Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition 2025 (Up to $1 Million in Prizes) – YOA

Deadline: April 30, 2025

Applications are open for the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition 2025. Named in honour of Singapore’s founding Prime Minister – who might be mentioned to have developed the nation’s defining marketing strategy in pitching Singapore into the worldwide highlight – it was one of many first worldwide marketing strategy competitors platforms for the world’s finest and brightest subsequent-gen innovators to remedy international challenges.

In over twenty years since, the competitors, which is held each two years, has grown leaps and bounds: From simply over 200 submissions from 74 tertiary establishments in 2002, to 1,000 submissions from 1,100 establishments in 2023.

Today, LKYGBPC is a recognised beacon of excellence in international youth innovation. As one in all Asia’s most globally consultant and thrilling deep-tech startup challenges, lots of of subsequent-gen entrepreneurs and leaders in the worldwide innovation ecosystem converge in Singapore for an thrilling week of reside pitches, networking, mentorship and studying.

Beyond the competitors, the platform has turn into a launchpad for a rising tide of alumni who’re regularly innovating to make the world a greater place.

Prizes

• Up to $1 Million in Prizes: Includes money awards, startup sources, mentorships, and scholarships.
• Global Visibility: Pitch to a global panel of traders, VCs, and trade specialists.
• All-Expenses-Paid Trip to Singapore: Selected groups might be flown in to compete in the Grand Finals from September 29 – October 2, 2025.
• Mentorship & Access: Engage with over 200+ VC funds, household workplaces, and ecosystem companions.
• Networking Opportunities: Join an elite circle of the world’s most formidable startups and scholar innovators.
• Mention Startups Without Borders in your application for group recognition.

Eligibility

• Open to all subsequent gen startup founders.
• To be eligible, the group or startup should have no less than one founder who’s a present tertiary scholar or a current tertiary graduate (inside the final 5 years). 

Category 0 to 1: Pre-revenue groups/startups with novel expertise or enterprise mannequin improvements

• Technology improvements which have emerged from educational analysis with commercialisation alternatives which will or is probably not totally validated.
• Innovative enterprise fashions which will or is probably not totally validated.
• Team is in preliminary phases of ideation up to having a minimal viable product (MVP) that has but to be launched in the market.
• Each group / startup should have no less than one founder, who’s a present scholar or current alumni of lower than 5 years.
• “Current student” is outlined as any one who is enrolled in a full-time polytechnic, undergraduate, postgraduate, or PhD programme at a tertiary institute.
• “Alumni of less than 5 years” is outlined as any one who has graduated at a tertiary institute from 31 March 2020 onwards.
• Persons who have been beforehand enrolled full-time in a polytechnic, undergraduate, postgraduate, or PhD program however dropped out between March 31, 2020 and April 30, 2025 are additionally eligible to apply.
• There isn’t any restriction on the variety of members in a group or firm.

Category 1 to Infinity: Revenue-generating early stage begin-ups, up to Series A

• Startup is in phases of preliminary gross sales or wanting to scale.
• Typically, services or products has launched in the market, and is looking for their subsequent buyer(s) and/or to enter a brand new market.
• Each group / startup should have no less than one founder, who’s a present scholar or current alumni of lower than 5 years.
• “Current student” is outlined as any one who is enrolled in a full-time polytechnic, undergraduate, postgraduate, or PhD programme at a tertiary institute.
• “Alumni of less than 5 years” is outlined as any one who has graduated at a tertiary institute from 31 March 2020 onwards.
• Persons who have been beforehand enrolled full-time in a polytechnic, undergraduate, postgraduate, or PhD program however dropped out between March 31, 2020 and April 30, 2025 are additionally eligible to apply.
• There isn’t any restriction on the variety of members in a group or firm.

Application

To apply, the next supplies might be required on your application through the Preliminary Round. Failure to submit the supplies on-line by the introduced deadline will consequence in disqualification. 

• Complete an application kind on the official platform.
• Executive Summary
  • Not greater than 500 phrases, in pdf
  • File ought to be named in this format: Summary_TeamIdentify.pdf
• Pitch Deck Presentation
  • Not greater than 20 slides, in pdf
  • File ought to be named in this format: Presentation_TeamIdentify.pdf
• Video presentation (Optional)
  • This is inspired however not required.
  • Video ought to be not than 5 minutes with desire for mp4.
  • File ought to be named in this format: Video_TeamIdentify.mp4
• All submitted supplies should be the unique work of the taking part group.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition.