Come join us as we launch the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge in Jakarta!

Our team of curators will be in Jakarta to share more about the world's foremost deep technology challenge and how you gain maximum exposure (and generous cash prizes) at what has been called the "Deep-Tech Oscars"! We will be bringing along with us leading investors, tech transfer experts and entrepreneurs and venture builders with whom you will be able bounce ideas off as you seek to advance your innovation.

Rundown:

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Registration & Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:45 pm: Presentation about Hello Tomorrow and Fireside Chats
7:45 pm - 8:30 pm: Q&A + Networking

Fireside Chat
2 seasoned deep-tech investors will discuss and address any questions you might have about what it takes to for deep-tech innovations to receive the funding they need as well as common pitfalls such founders face in creating and scaling such start-ups. Questions that will be addressed include:
- What types of partners do I need to scale my deep tech idea?
- What are some of the main challenges facing technical startups?
- What do investors like to see before investing in deep-tech startups?

Speakers

Ernest Xue (Head, Hello Tomorrow Singapore)

Ernest is the co-founder and CEO of Slate Alt, an investment platform that focuses on deep technology innovations. He also serves as the head of Hello Tomorrow Singapore, on the Boards of and as an advisor to a number of companies primarily in healthcare and agriculture. Additionally, he acts as a mentor in a number of technopreneurship programmes.

Neo Weisheng (Investment Manager, Qualgro VC)

Weisheng is an Investment Manager at Qualgro, where he is involved in deep-tech areas. He is involved across the investment process from sourcing, due diligence through to portfolio management.

Prior to Qualgro, he was Head of Southeast Asia at UpGrad, an online education startup, where he launched the Southeast Asian office. He was previously based in Hangzhou at Alibaba Group where he led projects to help startups engage with the Alibaba ecosystem. Weisheng began his career at Parthenon Group, where he advised on strategy and due diligence across Southeast Asia and China.

The Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge is the world’s foremost deep technology challenge in search of the most promising R&D-based innovations globally.

Apart from offering generous prizes, it provides participants with international visibility, connections with leading corporations, investors and governments to help propel their innovations to greater impact.

We are supporting applicants operating in the following areas this year:

- Aeronautics

- Advanced Computing & AI

- Cybersecurity & Communication

- Digital Health & Medical Devices

- Drug Discovery

- Energy

- Environment

- Food & Agriculture

- Industrial Biotech

- Industry 4.0

- Medical Biotech

- Mobility

- New Space

- Smart Cities

About Hello Tomorrow

Hello Tomorrow is a global non-profit organisation which gathers the world’s largest community of scientist-entrepreneurs, who leverage science and deep technologies to create a better future. Hello Tomorrow initiates and propels collaborations between the world’s most promising projects and leading entrepreneurs, executives and investors, to bring breakthrough technology to market.

Hello Tomorrow is thankful for the support given by the NUS Enterprise and our other partners.

P.S. We are also looking to grow the curator team in Jakarta so come down to find out more!