Great News for Startup Founders! Block On is holding RAISE Startup Pitching Challenge for Startups to get a chance to winning S$50000 prizes!

We are pleased to work with various startup partners (FTAG, Grounded, AlphaXLab, BlockLive.Asia, VCs & KOLs) from Singapore and Founders Space (Silicon Valley-based Incubator & Accelerator that incubated Unicorns such as Instagram, Mashable, Change.org, FourSquare & More) to make this event possible.

BlockLiveAsia (BLA) is having Mega Event that is expecting 8000+ Audience with Block On. If you want to showcase your startup or business to such large audiences, this is the Pitching Challenge that you must join! Hurry up, we are closing the application soon! Look out for the timelines under Important Dates Session.

All aspiring Startup Entrepreneurs should come down to this event and see the RAISE Pitching Challenge in Action! If you just want to come down to support your favorite teams or network with Entrepreneurs, Startups Founders, Angel Investors & VCs from Singapore, this is the event you shouldn't miss.

Each team will be given 4 mins to pitch with 2 mins for Q&A from the large audience, including a judging panel of top entrepreneurs, investors and VCs. Your votes, as part of the audience, will be counted within the scoring for the top three winning prizes and also for Investor's Choice & Community's Choice Award. We'll also have Lucky Draw (Worth S$5000), many amazing vouchers & prizes as well.

+++++ WINNING PRIZES +++++

Incubation Fund - S$10000

MVP Fund - S$10000

Entrepreneur Grant - S$30000

*S$50,000 is sum of cash winning prizes, incubation fund, MVP fund & Grant. SG Entrepreneur Grant is subjected to approval and it is applicable to 1st timer for Singaporean & PR only.

+++++ INVESTORS +++++

Apart from winning prizes, there may be additional investment in exchange for equity from the following investors.

Block On Capital

CRC Capital

Tribe/Trive

Jubilee Capital

Vertex Ventures

Golden Gate Ventures

QCP Capital

Gao Capital

Circuit Capital

Genesis Capital

ARC Capital

Mainnet Capital

Novum Capital

Found Venture

Merkle Tree

Varidus

Spike Ventures

Castor Ventures

WB Fleming

Protege Ventures

More Investors/VCs will be joining us!

+++++ SUBMISSION PROCEDURE +++++

You can email your "Pitch Deck" to Jack at jack@blockon.biz or Joey at joey@grounded.work to participate in the RAISE Startup Pitching Challenge.

Those Startups with both POC or Prototype/MVP from Blockchain, Fintech, Ecommerce, IOT, AI, VR, AR & all Future Technologies are welcome to apply.

You Pitch Deck should have the following Info as minimum requirement.

1. What is the problem that you are trying to solve?
2. What is your solution?
3. What is your USP/UVP?
4. What is the market size?
5. Business & Marketing Plan
6. Milestones & Projection
7. The Team Members
8. User's Traction if applicable
9. Investment Requirement & Usage
10. Applicant Name, Contact Email & Mobile No

If you are shortlisted as either Semi-Final or Final Pitching, you will be informed via email/whatsapp/SMS!

MAY THE RAISE BE WITH YOU! (^_^)

+++++ IMPORTANT DATES +++++

*** Application Closing Dates ***

16th April 2019, 3:00 PM

*** Shortlisted Announcement Dates ***

17th April 2019 (10 Startups will be selected to Pitch)

RAISE Pitching Committee will announce shortlisted startup to pitch.

*** RAISE Pitching Dates ***

19th April 2019, 12:55 PM to 2:00 PM

*** Winning Teams Announcement Dates ***

19th April 2019, 4:00 PM

+++++ LOCATION, DATE & TIME +++++

Venue: Marina Bay Sand Convention Center, Hall A, 10 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018971

Date: 19th April 2019, Friday

Time: 12:55 PM to 4:15 PM

+++++ MEDIA COVERAGE +++++

These are our media partners for the event.

The Strait Times

Tech-In-Asia

E27

CoinDesk

CoinTelegraph

BlockCast

DIFY

IKIGuide

FOMOMedia

More Media partners will be joining us!

+++++ OUR JUDGES +++++

Jagdish Pandya - Chairman of Block On Capital

A serial entrepreneur himself who has continuously acted as a catalyst for other entrepreneurs across various business and technology verticals, Jagdish Pandya is a future-ready, philanthropically-positive businessman who loves to see tomorrow of everything. Be it technology, finance, human and social interactions. With a diverse set of hands-on expertise across the abovementioned areas, he’s been at the forefront of digital and crypto currency developments since the beginning and has formed a strong alliance and credibility among his peers with his dedicated hardwork and grow-all mindset. A constant partner in your progress for the rapidly changing world of cryptocurrency, he helms a professionally managed team of industry experts who comes with depth of experience, width of expertise, and height of commitment required for fulfilling the entire concept-to-coin life cycle.

