Echelon Singapore: dates, who attends, and how founders get in
“Echelon Singapore 2026 brings founders, enterprises, governments, and talent together to turn frontier technology into deployable outcomes.”
- Next edition
- Dates not yet announced
- Where
- Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre (CEC), Level 4, Singapore, Singapore
- Format
- in-person · 2 days (2026 edition)
- Tickets
- Free–S$299 (2026), the lowest and highest exact admission prices visible in the official event-linked ticket material. Gold and Premier passes are referenced, but their prices were not shown there. source
- Startup pass
- SGD 599 starting offer (2026); e27 advertised this as a 50% founder offer using code FOUNDERS50. source
- Cadence
- Annual; the 2026 edition was held in June.
AIFintechHealth & biotechDeeptechRoboticsPre-seedSeedFoundersInvestorsCorporatesPolicy & governmentDevelopers
Next edition
The organiser has not published dates for the next edition; historically it annual; the 2026 edition was held in June.. We re-check weekly and list dates only when the organiser prints them with a year.
Ticket tiers as published
| Tier | Price | Includes | Edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter Pass source | Free (2026) | Full 2-Day Conference (2026), as shown in the event-linked ticket listing. | Echelon Singapore 2026 |
| Multi-day access pass (tier name not visible in the displayed listing) source | S$299 (2026) | Full 2-Day Conference (2026); the displayed listing identifies multi-day access, but does not clearly expose the tier name. | Echelon Singapore 2026 |
| Gold source | — | Access to the Echelon After Party (2026), per the homepage. | Echelon Singapore 2026 |
| Premier source | — | Access to the Echelon After Party (2026), per the homepage. | Echelon Singapore 2026 |
How founders get in
The latest completed Singapore edition was 2026, held 2026-06-03 to 2026-06-04; no later Singapore edition is announced on the organiser’s official Echelon page as of 2026-10-07. e27 presents the founder experience as startup booths, live demos, curated AI-powered investor matching, practical frontier-tech content, and small roundtables built for useful connections.
- Edition status: Echelon Singapore 2026, held 2026-06-03 to 2026-06-04, is the latest completed Singapore edition. No later Singapore edition is announced on the organiser’s official Echelon page as of 2026-10-07; no next-edition dates or access terms are available.
- To attend the 2026 event, follow the organiser’s “GET FREE PASS” link to ticket registration and claim the Starter Pass. Use a work/company email and complete registration; general attendance was registration, not an application.
- To exhibit as a startup in 2026, use “LAUNCH YOUR STARTUP” on the exhibitor page and purchase the Startup Booth package. It was described for early-stage startups; the published offer was SGD 599 (2026).
- To enter the 2026 AI Workflow Competition, register as a builder and complete its short qualification task. Qualified builders work on SME challenges; selected finalists demonstrate their solutions live. Participation was free for selected teams (2026), and international builders could participate remotely during the build phase, with finalists required to attend live at their own travel and accommodation expense.
| Startup programme | For the 2026 edition, startup exhibition access was through the Startup Booth package and its “LAUNCH YOUR STARTUP” purchase route, rather than a separately described startup-acceptance programme. No next Singapore edition has been announced as of 2026-10-07. source |
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| Startup price | SGD 599 starting offer (2026); e27 advertised this as a 50% founder offer using code FOUNDERS50. source |
| Includes | Startup booth space of 0.5m × 1m (0.5sqm), two Exhibitor Passes, a directory listing, logo placement on the Echelon website, and booth assignment by e27 (2026). |
| Eligibility | The package was described as designed for early-stage startups. No objective funding-stage, founding-date, or employee-count cutoff was published on the booth page (2026). |
| Founder discounts | e27 advertised code FOUNDERS50 for 50% off Startup Booths, with the offer at SGD 599 (2026). |
| Scholarships / free passes | The organiser offered a free Starter Pass for Echelon Singapore 2026. No separate scholarship, diversity-pass, or targeted free-pass programme was identified in the cited official material. |
