Empowering founders to innovate
For sponsors
- Paul Lee
Sponsorship Prospectus
Join us at our upcoming preseed startup competition to support fundable founders develop innovative ideas that create wealth while improving their communities.
With a global audience across key industries, it is a valuable opportunity for sponsors to position as market leaders and pioneers to engage our audience in strategic and meaningful ways.
We look forward to working with companies considering to sponsor 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 sponsorship benefits and number of available sponsorships.
SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS | PLATINUM SPONSOR | GOLD SPONSOR | SILVER SPONSOR | SUPPORTING SPONSOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Contribution by sponsors | ||||
Cash and/or in-kind sponsorship | USD $25,000 | USD $10,000 | USD $5,000 | Cash and in-kind gifts |
Available sponsorship slots | Exclusive to 1 sponsor only | Limited to 4 sponsors only | Limited to 10 sponsors only | Open category |
Free access to roiquant [During and after the virtual competition] | ||||
Free use of roiquant solutions | 1 year free subscription to Enterprise Plan User limit: 50 users (value: USD $19,000+) *1 year subscription: USD $4,440+ per enterprise | 1 year free subscription to Enterprise Plan User limit: 25 users (value: USD $11,000+) *1 year subscription: USD $4,440+ per enterprise | 1 year free subscription to Premium Plan User limit: 10 users (value: USD $3,000) *1 year subscription: USD $300 per user | 6 months free subscription to Premium Plan User limit: 5 users (value: USD $750) *6 months subscription: USD $150 per user |
Roles and involvement of sponsors [During the virtual competition] | ||||
Consideration for roles in virtual events:
| Privilege | Top | Consideration | Limited |
Participate in judging panel of the final round on demo-&-pitch day (by-invitation-only event) | Privilege | Top | Limited | |
Opportunity to be keynote speaker | ||||
Opportunity to introduce VIP keynote speaker | ||||
Design and host a panel discussion at the sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event) | Host panel as speaker and/or moderator | Host panel as speaker and/or moderator | ||
Participate in a panel discussion at the sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event) | Participate as speaker | Participate as moderator | ||
Opportunity to announce and present the winners at virtual awards ceremony | ||||
Exclusive events and activities presented by sponsors [During and after the virtual competition] | ||||
Opportunity to organize a virtual event:
| Privilege *Virtual event length up to 1 hour | 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 | Privilege | Top | Consideration | Limited |
Organize additional private-or-public virtual events (post-event) with roiquant community throughout the year:
| 3 virtual events | 2 virtual events | 1 virtual event | |
Co-host virtual office hours (post-event) with roiquant community throughout the year | Privilege | Top | Consideration | Limited |
Sponsorship acknowledgment, branding, and media presence | ||||
Pre-event marketing [Before the virtual competition] | ||||
Brand placement | Pride-of-place | Prominent | Standard | Acknowledgment |
Acknowledgment of sponsors:
| As platinum sponsor | As gold sponsor | As silver sponsor | As supporting sponsor |
Opportunity to co-brand the virtual events:
| As platinum sponsor and co-chair *Co-brand for the year of competition event | |||
Designated page on roiquant’s website, blog, competition site and app to showcase:
| 1 full page exclusively for each sponsor with 150 words of company description *Publish for the year of competition event | 1 full page exclusively for each sponsor with 100 words of company description *Publish for the year of competition event | Shared page with other sponsors (8 per page) with 75 words of company description *Publish for the year of competition event | Shared page with other sponsors (unlimited) with 50 words of company description *Publish for the year of competition event |
Sponsors recognition in pre-event newsletters (participants acquisition emails) | Acknowledged with 75 words of company description, logo, and website link | Acknowledged with 50 words of company description, logo, and website link | 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:
| Privilege | Consideration | Limited | |
Access to press list (media contact list) to be provided 2 weeks prior to the virtual events:
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Opportunity to offer special discounts and/or free products-or-services for the participants and stakeholders of competition event year | Before the competition event | Before the competition event | ||
On-site marketing [During the virtual competition] | ||||
Designated virtual booth (powered by Zoom Events) with up to 20 sponsor representatives (for each sponsorship tier) to showcase:
| 1 large expo booth space *Exhibit for the 3 months of competition event | 1 medium expo booth space *Exhibit for the 3 months of competition event | 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 sponsors lounge | ||||
Sponsor video to showcase on virtual booth | 1 video only *Video length up to 1 minute with maximum size of 50 MB and in MP4 format only | 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 | 1 video only *Video length up to 30 seconds with maximum size of 50 MB and in MP4 format only |
