Aspire

Aspire is the #1 All-in-one financial operating platform for businesses, with a mission to reinvent finance for a new generation of entrepreneurs and businesses. We serve over 10,000 companies in Southeast Asia, helping them save time and money with multi-currency accounts and cards spend/expense management solutions - all in one account.  

• Multi-currency business account to build, run and scale your startup globally from day 1 
• Earn unlimited cashback with 1% cashback on eligible spend 
• Enjoy easy international payments with transparent fees with no hidden cost, up to 3x cheaper than traditional banks 
• Close your books faster with native accounting integrations to sync transactions 

Read more with this deck 

Newly created accounts will receive:

• Account Opening: S$250 cash bonus with a S$25,000 first transfer to the account
• Card Spend: S$100 cash bonus with S$10,000 card spend within 6 months
• FX Transaction: S$100 cash bonus with cumulative FX transactions S$10,0000 within 6
• months
• Additional Rewards: Access to over S$50,000 of rewards from valued partners (incl $5,000 AWS credits, 40% off Dropbox, and more) 

How to Claim

Create an account directly with this link: https://aspire.link/smu

Salamander Advisory

The Salamander (www.salamanderadvisory.com) team was built for the sole purpose of helping early stage tech companies scale and grow.  We help with fractional services for finance, sales, marketing, product development, operations, support & managed services.  We also provide assistance with fund raising.

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, contact Bill Padfield at bill.padfield@salamanderadvisory.com

Xfers

Xfers aims to accelerate financial access within Southeast Asia by enabling businesses to accept payments and send money seamlessly by providing API and Payment Link solutions covering a wide range of payment methods. 

How to Claim

• $0 Account Setup Fee
• No Minimum Balance in XFERS
• Business Account Waiver for Accept API (till December 2022 or 12 months after onboarding)
• $0.20 /transaction for Send API (till December 2022 or 12 months after onboarding)

Reach out to sales@xfers.com and let us know you’re from SMU BIG.

Bizsquare Management

Bizsquare is a One-stop Strategic Business Consultancy firm with a mission of growing 1 million businesses. We offer growth solutions to SMEs through our four main services: Business Loan Consulting, Branding & Marketing, Strategic Management Consulting, and Accounting and Corporate Secretarial.

Started in 2013, Bizsquare has served over 3000 clients with more than SGD 1 billion of fund raised with over 50 financial institutions partners. We also have diverse services provided for our clients, ranging from corporate finance services, branding and marketing, accounting, and corporate services, as well as strategy consultation services.

Our clients range from logistics, retailers, online businesses, industrial services, F&B and many more. We support small start-ups with yearly revenue of $150k, to large corporation with yearly revenue $750 million. We are pleased that many of our clients have grown steadily in their businesses, and we would like to share that Bizsquare is always here to grow with you.

For more info can visit, please visit our website - https://bizsquare.com.sg/

Liberalize

Liberalize intends fast-forward the technologies used by common businesses and provide massive discounts on software engineering and solutions. So that businesses can always stay afloat on the latest technologies, business models and payment channels.

How to Claim

• Free Sign Up, No Credit Card Required
• No Minimum Balance Required
• Massive Discounts on Common Business Technologies (e.g. e-commerce platform, order management platform)
• Flexible Transaction Fees depending on volume and it will cover your existing/future payment providers, allowing your latest platform to be backwards compatible AND future proof

Contact Us at: support@liberalize.io

Spenmo

Spenmo is an unified payments platform that helps businesses manage their spending through company cards, automating invoice payments, approval based spending

How to Claim

Receive 3 months to 1 year* free trial on Agile Plan. Book a demo and use SMU25 to get 25% off lifetime subscription thereafter.

*Exclusively for SMU-affiliated Startups

CAP Advisory Group

CAP provides a full suite of accounting, corporate and advisory services to SMEs. Join 300+ SMEs and digitalise your accounts and finances as you scale your business.

How to Claim

33% discount for annual corporate secretarial services and 1 free consultation on compliance requirements for companies in Singapore.

Fill in the form at https://www.capadvisorygroup.com/contactand mention SMU IIE in the message.

Stripe

Online payment processing for internet businesses. Stripe is a suite of payment APIs that powers commerce for online businesses of all sizes.

Whether you’re creating a software subscription service, an on-demand marketplace, or an e-commerce store, Stripe’s integrated payments platform helps you build and scale your business online.

How to Claim

1. Waived fees on your next $40,000 (SGD) in Stripe card processing
2. Access to exclusive Stripe events
3. Skip-the-line access to product betas and events

If you’re keen on redeeming our benefits click here. Or, if you want to chat to a member of the team, e-mail: yinachan@stripe.com.

UOB

UOB has a global network of around 500 offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. UOB is rated among the world’s top banks – Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings respectively – and has been awarded the Best SME Bank in Asia-Pacific for the 7th year by The Asian Banker and ‘Best Bank in Singapore 2022’ by Euromoney. Through its integrated regional network, local industry knowledge and sector specialisation, it helps SMEs achieve their growth ambitions seamlessly, and offer innovative solutions to help them seize regional and in-market opportunities, sustainably.

How to Claim

As part of our partnership with UOB, eligible companies affiliated with SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SMU IIE) can tap on the UOB Partner Bundle1 to receive additional benefits via SMU IIE’s unique code.

Click on the EDM to learn more and access the unique URL code. 

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

Build and Scale Your Web3 Applications with Morpheus Labs

Morpheus Labs is a leading Web3 low-code development platform that enables businesses and developers to build, test, and deploy blockchain applications with ease. Trusted by enterprises and startups globally, our platform accelerates Web3 adoption by reducing development complexity and cost.

