ASEAN Japan Fast Track Pitch Event 2024 “Singapore-Japan Fast Track Pitch Event 2024" to be held in Singapore

Apr 18, 2024

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), with ASEAN’s government agencies, launched “ASEAN-JAPAN Co-Creation Fast Track Initiative” last year in commemoration of 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation. The aim of the Initiative was to promote collaboration between Japan and ASEAN for open innovations and co-creations.

As part of the Initiative, the Fast-Track Pitch event, in which leading companies from Japan and ASEAN sought for solutions for their challenges from all over the world, was launched last year. The inaugural Fast-Track Pitch events took place in four cities, in Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, and Hanoi, gathering more than 1,400 participants from a wide range of organizations including startups, large corporations, investors, and supporting organizations. The events led to various collaborative works.

The outcome of the last year’s events was highly evaluated as a tangible collaboration of between two countries at the Japan-Singapore Economic Dialogue held yesterday, and both sides reaffirmed to strengthen the collaboration efforts to generate innovation.

Continued from last year, the ASEAN-Japan Fast Track Pitch will be held in four countries: Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand. In each country, we plan to present challenges by Japanese companies and leading local companies, invite proposals from ASEAN and Japanese startups, and hold pitch events.

Following the conclusion of the Dialogue, JETRO is pleased to announce that "Japan-Singapore Fast Track Pitch" will be held to kick off series of Fast Track events this year. Details of the challenge have been announced on JETRO's special website below. Collaborating with the SME Support Japan, SMEs are also invited to submit proposals this year.

The deadline for proposals is the Sunday, June 16 (23:59 Singapore time).

Co-organized by: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Embassy of Japan in Singapore, Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore Enterprises Board, Singapore Economic Development Board
Cooperation: ASEAN Secretariat, etc.

A launch event will be held in Singapore on April 26 for each Challenge Owner to describe the challenges more in detail. There will also be a networking session with Challenge Owners, startups, investors, and Singapore government officials participating.

A final pitch event where finalists will pitch, will take place in Singapore on July 19. The details will be announced on the JETRO special website above as soon as finalized.

In this round of Japan-Singapore Fast Track Pitch, 6 companies that are enthusiastically engaged in open innovation in Singapore, have set challenges they wish to solve through collaboration with other companies. Proposals for these challenges from companies in Japan, ASEAN, and around the world are welcome.

For details of each company's challenge, please refer to the documents below and the JETRO Special website.

Singapore Japan Fast Track Pich Event2024(14MB)