Our Focus Areas
Padang & Co is a Singapore-headquartered Open Innovation company founded in 2013. We design and deliver innovation programmes, including innovation challenges, acceleration programmes, hackathons, and go-to-market programmes, that connect corporations and government agencies with startups and innovators across Southeast Asia and Australia. Our work focuses on the Green Economy, helping organisations decarbonise, unlock access, and scale sustainable growth across the region, in these areas:
Southeast Asia
Green Economy Landscape
6
countries
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
7
sectors
Nature, Agriculture & Food, Energy Transition, Climate Markets & Enablers, Built Environment, Transportation & Logistics, Circular Economy & Waste, and Industrial Decarbonisation
200+ opportunities identified
where startups and SMEs can play a role, and where targeted interventions could unlock significant climate and economic gains
1,089
startups and SMEs
mapped across the 7 sectors (selected featured in the 6 country maps)
CORPORATE INNOVATION JOURNEY
We help corporations innovate with greater speed and agility.
EXPLORE
Map and analyse the ecosystem to identify emerging technologies, trends, and opportunities
Innovation Challenges Hackathons
ENGAGE
Co-create, test, and validate solutions through structured collaboration with startup partners
Innovation Challenges Acceleration Programmes
EXPERIMENT
Pilot solutions, fast-track growth, and scale into new markets
Innovation Challenges Acceleration Programmes
EXECUTE
Pilot solutions, fast-track growth, and scale into new markets
Acceleration Programmes
Go-to-Market Programmes
200+
Challenges
400+
Communities
500+
Events
600,000+
Startups