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Media Partnership Prospectus

Join us at our upcoming preseed startup competition to create quality deal flow for smart investors.

With a global audience across key industries, it is a valuable opportunity for media partners to engage our audience in strategic and meaningful ways.

We look forward to working with media agencies considering to partner in capturing new customer leads, expanding brand awareness, showcasing new products, achieving customer success, generating more revenue, and more.

roiquant reserves the right to make minor adjustments to the partnership benefits and number of available partnerships.


MEDIA PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS

STRATEGIC MEDIA PARTNER

SUPPORTING MEDIA PARTNER

MEDIA PASS

MEDIA PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS

STRATEGIC MEDIA PARTNER

SUPPORTING MEDIA PARTNER

MEDIA PASS

Contribution by partners

In-kind sponsorship

In-kind gifts

*Non-monetary contribution

In-kind gifts

*Non-monetary contribution

In-kind gifts

*Non-monetary contribution

Available partnership slots

Limited to 10 media partners only

Open category

Open category

Free access to roiquant

[During and after the virtual competition]

Free use of roiquant solutions

1 year free subscription to Pro Plan

User limit: 10 users (value: USD $3,000)

*1 year subscription: USD $300 per user

6 months free subscription to Pro Plan

User limit: 5 users (value: USD $750)

*6 months subscription: USD $150 per user

Roles and involvement of media partners

[During the virtual competition]

Consideration for roles in virtual events:

  • demo-&-pitch (by-invitation-only event)

  • sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event)

  • awards ceremony (public event)

  • sponsors' social and side events (private/public event)

  • additional events throughout the year

Top

Consideration

Participate in judging panel of the final round on demo-&-pitch day (by-invitation-only event)

Consideration

Opportunity to be keynote speaker

Opportunity to introduce VIP keynote speaker

Design and host a panel discussion at the sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event)

Participate in a panel discussion at the sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event)

Top

Participate as speaker and/or moderator

Consideration

Participate as moderator

Opportunity to announce and present the winners at virtual awards ceremony

Invitation to attend the sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event)

Opportunity to interview participating founders, investors, sponsors, partners, and stakeholders

Opportunity to refer sponsor(s) to roiquant

*Media partner will receive a referral fee for successful direct sponsorship referral(s)

*Media partner will receive a referral fee for successful direct sponsorship referral(s)

Exclusive events and activities presented by media partners

[During and after the virtual competition]

Opportunity to organize a virtual event:

  • content coaching workshop

  • topical webinar

  • networking event, etc.

Top

*Virtual event length up to 40 minutes

Consideration

*Virtual event length up to 20 minutes

Participate in virtual matchmaking event(s) for founders and investors

Invitation to participate in social and side events organized by sponsors and partners

Engage in exclusive one-on-one private meetings facilitated by roiquant

Top

Consideration

Limited

Organize additional private-or-public virtual events (post-event) with roiquant community throughout the year:

  • content coaching workshop

  • topical webinar

  • networking event, etc.

2 virtual events

1 virtual event

Co-host virtual office hours (post-event) with roiquant community throughout the year

Consideration

Limited

Partnership acknowledgment, branding, and media presence

Pre-event marketing

[Before the virtual competition]

Brand placement

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment of sponsors:

As strategic media partner

As supporting media partner

Opportunity to co-brand the virtual events:

Designated page on roiquant’s website, blog, competition site and app to showcase:

  • company profile description

  • product-&-service offering

  • promotional or product demo video

  • success stories

  • downloadable digital assets and content

  • call-to-actions, etc.

Shared page with other partners (8 per page) with 75 words of company description

*Publish for the year of competition event

Shared page with other partners (8 per page) with 50 words of company description

*Publish for the year of competition event

Partners recognition in pre-event newsletters (participants acquisition emails)

Acknowledged with 25 words of company description, logo, and website link

Acknowledged with 10 words of company description, logo, and website link

Short video (10-15 seconds) from sponsors and partners live-pitching about “what they do”, to be posted on social media:

1 featured story to be published on roiquant’s newsletter (audience of 2,500)

Media opportunities and priorities before the virtual competition:

  • featured interview

  • opinion piece

  • press release

  • podcast, etc.

Access to press list (media contact list) to be provided 2 weeks prior to the virtual events:

  • demo-&-pitch (by-invitation-only event)

  • sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event)

Opportunity to offer special discounts and/or free products-or-services for the participants and stakeholders of competition event year

Before the competition event

On-site marketing

[During the virtual competition]

Designated virtual booth (powered by Zoom Events) with up to 20 partner representatives (for each sponsorship tier) to showcase:

  • company profile description

  • product-&-service offering

  • promotional or product demo video

  • success stories

  • downloadable assets

  • call-to-actions, etc.

