​Join Asia's brightest student founders and engineers for a full day of learning, connection, and opportunity.

​On June 27, 2026, January Capital and Wavesparks are bringing together student and youth founders, builders and engineers from leading universities, polytechnics, ITEs, and JCs for TheFirst Spark — a full-day symposium designed to ignite your founder journey.

​What You'll Experience

​🎤 Keynote Presentations from Asia's leading founders and builders sharing frontier perspectives on AI, entrepreneurship, and the future of startups in Asia

​💬 Panel Discussions covering career paths in tech, building AI-first products, and launching your own venture

​🤝 Networking Opportunities with fellow student founders, investors, mentors, and industry leaders

​🍽️ Full Day of Food & Refreshments including lunch and networking breaks

​🎁 Exclusive Swag & Goodies curated for attendees

​Who Should Attend

• ​Student founders with an idea or early-stage startup

• ​Student engineers and builders interested in founding

• ​Recent graduates exploring the startup ecosystem

• ​Anyone curious about building products and launching ventures in Asia

​🤖 TheFirst Spark Challenge (Optional)

​Interested in an extra challenge? Join our optional 7-day build campaign running before the symposium.

​Ship your idea in 7 days publicly and compete for one of top 20 spots to demo on the main stage during the event.

​More details to come soon.

​​About the Organisers

​January Capital

​January Capital invests in technology businesses powering Asia-Pacific growth. We've backed founders at Shopback, Akulaku, and CoLearn — and we believe the next generation of APAC's most impactful founders are still in school.

​That's why we created TheFirst Fellows. We're building the next generation of founders, operators, and innovators across APAC by amplifying ambition - connecting students with mentorship, real startup exposure, and the global networks they need to build world-changing ideas.

​Wavesparks

​Wavesparks is Asia’s launchpad for young founders.

​We identify and support ambitious young builders before the world is paying attention. Through our early accelerator programmes, venture-building sprints, hackathons, workshops, founder communities, and early funding pathways, we help ambitious young people turn early ideas into real ventures.