INNOVATION CHALLENGE 1
Encouraging Social Impact with Technology
One of the largest Chinese internet giants sought to encourage positive social impact via supporting early-stage startups with technology that focused on societal development. With 36Kr Global's help they were able to initiate a Southeast Asia-wide social innovation challenge, in partnership with the entrepreneurship arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS Enterprise), reaching more than x startups across the region.
P R O J E C T O B J E C T I V E S
P R O J E C T A C H I E V E M E N T S
• Promote client's mission to highlight and support socially driven startups in SEA, with a focus on digital technology towards building an inclusive society.
• Establish social impact branding within Southeast Asia and connecting with leading socially-driven startups in the region.
H O W W E H E L P E D ?
36Kr Global planned and executed all aspects of the innovation challenge, including:
• Crafting challenge statements
• Online marketing
• Organising the final event
•. Selecting the judging panel
Over 6 months, in collaboration with NUS Enterprise, the challenge saw over 350 successful registrants from Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Indonesian startup, Aruna, was crowned grand winner of the challenge based on its use of digital technology to help fishermen in Indonesia improve their livelihoods through better market access and fairer trading opportunities.