Go Ignite – Ignite a Billion Customers

GROW YOUR START-UP WITH THE POWER OF LEADING TELCOS
IGNITE A BILLION CUSTOMERS

GROW YOUR START-UP WITH THE POWER OF LEADING TELCOS
IGNITE A BILLION CUSTOMERS

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About Us

Go Ignite, established in December 2015, is an alliance between hub:raum, Orange Fab, Singtel Innov8 and Telefonica Open Innovation – the innovation arms of Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Singtel Group and Telefonica respectively. It is the first global alliance of its kind in the world and was established to connect the start-up ecosystems across Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.

Go Ignite leverages the collaborations between the telcos and technology partners to help innovative start-ups commercialise and scale across the different regions outside their core markets. In addition, the group provides critical insights into regional landscapes, facilitates introductions with into relevant partners and corresponding business units and offers co-working spaces and facilities in various localities.

As a collective, the Go Ignite alliance has a customer base of over one billion mobile consumer and enterprise customers across five continents.

Alliance Members

Alliance Operations Footprint

Focus Areas

Big Data
Analytics

IoT

Cyber
Security

5G

Artificial
Intelligence

E-Sports

IOT

BIG DATA ANALYTICS

CYBER SECURITY

E-SPORTS

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE ENHANCEMENT

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

What can start-ups get

Venture Capital Pitching

Private pitch sessions with the four Telecommunication Groups’ Venture Capital teams offering the possibility of receiving investments for your start-up

Exclusive Business Partnership Meetings

Meet with key decision makers within the four Telecommunications Groups offering the possibility for business partnerships to emerge

(Co) Working Spaces

The use of offices, tools and resources from the alliance members in locations where such facilities are available

Market Access

Business development opportunities in each of the geographies the alliance members operate in. Opportunity to access the alliance’s customer base, which includes both enterprises and consumers and over a billion customers globally

Community and Event Invitations

Participation in the global community of the innovation arms of four leading telcos. Invitation to demo-days the alliance or any member telco participates in

Mentors and Experts

Access to an extensive network of professionals in the entrepreneurship and corporate ecosystems to assist in the development of an idea

Networking

Access to an international network of mentors, experts, companies, public entities and investors to accelerate business scalability across multiple regions