ASIA-PACIFIC – SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 2, 2011: Sphere Exhibits and IDG Enterprise announce the move of DEMO Asia from November 2011 to February 2012 based on the interest and increased enquiries received from potential participants, exhibitors and sponsors over the last few months. This extension gives promising start-ups, entrepreneurs and innovators more time to gear up and prepare for Asia’s premier launch pad for new and emerging technologies.
DEMO Asia will now be held on February 29 to March 2, 2012 at Matrix@Biopolis in Singapore. It will offer Asia’s brightest innovators and budding entrepreneurs the unique opportunity to debut, pitch and showcase breakthrough ideas and products to corporate acquirers, media, venture capitalists, angel investors and strategic partners.
Launched in 1991, DEMO is the global launch pad for emerging technologies and is held twice a year in the United States. Singapore is the second country in Asia to host a DEMO event after China.
Hand-picked and specially selected companies will deliver their six-minute pitches to potential investors and buyers to garner their buy-in and interest. There will also be presentations and panel discussions from leading industry players and experts on cloud, social media, consumer, and enterprise technologies made during the conference.
During the one-on-one discussions, the movers and shakers from successful start-ups and past DEMO alumni members will be present to offer their insights and success stories. Jeff Clavier, the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investors in Web 2.0 start-ups, will share his thoughts on the growing angel investing environment in Silicon Valley today.
The DEMO Asia Startup Expo is the ideal platform that brings together companies in web, mobile, cloud, enterprise, social media and consumer technologies from across the region, where participants can network and form strategic partnerships.
Chua Wee Phong, Executive Director of Sphere Exhibits, said: “By expanding and beefing up the programme, we are providing promising start ups and entrepreneurs more avenues to tap into the resources, expertise and network to enable them to showcase their innovative ideas to a global audience.”
In November, the DEMO Asia Innovation Tour will visit the key Asian cities of Jakarta, Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to search for the most innovative ideas and products that can be showcased at DEMO Asia. A similar audition will be held in Singapore from November 8 to10 at the newly launched Block 71, located at the Mediapolis Phase 0 at Ayer Rajah.
All successful companies that are chosen by the DEMO Asia judging panel will have the opportunity to do their pitch to venture capitalists, investors and the media at the DEMO Asia event. DEMO Asia will also be introducing the DEMO Asia Scholarship Program which offers partial scholarship for bootstrapped companies, angel-funded companies and full scholarships targeted at universities and research institutions.
The DEMO Asia Innovation Tour is organized in conjunction with partners such as venture capitalists from the respective host cities.
Registration for DEMO Asia is now open for startups keen to launch their products and participate in the conference. For more information, they can visit the DEMO Asia website at www.DEMO.asia.
