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Dimension X is Hatch’s flagship global open innovation challenge that balances the need for rapid proof-of-concept validation and actual operational requirements of public safety challenges.
Our programme is designed to crowdsource for deep-tech start-ups, university spin-outs, and scale-ups across all industry sectors, countries, and funding stages. Technology innovators can validate their deep-tech solutions against real-world public safety challenges faced by Singapore’s Home Team.
Over four months, selected teams work alongside end-users and technical stakeholders to develop proofs-of-concept and demonstrate their impact, with successful projects having further opportunities to explore pathways towards operational deployment.
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We work closely with Home Team end-user agencies in our proprietary challenge discovery sprints to distill the core of their challenges. All published challenges in Dimension X have an owner – this is how we enable challenge-solution fit and deliver mission impact for Singapore’s public safety.
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Active body cooling technologies for first responders.
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Hands-free, immersive real-time multi-modal situational awareness.
Prediction of toxicity for small molecular ligands with protein receptor of interest – to understand the cause for toxicity and use the knowledge for prediction of existing ligands (validation) and unknown ligands (extension)
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Next-generation mobility platforms for rapid aerial emergency response to remote mission areas
From autonomous systems and AI-powered analytics to advanced sensing technologies and operational intelligence, Home Team end-user agencies have worked with global start-up innovators via Dimension X to tackle a myriad of real-world public safety challenges.
While our published Dimension X challenges rotate every cohort, most of these operational needs remain of relevance. Browse our archive to understand the technology opportunities Singapore’s public safety ecosystem can offer.
Rapid crime scene imaging, mapping and on-scene 3D capture of forensic exhibits
Offline indoor positioning
Predict, detect and/or monitor burnout
Rapid crime scene imaging, mapping and on-scene 3D capture of forensic exhibits
Offline indoor positioning
Predict, detect and/or monitor burnout
Detect deepfake media – images, videos and audio
Extract textual information from different sources (e.g., excel, scanned notes) into pre-defined templates
Digital identification and reconstruction of fragmented objects at incident sites
Retrofit existing response vehicles for safe and reliable supervised autonomous operations
Detect deepfake media – images, videos and audio
Extract textual information from different sources (e.g., excel, scanned notes) into pre-defined templates
Digital identification and reconstruction of fragmented objects at incident sites
Retrofit existing response vehicles for safe and reliable supervised autonomous operations
Real Challenges
Past Cohorts
Innovation Pathways
Evaluation
A frictionless, milestone-driven technical framework engineered to rapidly validate frontier tech and accelerate your pathway to institutional scale.
8-Week Experiement
Non-Dilutive Funding
Targeted Technical Verification
Cohort Demo Day
Work closely with operational stakeholders and end-users to uncover root challenges, define success criteria, and establish a clear problem statement before exploring potential solutions.
Every engagement begins with a deep understanding of the problem at hand. Through collaborative workshops with operational stakeholders and end-users, Hatch & Match helps uncover root challenges, clarify objectives, and establish a shared definition of success before exploring potential solutions.
Fuel your technical sprint with immediate financial support designed to offset prototyping, material deployment, and manufacturing costs. We provide this cash grant completely free of equity or debt, ensuring you retain full ownership of your company and intellectual property. It is a straightforward, friction-free capital injection meant entirely to lower the financial risk of validation.
Work closely with operational stakeholders and end-users to uncover root challenges, define success criteria, and establish a clear problem statement before exploring potential solutions.
Every engagement begins with a deep understanding of the problem at hand. Through collaborative workshops with operational stakeholders and end-users, Hatch & Match helps uncover root challenges, clarify objectives, and establish a shared definition of success before exploring potential solutions.
Work closely with operational stakeholders and end-users to uncover root challenges, define success criteria, and establish a clear problem statement before exploring potential solutions.
Every engagement begins with a deep understanding of the problem at hand. Through collaborative workshops with operational stakeholders and end-users, Hatch & Match helps uncover root challenges, clarify objectives, and establish a shared definition of success before exploring potential solutions.
Dimension X provides innovators with the resources, connections, and opportunities needed to validate their technologies in real-world public safety environments. Through non-dilutive funding, direct engagement with public safety stakeholders, and access to Hatch’s innovation network and ecosystem, successful participants can accelerate development of a working proof-of-concept and demonstrate real impact in Singapore’s public safety.
