Young Founders Summit 2025
Innovation often begins with the audacious dreams of youth, and Young Founders Summit is a global platform where those dreams can flourish. YFS is an annual 6-month pre-accelerator program for aspiring 15- to 20-year-old entrepreneurs from Asia to transform ideas into impactful ventures.
YFS 2025 is co-hosted with Singapore Management University Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and BeyondX Lab, and is supported by the National Youth Council of Singapore.
From 18 to 23 Dec 2025, 70+ youth from 11 countries across Asia will converge in Singapore to kick-start their journey of building startups, and we're opening some selected sessions to you!
Sessions you can sign up for
1️⃣ Building Startups Differently Now: With AI
👥 Opening address and keynote from Thomas Jeng, OpenAI's APAC Startups Lead
📆 18 Dec (Thu), 2pm - 3pm
📍 SMU Connexion Level 5, 40 Stamford Rd, S178908
2️⃣ The Inside Story: Founders and Investors POV
👥 Fireside chat and sharing circle featuring Yit Ming Liaw (CEO, Foundation Healthcare), Hao Ming Lee (CEO, Louken Group), John Tay (Partnerships, Tin Men Capital), and Julian Koo (Co-Founder, CareSense.AI)
📆 19 Dec (Fri), 10am - 12pm
📍 SMU Connexion Level 5, 40 Stamford Rd, S178908
3️⃣ Solving Physical Problems with Phygital Solutions at BeyondX Lab
👥 Learn about innovation taking place in the phygital space - how startups are solving pain points in space, assets, people flow and creating better physical experiences through data and tech
🧐 Startup Tour and Product Demo by Allocate Space & Replicast AI
📆 19 Dec (Fri), 2pm - 6pm
📍 BeyondX, 21 Keppel Rd, S089067
4️⃣ Building Young: Youth Founders Journey
👥 Fireside chat and sharing circle featuring three youth founders - Lee Yang (C22), Yao Ming Tay (Videotto), and Pei Wen Ng (Clover Car)
📆 20 Dec (Sat), 3.30pm - 4.30pm
📍 SMU Connexion Level 5, 40 Stamford Rd, S178908
5️⃣ Pitch by YFS 2025 Cohort
🎙️ What ideas can a group of under-20 students come up with in 5 days? Come listen to their rapid pitches and share your feedback!
📆 23 Dec (Tue), 11am - 1pm
📍 BeyondX, 21 Keppel Rd, S089067
🚨 Spots are limited. Your registration is not confirmed until you receive a confirmation email and a calendar invite from us. Thank you!
Wavesparks (https://wavesparks.co) empowers Generation Z founders to build world-changing ventures. Leveraging on our team's background running 70+ startup programs globally, we provide top-tier, global startup hub standards, end-to-end accelerator programs - from zero to one startup launch education and mentorship to global networking and funding access - tailored specifically for youth founders and youth-led startups.
🔥 Not able to make this session but want to stay updated? If you're a youth aged 15 - 25, join our Tele channel for the latest startup and tech events: https://t.me/+0EO7zWS01o4yNGQ1