TECH PLANTER ASIA FINAL 2026

ABOUT

Purpose

At universities, research institutes, and corporate laboratories, the "seeds" of science and technology are being born, and it takes a lot of time and effort before they sprout into practical applications. The "TECH PLANTER" organized by Leave a Nest with its partner companies is an ecosystem that aims to discover these seeds and serve as a planter to turn them into businesses. Asia Final event will be showcasing Grand Winners and Leave a Nest Awards Winners from 6 SEA countries. From this year, we will also invite 2 Japanese startups selected from the grand winner awardees in the 7 domain Tech Planter conducted in Japan. This event will further provide the opportunities for the team to showcase their project to wider range of ecosystem players.

Target

Early stage startups and pre-startup researchers' team or individual in Deep Tech Field
Mature startups or SMEs seeking collaborators are also welcome, even if they are close to mass production or PMF establishment.
Visionaries that aim to change the world and/or their own country to a better place based on the science and tech based seeds
Those who are interested in the Japanese market or collaboration with Japanese corporations.

Categories of the TECH

Manufacturing, robotics, IoT, AI, agri-tech, bio-tech, healthcare, life-tech, food-tech, care-tech, marine-tech, ecotech, and etc.

Judging Criteria

A panel of judges consisting of Leave a Nest and its partners will evaluate each of the following items.

01NOVELTY
02PRACTICABILITY
03IMPACT TO THE WORLD
04PASSION

Awards

Grand Winner Award: 10,000 MYR & Invitation to Present at Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference (HIC) in Tokyo 2026
Leave a Nest Award: Invitation to Present at Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference (HIC) in Tokyo 2026
Corporate Awards: 4,000 MYR (Multiple)

SCHEDULE

8/2[SUN]: Announcement of Finalists

Selected Finalists will be announced in the beginning of August.
For those selected as finalists, interviews will be held to brush up their presentations for the final DEMO DAY.
In addition, it is possible to set up interviews with partner companies for the purpose of business consultation and to develop collaboration projects.