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01/05/2026

The torch has been passed. 🔥

From this year’s bold ideas to next year’s changemakers — the journey never stops. Who will step up in 🇸🇬 2027 Hult Prize Singapore Nationals?

Congratulations once again to Team AIRA and all our incredible finalist teams. The stage is yours to inspire what comes next.

29/04/2026

The Hult Prize Singapore Nationals 2026 🇸🇬 has wrapped, and what a day it was!

🏆Congratulations to our six finalist teams: AIRA (NUS), Agrolitik (NUS), PeatGuard (NTU), PitchMe (SUTD), Remarkably (NUS), and The REaasT (SMU)!

A huge shoutout to Team AIRA, our 🥇 Singapore Nationals Winners, now among the Top 60 out of 18,000 teams from 130+ countries 🌏!

The day was packed with highlights: an exclusive AMA with Stick 'Em, the 2025 Hult Prize Global Champion, and a 'Make a Mascot' Challenge where teams let their imagination run wild with robotics kits 🤖. Watching future founders laugh, tinker, and dream together was truly one of the most memorable moments of the day.

Thank you to our incredible mentors, judges, organising team, and partners — ACE.SG - Action Community for Entrepreneurship, NUS Social Impact Catalyst, raiSE SG , ACCA, and Vidacity — for making this possible.

To every student who competed: you showed up, dared to imagine a better world, and built a case for it. Keep that fire burning 🔥



Hult Prize Foundation | National University of Singapore | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | Singapore Management University | SUTD Singapore University of Technology & Design

28/04/2026

🌎This one's for the planet!

tHEMEat Company has been awarded USD 100,000 (~SGD 125,000) by the Bezos Earth Fund Accelerator Initiative, in collaboration with The Earthshot Prize, the most prestigious global environment prize in history, founded by Prince William to help repair our planet by 2030.

The funding will support the growth of VEME®, their plant-based 🥬vegetable valorisation and iron nutrition ingredient, with the majority directed towards marketing and brand awareness, followed by operations and product development across their supplements and gummy product lines.

"We would like to thank NUS Enterprise, NUS GRIP, NUS Faculty of Science's Department of Chemistry, Enterprise Singapore and The Earthshot Prize for their invaluable support," said Max Tham, Founder of theMeat Company.

Find out more at: https://www.themeatsg.com

They will also be at Crafters' Market (Mother's Day Edition), Guoco Tower, from 4 to 8 May 2026. Drop by to learn more.

National University of Singapore | NUS Alumni | National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science NUS College of Design and Engineering

22/04/2026

All hands on deck!

⚓ PIER71’s 10th Smart Port Challenge (SPC) is back, with expanded support to help maritime start-ups scale.

Launched at 2026 by NUS Enterprise and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore - MPA, this year’s edition introduces Mentors-in-Residence Plus (MIR+) and Venture2Capital to help start-ups secure funding, enter new markets and scale.

The launch was officiated by Mr Murali Pillai, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Law and Ministry of Transport; Mr Ang Wee Keong, MPA Chief Executive; and Professor Benjamin Tee, Vice President (Ecosystem Building), NUS Enterprise.

Dr Tan Sian Wee, NUS Senior Vice President (Innovation & Enterprise), noted that “the key challenge in maritime innovation is not building solutions, but ensuring these can be deployed at scale.” Since 2018, PIER71 has supported nearly 170 start-ups, which have collectively raised over S$150 million, with new initiatives to help them overcome adoption barriers and expand globally.

🚀 Applications for SPC 2026 are now open till 15 June 2026: https://pier71.sg/smart-port-challenge-2026/

🔗 Media release: https://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/news/10th-smart-port-challenge-expands-support-to-scale-maritime-start-ups

21/04/2026

🇸🇬Singapore's boldest student entrepreneurs are stepping up! The Hult Prize Singapore Nationals 2026 is happening this Saturday!

📍i³ building, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119613
🗓️25 April, Saturday
⏰9am - 6pm

13 participating teams from the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore Management University, SUTD Singapore University of Technology & Design, Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Polytechnic will pitch for-profit, impact-driven ventures tackling real-world challenges.

Plus, catch an exclusive with Stick'Em, the 2025 Hult Prize Global Champion! 🏆

🎟️ Limited slots are open to the public. Secure your spot now → https://luma.com/9jwh2595

A huge thank you to our incredible supporting partners: ACE.SG - Action Community for Entrepreneurship, NUS Social Impact Catalyst, raiSE SG, ACCA and VIDACITY — this wouldn't be possible without you!

Hult Prize Singapore Nationals 2026 The Hult Prize Singapore Nationals 2026 brings together the top 16 student teams across Singapore to pitch their impact…

14/04/2026

From NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) to rethinking chocolate one bar at a time 🍫, Fossa Chooclate's co-founder Yilina Leong shows that a taste for experimentation can go a long way.

In CNA 938's Made in SG🇸🇬, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Yilina and her co-founder, Jay Chua, about building Fossa Chocolate into a homegrown artisanal bean-to-bar brand.

Yilina shares how her NOC experience shaped her entrepreneurial journey, while the pair reflect on why they started the business, and their commitment to single‑origin chocolate, made with specialty‑grade, traceable cacao beans sourced directly from trusted farmers, with a focus on fair pricing and sustainable agroforestry.

They also discussed crafting distinctive Singaporean flavours, from 🥚Salted Egg cereal to Pulut Hitam (black glutinous rice pudding), that set Fossa apart.

