Anthill Ventures Selects 15 Startups for ‘A-Scale’ with support from Enterprise Singapore (ESG)

Anthill Ventures, an investment and speed-scaling ecosystem for startups, announced that 15 startups have been shortlisted for A-Scale, an Asian market access program based in Singapore. A cohort of 15 startups from Singapore, India, Israel, and the US with cutting-edge solutions for health-tech, media-tech, and urban-tech have been selected after thoughtful evaluation of over 300 applications received from across the world. This program has the support of Enterprise Singapore—a Singapore Government’s agency that is championing enterprise development. It is also in charge of developing Singapore’s start-up ecosystem. Anthill Ventures is part of the agency’s ‘Startup SG Accelerator’ initiative providing mentorship and resources to support the growth of startups based here. The six-month market access program aims at speed-scaling 18 startups every year by providing them with targeted mentorship on business model refinement and go-to-market strategies. Through A-Scale, the shortlisted startups will gain access to over 100 global subject matter experts, over 50 corporate partners and an opportunity to implement their smart products and solutions in the public sector via government organizations. The program will help each of the selected start-ups to raise funding of up to US$ 1 million and an additional syndicated US$ 20 million smart capital via Anthill’s co-investors network.

The shortlisted media tech and health tech startups will benefit from Anthill Ventures’ existing market access programs and speed-scaling ecosystem in India: Anthill Studios and Lumos respectively. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Prasad Vanga, Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anthill Ventures said, “Anthill Ventures expands its footprint from India, US, Israel to Singapore region with the launch of a world-class market access program, A-Scale early this year. The batch of 15 super aspiring startups selected for A-Scale is a testimony of Anthill’s commitment towards building a strong innovation ecosystem globally. We have selected startups across India, Singapore, Israel, and the US with some path breaking and trend-setting solutions for health tech, urban tech and media tech space ultimately converging to shape future lifestyles.” Anthill Ventures and Enterprise Singapore launched the shortlisted startups in Singapore on the 15th of May.

This event had Rana Daggubati, Indian Actor and Investor, Suresh Productions; Clarice Chen, Deputy Director for Enterprise Singapore’s Startup Development;Ran Poliakine, Serial Entrepreneur & Investor; Anjali Ajaikumar, VP, Strategy & Quality, Healthcare Global Enterprises (HCG); Malcolm Chua, Head of Business Development, ST Innospark, as key speakers and panellists. Edwin Chow, Enterprise Singapore’s Assistant Chief Executive Officer, said, “Participating startups in the program will be able to benefit from Anthill’s networks, knowledge and funding as they scale up from Singapore into Southeast Asia, India and beyond. Accelerators like Anthill make a difference to Singapore’s startup ecosystem and we look forward to more of such programs being done here.” The startups were evaluated based on the quality of technology solutions, growth potential, product readiness, and scalable business model. The selected startups are focused on building new technologies-based solutions across healthcare, smart cities, media tech, among others. The entrepreneurs have developed solutions using augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), visual effects (VFX), cloud rendering, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT) and big data.

Here’s a quick look at the startups selected for the A-Scale program: 

Anthill Ventures is a premier, global, speed-scaling ecosystem for start-ups. Its unique ability is to invest in and rapidly scale early-stage companies and enable them to raise funding within 12 to 18 months. Its dedicated team in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Singapore connects the startups with an extensive global network of venture capitalists, private equity firms, family offices, and luminaries in the technology industry. Anthill Ventures primarily focuses on exciting technology startups in verticals such as media technology, health technology, and urban technology. A-Scale is an Asian market access program for early-stage HealthTech, MediaTech, and UrbanTech ventures. We design targeted interventions to create business opportunities for and our partners. Startups will benefit from our Speed-Scaling™ ecosystem in India and Southeast Asia. The six-month market access program aims at speed-scaling 18 startups every year.

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