One ASEAN Startup Award 2025: Bridge to Brilliance

Are you an entrepreneur prepared to form the longer term? The One ASEAN Startup Award 2025 is your alternative to achieve recognition, join with high ecosystem gamers, and safe funding to scale your innovation. Hosted by the ERIA Digital Innovation and Sustainable Economy Centre (E-DISC), this prestigious award celebrates startups engaged on options that deal with ASEAN-wide challenges.

This 12 months, we’re increasing our focus to embrace Cleantech, aligning with ERIA’s Zero Emission mission. Through analysis, coverage research, and collaborations, E-DISC goals to assist Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) companion international locations develop roadmaps for decarbonization.

Beyond recognition, this award fosters real-world affect by bridging analysis with enterprise alternatives, offering a platform the place startups can join, be taught, and thrive.

Pre-Events and Pitch Competitions

A collection of three Pre-Events will characteristic 10 finalist startups every, giving them the chance to pitch their concepts to a panel of consultants. Key figures from the ASEAN startup ecosystem will present insights on business traits and startup growth.

Two winners from every Pre-Event will obtain a US$10,000 analysis fund, supporting their enlargement whereas contributing to ERIA’s analysis initiatives.

Objectives

• Identify and showcase ASEAN-based startups poised to change into future position fashions.
• Highlight alternatives and challenges confronted by startups within the ASEAN area.

Award Categories

Category	Focus Area
AI	Open to startups leveraging synthetic intelligence for transformative options that resolve complicated issues, improve effectivity, and drive innovation.
Zero Emission	Open to startups growing options to cut back carbon emissions and promote sustainability, together with renewable vitality, vitality effectivity, and carbon seize applied sciences.

Eligibility Criteria

• Startups should at the moment have or plan to set up enterprise operations in one of many goal international locations designated for every Pre-Event.
• No restrictions primarily based on headquarters location.
• Startups needs to be within the Pre-Seed to Series B stage, with a minimal viable product or well-developed concepts.
• Nominated startups should suggest a analysis matter with a clear motion plan and reveal a willingness to collaborate with ERIA consultants on analysis initiatives.

Target Countries for Each Pre-Event

Pre-Event Host Country	Target Countries
Viet Nam	Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar
Thailand	Thailand, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam
Malaysia	Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia

Benefits for Award Winners

• Access to the E-DISC community, connecting with ASEAN nationwide companies, enterprise capitalists, incubators, and firms.
• Invitation to change into an E-DISC analysis companion, contributing to coverage experiences and white papers.
• Pre-Event Prize: US$10,000 analysis fund per class winner, contingent on participation as an E-DISC analysis companion.
• Final-Event Prize: US$10,000 analysis fund per class winner, contingent on analysis collaboration with E-DISC.

Current Round: Viet Nam

• Target Countries: Viet Nam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar
• Open Nominations: Startups can self-nominate or be nominated by a 3rd get together.
• Deadline: March 30, 2025
• Selection: Five startups will probably be chosen as finalists for every class.
• Pre-Event: Finalists will pitch their concepts in individual, together with a related analysis proposal.
• Awarding: Prizes will probably be awarded to startups that commit to being E-DISC analysis companions.
• Submit the application here.

Upcoming Rounds

• Thailand and Malaysia rounds are anticipated to open in June and August 2025, respectively.

Judging Criteria

AI	Zero Emission
Technological superiority	Alignment with Zero Emission objectives
Relevance to the ASEAN market and group points	Scalability potential in ASEAN
Scalability potential in ASEAN	Relevance and feasibility of the analysis plan

For extra particulars and nomination data, keep up to date with bulletins from E-DISC and ERIA.

More Information

To be taught extra, please go to here.

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