Web, Cloud & Technical Services
List of Startup Perks
Aiven
The trusted open source data platform for everyone. Build your data infrastructure with open source technologies that you can deploy on any major cloud.
Through Aiven, developers can do what they do best: build products. Meanwhile, we do what we do best: manage infrastructure.
We provide a selection of reliable, open source products – tools like Apache Kafka®️, PostgreSQL®️, MySQL, M3, InfluxDB®️, OpenSearch®️ and more – that you can install at the click of a button.
How to Claim
Aiven Cluster helps you grow your business by taking away all your data infrastructure worries. We offer $30,000 in credits for 12 months, and access to the Cluster global community of like-minded entrepreneurs and startups, and help each other work towards greatness.
For startups: apply to Cluster
If you just want to try out Aiven, check out our free plans.
Any questions? Reach out to cluster@aiven.io.
DataStax
DataStax’s Astra DB enables developers to deliver global-scale, real-time data applications on any cloud with a serverless, pay-as-you-go managed service built on the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database.
How to Claim
Claim up to $2000 USD of free Astra DB credit for your qualified, funded startup. Startup program credits are available as part of an Astra Starter package which provides startups with heavily discounted credits, consultations, and enterprise support in exchange for participation in selected developer and product feedback programs.
Contact oe@datastax.com to discuss qualification and opportunities.
Hexalyze
Hexalyze Singapore Pte Ltd is a trusted provider of premium software development strategies and innovative IT solutions, specializing in Microsoft, Odoo, Huawei Cloud, and Icewarp technologies. Since 2016, Hexalyze has built a reputation for delivering high-quality, custom software solutions and fostering strong collaborative relationships with clients worldwide.
Exclusive offer for SMU startups: Rent a coder $15 per hour*.
Hexalyze hires top talent high-tech teams to align with your work model and time zones, so you don’t have to. Save your time through remote hiring and manage the best software developers in the world.
How to Claim
Send your requirement to shahzad@hcsgroup.io for the offer.
*T&C applied
Morpheus Labs
Free 2 hours digital transformation consultation for IT solutioning aligned with business needs, we do build MVPs for startups as well.
Buy 1 month and get 1 month free of our AI Low code platform to save on development man hours.
For more information, contact leonard@morpheuslabs.io
NSCC
National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore
Accelerate your innovation by leveraging on high-performance computing (HPC) resources provided by National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore NSCC manages Singapore’s national petascale supercomputing resources and is fully equipped to support extremely intensive computations in research areas such as advanced data analysis, artificial intelligence, machine learning, solution modelling and simulations.
Successful applicants* will receive a HPC resource package worth $1,920 Each HPC resource package consists of:
- 1 user account
- Maximum of 100 active jobs per user
- Maximum of 100 actives jobs per tier
- Maximum of 400 CPU-cores per job
- Maximum of 24 hours wall time per job
- Standard job queueing priority
- 5,000 indicative maximum CPU hours per month (for 3 months)
- 50GB of high performance storage
- Training as required
*Terms & conditions:
- Limited to 10 applicants
- To be initiated within 6 months and utilised within 1 year
How to Claim
To apply, submit your application to https://go.nscc.sg/trial and indicate “SMU IIE Corporate Perk” in the Project Title.
For queries, email to bizdev@nscc.sg
Snapinput
SnapInput is a micro-survey platform designed to help businesses ask strategic questions to a live audience. Our micro-survey provide actionable insights that help you make informed decisions based on real user feedback. It’s ideal for builders to understand exactly what their what future customers want and test ideas ahead of product launch.
We are offering a 30% discount for the Singapore Management University Business Innovation Generator (BIG) community.
To claim, users will need to click the below dedicated link and a discount will be automatically added at the time of purchase. Users can also book a meeting with one of our success experts, who can provide more information on best practices and how to use the service.
Zencode
Zencode, which is ranked one of the top 5 mobile app developers in Singapore for 2 years running in Clutch.co, helps startups scale up. Offering both strong UX and consultative CTO services for non-technical and technical founders alike. Don't waste your first code base on poor structure and development, come and see why so many customers are willing to refer and happily review our work.
