Singapore National University aims to promote all startups in the country not just those emerging from its university with international connections and the Innovfest unBound Digital event.
Singapore National University’s Enterprise Unit is aiming to help all Singapore startups become world-class by offering help to any startup that needs it.
Lily Chan, chief executive of Singapore National University’s Enterprise Unit, told The Sunday Times, that she would like to open the enterprise doors to any startup from Singapore, not just those from the university.
This would be joined with the enterprise unit using its international connections to develop those businesses.
Chan said: “Previously, there were delegations of start-ups led by various public-sector organisations which attended start-up festivals and conferences. But (these trips) touch only a few. Such trips are unsustainable. The challenge is: How do we get bigger impact, help more start-ups rather than only a few each time?”
In January this year the Enterprise Unit opened a co-working space in the US called Block 71 San Francisco. This allows Singapore startups to have a base in the US while looking for customers, partners and investors and also allows US organisations to see what Singapore National University is doing.
At the end of this month Singapore National University will host Innovfest unBound Digital. This will see investors, entrepreneurs, researchers and policy-makers travelling to Singapore where they will find out about the local startup scene. The event takes place on 28 April and 29 April.
