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Alibaba Cloud announced it is bringing back one of the largest entrepreneurship competitions to Kuala Lumpur. Known as Create@ Alibaba Cloud Global Startup Contest 2022 (CACSC), Handsprofit, the local operator of Alibaba Cloud Innovation Center will be the host and organiser along with My Lives Global as the co-organiser of the contest.
The contest aims to provide Malaysia's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups and developers innovation platforms such as working spaces, cloud technology, training, business leadership programmes and venture capital connections. Registration of the contest is now open for businesses and startups seeking to raise funds or to enter China.
In 2015, Alibaba Cloud kick-started the first CACSC, marking the beginning of one of the biggest entrepreneurship contests. Dubbed as "the Olympics" of technology venture capital, CACSC covers dozens of countries and just under 100 cities worldwide.
With the advantages provided by being one of the digital economy pioneering regions worldwide, the contest accelerates the integrated development between technology innovation projects and industries in areas of integrated circuits, big data, cloud computing, IoT, artificial intelligence, 5G, smart manufacture, and many more.
The applicant should have a bachelor's degree or above, with a certain level of management or self-employment experience with a legal company registered for their project. The project should exhibit core technical strength and continuous innovation which includes intellectual property patents, model products, or established products. This year’s fields of interest will be on digital technology, food and beverage (F&B) technology, agricultural (agro) technology, blockchain and industrial revolution 4.0.
There will be a ready fund and network of investors for successful projects and access to Alibaba’s wide range of business ecosystems and resources. Invaluable mentorship from experienced industry experts will be provided as well along with technological assessment and development assistance. Moreover, participants will get insights from corporate visits and learn through experiential workshops. Trophies and certificates will be awarded to outstanding projects with an invitation to the World Final.
Pre-registration opens from July 20 and the contest will last 3 months ending Oct 27. There will be 3 phases; Phase 1 consisting of registration application and slide submission from participants; Phase 2 consisting of workshops, mentoring and corporate visits which prepares participants for the pitch; and finally, Phase 3 consisting of the pitching competition and also the potential pitch to investors.
There will be a total of 50 participants each in 5 verticals listed. A preliminary stage will take place to shortlist the top 50 participants per vertical. The top 10 participants per vertical will then be chosen to advance during the semi-final stage. As for the ASEAN final stage, top 3 participants per vertical will be selected and the champion of each vertical will have the opportunity for an investor pitching in China.
2022 Create@ Alibaba Cloud is now open for registration. Interested applicants can find out more and submit their proposals via the following link, https://www.createstartupcontest.com.
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