How to Claim
Zencode offers preferential pricing for 1st year with 25% off developer rates and an initial free 1-2-1 consultation worth 1000 SGD.
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services is a subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis.
How to Claim
Application instructions for SMU IIE Startups – Up to USD$1,000 in AWS Activate Credits
Apply for AWS Activate Founders program, which offers $1,000 in AWS Activate Credits (subject to eligibility). Interested startups can apply on Startups.AWS.
Dropbox DocSend
DocSend allows you to securely share your pitch deck and streamline fundraising. With DocSend, you maintain control over sensitive fundraising documents, know which investors are engaging with your decks and get real-time, actionable feedback with document analytics
We will provide a free cloud based assessment of your company combined with a face to face review of the results. This will help you identify areas to focus on or areas to strengthen to be successful.
For more information, please contact support@docsend.com
As part of the program, startups who have received institutional funding are entitled for the following benefits -
- US$2,000 for bootstrapped startups and US$25,000 in credits valid for two years for accelerator-backed startups. VC funded startups can avail US$100K for Year 1 (US$250K for AI-first Startups) and 20% off your monthly spend in Year 2.
- Google Workspace Business Plus valid for one year for new Workspace customers
- Access to exclusive Google events including networking opportunities with VC investors, speaking opportunities at Google-led or Google supported events, and co-branding
Additional benefits exist for startups in the $100K or $250K tier -
- $12,000 USD worth in credits for Enhanced Customer Care Support valid for one year to access technical support engineers 24/7 via chat, email, or phone with <1 hr response time
- $600/monthly credits for Google Maps API valid for one year
- $500 in Skills Boost credits for online hands-on training to upskill your team
Additionally, startups will have access to Google customer engineers for technical guidance and Google funding subsidies to use our vendor partners for any hands-on project implementation.
How to Claim
Apply via this link! https://cloud.google.com/startup/apply?hl=en#application-form
MSG91
MSG91, one of the leading SMS providers in India known for its quality, and is also trusted by many companies such as Xiaomi, Indeed, Shopmatic, Razorpay, policy bazaar, and more.
How to Claim
Value of the perk
- $100 balance every month for 6 months (Every startup avail 600 USD in total)
- For- OTP, Transactional SMS, Emails
- With lifetime validity- No expiration of these credits
Eligibility Criteria:
You are eligible for the accelerate program if you meet the following criteria-
- Must be a new MSG91 Subscriber
- Must be associated with preferred collaborators
- Must be signed up from a private domain id.
For more details please refer to this link Startup
How to avail:
Founders should contact partners@msg91.com and mention you're from SMU Group. Our perks are available globally
Questions about our perks? Reach out to:
Shailesh Rajput - Shailesh@msg91.com
Ashutosh Jain - Ashutosh@msg91.c
OVHcloud
As Europe’s leading cloud provider, OVHcloud delivers public and private cloud products, shared hosting and dedicated server solutions in 140 countries worldwide. Founded in 1999, OVHcloud is a French company with an international presence, based on a backbone of datacentres and points of presence spread across the globe. For more details, please visit https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-sg/
How to Claim
Receive up to €100,000 in OVHcloud credits, 20 hours of free Professional Services, mentorship from seasoned OVHcloud employees and much more.
Sign up on https://startup.ovhcloud.com/en-sg/ using the 'Apply' option or reach out to satyam.santosh@ovhcloud.comfor more details.
Softrefine
Softrefine Technology Pte Ltd is the global Information Technology company and provides full support to startups at every stage of development process. Our areas of expertise include prototyping, building MVPs, product development, and product launching for startups. We offer services like AI/ML Development, IoT Development, Full stack web and Mobile App Development.
