Eligibility Requirements for APEC Catalyst Pitch Competition | Elevating Women Climate Entrepreneurs

Competition applicants must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible to participate in the APEC Catalyst Pitch Competition | Elevating Women Climate Entrepreneurs:  

  1. The applicant must be a citizen of one of the following economies: 

    Australia
    Brunei Darussalam
    Canada
    Chile
    People's Republic of China
    Hong Kong, China
    Indonesia
    Japan
    Republic of Korea
    Malaysia
    Mexico
    New Zealand
    Papua New Guinea
    Peru
    The Philippines
    Russia
    Singapore
    Chinese Taipei
    Thailand 
    The United States
    Viet Nam

  2. The application must be complete.
  3. The application must be received by the submission deadline of August 20, 2023.
  4. All applications must focus on science or technology solutions. 
  5. Startups led by women, and startups that directly advance the interests of women in the economies where they operate are particularly encouraged to apply.
  6. Applications that fall under the following categories will not be accepted:  
    • Research projects with no demonstrable commercial potential 
    • Teams based at a charity or foundation (not-for-profit) organization.
    • Participants in previous in-person GIST activity such as Catalyst pitch competitions, Business Incubation, Tech-I, or Startup Trainings.
    • Teams based at organizations that buy and resell technologies and other goods 
  7. The applicant must be at least 18 years old and can be through 40 years old at the close of the application submission window in August 20, 2023 (application deadline). 
  8. All materials submitted must be the original work of the applicants
  9. The video submitted in the application must feature only the applicant pitching (ie not another team member, AI or text-to-speech voiceover, etc).

 

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