Can Asia’s explosive growth be sustained without Deep-Tech intervention?

Asia’s cities are the engines of economic growth and innovation. Yet, this promise is being tested by structural strain, from overloaded infrastructure to compounding climate risk, including heatwaves and flooding. The challenge is not simply maintenance, it’s the need to re-architect these complex systems for long-term resilience and competitiveness.

That’s why Antares Ventures is proud to partner again with The Liveability Challenge (TLC) 2026, presented by Temasek Foundation and organised by Eco-Business, because it aligns with our core belief: the next foundation for growth must be built on science-based solutions from world-class founders.

From eliminating carbon emissions to enhancing climate adaptation, we are seeking Deep-Tech breakthroughs ready to accelerate Asia’s industrial cycle, specifically in the urgent challenges of decarbonisation.

Submit your innovation to TLC 2026 before 9 February 2026 deadline to secure over S$4 Million in catalytic funding and investment opportunities. Click below

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DECARBONISATION
We are looking for disruptive deep-tech solutions that provide scalable and impactful solutions to reduce carbon emissions across diverse industries.

1) Waste-to-resource: Effective capture and conversion of key waste streams (e.g., point-source carbon, biomass-based or other waste carbon) into value-added products (e.g., point-source or direct CCUS into consumables such as sustainable aviation fuels, marine fuels, chemicals, higher carbon products, fertilisers, proteins) or permanent carbon removal and storage (e.g., point-source or direct CCUS into stable building materials)

2) Renewable energy: To generate cost-effective energy from renewable sources (e.g., wind, solar, hydropower), technologies that accelerate the clean energy transition (e.g.,green hydrogen, ammonia), as well as solutions that facilitate the long-term storage of energy and address energy intermittency (e.g., batteries and battery energy storage systems).

3) Energy & resource efficiency: Significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions produced by built environment systems (e.g., building cooling systems) as well as hard-to-abate industries (e.g., manufacturing – food & agriculture, cement, steel, aviation, marine, logistics, healthcare).

4) By-product valorisation: Repurpose carbon- and potassium-rich by-products currently combusted into potassium salt solutions to avoid energy-intensive processing and create higher-value applications.

5) Sustainable ammonia: Develop low-emission, cost-efficient pathways for ammonia production that are less CAPEX-intensive

6) Carbon capture: Lower the cost of CO₂ capture and purification beyond conventional amine-based methods, using alternatives such as solid sorbents or membranes.

7) Biofuel feedstocks: Enable commercially viable use of lignocellulosic biomass (stems, leaves, fibres) to improve yield and cost efficiency in 2G biofuel production.

8) Resource efficiency: Advance solutions to reduce energy and water intensity, improve desalination efficiency beyond reverse osmosis. Manage grid challenges from rapid solar PV integration.

COOL EARTH
We are seeking groundbreaking innovations that enhance mitigation, resilience and adaptation to climate-induced extreme weather events those that provide (especially heat) as well as large-scale cooling benefits and adaptive solutions that strengthen resilience across diverse industries.

9) Heat mitigation: To mitigate the growing challenge of excessive heat by focusing on reducing temperatures and/or adaptation solutions to help societies, especially vulnerable populations, withstand and adapt to the adverse effects of rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves (e.g. climate-smart and climate-resilient food & agriculture, advanced materials for cooling – nano-coatings and film).

10) Nature-based solutions: For building climate resilient societies for at-risk groups through replicable and viable models that deliver impact for planet, people, and profit in the space of blue carbon (e.g. seaweed cultivation, mangrove restoration for coastal communities, peat) and green carbon (e.g. bamboo cultivation, low-methane agriculture)

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The center of gravity for Deep Tech commercialization is moving toward Asia’s growth markets. If your solution is ready to make that transition, we look forward to hear your submission. Contact Us