​Seedstars World ​(SSW), the global community and platform for entrepreneurs in technology in emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is hosting the ​Seedstars Asia Summit, the second edition of the annual Asian Regional Summit that connects the most relevant players in innovation and technology with the world and between each​ ​other.​ ​The​ ​event​ ​is​ ​invite​ ​only but Techsauce's readers can simply enter the code 'SSWAsiaTechsauce' into the promo code field on the Seedstars Asia Summit website.

After hosting competitions in 15 countries throughout 2017, identifying the most promising startups and analyzing the local ecosystems, Seedstars World is now bringing together the best and most promising entrepreneurs with ecosystem players, mentors, investors, corporates and other entrepreneurs across Asia. The event is supported by the National Innovation Agency of Thailand (NIA), Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Omidyar Network, Charoen Pokphand Group (CP), Ananda Development, and Merck.

The Regional Summit will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, the location which has been selected as this year's Seedstars hub for innovation and entrepreneurship in Asia. "I am truly excited that Bangkok will have an opportunity to host the winning startups from Seedstars competitions from all over Asia as well as leading international and local investors and mentors. I trust that all invited participants will benefit from constructive discussions, knowledge sharing and networking at the event" says Nichapat Ark, Seedstars Ambassador for Thailand.

The Asia Regional Summit will last for 3 days and bring together 250 attendees commencing with a bootcamp for the participating startups, one on one mentoring sessions, an investor forum and culminating with a conference and pitch event on the 29th of November that will feature the startup pitches, keynotes, and panel discussions that will engage a range of topics and ideas pertinent to entrepreneurs in the region.

“We have been on a long and interesting journey when it comes to entrepreneurship and technology in emerging markets. As part of the Seedstars DNA we want to be on the ground working directly with startups, corporates and other stakeholders. This is exactly the reason why we are travelling to 80+ ecosystems globally this year and 15 countries in Asia. We are very excited to be able to bring the entire network together in Thailand later this year, and together look into some of the opportunities of the continent and explore how technologies can rapidly improve the current status quo in emerging markets worldwide.” says Rosie Keller, Associate for Asia.

THE CONFERENCE

The summit day kicks off with a number of workshops and roundtables addressing a wide range of emerging market specific challenges over a number of different industries. These sessions are part of Seedstars’ global initiative to bring together the most prominent experts, entrepreneurs and industry leaders in Asia, and facilitate meaningful discussions leading to tangible outcomes that can be implemented across the region.

During the final ceremony of the Seedstars Asia Summit, 15 of the most prominent entrepreneurs from the continent will be invited on stage to showcase their success stories and how they are using technology to solve local and regional issues. Other than the final pitches, top speakers will join us on the mainstage to provide valuable insights on their businesses, investments and will look into the success factors of the continent as well as the elements that still need to be improved in order to allow an Asian startup to scale and compete on a global stage.

THE BOOTCAMP

Prior to the the conference, Seedstars World will host a 2 day invite-only Bootcamp, where 15 Seedstars startups, along with two delegations of startups from Thailand and Myanmar will work with world-class local and international mentors on improving their business models, growth strategy and mastering the investor pitch. In addition to that, this year’s program will also give entrepreneurs the opportunity to be selected for the Seedstars Growth program, a seed investment that comes together with a 15 weeks acceleration program for early stage startups.

THE INVESTOR FORUM

The conference week also brings together the most prominent and active investors on the continent. Entrepreneurs will not only pitch in front of these investors, but also participate in one-on-one meetings that will allow them to get an in-depth feedback about their business models, as well as create potential future funding opportunities.

From May to October 2017, Seedstars has been on a tour across 15 markets in Asia hosting its local competitions that aim to select the most promising seed-stage tech startup from each ecosystem. The winner of each local competition goes on to participate at a regional and international level in the Seedstars program.

Over the course of the tour, Seedstars visited (in chronological order): India, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Malaysia, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Vietnam.

 The 15 startups who will be representing their ecosystem are:

CMED Health Limited, Bangaldesh: CMED is an IoT enabled cloud based preventive healthcare platform that monitors health parameters, predict health risks, and reduces health costs.

Emotics, Hong Kong: Emotics increases engagement with compliance training in heavily regulated industries using machine learning and facial expression analysis.

Event Banana, Thailand: An online marketplace that connects venue providers with event hosts looking for the right space for their occasions.

FinChat Technology, Singapore: FinChat make messaging ( WhatsApp, WeChat ) compliant with data retention regulations, so bankers can reach out to the billions using these messaging platforms.

GaraSTEM, Vietnam: Garastem creates learning kits to stimulate curiosity in kids and help develop their STEM skills

Jendo - Innovations Pvt.Ltd, Sri Lanka: Preventative cardiovascular healthcare that helps people reliably measure their risk by assessing their endothelial functionality.

Kargo, Myanmar: Disrupting logistics in Myanmar by connecting businesses to their fleet of independent truck drivers and trucking companies.

Neurostic, Pakistan: Neurostic rehabilitates amputees by cutting the cost of prosthetics through innovative, local development and manufacturing.

OCheng, China: OCheng's end to end social CRM platform use AI to send personalized message to millions of wechat followers, driving engagement and purchase

PolicyStreet, Malaysia: PolicyStreet hand picks, curates, and offers best-in value insurance products to groups.

Profound, South Korea: Profound connects consultants and industry experts to clients in need of business expertise for spot and project consulting opportunities.

Sayurbox, Indonesia: Sayurbox is a tech-supported fresh produce distribution platform sourcing directly from producers and delivering to customers.

ServeHappy Jobs, the Philippines: ServeHappy Jobs helps service businesses with their HR painpoints by leveraging smart bots in social media and messaging technologies to reach the 51M Filipinos on Facebook.

Tootle, Nepal: A low cost, convenient, and secure last mile, point to point ride sharing platform for two-wheelers in Nepal. There is a special emphasis on accessibility for the visibly impaired and safety features for women.

VdoCipher Media Solutions Pvt Ltd, India: One stop video streaming solution to prevent piracy and provide smooth delivery of content. Proprietary Encryption & Watermarking technology.

The Seedstars Asia Summit is invite only for ecosystem players across Asia. Tech or startup enthusiasts who would like to meet the startups, take part in the workshops, and absorb the keynotes at the Summit are welcome to request an invite at [email protected]. More information on the agenda of the Summit day can be found here: seedsta.rs/SSWASIA17 .

Techsauce's readers can simply enter the code 'SSWAsiaTechsauce' into the promo code field on the Seedstars Asia Summit website to get a ticket.