Jeremy Khoo - Managing Partner of CRC Capital

Jeremy Khoo is an international business operator, founder and blockchain entrepreneur who has successfully exited 3 venture funded companies. He is currently Group CEO of iFashion - a leading regional retail enabler and conglomerate. Under his leadership, iFashion and it's subsidiaries have raised multiple investment rounds from venture capitalists up to Series B. He is a Partner and Principal Consultant in Novum Capital​ and Enblockr​, which has accelerated and invested in many high profile companies that went on to sell more than USD​10​0M in tokens so far. Jeremy is also Managing Partner in CRC Capital, which invests into early stage blockchain innovation. Jeremy co-founded retail blockchain MegaX as well as Crypto-E-Commerce store Megaxstore which is spearheading cryptocurrency mass adoption. He also spends his time advising and building more than 40 exciting blockchain projects​ such as Consentium, Spiking, Bountie, Viola, Vanig and W Pay. Jeremy is a VeChain ICO partner and has been involved in blockchain development as a speaker, educator and investor.

Ngeow Jiawen - COO of iFashion Group & Co-founder of MegaX

Jiawen has been an entrepreneur for 10 years and has exited 2 venture-funded companies. She took on the role of Group COO at i-Fashion Group, which then exited in 2017 at USD22 million. Since 2017, she has been actively involved in the blockchain space, with a focus on mass adoption projects. She co-founded MegaX, a retail blockchain project that sold USD3 million in tokens, and currently serves as COO for Consentium, a blockchain-based chat app that raised USD42 million.

Jack Hua, Myo - BD Director of Block On Capital

Jack is a serial entrepreneur with experiences with creating and building multiple startups. He led his previous startup to achieving half a million in revenue in its 1st year. He exited the company to build his 4th Startup, AlphaXLab, half of which was acquired by VC recently and at 1M+ valuation. He is also Startup Mentor & Trainer at Found, ACE Startup & Founders Space. He has considerable experience with App & Web Development and mentoring startups from Local Polytechnics & Universities. He also works with multiple Blockchain/ICO projects with Startups/SMEs from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Brazil, Israel, Thailand & Korea as ICO Advisor/Blockchain Architect/CTO/Developer. He currently serve as Business Development Director at Block On Capital and CEO at AlphaXLab.

Alex Friedberg - Co-founder of BXB Capital

Alex is an Experienced Product Manager and Blockchain Entrepreneur with diverse experience across mobile-first app development, investing, joint-venture acceleration, managing a P&L, as well as building, measuring and iterating B2C and B2B products in Asian markets. He loves to build products that truly improve the customer experience and have a track record of delivering high quality technology throughout an entire product life-cycle. He has drawn to cultures that are deeply customer-centric, have a strong bias for action and a high bar for excellence and expertise in Blockchain, cryptocurrency, eCommerce in Asia and US, mobile product management, advisory, UX prototyping, agile, analytics.

More Judges are on the way!

+++++ OUR ORGANIZERS +++++

Block On is a Singaporean Private Limited Company which provides incubation, acceleration and advisory services for blockchain startups globally, and leads government and business delegations to different markets Asia-Pacific. It focuses on early stage investment in deep technology, blockchain & fintech. Block On Portfolio includes both traditional tech & blockchain tech companies. FTAG, one of the Block On Portfolio Companies, partnered with Founders Space (Silicon Valley-based Incubator & Accelerator) is heading Singapore Startup Scene by mentoring & incubating Startups in the region. Block On Group also has a few development labs that develop Web/App/Dapp/DEX & provide Blockchain Services. Block On organized 30+ events in Singapore, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Davos, Duabi & Boracay with Government Agencies, VCs & KOLs in last 2 years and more events coming up in 2019.

Founders Space is a leading global incubator and accelerator, based in Silicon Valley. With over 50 partners in 22 countries, we’ve built an international community of startups. Our community includes unicorns such as Instagram, Mashable, Change.org, GettyImage, Foursquare & more. Founders Space hold yearly pitching competition in Silicon Valley with access to 150+ VC for Founders Space Incubatee only.

Grounded is a capital-raising consulting agency, Headquartered in Singapore, set out to disrupt the existing blockchain space. With a diverse portfolio of over 30 blockchain projects from cybersecurity to supply-chain management and an extensive network of over 40 investors, Grounded provides end-to-end blockchain services including ideation and strategy, capital creation and creative outreach. Till date, Grounded has had a collective 120 million capital raise across all their projects.

AlphaXLab Pte Ltd is Singapore-based Software Development Company founded in 2017 and provides Web/App Development, UI/UX Design, Training & Blockchain/ICO Development. The Team worked with various corporate companies such as Keppel, IRAS, NTUC, Found, ACE startup, Founders Space, BCoin, Digifinex & Block On. It also provide startup mentor-ship to startups from polytechnics & universities and also advice startups from oversea such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Brazil & Israel. AlphaXLab have hold 40+ events (Blockchain, Startup Pitching, ChatBot, Fundraising, Digital Marketing, Growth-hacking, App Development & SME Networking) so far in 2 years.

Block Live Asia is the first ever free-to-attend lifestyle blockchain festival that is focused on educating the public on blockchain technology in an interactive manner. The two day festival includes panel discussions and keynote speeches by over 60 guest speakers, 50 exhibitors, creative installations, experiential zones and retail booths curated by ExpatFairs Singapore, across the 45,000 square feet exhibition hall.

+++++ ENQUIRY +++++

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