| Exhibiting | For 2026, an organiser-linked Marketplace Booth selection page displayed S$1,999 + S$179.91 GST. The Startup Booth was promoted at SGD 599 (2026) with code FOUNDERS50; the exhibitor page describes its inclusions. No complete price list for all booth packages was published in the cited material. |
| Application required | No, tickets are purchased |
Shinhan Square Bridge Pitch: The Urban Vitality (Green & Flow)
| Format | The 2026 agenda listed the Shinhan Square Bridge Pitch: The Urban Vitality (Green & Flow), with eight high-growth startups from the Shinhan Square Bridge ecosystem presenting around sustainability and urban connectivity. The agenda also included other startup pitches and showcases. |
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| Eligibility | The published Shinhan pitch featured eight high-growth startups from the Shinhan Square Bridge ecosystem (2026). No public open application, detailed selection rules, or pitch deadline was stated in the cited material. |
Winners
- SignalDesk (2026) — More than US$16,000 worth of prizes, credits, and post-competition support source
Judges
- Le Han Tue Lam, CEO at Vin Ventures source
- Julianto Johanes, Senior Investment Manager at Mana Impact source
- Timothy Dho, CEO at Impact Square source
- Chris Chae, Director at NexTrans source
- Sukkun Sun, PM at Shinhan Square Bridge source
- Lionel Sim, Founder at Claw Singapore & The AI Capitol source
- Kelly Choo, Founding Partner at True Global Ventures source
- Thaddeus Koh, Co-Founder & Programs Director at e27 source
Meeting investors there
The organiser described AI matching based on a startup’s stage, sector, and fundraising needs, with warm, contextual introductions rather than cold pitches (2026). Founders could also meet investors through showcases, demos, curated roundtables, and pitch sessions. No separate matchmaking app name was published. source
| Formats | AI Business Matchmaking: curated, AI-powered investor matching (2026). · Curated roundtables and investor-focused private demo sessions (2026). · Startup showcases and live product demonstrations on the Demo Stage (2026). · The Shinhan Square Bridge Pitch and other scheduled startup pitch/showcase sessions (2026). |
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Investor firms the organiser lists (2026, the most recent completed edition. The official materials reviewed as of 2026-10-07 did not identify an announced subsequent edition.)
Golden Gate VenturesBetatron Venture GroupBeyond Earth VenturesWavemaker PartnersMonk's Hill VenturesGreen Willow CapitalStarburst AerospaceSBI Ven CapitalSGInnovateVertex HoldingsGobi PartnersIncubate FundQuest VenturesJanuary CapitalInvestibleQualgro PartnersCocoon CapitalTrive VenturesnVenturesJungle VenturesAntlerPlug and PlayBluebox CapitalFuse CapitalAtlas VenturesVelocity VenturesFarro CapitalCeladon CapitalCento VenturesRiver VenturesJIF CapitalBig Sky CapitalDelight CapitalSC VenturesSingtel Innov8JYC AngelAsia Founders BridgeKeiretsu ForumAngel CentralStandard CharteredUOB Kay HianSeedstars International VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersInsignia Ventures PartnersToyota Tsusho Asia PacificTranscent Capital PartnersAdaptive Capital PartnersThinKuvate
Before you go: the hub's cold email to VCs playbook covers the pre-event outreach that fills a meeting calendar, and Causo matches your stage and thesis to the funds in its database so you know who to ask for a meeting.
Who speaks (2026, the most recent completed edition. The official materials reviewed as of 2026-10-07 did not identify an announced subsequent edition.)
- Maansi Vohra, Investor · Monk’s Hill Venture
- Ahteram Uddin, Vice President Commercial · Kahoot! APAC
- Karl Chan, Founder & CEO · Sourcy
- Vincent Caldeira, Chief Technology Officer APAC · Red Hat
- Oliver Tan, Managing Director · Rezolve AI
- Adriel Yong, Co-Founder & COO · Clouted
- Phoebe Fontanilla, Senior Investment Partner · Gobi Partners
- Eugenio Ferrante, CEO · Osome
- Shilpa S Nath, Founder · Women in AI (for good)
- Eugene Teo, Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft ASEAN / Co-Founder, Enterprise Risk Quantification Institute (ERQI) · Microsoft ASEAN / Enterprise Risk Quantification Institute (ERQI)
- Pariwat Wongsamran, Deputy Executive Director of Innovation System · National Innovation Agency (NIA)
- Christopher Smith, Founder · RockPaperScissors
- Chalinda Abeykoon, Managing Partner · nVentures
- Fiona Budihardja, Community Lead · HP Garage 2.0, HP Inc.
