The last date to submit your application is 31 January 2021.

Shortlisted Finalists will be selected from the pool of candidates.

The date of competition is 

25 February 2021.

Represent Singapore in Regional Competition

Gain experience in pitching on the global stage by first competing with other winners from the South East Asian region 

You get to represent Singapore in the Global Finals! 

Gain fame and glory if you emerge out of the competition as the GRAND WINNER and walk away with USD 40,000 worth of prizes! 

Exemplifying the EO Core Values

The Golden Opportunity to Compete in the EO GSEA Global Finals!

Gain Exclusive Admission into the EO Accelerator Program and Access to EO Community and Mentorship 

GSEA Global Finalist Mandy Chan took a gap year after junior college to work on building BOW, a lifestyle startup that designs multi-functional backpacks. Her friend Jackson Kwa, who was a GSEA Global finalist in 2016, encouraged her to apply for the competition. 

Through the competition, she met like-minded student entrepreneurs at different stages of their businesses. 

She said,"Never have I ever met a group of people who were so motivated to do their own thing and, it was a sense of community - that we were all in this together, balancing business and studies. It was a very good experience - to expand my circle of friends to include people who were doing the same thing as me."

The competition also gave her access to established members of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) who provided mentorship and feedback to the participants. "When the EO members shared from their own experience, instead of giving actual advice, it really helped me to gain perspective. With the constant encouragement from them, I didn't feel so alone. A large part of entrepreneurship is that you feel that you have to do everything yourself, but with them sharing their experiences, you feel like, someone else has been through it and survived, so you can too," she said. 

Startup Secrets: Strategies for 

Successful Fund Raising

Featuring Kuan Hsu, 

Co-Founder & General Partner, KK Fund

Speaker Profile

"Kuan is the Co-Founder and General Partner of KK Fund. He is responsible for overseeing the overall strategy and operations of the funds, which invest in early-stage startups across Southeast Asia.

Kuan has 21 years of experience over diverse industries such as venture capital, private equity, investment banking, supply chain management and management consulting. With a proven track record of successfully leading various deals and supporting portfolio companies in achieving exits through acquisition, Kuan leverages that expertise to search for and invest in promising seed-stage companies for KK Fund.

Prior to co-founding KK Fund, Kuan was the Principal of GREE Ventures Asia (now known as STRIVE). As one of four founding members of GREE Ventures, the investment arm of Japanese Internet media company GREE, Inc., he built the fund’s Southeast Asia presence and invested in leading regional startups such as Bukalapak (one of the unicorns of Indonesia), Luxola (exited to LVMH), Pie (exited to Google) and Kudo (exited to Grab).

Date: 20 January 2021

Time: 7PM - 9PM

Venue: Virtual via Zoom