ADB Ventures matches promising technology startups with commercial opportunities across developing Asia
The ADB Ventures Labs Process
1. assess
Work with leading corporate innovation platforms to identify problems that, if solved, could generate a lot of commercial demand from large corporations and utilities across Asia while having significant development impact.
2. source
Identify solutions in ADB Ventures’ portfolio.
Partner with leading accelerator and ecosystem platforms to identify other startups with potential solutions.
3. match
Match supply with demand, uncovering opportunities for ADB Ventures to support and invest in scale-ups.
Anchor corporate Innovation partner
2019-2020 Highlights
Building Energy Challenge
The Building Energy Challenge matched startups with real estate developers to improve the climate impact of real estate development in Southeast Asia.
Partners: New Energy Nexus
Aboitiz Equity Ventures | Capital House | ELNUSA | Kembali | PLDT Inc. | Siri Ventures | True Digital Park | Viettel Group
Fintech Challenge Vietnam
Partners: State Bank of Vietnam | Padang & Co
Mastercard | Phoenix Holdings | TPBank | UOB | Vietcombank | VietCredit | VietinBank | Viettel Digital Services Corporation | Vinacapital Ventures | Visa
FUTURE FOOD ASIA
The Future Food Asia Platform accelerates open innovation in AgriTech and FoodTech across Asia Pacific, with the goal to catalyze and align an ecosystem to cope with the challenges of food.
Partners: ID Capital
A*star | Corteva Agriscience | Bühler Group | Givaudan | Dole | EDB Singapore | SatSure
imagine h2o asia
Partners: ImagineH2O
Enterprise Singapore | Suez | Moya
Travel Lab Asia
Travel Lab Asia matched startups with large hospitality groups to improve the climate impact of hotels and resorts in South and Southeast Asia.
