2025
Competition
What do I need?
A Venture
Your venture must be of an independent and scalable seed-stage startup, and must address the entire business concept, including implementation and finance.
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A Team
Your team must include 2-5 members made up of currently enrolled undergraduate/postgraduate students with at most one non-student member.
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A Faculty Advisor
Your team must have the support of one faculty advisor from the institution the team represents and must have members currently enrolled in this institution.
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Key Dates*
Activities
Global
Online Registration
Feb 1, 2025 - Mar 15, 2025
Written Business Plan Submission
May 4, 2025
SAA Coaching Round
May 22, 2025
Semi-final Round
May 23, 2025
Play-off Round
May 23, 2025
Sustainability Round
May 23, 2025
Final Round
May 24, 2025
Competition Format
First Round
All applicants are assessed based on their submitted Pitch Deck and optional Video Pitch. The top 20 teams from ANY country are then invited to compete in Bangkok during the main competition dates (22-24 May, 2025).
Global Competition
SAA Coaching Round
521, 522, 821, 822 - Sasa Patasala Building, Bangkok
10 min pitch / 10 min Q&A
20 teams
This is a practice round and will not affect the progression of the main competition track.
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Semi-final Round
521, 522, 821, 822 - Sasa Patasala Building, Bangkok
10 min pitch / 15 min Q&A
20 teams
The 20 Semi-finalist teams will present their business plans to their respective panel of judges.
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Play-off Round
821, 822 - Sasa Patasala Building, Bangkok
25 min interactive pitch (judges can ask questions after 5 min)
8 teams
The second and third ranked teams from each group (A-D) will be offered a second chance with a different panel of judges.
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Sustainability Round
Sasin Hall - Sasa Patasala Building, Bangkok
25 min interactive pitch (judges can ask questions after 5 min)
4 teams
4 teams will be chosen by the Sustainability Award Committee to compete for Sustainability Award and Trophy.
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Final Round
Sasin Hall - Sasa Patasala Building, Bangkok
30 min interactive pitch (judges can ask questions after 5 min)
6 teams
The 2 Play-off Round winners will join the 4 Semi-final Round winners in the Final Round.
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Awards and Prizes
Past Competitors
FactCertified
Finalist 2023
the moonbeam co.
Finalist 2023
Sustainability Award Finalist 2023
Reborn+
First Runner-up 2023
Sustainability Award Winner 2023
Castomize Technologies
Winner 2023
Peko Produce
Finalist 2022
Neocycle
Finalist 2022
Sustainability Award Winner 2022
DECAP R&D
First Runner-up 2022
Earthen
Winner 2022
Sustainability Award Finalist 2022
PlasticFri
Grand Prize Winner 2021
Sustainability Award Winner 2021
Rambler
Finalist 2021
Sustainability Award Finalist 2021