1 small expo booth space

*Exhibit for the 3 months of competition event

1 small expo booth space

*Exhibit for the 3 months of competition event

Access to roiquant community discord's partners lounge

Exhibitor video to showcase on virtual booth

1 video only

*Video length up to 50 seconds with maximum size of 50 MB and in MP4 format only

1 video only

*Video length up to 40 seconds with maximum size of 50 MB and in MP4 format only

Exhibitor images to showcase on virtual booth

Exhibitor PDF files to distribute on virtual booth for the audience to download

Sponsored sessions available on virtual booth

Sponsor chat feature available on virtual booth for sponsors to chat directly with attendees in the virtual lobby

Meet-&-chat with attendees feature available on virtual booth for partners to add one or more partner representatives to speak during the partner’s session and to connect with customers for product demo requests

Interview opportunities for top executives (pre-recorded), which will be broadcasted live during virtual events:

  • demo-&-pitch (by-invitation-only event)

  • sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event)

  • awards ceremony (public event)

Top

*Video length up to 1 minute

Consideration

*Video length up to 40 seconds

Opportunity to distribute e-brochures and giveaways to participants, collaborators, partners, and even other sponsors

Branded hash tags for social media publicity

Enhance digital and social media presence:

  • increase coverage

  • boost SEO (search engine optimization)

  • improve credibility

  • better brand discovery

  • build community engagement, etc.

Media opportunities and priorities during the virtual competition:

  • featured interview

  • opinion piece

  • press release

  • podcast, etc.

Opportunity to offer special discounts and/or free products-or-services for the participants and stakeholders of competition event year

During the competition event

During the competition event

Post-event marketing

[After the virtual competition]

Access to recordings of the virtual events:

  • demo-&-pitch (by-invitation-only event)

  • sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event)

  • awards ceremony (public event)

Consideration

*Full recordings and snippets

Limited

*Snippets only

Opportunity to offer special discounts and/or free products-or-services for the participants and stakeholders of competition event year

After the competition event

After the competition event

Access to contact list and engage the participants and collaborators (who opted in) of competition event year

Access to contact list and engage the investors as well as sponsors and partners (who opted in) of competition event year

Featured posts and stories to be published on roiquant’s social media (audience of 5,300+)

5 posts

*Throughout the year of competition event

3 posts

*Throughout the year of competition event

1 post

*Throughout the year of competition event

Partners' testimonials and success stories to be published on:

Select case studies, success stories, and testimonials to be permanently published on:

Media opportunities and priorities after the virtual competition:

  • featured interview

  • opinion piece

  • press release

  • podcast, etc.

Partners recognition and note of appreciation (thank-you note) in a post-event newsletter

Acknowledged with 25 words of company description, logo, and website link

*Shout-out on social media and press releases

Acknowledged with 10 words of company description, logo, and website link

*Shout-out on social media and press releases

Virtual event analytics, engagement, and fulfillment reports

[After the virtual competition]

Overall performance of the competition event, as well as the post-competition events:

  • events' summary reports

    • engagement rate

    • customer lead generation

    • on-site purchases or opt-ins

    • sponsorship activation rate, etc.

  • demographics of participants and attendees

    • number of applicants, participants, and stakeholders (sponsors, partners, media, investors, governmental agencies, etc.)

    • country of origin

    • industry and vertical markets, etc.

  • engagement of virtual events

    • demo-&-pitch

    • sponsor-&-partner roundtable

    • awards ceremony

    • sponsor’s social and side events

    • additional events throughout the year

  • performance of promotional campaigns

    • newsletters open rate

    • social media interaction

    • press coverage, etc.

  • product demo and content engagement

    • click-through rate

    • download rate

    • call-to-actions conversion rate

    • activation rate, etc.

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*Reports to be shared in PDF and CSV formats

Consideration

*Reports to be shared in PDF and CSV formats

Partner virtual booth’s analytics (powered by Zoom Events) include reports on booth performance, attendance, and engagement:

  • number of booth joins

  • number of session joins

  • number of info clicks

  • number of video clicks

  • number of image clicks

  • number of file downloads

  • total join session duration (in minutes), etc.

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*Report to be shared in CSV format

Consideration

*Report to be shared in CSV format

Overall performance of participants' development engaged through the virtual competition app (powered by roiquant), as well as from the demo-&-pitch event:

  • summary report

    • pitch decks

    • business plans

    • product prototyping

    • early customer validation

    • financial projections

    • business viability and fundability, etc.

Top

*Report to be shared in PDF format

Consideration

*Report to be shared in PDF format


We’re here to help you succeed:

  • if you’re a media agency looking to partner us for exclusive coverage of our upcoming preseed startup competition

  • if you’re a blogger or key opinion leader or social media influencer searching for business opportunities

  • if you’re a journalist looking for fresh and new startup-&-VC content to publish

Get in touch and secure your media partnership today!


Registration: how to register?

Eligibility: who are eligible?

Important dates: what's happening next?

Prizes and benefits: how founders benefit?

AWS Activate Program: register and apply

Rules: play by the rules

Sponsorship prospectus: how sponsors benefit?

Collaborative partnership prospectus: how collaborators benefit?

Organized and powered by roiquant: why it matters?

Frequently asked questions

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