🎧 Listen to the full interview: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/cna938-rewind/yilina-jay-and-fossa-chocolate-factory-6053436

More about Fossa Chocolate: https://www.fossachocolate.com

13/04/2026

Your biggest asset as a founder isn't VC connections or a Silicon Valley network. It's expertise and knowing how to deploy it in today's world.

Dr. Krishna Palem, founder and CEO of Accelequant, went from professor to quantum computing founder, armed with research that the IEEE named one of seven world-changing technologies. He proves that "good enough" outmatches "perfect" in both semiconductors and quantum computing.

If you are sitting on research with real-world potential, this one's for you: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-academic-halls-quantum-leaps-intriguing-journey-professor-mmaqc

This article is from our quarterly publication, Enterprise Spark, Issue #49 (Apr–Jun 2026).

👓Read the full issue here: https://bit.ly/4cwsixz

07/04/2026

Talent, capital and infrastructure are already in place. The next step? Mindset. ✨

In a commentary in The Straits Times, Dr Sian Wee Tan 陈善威, Senior Vice President (Innovation and Enterprise), National University of Singapore, highlighted that building more globally competitive start-ups will depend on strengthening entrepreneurial instinct: the confidence to act, experiment and learn even in uncertainty.

⚙️ While Singapore’s strengths in precision and efficiency support scaling, he noted that entrepreneurship often begins earlier: engaging users before being fully ready, testing imperfect prototypes, and iterating quickly rather than waiting for complete information.

Dr Tan also pointed to experiential learning as a key enabler. NUS Enterprise's initiatives such as NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) immerse students in start-up ecosystems globally, while the S$150 million Venture Capital Programme boosts the growth of deep-tech start-ups. 🚀

🔗https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/singapore-universities-produce-top-students-why-dont-more-gkvrc/

07/04/2026

What will it take for Singapore’s deep tech breakthroughs to scale globally? How do we move beyond early innovation to lasting impact?

💡 In a recent interview with The Business Times, Professor Benjamin Tee, Vice President (Innovation and Enterprise), NUS Enterprise, shared that deep tech is no longer just about moving from “zero to one”, but progressing to “10 or 100”.

This requires greater emphasis on growth-stage capital, targeted investments and long-term commitment. He also highlighted the importance of talent development and ecosystem support to sustain momentum.

🔗https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/singapores-deep-tech-push-requires-calculated-bets-stronger-xncic

National University of Singapore | NUS College of Design and Engineering | NUS Alumni

28/03/2026

in Singapore is at an inflection point.

Singapore is rapidly emerging as a major cyber hub in Asia, but building a cyber start-up here is very different from Silicon Valley or other key markets. The go-to-market is different. Buyers' needs and cybersecurity challenges are different. The role of government is very different.

That's exactly why this upcoming special event by CyberSG TIG Collaboration Centre is one to watch: It will bring together some of Singapore's top founders, investors & ecosystem leaders for an honest discussion about what it actually takes to build and scale cyber companies from here.

If you are building, investing, or just curious about cyber in Asia - would love to have you join us.

📌 Event: Founders & Investors in Conversation - Building Cyber Start-ups in Singapore
🗓Date & Time: 10 April 2026, Friday, 2:00pm – 4:00pm (SGT)
📍Venue: TIG Centre, 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent, 02-18, Singapore 139951

👉 Register to join: https://luma.com/Building-Cyber-Startups-Singapore-2026

Topics we will cover include pitfalls to avoid in building a cyber start-up in Singapore and what investors are looking for.

About The Centre: https://tig.cybersg.sg

We look forward to seeing you soon!

27/03/2026

10 start-ups. 🚀 Three bold solutions. 💡 S$1.5 million awarded. 💰

Congratulations to Logice, Sembuh AI and StratifiCare, which emerged as top winners at the recent inaugural Deep Tech Seed to A Growth Expansion Programme (Deep SAGE) Demo Day! Each start-up received S$500,000 in funding from TIS Inc. along with continued strategic and ex*****on support through the programme.

Deep SAGE supports seed-stage start-ups through the “valley of death” between accelerator graduation and Series A funding. It is jointly delivered by NUS Enterprise through BLOCK71 Global, our network of physical accelerators across 11 cities, and TIS Inc., which brings experience working with large enterprises to help start-ups scale.

Professor Benjamin Tee, Vice President (Innovation and Enterprise), NUS Enterprise, shared that the programme’s early success reflects “strong demand… for deeper ex*****on support beyond mentorship and capital.” Through its distinct fractional C-suite model, seasoned executives work alongside founders to “drive ex*****on” and build the commercial rigour needed to scale towards pre-Series A and Series A.

Mr Furusho Kensaku, Managing Executive Officer, TIS Inc., added that in deep tech, “the gap… is not innovation, but ex*****on.” Deep SAGE aims to bridge this gap by combining capital with strategic guidance and connections to enterprise partners to support start-ups’ growth.

Logice: https://www.logiceindonesia.com
Sembuh AI: https://sembuh.ai
StratifiCare: https://www.stratificare.com

We look forward to seeing this cohort build momentum and take the next step towards global growth!

🔗 Media release: https://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/news/deep-sage-plugs-ex*****on-gap-as-global-deep-tech-start-ups-demonstrate-scalable-growth-at-inaugural-demo-day/

💡 More about BLOCK71: https://block71.co/