"Kaizen’s GameTech Innovation Challenge"

Interested participants will need to fill in the relevant information and submit their proposals via this Form.

Applications that fail to meet the deadline for close of applications will be disqualified automatically from the Challenge. 

The challenge’s timeline is as followed:

• Applications open: January 30, 2023
• Applications close: April 1, 2023 (**DEADLINE EXTENDED by 1 week!)
• Finalists’ announcement: May 2, 2023
• Final pitch: May 9, 2023
• Announcement of winners: May 12, 2023

  *The organizers reserve the right to amend any of the above dates. 

Applying for this open call is free.

This call is open to any company that is up for the challenge, regardless of size or location/country. Participants can apply to any or all of the challenges announced. Companies may participate if they meet all of the following requirements:

The company is:

● Legally established;
● Has a dedicated full-time team to work on the proposed solution(s);
● Has previous experience in building innovative and technology-based solutions;
● The individuals working on the proposal must be of legal age in their respective jurisdictions. At the time when proposals are submitted, they must not be employees of Kaizen Gaming or GSIC; 

* Applicants who do not fulfill one or more of the requirement(s) listed above will not be eligible for participation. Kaizen Gaming and/or GSIC reserve(s) the right to disqualify any application that does not adhere to the Basis of Participation for this Competition.

Yes. Open to companies all over the globe.

The following criteria will be evaluated for the selection of participating submissions in each of the stages of the process:

This challenge is looking for credible teams who have solution(s) which will be assessed based on the following criteria:

1. Relevance – The extent to which the proposed solution addresses the
challenge, technically and conceptually.
2. Innovation – The level of innovation of the product or solution.
3. Feasibility – The potential of the solution to translate into a sustainable
pilot project.
4. Scalability – The extent to which the solution can scale.
5. Maturity of the team and the organization.

For the Pitch, the jury will evaluate the finalists based on:

✔ The aforementioned evaluation criteria;
✔ The materials (decks, videos, demos, etc.) submitted by the participant;
and
✔The pitch presentation.

The judging committee, made up of representatives from the sport’s ecosystem and organizing entities, is responsible, among others, for ensuring the correct development of the selection process and the quality of the same; resolving any doubts as to the eligibility of applications and the application of the rules; selecting the experts-evaluators who will externally rate the applications and assigning them the applications; short-listing the most promising companies and projects.

All the pitches and applications must be in English. Other languages will not be taken into account.

Experts in the areas of technology, gaming, sport, business, innovation, investment, entrepreneurship, and financing will participate in panel.

For any information and inquiries, please contact:

GSIC APAC: Iñigo Bonilla at [email protected]
GSIC HQ: Guillermo Marin at [email protected]