SERVICES | Innovation Challenges
Invite the world of startups to pitch solutions.
Source the best-fit startups to solve a focused business problem or develop a new opportunity. Every challenge is designed around a clear outcome -- most often, a pilot with a selected startup.
We begin by helping you sharpen the problem statement. We then draw on our regional knowledge and global networks to find and engage the right startups -- whether early-stage ventures or more mature scale-ups -- and bring them into a structured, collaborative process. A challenge offers a broad public reach, opening the door to communities and solutions you may not have encountered otherwise.
The process can be run in-person, hybrid, or fully virtually.
Reach networks and communities globally to attract high-potential startups to propose creative solutions to your problem
Change how you collaborate with new or existing corporate and ecosystem partners to solve big problems or develop new opportunities
Co-create the use case with startup partner, and guide the development of the solution based on your business pain point and customer need
Get to a real result: a pilot with the startup to test the use case
Highlights:
Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge
7th edition
Enterprise Singapore
Global sourcing for solutions for 27 corporate challenge statement owners across five themes: Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, Greener Industries, Sustainable Agrifood, and Sustainable Materials
Predicting Future Choices Challenge
Public Utilities Board
Global sourcing for solutions to predict future consumer energy choices, enabling the grid to adapt to changing demands and support Net Zero targets. In support of Greenhouse
Australia Green Economy Innovation Challenge
Enterprise Singapore
Global sourcing for solutions in logistics, construction, e-mobility, and agrifood, to pilot in Australia
OCBC Sustainability Innovation Challenge
OCBC Bank and TotalEnergies
Initiative for OCBC to lead and sponsor sustainable innovation in the region, matching TotalEnergies with solutions in EV batteries and charging, distributed energy systems, and green manufacturing materials
Defence Innovation Challenge
Enterprise Singapore and Ministry of Defence
Global sourcing for solutions in drones and robotics, manpower and equipment tracking, maintenance, to be co-developed with the army and air force
India Open Innovation Challenge
Enterprise Singapore
Global sourcing for solutions in agrifood, healthcare, and retail, to pilot in India
Singapore Mobility Challenges
ComfortDelGro, Land Transport Authority, and SMRT
Global sourcing for solutions in commuter experience and behaviours, maintenance and operations
Southeast Asia Open Innovation Challenge
Enterprise Singapore; supported by EDB and IMDA
Global sourcing for solutions in a wide range of sectors, from banking to agrifood, to pilot in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam
PUB Global Innovation Challenges
Public Utilities Board (PUB)
Global sourcing for solutions in water and adjacent industries for their sensors and monitoring, and automation and process control technologies