Greetings from DBS Bank!

DBS has partnered with National University of Singapore to present the DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge, an Asia-wide competition open to students and any member of the public. This competition is open to individuals with interesting ideas that have the potential to generate scalable and sustainable social impact.  More details are on: http://socialventurechallenge.asia/

The DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge provides multi-dimensional support to the budding social entrepreneurs.  Through ideation and validation workshops, participants will be supported and mentored by some of the most renowned practitioners in this field. Furthermore, participants who qualify will also have the opportunity to fly down to Singapore for the 3 day Bootcamp in March 2014 where teams will be paired with a mentor to refine and validate their social business ideas. Also, total prize money of SGD 65,000 awaits winners to bring their ideas to life.

We would be delighted to have the bright students from your institute participate and create an impact at the DBS – NUS Social Venture Challenge.  Attached is the information kit on the Challenge which you may use to inform your student community. The deadline for online submission is January 28, 2014.