About us
Welcome to the official Meetup channel for Padang & Co!
Our mission is to enable corporations to address Southeast Asia's challenges today and opportunities of tomorrow through collaborations with startups and communities.
To catalyse ecosystem collaborations, we curate thematic communities that change the way we innovate to drive sustainable growth and impact toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
This channel is your dedicated hub for discovering high-value initiatives and events that we're part of, bringing you direct growth opportunities:
💰 Funding Programs: Direct links and updates on innovation challenges, accelerator programs, and development support.
🤝 Industry Partnerships: Opportunities for co-development, test-bedding, and securing paid pilots with major corporate players across industries.
🗓️ Key Ecosystem Events: Announcements for workshops, demo days, and networking events focused on technology, innovation, and sustainability.
If you are an innovator, founder, or SME seeking to find industry partners, secure development funding, or contribute to sustainable growth in Southeast Asia (and beyond), you've come to the right place!
Upcoming events
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Xathon 2026 - Hackathon Weekend
BeyondX Building, 21 Keppel Rd, Singapore 089067, Singapore, SGOne weekend. Four missions. A working AI prototype — and the chance to build what's next.
We're proud to announce Xathon, an AI innovation challenge presented by BeyondX Lab that brings professionals and aspiring founders together to explore how AI can transform the physical world.
Over a two-day in-person Hackathon Weekend (26–27 Sep) at the BeyondX Building in Singapore, participants will pick a mission, form a team, and turn an idea into a working AI-assisted prototype, with community mentors and tools on hand.
There are four innovation missions to choose from:
🏙️ AI + Smart Cities: making cities more adaptive, efficient, and human
🎨 AI + Creator Economy: reshaping how we create, learn, and communicate
🚗 AI + Mobility / EV: reinventing movement in dense cities
🩺 AI + Health / Longevity: extending healthy human performanceWho should join?
💡 Professionals and aspiring founders with an idea worth building. You may come with your own team or sign up as an individual and get paired with like-minded builders.What's in store for you?
🏆 S$6,000 in cash prizes across the top three teams, plus two sponsor awards: prototype-to-product manufacturing support up to S$1,000 from BuilderLab, and a one-year Allo8 subscription worth S$1,000 from Allocate Space.🚀 There's also investor and ecosystem access, media exposure, and a potential incubation pathway. The top three teams get to showcase their solutions at BeyondXpo on 12 October 2026 in front of industry leaders.
You bring the idea. Xathon gives you the weekend, the tools, and the stage to build it! Learn more and register here → xathon.beyondx.co
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