Headline event of the semi-annual Social Impact Week sponsored by Bain, where shortlisted students from a pool of 15 applicants presented Social Impact Ventures and competed for funding of up to SG$2,500 per entrant. First Prize winner Acompartir, based in Spain, provides logistics connecting corporate donors of household goods with NGO and charity recipients.

The event’s judging panel consisted of:
Arno de Kreji, Business Development Consultant, Dupont Industrial Biosciences
Ian Potter, Distinguished Fellow, INSEAD’s Global Private Equity Initiative
Jasjit Singh, Associate Professor of Strategy, The Shell Fellow in Business and the Environment, INSEAD

Prize Winners:
First Prize $2,500: Acompartir Foundation (Carlos Casado)
Second Prize $1,000: The Everyday Revolution (Shu-Ying Ong)
Third Prize $500: Helping Hand (Beth Dowe, Ashwath Sundaresan)

Student attendees: 50