Huawei Spark Ignite 2022 is calling for a new batch of startups who DARE TO EXCEED the boundaries of their perceived limits by partnering Huawei to help startups realize their ambitions and exceed their potential.
This year, we’re calling for ambitious growth startups, with existing commercially available products/services and who are not part of any existing Huawei program, to showcase your innovation to address one of the categories below and partner with a leading global brand.
Categories
- Enterprise Software
- Fintech-FSI
- Media & Gaming
- Metaverse
- Mobile Application
- Sustainability
Eligibility
This Challenge is open and offered solely to:
- Startups. A business entity, regardless of its business area. Startups may be required, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to provide proof of (i) company registration by submitting a registration certificate issued within the last three (3) months, or ongoing company registration, or any trade registry and proof ensuring the registration of the entity in the relevant country, and (ii) a valid professional insurance policy subscription.
- Growth startups (at least Seed stage)
- Startups with services/products that are already commercially available
- Startups with traction – Revenue, clients (preferred)
- Business entity and/or clients in Asia Pacific
- Not currently part of Huawei Spark
- Not currently part of Huawei Partner Network
- Top 15 from Spark Ignite 2021, Spark Ignite 2020, Spark Malaysia, Spark Thailand and past winners of AppsUP 2020 are not eligible to compete
- Have a solution in one of the categories listed in the Brief
Benefits
Participate in Huawei Spark Ignite 2022 for a chance to win the following attractive prizes and opportunities!
For the Grand Winner:
- USD 125K Cloud Credits
- USD 40K Grant Prize
- Admission to Huawei Spark Program “Accelerate” Tier
- Admission to Huawei Spark Fire
- Admission to Spark Go-China program
- Fundraising Support
- Fast-tracked to Top 50 of SLINGSHOT 2022
For the 2nd & 3rd winners:
- USD 80K Cloud Credits
- USD 5K Grant Prize *T&Cs apply
- Admission to Huawei Spark Program “Accelerate” Tier
- Admission to Huawei Spark Fire
- Admission to Spark Go-China program
- Fundraising Support
For the 4th & 5th-placing winners:
- USD 80K Cloud Credits
- Admission to Huawei Spark Program “Accelerate” Tier
- Admission to Huawei Spark Fire
- Admission to Spark Go-China program
- Fundraising Support
For the 6th to 10th-placing winners
- USD 40K Cloud Credits
- Admission to Huawei Spark Program “Incubate” Tier
- Fundraising Support
For the 11th to 15th-placing winners
- USD 20K Cloud Credits
- Admission to Huawei Spark Program “Incubate” Tier
- Fundraising Support
For the 16th to 25th-placing winners
USD 10K Cloud Credits
Application
Register on the platform and submit your proposal deck of 13 slides in English (PDF format), addressing the following:
- Executive Summary – 1 slide
- Problem Statement – 1 slide
- Service and Business Model (e.g. what’s your service and business model), and how money works (e.g. pricing structure)? – 1 slide
- Sales & Growth Transaction – 2 slides
- Service revenue of (up to) last 3 years and revenue forecast for 2022
- Size of client/user base, reference client/project
- Market Potential – 1 slide
- Competitive Landscape – 1 slide
- Solution Outline – 3 slides
- High-level solution architecture
- Solution USP
- Solution development roadmap & key challenge(s)
- Strategy/Business Growth Roadmap – 1 slide
- Funding Received – 1 slide
- Team – 1 slide
Participating startups are also required to complete the participation form describing the background of the company. Join the HUAWEI SPARK LinkedIn Group to score additional points!
