Empowering founders to innovate
For partners and collaborators
- Paul Lee
- Sarah M Khalid (Deactivated)
Partnership Prospectus
Join us at our upcoming preseed startup competition to help under-represented founders access smart capital funding.
With a global audience across key industries, it is a valuable opportunity for partners to empower our global community in purposeful and meaningful ways.
We look forward to working with organizations 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.
PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS | SUPPORTING PARTNER | COMMUNITY PARTNER | UNIVERSITY PARTNER |
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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 | Open category | Open category | Open category |
Free access to roiquant [During and after the virtual competition] | |||
Free use of roiquant solutions | 1 year free subscription to Standard Plan User limit: 5 users (value: USD $420) *1 year subscription: USD $84 per user | 6 months free subscription to Standard Plan User limit: 5 users (value: USD $210) *6 months subscription: USD $42 per user | 6 months free subscription to Standard Plan User limit: 5 users (value: USD $210) *6 months subscription: USD $42 per user |
Roles and involvement of partners and collaborators [During the virtual competition] | |||
Consideration for roles in virtual events:
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Participate in judging panel of the final round on demo-&-pitch day (by-invitation-only event) | |||
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) | |||
Opportunity to announce and present the winners at virtual awards ceremony | |||
Invitation to attend the sponsor-&-partner roundtable (public event) | |||
Opportunity to refer sponsor(s) to roiquant | *Supporting partner will receive a referral fee for successful direct sponsorship referral(s) | *Community partner will receive a referral fee for successful direct sponsorship referral(s) | *University partner will receive a referral fee for successful direct sponsorship referral(s) |
Exclusive events and activities presented by partners and collaborators [During and after the virtual competition] | |||
Opportunity to organize a virtual event:
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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 | Limited | ||
Organize additional private-or-public virtual events (post-event) with roiquant community throughout the year:
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Co-host virtual office hours (post-event) with roiquant community throughout the year | Limited | ||
Partnership acknowledgment, branding, and media presence | |||
Pre-event marketing [Before the virtual competition] | |||
Brand placement | Acknowledgment | Acknowledgment | Acknowledgment |
Acknowledgment of sponsors:
| As supporting partner | As community partner | As university partner |
Opportunity to co-brand the virtual events:
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Designated page on roiquant’s website, blog, competition site and app to showcase:
| Shared page with other partners (8 per page) with 35 words of company description *Publish for the year of competition event | Shared page with other partners (8 per page) with 25 words of company description *Publish for the year of competition event | Shared page with other partners (8 per page) with 25 words of company description *Publish for the year of competition event |
Partners recognition in pre-event newsletters (participants acquisition emails) | Acknowledged with company name, logo, and website link | Acknowledged with company name and website link only | Acknowledged with university name and website link only |
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:
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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 | |||
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:
| 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 20 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:
| Limited *Video length up to 30 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:
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Opportunity to offer special discounts and/or free products-or-services for the participants and stakeholders of competition event year | |||
Post-event marketing [After the virtual competition] | |||
Access to recordings of the virtual events:
| 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 |
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+) | 2 posts *Throughout the year of competition event | 1 post *Throughout the year of competition event | 1 post *Throughout the year of competition event |
Partners' testimonials and success stories to be published on:
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Select case studies, success stories, and testimonials to be permanently published on:
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Media opportunities and priorities after the virtual competition:
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Partners recognition and note of appreciation (thank-you note) in a post-event newsletter | Acknowledged with company name, logo, and website link *Shout-out on social media and press releases | Acknowledged with company name and website link only *Shout-out on social media and press releases | Acknowledged with university name and website link only *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:
| Consideration *Reports to be shared in PDF and CSV formats | Limited *Reports to be shared in PDF and CSV formats | Limited *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:
| 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:
| Consideration *Report to be shared in PDF format | Limited *Report to be shared in PDF format | Limited *Report to be shared in PDF format |
We’re here to help you succeed:
if you’re a university considering to promote business building with scientific and data-driven approaches
if you’re an organization looking to exhibit your products-or-services and position your brand
if you’re a governmental agency willing to foster entrepreneurship and innovation
if you’re an investment firm sourcing for fundable founders
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
Sponsorship prospectus: how sponsors benefit?
Media partnership prospectus: how media benefit?
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