How to Claim
1. Receive up to 25% off on our usual rates for every talent onboarded
2. Free access & server setup to AWS + SSL for 12 months
3. One to one consultation to validate the idea and choose the right technology for their startup
4. Free Designing of initial wireframes to visualise startup ideas in a better way
5. Free Support for 3 months after the completion of development
Contact: shani.shah@softrefine.com
Bespin Global
Bespin Global is a Series C Cloud Management company backed by ST Telemedia, with premier partnerships with AWS, GCP and Azure. Bespin Global helps businesses accelerate cloud adoption with industry-leading solutions and award-winning consulting expertise: We are recognised as a “Leader” for execution and vision in Gartner’s 2020 Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Professional and Managed Services. Read more here
How to Claim
- Discount on AWS/GCP total cloud billings for 12 months (no commitment)
- Free 3 Months of Google Workspace (Business Starter), capped at 10 users
Inclusive of Google Workspace Management training! - Free Well-Architected Review for your cloud infrastructure
Reduce your cloud costs by up to 45%, and learn the secrets to build a scalable cloud infrastructure while
keeping costs low.
Contact: Jerald Low (Cloud Sales) jerald.low@bespinglobal.com and quote "SMU BIG" in the email.
FastMonitor.io
FastMonitor.io - Fast, actionable monitoring for page speed and stability - key drivers of conversion. Receive instant alerts when your pages slow down or go down. And when you have an emergency, or just need to speed up, our experts come to the rescue.
How to Claim
Receive our startup discount of 30% off for your affiliation with BIG! Sign up for FastMonitor.io on our website and upgrade to a paid plan with the promo code SMUBIG30.
Contact: Alex@fastmonitor.io
IBM Build Team
The IBM Build Team in APAC is now focusing our efforts on startups as well to help them build AI solutions through our embeddable AI offerings. In the program, we make the investment through co-creation, co-marketing and co-selling.
Here are some of the materials that you might find useful about IBM Build for startups, feel free to share these with your team:
Build Program Materials:
Build Brochure - https://www.ibm.com/downloads/documents/us-en/10c31775c1540af9
Build Journey Video – https://mediacenter.ibm.com/media/Build+with+IBM+%7C+Let%27s+go+further+together/1_1f2s5ry9
Build with IBM Webpage – https://www.ibm.com/partnerplus/isv
We are looking into specific startup communities such as VCs, Incubators/accelerators, and enterprise-sponsored communities that allow us to connect with startups within their ecosystem (incubatees, graduands of the programm, etc). Would love to connect to see how we can collaborate.
Contact: keith.chanws@ibm.com
Naver Cloud
With the launch of NAVER Cloud Platform in 2017, we are dedicated to serving industry specific cloud services across public, financial, medical, education, gaming, retail, and other industries. We aim to help more than 50,000 corporate customers around the globe succeed with our robust technology.
How to Claim
1. Most of the applicants will get USD5,000 credits.
2. Tech consulting from NAVER ClOUD APAC SA(Solution Architect)
3. Opportuntity to be exposed to NAVER Cloud Eco in Korea
Click here for more details.
SaaS Venture Partners
SaaS Venture Partners (powered by You_Source) has been providing software development services for rising startups and SMEs globally since 2012. Our specialty lies in our creative thinking to help clients narrow their MVP development scope by coming up with reliable alternatives to solve technological challenges, while ensuring the user flow stays complete. If you are interested in reducing cost and making quality software, let's have a chat.
How to Claim
Prototyping is the first step to developing superb software. Receive $500 off our prototyping services; use code SMUBIG500 and email toinfo@saasvp.io. Feel free to schedule a chat via this link if you have any questions.
Startup20
Startup20 a venture builder combining tech development and marketing services for startups towards growth and future exits.
How to Claim
Get your discount for tech development - specially for SMU BIG startups.
Contact daryl@startup20.asia for a preliminary consultancy.
Talenox
Talenox is a free cloud-based HR software that allows users to upgrade to SUITE accounts with advanced features. It's the quickest way to manage payroll and leave, and store precious employee details from one central dashboard.
How to Claim
Provides $200 in Talenox credits to help pay for the Talenox SUITE plan. For companies with 5 Headcount and other, this will provide 4 months of Talenox SUITE free.
Key in the promo code TALENOXINSTI200SG when creating an account onTalenox.
This provides $200 in Talenox credits to help pay for the Talenox SUITE plan. A 30-day trial of the SUITE plan will be provided upon account creation, and the credits will kick in to pay for your subscription after the trial ends. For companies with 5 Headcount and other, the credits will help to pay for 5 months of the Talenox SUITE subscription. Existing Talenox users are not eligible for this.