Beer Garage Accelerator - Innovation Shots

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

APAC EDITION LAUNCH

20th April

AFRICA EDITION LAUNCH

20th April

APPLICATIONS OPEN

21st April

AFRICA EDITION : REVERSE PITCH

26th April

APAC EDITION ROADSHOW

29th April

April 26, 2022

Beer Garage Accelerator 2022 Africa Edition: Roadshow 1

April 29, 2022

Beer Garage Accelerator 2022 APAC Edition: Roadshow

April 20

April 26

April 29

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

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

Global Expansion and New Customer Connects

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

Investment Opportunity

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

Upto US$50K Paid Engagement

Eligibility for Paid Engagement with milestone payments and paid Proof of Concepts (POCs) up to $50,000.

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 from industry experts and a network of agencies connected to the Beer Garage platform.

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

3P Lending

Solutions for nontraditional lendersto invest in an SMB entity

POS Devices

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

COMING SOON!

OUR MENTORS

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

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

Julio Arias

Co-founder, Sketchnote

Guilherme Pereira Pinto

VP Technology & Business Services,
Africa, AB InBev

Christian Nee-Whang

FinTech Africa Zone Lead
AB InBev

Shreekant Pawar

Co-founder
Sketchnote

Carmel Appel Raskin

Global Director of Tech Innovation
AB InBev

William Bao Bean

General Partner
SOSV