Huawei Spark Ignite 2021 - Global Startup Competition
Fire up your startup and take it to new heights with Huawei!
Timeline Step by Step
- Application Phase
- 1st Shortlisting
- Interview Phase
- 2nd Shortlisting
- Mentoring Phase
- Internal Pitching
- Final Live Event
Application Phase | May - August 18
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Register on the platform and submit your proposal deck of 13 slides in English (PPT or PDF format), addressing the following:
- Executive Summary – 1 slide
- Problem Statement – 1 slides
- Service and Business Model (e.g. what's your service and business model), and how money works (e.g. pricing structure)? – 1 slide
- Sales & Growth Transaction – 2 Slides
- Service revenue of (up to) last 3 years and revenue forecast for 2021
- Size of client/user base, reference client/project
- Market Potential – 1 slide
- Competitive Landscape – 1 slide
- Solution Outline – 3 slides
- High-level solution architecture
- Solution USP
- Solution development roadmap & key challenge(s)
- Strategy/Business Growth Roadmap – 1 slide
- Funding Received – 1 slide
- Team – 1 slide
Participating startups are also required to complete the submission form describing the background of the company.
The deadline for the submission will be on August 10, 2021 at 11:59pm SGT (GMT+8).
- Executive Summary – 1 slide
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1st Shortlisting | August 19 - August 29
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Huawei judges to vote on the top 30 startups based on the following criteria:
- Relevance
- Market Potential
- Service Model
- Business Traction
- Technology USP Scalability & Limitations
- Financial Viability
The top 30 startups will be selected for the next round. The results will be announced by August 25, 2021.
Interview Phase | August 30 - September 19
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The selected participants will partake in an interview with a Huawei panel in the form of a 8-minute pitch and a 7-minute Q&A session, where startups will take a deep dive into their pitch deck and business model.
2nd Shortlisting | September 20 - September 24
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Huawei judges to vote on and select the semi-finalist startups based on the following criteria:
- Relevance
- Market Potential
- Service Model
- Business Traction
- Technology USP Scalability & Limitations
- Financial Viability
- Team Strength
The top 15 semi-finalist startups will be selected. The results will be announced on September 24, 2021.
Mentoring Phase | September 25 - October 15
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The top 15 semi-finalist startups will be mentored by Huawei experts to improve their proposal.
Internal Pitch | October 20
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The top 15 teams will virtually pitch their startup to a Huawei judging panel. Huawei judges to vote on and select the finalist companies based on the following criteria:
- Market Potential
- Service Model
- Business Tractions
- Technology USP Scalability & Limitations
- Financial Viability
- Team Strength & Ability to execute
The top 5 startups will be selected for the Final event. The results will be announced on October 20, 2021.
Final Live Event | November 2
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The Top 5 finalists will pitch live to a Huawei jury panel.
More details about the details and format of the pitching to come, so stay tuned!
The Top 2 winners will be fast-tracked to compete as one of the Top 100 global startups of SLINGSHOT 2021 as part of the SLINGSHOT x SWITCH event.