ITC Aasia 2027 Insurtech Pitch Competition

ITC Asia 2027 InsurTech Pitch Competition

CHOOSE YOUR CATEGORY

Two awards. Your opportunity to stand out.

Free to enter. No finalist or winner fees. 

Best Rookie

For an early-stage insurtech with credible customer validation and strong foundations for growth. 

Judging focus
The insurance need, the value proposition, customer validation, execution capability and the business’s path forward.

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Breakthrough Innovation

For an emerging insurtech whose working solution demonstrates a meaningful improvement over existing approaches. 

Judging focus
Insurance relevance, differentiation, demonstrated capability, practical adoption and potential value in Asia-Pacific. 

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Why should you apply?

Get noticed

Take the stage at Asia's premier insurtech event - where the region's top insurers, reinsurers, and investors come to discover game-changing innovation.

Fast-track your growth

Gain direct access to funding sources, enterprise partners, and strategic alliances that can accelerate your growth trajectory.

Maximise your impact

Finalists present on the Tech Talk Stage, enjoy 50% off for Innovation Start-up Kiosk, and an exclusive pass to the ITC Asia Gala Awards where the winner is crowned.
HOW THE COMPETITION WORKS

From your application to the live final.

#1: Apply

Apply and make your case
Select your category and submit your written application, pitch deck and product evidence. Explain the insurance challenge, what you’ve built, what distinguishes it and the evidence behind your proposition. 

#2: Qualify

Earn your place
Five businesses advance through written assessment. Three additional places are reserved for qualifying winners of designated partner competitions, who bypass written shortlisting but must meet eligibility requirements and provide finalist information. 

#3: Pitch

Take the Tech Talk Stage

All eight finalists pitch live on Wednesday, 30 June 2027. Each has five minutes to pitch and five minutes for judge/audience questions.  

A founder or senior leader must attend and deliver the pitch. 

#4: Celebrate

Winners revealed at the Gala
One winner per category will be announced at the ITC Asia Awards Gala Dinner on Wednesday, 30 June 2027, at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore.

Working Products.
Credible potential.

Who can apply?

The competition is for insurtech businesses up to five years old, with a working product or MVP addressing a real insurance challenge and a credible case for its relevance in Asia-Pacific. 

Concept-only entries are not eligible. Your application must provide evidence appropriate to your chosen category, such as customer validation, product testing, pilot results or deployment outcomes. 

Before you apply

Eligibility requirements

  1. Business up to five years old
  2. Working product or MVP, not a concept alone

  3. Active insurance industry focus (product/service must directly serve insurers, reinsurers, brokers, or insurance customers) 

  4. Headquarter in Asia-Pacific region (or significant operational presence with clear APAC strategy)

  5. Under $10M USD in annual revenue 
    (ensuring early-stage focus and level playing field)

  6. Founder or senior leader available to pitch live on 30 June 2027 if shortlisted

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Past Startup Pitch Competitions

2026 Winner:
WeavAir

ITCA26 Pitch Competition Winner
Natalia Mykhaylova
Founder & CEO
WeavAir

2026 Finalists

  • ActuaViz
  • Coversure Technologies
  • Mazecare
  • Simfuni
  • WeaveAir

2025 Winner: SalingJaga by Kitabisa

Awards WinnerBryan Silfanus 
CEO & Founder
SalingJaga by Kitabisa

2025 Finalists

  • Citadel AI
  • Eazy Digital
  • KoverNow
  • Olvo AI
  • SalingJaga by Kitabisa

2024 Winner:
Hati Health

Awards Winner
Maria Gaitanidou
CEO & Founder
Hati Health

2024 Finalists
  • Agnos Health
  • BimaPay
  • BlueDuck
  • Kiva.ai
  • MixCare Health

2023 Winner:
WRMS

Awards Winner 2023Anuj Kumbhat
CEO & Co-Founder
WRMS

2023 Finalists
  • Finology
  • MediConcen
  • Midwives Online
  • PasarPolis
  • Sync Technologies