- Thothathri Srinivasan, VP of Engineering · Flip
- Clara Chen, CEO & Founder · Universal Health
- Esna Ong, Regional Startup Success Manager – Emerging Markets APAC · Google
- Gladys Yuen, Startup Partnership Lead · Airwallex
- Will Fan, CEO & Co-Founder · New Campus
- Sharan Makhija, Senior Director – Investments · Singtel Innov8
- Koichi Saito, Managing Partner · JIF Capital
- Meizi Yan, Head of Strategy, APAC · 3D&I, Adobe
- Yong Jie Wong, Co-Founder · Glints
- Rahul Nambiar, CEO & Co-Founder · Botsync
- Prasanna Ravi, CEO · PQStation
Full lineup: official speakers page.
Sponsors and partners
Silver 3
Shinhan Square BridgeAMDSeoul Business Agency
Bronze 5
Plug and Play APACBig Sky CapitalAstana HubNotionGyeonggi Business & Science Accelerator
Supporting 1
Qapita
Preferred AI Partner 1
Agnes AI
AI Competition Partner 1
Bitdeer AI
Official Echelon Welcome Dinner Partner 2
ACE.SGJTC Building Industries
Government partners: Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau, JTC Building Industries, Seoul Business Agency, Gyeonggi Business & Science Accelerator
Full list: official partners page.
Startups there
Startup-only exhibitor count not published; the Echelon Singapore 2026 overview lists 200+ exhibiting companies (2026), and the exhibitor page shows 40 startup-booth spaces (2026), not a confirmed occupied-startup total.
Alumni the organiser highlights
- Gojek — e27 highlights it as a growth story nurtured through its TOP100 program. source
- Carousell — e27 highlights it as a growth story nurtured through its TOP100 program. source
- Carro — e27 highlights it as a growth story nurtured through its TOP100 program. source
- 99.co — e27 highlights it as a growth story nurtured through its TOP100 program. source
Programme
| Tracks | Future Stage (2026). · Disrupt Stage (2026). · Roundtable Zone (2026). · Demo Stage (2026). · AI Workflow Competition (2026). · Frontier Technology Content: AI, Quantum Computing, New Energy, and Cybersecurity (2026). · AI Business Matchmaking (2026). source |
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| Side events | The 2026 homepage listed an Echelon After Party, exclusively for Premier and Gold ticket holders. No complete official night-programme schedule was published on the cited page. |
| Awards | For 2026, e27 reported that Aaryan Kandiah’s SignalDesk won the AI Workflow Competition. The organiser also announced a US$50,000 pitch stage (2026) for the Shinhan Square Bridge Pitch. No separate event-wide awards programme, allocation details for the pitch-stage amount, or confirmed winner of that pitch is identified in the cited official pages. |
| Call for speakers | For 2026, the agenda page offered a “BE A SPEAKER” form. No speaker-submission deadline was published, and no next-edition call was announced as of 2026-10-07. source |
| Hashtag | #EchelonSG #EchelonSG2026 |
Past editions, as published
| Edition | Dates | Attendees | Investors | Startups | Recap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 source | Jun 3–4, 2026 | — | — | 5 finalist teams; e27’s post-event coverage identifies Aaryan as the AI Workflow Competition winner (2026). | recap · report · video |
| 2025 source | Jun 10–11, 2025 | e27’s event page states 8,000+ regional stakeholders attended (2025); the official aftermovie states 10,000+ attendees (2025). | — | 10 TOP100 startups featured in e27’s post-event list (2025). | recap · video |
| 2024 · Branded Echelon X and identified by e27 as the 10th edition (2024). source | May 15–16, 2024 | — | — | — | report · video |
| 2023 source | Jun 14–15, 2023 | — | — | — | video |
| 2022 source | Oct 27–28, 2022 | — | — | — | video |
| Echelon Asia Summit 2019 source | Oct 9, 2019 | — | — | — | video |
| Echelon Asia Summit 2018 source | Jun 28–29, 2018 | — | — | — | video |
| Echelon Asia Summit 2017 source | Jun 28–29, 2017 | — | — | — | |
| Echelon Asia Summit 2016 source | Jun 15–16, 2016 | — | — | — |
Cities: Singapore (2022, 2023, 2024, and 2026 editions)
Formerly: Echelon Asia Summit
Official links and socials
In the press
- From support inbox to signal feed: Inside the AI workflow that won at Echelon Singapore 2026 — e27 (2026)
- These are the top 10 startups shaping the future at TOP100 2025 — e27 (2025)
Prepare for it
- How to cold email VCs — book the meetings before you land.