Apply NowCollaborate directly with public safety challenge owners and stakeholders to understand the challenge’s operational needs and contexts.
Connect with industry leaders, senior public safety stakeholders, strategic partners, investors, and global innovation ecosystems that can accelerate your growth beyond the programme.
Showcase the viability and impact of your proof-of-concept in real-world conditions during on-site tests.
Pitch live to public safety and innovation ecosystem leaders, investors, and government stakeholders for other innovation and funding opportunities in Singapore and beyond.
Post-programme advisory service with guidance and opportunities to move projects towards operational trials and deployment.
Receive SG$100,000 in non-dilutive funding to develop and validate your proof-of-concept remotely or in Singapore.
Explore what your prospective journey in Dimension X could look like, including the key milestones from programme acceptance to graduation.
Our application process is deliberately kept lightweight to respect the time and resources of all parties involved. The crux of what we need to know is simple – how can your deep-tech solution solve the published challenge?
Apply NowThere are no geographical or company size requirements for participation. All applicants must either own the IPs or have a valid license to use the IPs of the technology solution proposed.
Dimension X looks for deep-tech solutions in reference range of Tech Readiness Levels 4 to 7. The key is for the company to have a technology in the form of a working prototype, but untested in the public safety operational environment.
Participants can apply for more than one Challenge Statement by selecting them in the application form. Participants are to ensure that the pitch deck submitted explains its technologies and how they are relevant to the selected challenge statement(s).
Applicants will be evaluated on their fit to challenge, novelty of technology, relevant team experience, and business model. The entire selection process is conducted virtually.
Shortlisted participants will receive an invitation to pitch their company and technology to the challenge owners.
Finalists will get a chance to meet with the challenge owners in a one-to-one virtual meeting to learn more about the challenge statement(s). Then, the startup will be asked to submit a proposal for the final selection.
A panel comprising of Hatch, Home Team challenge owners and tech experts from HTX will evaluate the applications.
Hatch does not retain any equity or ownership of the solution developed during the programme. Participants retain full and exclusive ownership of their information and intellectual property rights.
Participants offering customisations to existing solutions to meet the related
use case would be considered for Dimension X.
Participants offering market-ready products may still get in touch with Hatch
to be considered for our other programmes.
The participants will be expected to develop a proof-of-concept during the programme.
The participants will also be required to fly twice to Singapore for a period of one week each. The first will be during the onboarding week and the second will be during the demo week.
The prize money is intended to cover all POC development costs and travel arrangements. No extra travel allowance will be disbursed.
The S$100,000 prize money is intended to cover all POC development costs and travel arrangements. It will be disbursed in two tranches: 1) 50% after contract signing; and 2) 50% after submission of information for closing report.
The demo will be held in Singapore, and you are required to be in country for it. The demo week will consist of two parts:
Conduct an onsite test of the POC at the end-user location;
Pitch presentation at the demo day event
Please do not resubmit your proposal. Reach out to the Hatch team via the contact form the changes or amendments to your original submission.
The exact number of awarded applicants for each challenge statement depends on the challenge owner, with the default otherwise being one.
If selected, Hatch will match a challenge owner that covers a related domain area to champion the proof-of-concept development in the programme.
The information provided by participants in their submission will only be available to the following
Hatch organisers (to manage the submission platform)
The selection panel (to evaluate participants submissions)
Hatch’s partners (to look for potential collaborations)
If selected, a participant's proposed solution may be announced in the public domain for the purpose of promoting Hatch programmes.
Access to (potentially) sensitive data are handled on a case-by-case basis between the awarded applicant and the challenge owner. Depending on the target outcome, if real data cannot be shared, the challenge owner may request the use of open source or simulated data.
Hatch will provide support and guidance for scaling successful proofs-of-concept from Dimension X towards opportunities for operational trials, with the eventual goal of deployment.
What we do is only possible because of the people who place their trust in us. If you are a public safety/innovation ecosystem stakeholder or a start-up with deep-tech solutions looking to shape the future of public safety, let us have a conversation.
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