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From January 14 to 24, 2019, we held the Overseas Dispatch Program in Singapore, the center of innovation in Asia, with five female entrepreneurs selected from among the participants of the Third Cohort Program. This Overseas Dispatch Program consisted of two parts: the compulsory programs, which aimed to help all participants with the first step for overseas business expansion, and the custom programs where the participants planned their own activities (such as business talks, market research, etc.) according to their own business interest. In the compulsory programs, the participants received advice from local business experts through pitch and mentoring. They also visited female entrepreneurs who is already leading their business, […]

With the help of many predecessor of entrepreneurs, leading companies and venture capitals, the third cohort of the APT Women Domestic Acceleration Program ended successfully! The selected five finalists will be dispatched to Singapore from January 14th to 24th 2019. There are more than 1,200 financial institutions, such as bank and asset management companies, in Singapore and known for financial sector. It is known as the center of Innovation due to the government-led startup support. Singapore ranked 12th in the “Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2017” published by Startup Genome, which analize the world startup ecosystem. Not only from the Startup Genome, but also from Dell Inc., Singapore has ranked 8th for […]

We held a pitch event with participants in the third season of the program at SENQ Kasumigaseki on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. The initial stages of business often require substantial financial resources, but new entrepreneurs do not have many opportunities to make pitches in front of VCs and financial institutions or build connections with them. APT Women holds pitch events to support entrepreneurs in such situation to find a way to secure necessary funds. At the event, the participants shared their aspirations, issues they hoped to solve, solutions, and market trends, made pitches for their business plans, and received feedback from many people who attended the event. After the event, […]

On Wednesday, September 26, the 3rd season of the APT Women program finally kicked off. The domestic acceleration program will last until early December. The acceleration program consists of nine lecture-type programs, five event programs, and six mentoring sessions. The participants will work on the refinement of their business plans, while also gaining the knowledge required to scale up their business and creating networks with senior entrepreneurs and key players from leading companies. The screening for the overseas dispatch program will be conducted in early December. The winning participants will be dispatched to Singapore in mid-January. Today, we will write about the 1st lecture program and the 1st event program. […]