Beer Garage Accelerator

Applications Closed
2022

Who Are We?

Beer Garage Accelerator is a program by Beer Garage – Global tech innovation hub of AB InBev with the aim of driving innovation by building a robust network focused on solving real world complex business problems for the AB InBev ecosystem across Europe, LATAM, Africa & APAC.

Multi-million $

Business Impact

4 Years

Of Brewing Innovation

2000+

Startup Connects

30+

Startup Partners

Beer Garage Timeline

A glance at upcoming events at Innovation Shots

April 20, 2022

Beer Garage Accelerator 2022

April 26, 2022

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April 29, 2022

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July

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

Upto US$50K Paid Engagement

Eligibility for Paid Engagement with milestone payments and paid Proof of Concepts (POCs) upto USD $50,000 (depending on scope of pilot).

Global Expansion and New Customer Connects

Connect with key executives and corporate partners from our global markets and explore your potential to expand globally.

Access to Investors

Opportunity for investment with exposure to our VC network/partners as well as opportunity within AB InBev’s ecosystem with Z-Tech and ZX Ventures.

Mentorship For Product Maturity

Access to key resources, opportunities to upscale to an Enterprise Grade Product, deployment in a live environment with assistance in the co-creation of a product roadmap

Perks & Credits

Access to cloud credits from our partners; events & training workshops at Beer Garage. Opportunity to be recommended to one of our Innovation Garage partners and networking on the Beer Garage Platform.

Marketing & Branding Support

Get access to support with Marketing and Branding via our outreach events and digital platforms.

OUR FOCUS AREAS

NFTs/Metaverse Collaborations

Create unique customer experiences and touch points to Improve consumer engagement and brand presence leveragingNFT/metaverse

Virtual Idols

Solutions to capitalize on our virtual idol Hajiang for increased consumer engagement and branding

Esports and Gaming

Solutions to strength positioning of our brands associated with sports in the esports and gaming ecosystem.

Social/Live Commerce

Solutions that tap into social media and live events to connect, experience, and buy our products

Consumer Data Collection

Innovative solutions to know more about our consumers through the power of owned data (data acquisition)

Targeted Marketing

Solutions to build a personalized connection with our consumers for targetedmarketing.

Sales force enablement

Digital solutions for our field sales team to drive better sales execution and performance.

Smart Packaging

Solutions that can enable additional functions into the packaging to derive more value from them e.g. Gain a better understanding of our product’sjourney

PET Innovation

Collaborate with partners who provide innovative PET solutions that favours sustainability.

Sustainable Packaging

Innovative environment friendly packing solutions that conform with functional requirements for our beer and beyond beerproducts.

Assets Trading Platform

Innovative solutions that allow optimization of cost intensive assets in entire supply chain by sharing with other players in the industry. E.g. Shared Logistics, warehouses etc.

Supply Chain Tracking

Digital Solution to quickly access the key details (place of origin, Route to Market partners etc.) of our products available in outlets during the field visits.

Repurpose Brewery By-Products

Innovative solutions to repurpose our Brewery Spent Grain, Yeast & Kieselguhr

Reverse Logistics (Bottle Recovery)

Solutions to bring our beer bottles back to our facility

Sustainable Packaging

Eco-friendly alternatives for plastic labels and shrink wrap

Solar Cooler

Economical solar charging coolers for beer bottles & cans

Last Mile Delivery

A tech-enabled platform for direct-to-consumer delivery services.

EV for Last-Mile Delivery

Electric cargo and 2- Wheeler delivery vehicle with coolers

Value Added Services

Solutions for nontraditional lenders to be vended in the SMB entity

Digital Payments (POS Devices, Cash Collection)

Innovative tech-based alternatives for traditional POS mechanisms

Metaverse

Collaboration with upcoming metaverse platforms and partners who can plan and design digital spaces (2D|3D)

Non –Fungible Tokens

Collaboration in NFT space to increase brand awareness

Consumer Data Enrichment

Consumer Segmentation & Data Enrichment through first-Party data

Asset Financing

Tailor-made credits solutions to enable Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) procure Assets ( Equipment, van / motorcycle) to grow their business

Supply Chain Financing

Solutions to enable Small and Medium Businesses to better manage their working capital

Remittances

Solutions that enable Small and Medium Businesses to offer remittance solutions enabling them to generate additional revenue and offer this key service to the customers in their community

Insurance

Innovative Solutions that offer tailor-made / customisable insurances for SMB’s and Ecosystem Suppliers

Emerging Rewards and Loyalty Solutions

Innovative Reward and loyalty solutions for our Fintech SMB Customers

New Marketplace Offerings

Marketplace Solutions offerings to find and hire different resources (e.g. In-Store Entertainment – Musicians , Artists) for the SMBs.

Data Monetization Engine

Solutions to identity insights from the payments, credit and other data sets captured by ABI Fintech Business and unearth new revenue streams/product offering opportunities

Payments Innovation

Innovative solutions to simplify, improve the consumer experience and make the entire digital payment process more cost-efficient for Small and Medium Businesses

Value Added Health Services

Solutions that offer health and wellness services to Small and Medium Businesses and their family

Collections for Lending

Innovation tech solutions to simplify the collections of credit repayments from Small and Medium Businesses

Realtime Fraud Detection

Cost efficient Innovative Solutions for real –time fraud detection and reporting on large volume of data processed by Fintech business unit

Video KYC Authentication

Innovative solution to provide Video KYC and real-time authentication services that can be easily integrated with existing tech platforms of AB InBev.

OUR MENTORS

Our mentors are enigmatic industry leaders guiding the next generation in this journey of innovation.

William Bao Bean

General Partner SOSV

Julio Arias

Co-founder, Sketchnote

Shreekant Pawar

Co-founder Sketchnote

Vamshi Reddy

Partner, Kalaari Capital

Wouter Peeters

VP Technology & Analytics, Budweiser APAC

Guilherme Pereira Pinto

VP Technology & Business Services, Africa, AB InBev

Sami Haddad

Global Head of Fintech, Z-Tech

Christian Nee-Whang

FinTech Africa Zone Lead AB InBev

Carmel Appel Raskin

Global Director of Tech Innovation AB InBev

Zak Manion

Innovations Director APAC, AB InBev

Cesar Robles

BeerTech Director, AB InBev

Vamshi Reddy

Partner, Kalaari Capital

Vatsal Gaur

Partner, Pier Counsel

Rajya Lakshmi Yannamandala

CTO, Fintech, Z-Tech

Cesar Robles

BeerTech Director, AB InBev

Sami Haddad

Global Head of Fintech, Z-Tech

Zak Manion

Innovations Director APAC, AB InBev

Akhil Srivastava

Director, Planning & Logistics, BU ISEA

Juliana Rodrigues

Global Director of Legal & Corporate Affairs, Z-Tech

Wouter Peeters

VP Technology & Analytics, Budweiser APAC

Pritam Dutta

Global Director Z-Tech (Fintech) & Innovation, AB InBev