Eligibility
Who can apply.
A technology venture founded within the preceding five years. The people submitting should be able to speak for the venture and identify their contribution.
- A working product, a deployed platform or a prototype that has been tested with users, customers or a technical trial.
- The entry must be about the technology. A non-technical startup is not eligible.
Achievement recognised
What the entry must show.
This category recognises technology ventures founded within the preceding five years. The venture needs at least a working product or a validated prototype, centred on technology rather than on a general business idea.
Evidence required
- When the venture was founded, and what the product or prototype does.
- The technical innovation and who contributed it.
- Validation: usage, a trial, a customer deployment, or test results from the prototype.
- The current limit of the product, stated plainly.
- Do not include employer secrets, confidential third-party material, or personal data about other people.
Assessment criteria
How the entry is read.
These are the published criteria for this category. They are not a claim that an independent judging panel is already appointed.
Technology product or prototype30%
A working product or a prototype whose behaviour has been tried, not only a plan or a visual mock-up.
Innovation and problem-solving25%
The technical or product problem, and the particular approach the venture has taken.
Validation and results25%
Evidence from use, a trial or a test. Early results are acceptable when they are real.
Evidence of the venture and the contribution20%
Enough to identify the venture, its age, and what the people named in the entry did.
Process and fee
From application to a decision.
01Application
Submit the application for this category on this website, naming the work and your own contribution. Submitting the form does not charge the applicant. Fee-payment instructions will follow before evaluation begins.
02Evidence review
The submission is checked for whether the evidence can be considered. Incomplete, confidential or unsupported claims may need further material, or may be set aside.
03Evaluation
The entry is read against the published criteria and weights for its category. That reading is what the US$200 evaluation fee covers, when collection is open.
04Decision
An award is made only when the standard is met. A category may have one recipient, more than one, or none. A decision that no award is made is a completed assessment.
Entry evaluation fee: US$200 per entry, per category.
The US$200 evaluation fee covers the administration and assessment of your entry. Payment does not guarantee shortlisting or an award. Entries may be unsuccessful following assessment.
The evaluation fee is not refundable solely because an entry is unsuccessful, subject to applicable law and the published cancellation and refund terms.
Each category is a separate assessed entry. Entering more than one category requires its own application and its own US$200 evaluation fee.
SASACO membership is a separate programme. Membership does not influence award scores, shortlisting or selection, and it does not guarantee recognition.
The detailed cancellation and refund terms are not published yet, so live charges stay off. A successful payment, when collection is enabled, means the entry is paid for assessment. It does not grant an award.
Integrity
- Submit truthful information, and only work you have authority to submit.
- Disclose any relevant conflict, including a close connection with SASACO.
- Confidential or unsupported claims may need further evidence before they can be considered.
- A category may have no recipient if the published standard is not met.
- This is a SASACO-administered recognition programme. It does not confer professional accreditation, employment, funding, immigration outcomes or indexed publication.