What We Offer:

• Low-Code Web3 Development: Rapidly prototype, test, and deploy blockchain applications without deep technical expertise.
• Custom Web3 Solutions: Tailor-made blockchain solutions for businesses looking to integrate Web3 functionalities efficiently.
• Enterprise-Grade Security & Scalability: Built-in security protocols and seamless scalability to support your business growth.
• Hackathons and workshops coupled with project mentorship and consulting sessions.

Exclusive Offer for SMU Startups & Entrepreneurs

We are offering:

• Up to $3,000 worth of prizes to be won (comes in platform credits, tokens and various other prizes) and project discounts /grants for eligible startups to accelerate Web3 development and bring their business ideas into reality.
•  Free 1 month single user subscription license with every 1 month purchased (Up to 3 months) to utilise our low-code AI-integrated development platform

How to Claim

• Must be a new Morpheus Labs follower on our telegram, discord, X and instagram.
• Must be a SMU student, or SMU-affiliated startup/entrepreneur.
• Sign up using your SMU student/alumni email.

💡 Apply Now & Start Building Your Web3 Venture!

📩 For more details, reach out to leonard@morpheuslabs.io and mention that you’re from SMU.

🔗 Sign Up with your student/alumni email & use our platform via https://web3-platform.morpheuslabs.io?referralBy=2563468

Enter ML Referral Code (if code does not appear on Referral Code Blank): 2563468

Have questions?
Contact:
📧 Leonard Ong - leonard@morpheuslabs.io
Whatsapp - +65 8891 0981

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.

Link: https://snapinput.com/smubig

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

1. Apply for AWS Activate Founders program, which offers up to $1,000 in AWS Activate Credits (subject to eligibility). Interested startups can apply on Startups.AWS.
2. Proceed to select the Founders Tier package for self-funded startups. No organisation ID is required.

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

Google

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-

1. Must be a new MSG91 Subscriber
2. Must be associated with preferred collaborators
3. 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

Niyeo

Niyeo helps startups train own AI agents to do work.

Startups can receive S$300 in credits for training and working with their own AI agents on Niyeo, by emailing igor@niyeo.com and indicating their association with SMU.

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.

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

1. Discount on AWS/GCP total cloud billings for 12 months (no commitment)
2. Free 3 Months of Google Workspace (Business Starter), capped at 10 users 
   Inclusive of Google Workspace Management training!
3. 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.

Alpha Story

Alpha Story is a game changing public relations platform that will level the playing field for startups and SMEs in the way they craft & distribute compelling PR content. From the same founding team that has served more than 2,500 startups & SMEs across Southeast Asia since 2017, Alpha Story’s generative AI tools will empower businesses to effortlessly create journalist-ready stories while seamlessly connecting those stories with the relevant journalists. 

Alpha Story is a BIG startup of the Jan 2024 cohort.

How to Claim

Get 20% off any subscription package on the Alpha Story platform. Use code SMUIIE20 at checkout. 

For any further queries, feel free to contact tech@alphastory.co to arrange a discovery session to understand what best suits your business needs.

Nila Studios

Nila Studios is a growth studio that works with B2B firms looking to grow in Southeast Asia. Our team is made of ex-cofounders and early marketing hires at Janio.asia, (also a former BIG incubatee) with a track record of building a B2B startup from 0 to 8-digit annual revenue within 5 years.

Today, we work with early stage startups, bringing our experience and expertise in go-to-market strategy, marketing and sales to help founders scale better and faster. Find out more athttps://nilastudios.com

How to Claim

Free 1-hour initial consultation and 20% off usual rates for 6 months.

Contact us at hello@nilastudios.com, indicating your startup name and BIG batch.

Hubspot

HubSpot offers a full platform of marketing, sales, customer service, and CRM software — plus the methodology, resources, and support — to help businesses.

How to Claim

90% off hubspot professional software. Apply via this link.

Any questions, kindly email to hsfs-bdm@hubspot.com

PressOffice

PressOffice is a press release distribution service that makes getting your message out directly to journalists easy and hassle-free. We constantly monitor articles published and shared by journalists to determine their interests and curate our media lists to ensure that your press releases gets to the right people. Our team of PR professionals personally review each press release before it is distributed. so you can take advantage of years of industry experience.

How to Claim

Get 15% off the monthly subscription fee for 2 years. Use code SMUIIE15 at checkout.

Contact: Email Ann-Marie at info@pressoffice.direct with any enquiries.

Mediashock

Mediashock is a Singapore corporate video production and animation studio that help increasing sales, branding awareness and recruitment.

How to Claim

15% off video production services Email jorden@jordentan.com and quote.

OtterHalf

OtterHalf, founded in April 2023, is a remote-based global marketing consulting firm dedicated to inspiring businesses to achieve sustainable growth through creativity and kickass execution.

Born out of the experience of its founding team, that faced redundancy during a tech layoff, OtterHalf recognized the need for specialized marketing support for tech companies with limited resources. With a collective experience of over 10 years in marketing, partnerships, and design within the tech industry, the team offers a diverse range of services, including hourly consulting, project-based campaign launches, and the option to serve as a fractional marketing team for businesses.

How to Claim

Get 10% off usual rates. Book a call with us via this linkand state "SMU BIG" under "How did you hear about us?" when you make the booking.

Endowus

Endowus is Singapore's only digital wealth advisor where you can invest your CPF, cash and SRS all on one platform at low cost. Our mission is to help people invest better, so they can live easier today, to live better tomorrow & through retirement. 
Read more (PDF)

How to Claim

Institute members that create an account through this link will receive 20% off their access fees for the next 3 years.

Contact: Chua Ee Chien, partnerships@endowus.com