The Singtel Group Future Makers 2023 programme brought together nine alumni social impact start-ups from across the region to maximise the use of 5G, AI and IoT to scale their solutions regionally in areas such as digital healthcare, waste management, green technology, sustainable transport, wellbeing and inclusion.

The programme culminated in the Singtel Group Future Makers (SGFM) Demo Day on 3 Nov 2023 in Singapore, where the start-ups pitched their transformative technological solutions to our panel of judges from across the Singtel Group of companies (AIS, Airtel, Globe, Optus, Singtel, Telkomsel) as well as to an external audience which included investors, corporate and government partners.

Six social impact start-ups – Virtual Psychologist, GEPP, SoundEye, Tictag, myEco and Aqilliz – were awarded funding from a pool of S$150,000. The top awards, Platinum and Gold which includes $40,000 and $30,000 in grants, went to Virtual Psychologist and GEPP respectively.

Further to this, all start-ups in the programme will receive support from the Group in the form of mentorship and access to a customer base of over 770 million mobile users to bring their solutions regionally.