- The 12-slide seed deck — what to have ready when a partner says "send me the deck".
- Pitch Deck Roaster — a slide-by-slide pass before you submit to Shinhan Square Bridge Pitch: The Urban Vitality (Green & Flow).
- Accelerator deadlines — the application windows that open around the event.
Sources
Every fact above was read from one of these official pages on Oct 7, 2026:
- e27.co/category/echelon
- e27.co/category/press-release
- e27.co/echelon/asia2016/faq
- e27.co/echelon/asia2018/speakers
- e27.co/echelon/asia2023/speakers
- e27.co/echelon/asia2024
- e27.co/echelon/ecsg-test
- e27.co/from-korea-to-asean-10-startups-building-bridges-at-echelon-singapore-2026-20260602
- e27.co/from-support-inbox-to-signal-feed-inside-the-ai-workflow-that-won-at-echelon-singapore-2026-20260622
- e27.co/from-support-inbox-to-signal-feed-inside-the-ai-workflow-that-won-at-echelon-singapore-2026-20260622
- e27.co/shinhan-square-bridge-spotlights-us50000-pitch-stage-at-echelon-singapore-2026-20260318
- e27.co/these-are-the-top-10-startups-shaping-the-future-at-top100-2025-20250611
- e27.co/top100
- echelon.e27.co
- echelon.e27.co/agenda
- echelon.e27.co/ai-workflow-competition
- echelon.e27.co/speakers
- echelon.e27.co/sponsors-and-exhibitors
- echelon.e27.co/sponsors-and-exhibitors
- events.e27.co
- facebook.com/e27/photos/-echelon-singapore-2026-welcomes-bitdeer-ai-as-an-ai-competition-partnerbuilding/1493189036183717
- facebook.com/e27/photos/echelon-asia-summit-2019-begins-today-get-ready-to-join-apacs-best-and-brightest/10156071633351669/?locale=zh_CN
- facebook.com/e27/posts/-echelon-singapore-2026-welcomes-big-sky-capital-and-astana-hub-as-bronze-sponso/1495052985997322
- facebook.com/e27/posts/-echelon-singapore-2026-welcomes-jtc-building-industries-as-an-official-echelon-/1495818605920760
- facebook.com/e27/posts/-echelon-singapore-2026-welcomes-qapita-as-a-supporting-sponsorownership-is-one-/1492505902918697
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- facebook.com/e27/posts/echelon-singapore-2026-welcomes-shinhan-square-bridge-as-a-silver-sponsorexpandi/1455714593264495
- instagram.com/p/DW7wB79F77l
- instagram.com/p/DYjf-_sINd6
- instagram.com/p/DYtDCsZIGKa
- instagram.com/p/DZF7vOtkvju
- yourtessera.com/e/ecsg26
- youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zzjMotZHq2eEvCVX4YdfKjP7U0QJOJS
Echelon Singapore: frequently asked
How much does Echelon Singapore cost?
Published ticket prices run Free–S$299 (2026), the lowest and highest exact admission prices visible in the official event-linked ticket material. Gold and Premier passes are referenced, but their prices were not shown there.. Startups: For the 2026 edition, startup exhibition access was through the Startup Booth package and its “LAUNCH YOUR STARTUP” purchase route, rather than a separately described startup-acceptance programme. No next Singapore edition has been announced as of 2026-10-07. (SGD 599 starting offer (2026); e27 advertised this as a 50% founder offer using code FOUNDERS50.).
How do startups get into Echelon Singapore?
For the 2026 edition, startup exhibition access was through the Startup Booth package and its “LAUNCH YOUR STARTUP” purchase route, rather than a separately described startup-acceptance programme. No next Singapore edition has been announced as of 2026-10-07. Eligibility as published: The package was described as designed for early-stage startups. No objective funding-stage, founding-date, or employee-count cutoff was published on the booth page (2026).
What is Shinhan Square Bridge Pitch: The Urban Vitality (Green & Flow)?
Echelon Singapore's pitch competition. Eligibility: The published Shinhan pitch featured eight high-growth startups from the Shinhan Square Bridge ecosystem (2026). No public open application, detailed selection rules, or pitch deadline was stated in the cited material.