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Venture and incubation experience

At SUTD, we are committed to nurturing the next generation of design innovators and providing a supportive ecosystem within and beyond the campus.
Your innovation journey

Unlock your potential as a Design·AI innovator

Our initiatives, programmes and support mechanisms are closely aligned to DIVE with the aim of nurturing the next generation of Design·AI innovators.

These fall into 4 elements that would characterise your innovation or DIVE journey:
  1. Explore
  2. Experiment
  3. Expose
  4. Enterprise
Learning beyond academic
What is DIVE

Design·AI Innovation and Venture Exploration

Some things can’t be taught or learned in classrooms. They must be lived, or learned through doing. This is DIVE — a platform that cultivates globally-minded, venture-literate and value-anchored innovators.

Explore

Start your innovation journey through self-actualisation, venture exploration and work on problem statements that could create real-world impact.

StartSomething programme with hands around a table working together
StartSomething
Suitable for undergraduates.
ARISE SUTD
ARISE
Suitable for postgraduates, faculty and researchers.

Experiment

You don’t have to have a perfect plan. What matters is having the courage to take that first step. We support your first step, help you test your bold idea and experiment with the untested.

Baby Shark Fund
Suitable for undergraduates and Master programme students.
Decentralised GAP Funding
Suitable for postgraduates, faculty and researchers.

Expose

Join committed teams to solve meaningful challenges in start-ups, research labs, social ventures, and global companies. You won’t simply be an observer, you will be a contributor.

Enterprise

Take your idea from concept to launch. We are here to support initiatives grounded in Design·AI and driven by impact to industry, community and society.

Design-2-Venture (D2V)
Suitable for undergraduates and postgraduates
Incubation support

DIVE Commons

The first home for ventures emerging from DIVE — a dedicated incubation space where founders build together, exchange ideas, and navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship in a supportive environment.
More support for start-ups

Our resources, for your success

More signature programmes

Create4Good Innovation Fund
Entrepreneurship Capstone

Latest highlights

Stay on top of current news and events from within our start-up ecosystem.

Stories
From SUTD to Hult Prize Champion Huh Dam Adams Start-up Journey with Stick Em
19 November 2025
From SUTD to Hult Prize Champion: Huh Dam Adam’s Start-up Journey with Stick 'Em
KRAsia Tackling Biases in AI
25 August 2024
[KRAsia] Tackling Biases in AI
Mothership Noshinom turns ugly food into smoothies
21 August 2024
[Mothership] Noshinom turns ugly food into smoothies
Start-up Feature

From campus to world stage

From SUTD to Hult Prize Champion: Huh Dam Adam’s start-up journey with Stick ‘Em.

Start-ups and technology projects

Start-up directory
Browse some of the over 80 start-ups we have nurtured to date.
Past gap projects
View some of the past gap projects we have funded.

VIE was incredibly helpful in getting us our initial pre-seed funding, talking to mentors, potential investors and giving us a community of like-minded peers to chat with. That was really powerful for us. It’s almost like an internal accelerator.

Aravind & Charles

Founders, Bifrost AI

Aravind Charles Founders of Bifrost AI
What's next

Find out more

Frequently asked questions

I don't know which programme I should join.

Generally, if you are passionate about addressing social inequality, you can join the Create4Good Innovation Fund. Should you have any other ideas, you can check out ARISE or the Entrepreneurship Capstone for final year students. Start Something is a good introductory programme if you are still unsure of what you want to do.

 

Contact us at entrepreneurship@sutd.edu.sg to find out which programme best suits your requirement and time commitment.

What do I need in order to join this programme?

Most of our programmes require that you have an idea of the problem you want to address.

 

You can choose to join with a pre-formed team, or find like-minded teammates during the programme. We have had many participants who met their teammates during the programme as well!

I am not from SUTD / My team is not from SUTD. Can we still join this programme?

Yes, we welcome all aspiring founders.

Will I have to give up equity in my company to be part of this programme?

We do not take take equity from teams and start-ups who join our programmes.

What happens after I complete the programme?

The market becomes your playground; tap onto SUTD to access a whole suite of support, including:

  • Incubation Spaces
  • Mentorship
  • Grant Access
  • Curated events and programmes for alumnus

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