Singapore's global startup hub born from NUS Enterprise, offering quarterly accelerator cohorts with a dedicated AI Accelerate track backed by Microsoft.
BLOCK71 is a global entrepreneurial hub and accelerator established in 2011 as a joint initiative of NUS Enterprise, Singtel Innov8, and IMDA, headquartered in Singapore. It operates over 10 incubation and acceleration centres across 11 cities worldwide and has supported over 1,600 startups including Coda Payments, ShopBack, and Carousell. BLOCK71 Singapore runs quarterly cohorts with a General Track (MVP to Series A) and an AI Accelerate track in partnership with Microsoft and Enterprise Singapore offering access to up to S$1.2 million in Startup SG PoC/PoV grants. Program duration: 10 weeks (AI Accelerate track).