Southeast Asia Social Innovation Bootcamp

Validate your startup with customers and get investor feedback

Join our next cohort accelerating innovation towards the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals by solving a social, health or environmental problem in Bali and Singapore. Learn to apply a proven social entrepreneurship framework alongside a cohort of innovators and startup founders from across South East Asia. Receive 1-1 mentorship to design your solution and pitch, and receive initial investor feedback.

Teams that validate interest for their solution will be eligible to receive an investment offer from our partner fund.

Key Features

Social Entrepreneurship Framework

Apply MIT's "Disciplined Entrepreneurship", Google Venture's "Sprint", HubSpot's "Flywheel" and "Theory of Change" frameworks to design and test your solution.

Expert Mentorship and Innovation Hub Visits

Expert mentors from BonBillo provide guidance to design your solution and pitch. Visit and learn from successful local entrepreneurs and corporate innovation leaders.

Co-Working Space
and Community

Work alongside mission-driven entrepreneurs from across South East Asia in a vibrant environment with office space and amenities. Participate in several cohort building activities and join a community of supportive entrepreneurs making an impact.

Bali and Singapore Excursions

Understand and appreciate Bali through a tour of Tegalalang Rice Terrace, Tegenungan Waterfall, Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, Ubud Palace, and Tirta Empul Temple, known for its natural springs. Visit Singapore's business and cultural sites including the Central Business District, Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by the Bay and Clarke Quay.

$50K in Partner Perks

Receive benefits and discounts worth more than $50,000 from our partners including HubSpot for Startups, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud for Startups Program, Carta, Shoobx, Miro, Chargebee, Customer Camp and PriyoShop to help accelerate your growth.

Demo Day

Pitch your social impact startup to the innovation community in Singapore and receive investor feedback.

Ulun Danu Beratan Temple, Bali

Swapnil Shah sharing his founder journey growing Freight Tiger to be India's largest digital freight network.

Swapnil Shah sharing his journey growing Freight Tiger to be India's largest digital freight network.

BonBillo's 2023 cohort celebrations at Bengaluru Demo Day

Divya Balaji Kamerkar, Co-Founder of Pinky Promise, pitching her startup at Demo Day

Flywheel Workshop and Coffee Tasting with Aditya Kumar at HubSpot's Singapore office

Theory of Change Workshop presented by Shruthi Cauvery Iyer

Rukaiya Rangwala hosting a mentor session at Marico Limited

Rukaiya Rangwala hosting a mentor session on Go-to-Market strategy

Impact Investing workshop hosted by Sachindra Rudra, previously CIO at Acumen Fund

Startup visit to the HealthifyMe office in Bengaluru

Cohort lunch with Shruthi Cauvery Iyer, Impact Investor

Swapnil Chugh, Chief Learning Innovation Officer at INSEAD, shares his key learnings in product design

Swapnil Chugh, Chief Learning Innovation Officer at INSEAD, shares learnings in product design

Jan 20th - Welcome Dinner with the cohort

Meet your cohort of startup founders and innovators over dinner in Bali.

Jan 21st - Bali Tour

Visit local attractions in Bali including the Tegalalang Rice Terrace, Tegenungan Waterfall, Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, Ubud Palace, and Tirta Empul Temple, known for its natural springs.

Jan 22nd - Program Overview, Disciplined Entrepreneurship, Customer Discovery

Program orientation and introduction.

Apply the “Disciplined Entrepreneurship” framework to identify your customer. Learn about the "Jobs to be Done" framework and a customer interview methodology to discover key customer insights.

Welcome dinner with the entire cohort.

Jan 23rd - Customer Interviews, Investment Readiness, Impact Fundraising

Conduct customer interviews and summarize key customer insights.

Apply Village Capital's VIRAL framework to assess your investment readiness and next milestones.

Learn about impact investing and fundraising from a leading global impact investor.

Jan 24th - Value Proposition, Competitive Positioning, Founder Journeys

Apply the “Disciplined Entrepreneurship” framework to define your value proposition, core and competitive positioning.

Hear from two successful founders about their journeys building their startups and lessons learned.

Jan 25th - Go-to-Market Strategy, Impact Investing Lessons, Theory of Change

Design your go-to-market strategy.

Learn about what makes a successful founder from a leading global Impact VC investor.

Develop your Theory of Change with clear impact metrics to communicate your social impact with all stakeholders.

Jan 26th - Sprint to design and test your Customer Flywheel

Learn about HubSpot's Flywheel framework to attract, engage and delight customers to drive growth.

Apply the “Sprint” framework to design your customer flywheel.

Jan 27th - Bali Watersports

Bali is an idyllic spot for snorkeling and watersports. Enjoy views of the vibrant coral reefs and look out for reef sharks, sea turtles, lionfish, and squid.

Jan 28th - Fly to Singapore

Take the day to fly to Singapore.

Jan 29th - Business Model Design, Craft your Pitch, Cohort Dinner

Design your business model to maximize value creation for customers and align timing of value creation to your payouts.

Craft your investor pitch with a strong strategic narrative.

Explore the vibrant city of Singapore over dinner out with the cohort.

Jan 30th - Visit HubSpot and a leading VC Firm, Define your Team's Values

Visit HubSpot Singapore to refine your customer flywheel to drive growth.

Meet with a leading VC firm to learn about fundraising.

Define your team's culture and values.

Prepare your investor pitch.

Jan 31st - Fundraising for a Seed Round

Meet with a leading seed stage VC investor to learn about fundraising best practices.

Visit Carta for a workshop on preparing your cap table and data room to raise your seed round.

Meet with a successful startup founder and learn from their journey.

Refine your investor pitch.

Feb 1st - Visit INSEAD for a Product Design Workshop, Corporate Partnerships

Visit INSEAD for a workshop on Product Design.

Visit a leading corporate innovation hub to learn about corporate partnerships.

Refine your investor pitch.

Feb 2nd - Demo Day Pitches and Celebration

Pitch your startup to the innovation community in Singapore and receive investor feedback.

Dinner celebration with the entire cohort.

What participants say?

Jabulani Kunene
Software Engineer, ParkUpp

The one thing I took away from Bonbillos incredible program is my new found confidence in global thinking... Throughout the whole program I was constantly surprised at how much I was learning. Proof that there is no one standard way to become a successful entrepreneur.