Investment: USD5M

Get noticed by 1,000+ Investors and 350+ corporate partners

Market access to GBA / CHINA

Insights from the market discovery programme, new market entry support and HKSTP’S value-added services

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SBN NOURISH NIGERIA CHALLENGE: NUTRIPITCH

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Application Deadline: 3 December, 2023

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) is hosting the 2023 Edition of SBN’s Annual pitch competition in partnership with FATE Foundation. The project is a Business Model Research project and is part of a larger program grant of EUR80m focussed on six African countries (Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda)

ELIGIBILITY:

Must be a Nigerian citizen (male or female).

Must be between the ages of 25 and 50 as of January 2024.

Must be the Founder, Owner manager, or CEO of a growth-stage agribusiness. venture. (Only one applicant per business will be accepted).

Should have their Agribusiness focused on Nutrition and Innovation.

Should have a good business model that focuses on reaching low-income consumers.

Should have a unique/innovative marketing strategy.

Should have a minimum of three (3) full-time highly skilled staff in a managerial capacity (excluding part-time staff and low/semi-skilled staff).

Must have their Agribusiness venture registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and be currently operating and generating income.

Must be available to participate FULL-TIME in the one-week boot camp and ALL other activities required throughout the program.

BENEFIT:

One Week Pitch Readiness Bootcamp

GAP Advisory Sessions

Growth Plan Development

Pitch Competition

CEO Fireside Chat

Series of Workshops and Masterclass Sessions (see program highlights for details on this)

4 months Hand-holding Mentorship Community.

Access to our Alumni Community post-graduation

N 10,000,000 Naira to be shared amongst winners of the Pitch Competition

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