• Capacity Development Provider

SPHERE8

Capacity building for Startups and SMEs, Government assistance, International Innovation Matching Program for Innovation-Driven Enterprises (IIM - IDE) Program, Market readiness, SPARK, Tech Scouting

SPHERE8 is a tech ecosystem builder, who supports and connects innovation stakeholders in the Thai and ASEAN tech ecosystems. It aims to make use of advanced technology and access to partnerships to generate systematic insights on the ASEAN tech ecosystem.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Sector agnostic

  • Services

    • Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
    • Host events for entrepreneurs or entrepreneur support intermediaries
    • Manage an incubator or provide co-working space for entrepreneurs
    • Run an entrepreneurship-focused news/media outlet
    • Run an accelerator program

  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services
    • Market linkages
    • Investment linkages

  • Capacity development services

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Legal/acounting/other office services
    • Performance or impact measurement and management support
    • Support on governance structure
    • Talent development/HR (including leadership)
    • Operations and technology development or adoption

  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers
    • Access to infrastructure

  • Investment linkages services

    • Access to information/research
    • Pitch readiness
    • Technical support on term sheets or investment structuring
    • Access to investors
    • Legal due diligence

  • Program online

    • Hybrid

  • Focus Tech

    • No

  • Focus Population

    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Base of the pyramid population
    • Women entrepreneurs
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