Nominations Now Open for This Year’s NextGen Tech 30

Elevating the Builders Defining Asia’s Innovation Future

Granite Asia is excited to announce that nominations are now open for this year’s NextGen Tech 30, our flagship recognition platform celebrating the most promising growth-stage companies driving innovation at scale across Asia.

Now in its second edition, NextGen Tech 30 expands in both scope and ambition. This year, we are widening our lens beyond Southeast Asia to take a pan-Asia view — reflecting the deepening ties across markets and the growing opportunity for companies to scale regionally and globally.

We are also introducing a new category: Consumer AI — spotlighting founders harnessing artificial intelligence to redefine how people live, learn, work, and connect.

At Granite Asia, we believe that the most enduring companies are not only measured by valuation, but by the real-world problems they solve and the systems they reimagine. NextGen Tech 30 is our commitment to championing these builders — entrepreneurs creating lasting impact and shaping Asia’s innovation future.

Judged by the Region’s Leading Voices

The 2025 judging board brings together distinguished leaders from across sovereign capital, policy, and industry:

• Scott Beaumont – Former President, Asia-Pacific, Google
• Mukul Chawla – Partner, Head of Asia Pacific Growth Equity
• Wai Hoong Fock – Managing Director, Temasek
• Piyush Gupta – Chairman of the Board of Trustees, SMU; Chairman, Mandai Park Holdings
• Jeffrey Jaensubhakij – Advisor, GIC
• Chuan Teck Lee – Executive Chairman, Enterprise Singapore
• Jenny Lee – Senior Managing Partner, Granite Asia
• Bryan Lim – Head, Dana Impak, Khazanah
• Yao Loong Ng – Head of Equities, SGX Group
• Reijiro Yamamoto – Founding Partner, Integral and GCA

A Platform Backed by Asia’s Innovation Ecosystem

NextGen Tech 30 is built on a public-private partnership model — backed by top-tier venture capital firms, corporates, and government agencies — to surface and support the next generation of transformative companies.

This year’s partners include AWS Startup, DBS, EDBI, Enterprise Singapore, IMDA, KKR, Nvidia Inception Program, Goodwater, Google, Granite-Integral, Mizuho, MUFG, Nomura, Northstar, SGX and Stripe.

We invite you to be part of this year’s journey. Help us discover and champion the companies building what’s next.

Submit a nomination: nextgen.graniteasia.com