Sponsor images to showcase on virtual booth | Up to 5 images only *Recommended image dimensions are 1920x1080 with maximum image size of 10 MB per image and in JPG/JPEG/PNG formats only | Up to 3 images only *Recommended image dimensions are 1920x1080 with maximum image size of 10 MB per image and in JPG/JPEG/PNG formats only | ||
Sponsor PDF files to distribute on virtual booth for the audience to download | Up to 5 files only *Downloadable files with maximum file size of 15 MB per file and in PDF format only | Up to 5 files only *Downloadable files with maximum file size of 15 MB per file and in PDF format only | ||
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 sponsors to add one or more sponsor representatives to speak during the sponsor’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:
| Privilege *Video length up to 3 minutes | Top *Video length up to 2 minutes | Consideration *Video length up to 1 minute | Limited *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:
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Media opportunities and priorities during the virtual competition:
| Privilege | Consideration | Limited | |
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 | During the competition event | |
Post-event marketing [After the virtual competition] | ||||
Access to recordings of the virtual events:
| Privilege *Full recordings and snippets | Consideration *Full recordings and snippets | Limited *Snippets only | 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 | 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 5,500+) | 25 posts *Throughout the year of competition event | 10 posts *Throughout the year of competition event | 5 posts *Throughout the year of competition event | 3 posts *Throughout the year of competition event |
Sponsors' testimonials and success stories to be published on:
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Select case studies, success stories, and testimonials to be permanently published on:
| Privilege | Top | Consideration | |
Media opportunities and priorities after the virtual competition:
| Privilege | Consideration | Limited | |
Sponsors recognition and note of appreciation (thank-you note) in a post-event newsletter | Acknowledged with 75 words of company description, logo, and website link *Shout-out on social media and press releases | Acknowledged with 50 words of company description, logo, and website link *Shout-out on social media and press releases | 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:
| Privilege *Reports to be shared in PDF and CSV formats | Top *Reports to be shared in PDF and CSV formats | Top *Reports to be shared in PDF and CSV formats | Consideration *Reports to be shared in PDF and CSV formats |
Sponsor virtual booth’s analytics (powered by Zoom Events) include reports on booth performance, attendance, and engagement:
| Privilege *Report to be shared in CSV format | Top *Report to be shared in CSV format | Top *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:
| Privilege *Report to be shared in PDF format | Top *Report to be shared in PDF format | Top *Report to be shared in PDF format | Consideration *Report to be shared in PDF format |
À la Carte Sponsorship Prospectus
À LA CARTE SPONSORSHIP [During the virtual competition] | SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES | SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS | SPONSORSHIP CONTRIBUTION |
|---|---|---|---|
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION BOOTH SPONSOR (Limited to 200 exhibitors only) | Opportunity for companies (non-participants of the virtual competition) to exhibit on virtual booths (powered by Zoom Events) and roiquant’s digital space, as well as access to exhibitors' lounge at our roiquant community discord
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*One-time payment only for the year of competition event | |
VIRTUAL CONFERENCING SPONSOR (Limited to 1 sponsor only) [Taken; no longer available] | Opportunity to sponsor and brand the virtual conference application (powered by Zoom Events)
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*Amount depending on number of participants and one-time payment for 3 months only | |
VIRTUAL PHOTO BOOTH SPONSOR (Limited to 1 sponsor only) [Taken; no longer available] | Opportunity to sponsor and brand the virtual photo booth for participants' selfies, which will be published on our social wall throughout the year of competition event |
*Amount depending on number of participants and one-time payment for 1 month only | |
PREPAID INTERNET DATA SPONSOR (Limited to 1 sponsor only) | Opportunity to sponsor and top up mobile credits or prepaid wifi data plan for underprivileged participants to use mobile hotspot or prepaid internet |
*One-time credit top up only for prepaid mobile or wifi data plan (hotspot or prepaid internet) |
We’re here to help you succeed:
if you’re a company considering to sponsor our upcoming preseed startup competition
if you’re a startup looking to exhibit your products-or-services
if you’re an investment firm sourcing for fundable founders
if you’re an organization positioning your brand
if you’ve got a potential sponsor to refer to us
we’ll be more than happy to compensate you a referral fee (success basis) for assisting us secure a sponsor
Quick links
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
Media partnership prospectus: how media benefit?
Collaborative partnership prospectus: how collaborators benefit?
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