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About SESUN/SESUN Activities/iPitch/iPitch-2020
iPitch 2020 was organised by SESUN in partnership with NTU's EcoLabs - Centre of Innovation for Energy on 16 Apr - 14 May 2020.
Start-ups were invited to pitch and network with venture capitalists and investors in a 'speed dating' concept and each start-up will have 5 minutes to give their best pitch followed by another 5 minutes Q&A. 256 participants, including 174 investors listened to 23 start-ups during the 4-week session of iPitch. Over the 4 weeks, 31 matches were made, introducing start-ups and investors for follow up discussions.
Here are some testimonials from our participants:
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Funding Schemes
Workforce Skill Qualification (WSQ)
Course Fee Funding (with effect from 1 January 2022)
If you are a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident (PR), you can enjoy a 50-70% course fee subsidies on all WSQ courses at SEAS. You will only need to pay the net fee (course fee after SSG’s grant).
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Courses starting on or after 1 Jan 2022 |
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Certifiable courses approved by SSG |
SCs and PRs |
Up to 50% of course fees |
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SCs aged ≥ 40 years old (SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy) |
Up to 70% of course fees |
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SMEs (Enhanced Training Support for SMEs) |
Up to 70% of course fees |
Enhanced Funding Support for SME
Under the Enhanced Funding Support and Productivity Innovation Credit, your staff will acquire new skills through training, while your company will get to receive additional financial support.
As an SME, you will receive:-
HOW TO BE ELIGIBLE AS AN SME?
Company’s annual sales turnover of not more than S$100 million OR employment size not more than 200 workers.
For more details on the funding available, please refer here.
SkillsFuture Credit
Introduced in 2015, Singaporeans aged 25 years and above who received their SkillsFuture Credit account activation letter will be eligible for an initial credit of $500 which can be used to pay for all WSQ courses at SEAS. The credits can be used on top of existing course fee funding.
To further encourage Singaporeans to take timely action to reskill and upskill to seize opportunities in the future economy, a one-off SkillsFuture Credit top-up of $500 will be provided to every Singapore Citizen aged 25 years and above as at 31 December 2020.
From 1 October 2020, this top-up can be used on all SkillsFuture Credit-eligible courses, and will expire on 31 Dec 2025.
To improve individuals’ access to career transition programmes, a one-off SkillsFuture Credit of $500 will be provided to every Singapore Citizen (SC) aged 40 to 60 (inclusive) as at 31 December 2020. This will be over and above the $500 SkillsFuture Credit top-up for SCs aged 25 and above as at 31 December 2020.
From 1 October 2020, eligible individuals can use the Additional SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career Support) on (i) SGUnited Skills Programme, (ii) SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways Programme – Company Training, and (iii) Career Transition Programmes.
All unused credit from this additional SkillsFuture Credit will expire on 31 December 2025.
Only self-sponsored Singaporean applicants can use this credit and application must be submitted via SkillsFuture Portal within 60 days from the course commencement date.
Participants who are not successful at achieving a competent outcome from the WSQ funded programs will be billed the full course fee. SEAS reserves the right to invoice the outstanding amount from participants who are not yet competent at their assessment.
NTUC UTAP
UTAP is a training benefit for NTUC members to defray their cost of training. This benefit is to encourage more NTUC members to go for skills upgrading.
NTUC members enjoy 50% *unfunded course fee support for up to $250 each year when you sign up for courses supported under UTAP.
For more information to apply for UTAP, click here.
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Qi Square Pte Ltd
Qi Square Pte Ltd is a spin-off company from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) , Singapore. It brings in decades of research, experience and knowledge on green building technologies and tools. We have access to a strong team of Green Building Professionals: Scientists, Technocrats, Experts and Practitioners (Certified Energy Managers, GreenMark Managers and Auditors).
Hear more from their, Founder & CEO, Nilesh Jadhav.
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