Build Week: for young founders and builders
You probably have something you’ve been meaning to build.
Maybe it’s an idea, a side project, a half-built prototype, or a startup concept you keep telling yourself you’ll work on “soon.”
Build Week is a 5-day, non-residential (and flexible!!!) sprint for young founders and builders who want to finally make real progress on something they care about.
You’ll spend the week building alongside other young creators in a focused, supportive environment. Each day, you’ll set small milestones, track your progress, get mentorship, and keep momentum toward something you can share by the end.
Your project can be anything: a startup idea, AI workflow, landing page, product demo, research project, early MVP, prototype, or just something you’ve been excited to take seriously.
The goal is simple:
✨ Stop keeping the idea in your head. Start building it. ✨
This is for you if you’ve been struggling to find focus, stay consistent, or make progress alone.
Bonus: Stand a chance to pitch to VCs
Startups that make significant progress during Build Week may be invited to join us for an exclusive investor pitch luncheon with Golden Gate Ventures, Antler, January Capital, East Ventures and more + pitch at TheFirst Spark, our AI symposium on 26-27 June.
Programme Overview
When: 8-12 June, 10am to 7pm (no, you dont have to stay the whole day ☠️)
Day 1 (8 June): What are you really building?
Expectation and Goals Setting
Founder/builder talk
Problem and user clarity sprint
Day 2 (9 June): The first ugly version 💩
Mentor office hours
Tactical session: “How to scope an MVP”
Output: first working skeleton
Day 3 (10 June): Get out of your own head 🧠
User interview prep and conversations
Touch grass time!!! (talk to actual users)
Output: clearer problem insight & revised product direction
Day 4 (11 June): Improve what matters 🤓
Build block
Enhance prototypes
Next 30-day plan
Day 5 (12 June): Show the work, not just the pitch 👩🏻💻
Mentor feedback
Demo circle/showcase
What kind of builder are you becoming?
More details: https://wavesparks.co/build-week
Mentors
Haoming Lee - CEO, Louken Group
Lee Haoming is a venture builder bridging global growth and investment. He leads Louken’s transformation into a “possibilities company,” scaling purpose-driven ventures across brand consultancy, venture acceleration, and market expansion like Charles & Keith, Hegen, and BreadTalk. Haoming was the former Managing Partner of Huggs Coffee and grew the business more than 15x in 2.5 years and co-founded Artbox Singapore before Huggs. He is also Board Advisor of Biotech ventures.
Jaspreet Dua - Operating Partner, LemmaTree
Jaspreet is a seasoned industry professional with over 20 years of experience. He has worked with fortune 50 companies in India. Switzerland, US and Singapore. He has also founded 4 startups and exited 3 that were funded by global VC’s like 500, A16Z and L’catherton. Jaspreet is a fellow with RaiSE SG and has been mentoring startups for the past 7 years. He has been involved with many seasons of the YAC program and is a familiar face in 500 programs globally.
Yit Ming Liaw - CEO, Foundation Healthcare
Yit Ming Liaw is the Co-Founder and CEO of Foundation Healthcare, Singapore’s largest and fastest-growing multi-specialty private healthcare group. He also co-founded Smarter Health, a venture-backed healthcare platform connecting patients to specialist care across Southeast Asia. Earlier, he was Head of Strategic Planning & M&A at IHH Healthcare Berhad and VP Investments at Khazanah Nasional.
William de Vos - CFO & COO, ATUM Ventures
William De Vos is a venture architect and innovation leader specializing in the creation and scaling of high-potential technology ventures. Through his work with ATUM Ventures, he brings strategic judgment, entrepreneurial discipline, and executional rigor to transforming emerging ideas into investable, market-ready businesses.
Serge Longin - Co-founder, built:different
Serge Longin is an accomplished technology entrepreneur and venture builder with a track record of co-founding, scaling, and exiting SaaS companies. A former Microsoft professional, Serge now leads built:different, a Singapore-based venture studio focused on helping founders build ambitious B2B companies for global markets.
How to register
Register your interest via Luma.
We’ll contact you for a quick vibe check.
Once everything is confirmed, we'll email you the details!
Let's gaurrrr!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Free Credits
Participants will receive $150 OpenAI API/Codex credits and 3 months of ChatGPT Plus
About the organisers
Wavesparks
Wavesparks is the earliest launchpad for youth founders in Asia. Through our pre-accelerator programs, Young Founders Summit, venture-building sprints, hackathons, workshops, founder communities, and early funding pathways, we help ambitious young people turn early ideas into real ventures.
Altitude
Altitude is a private network for high agency operators. While technical skills provide a necessary baseline, Altitude engineers the actual differentiator: human leverage. Our ecosystem replaces passive theory with rigorous simulations, conditioning our members to execute confidently in their own contexts. By unlocking world-class mentors, exclusive opportunities and a growing community of ambitious talent, we bring the unfair advantage to you.
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