Arm Flexible Access for Startups Contest: Application Form

If you are a silicon startup looking to design on Arm, enter our contest for the chance to get one step ahead, leverage technology used by the biggest companies in the world, and maximize your chance of success so you can help change the world.

To enter, you are required to complete all required fields in the application form. Once you have fully and accurately completed the registration form, press “submit.” In addition to submitting the form, a written PDF application and an elevator pitch video must be submitted by email to Armflexibleaccessteam@arm.com by May, 17. Your written application must include (slide numbers provided as guidance):

• Executive Summary – 1 slide
• Team details and brief company history, location, incorporation… – 1 slide
• Problem Statement – 1 slide 
• Service and Business Model, including how money is generated (e.g. pricing structure)? – 1 slide
• Sales & Growth – 2 slides 
• Service revenue of (up to) last 3 years and revenue forecast for next 3 years
• History of traction with customers (MOUs, LOIs, P.O.s) and / or investors – existing and targeting for closing
• Size of client/user base, reference client/project
• Market Potential – 1 slide
• Target market description and characteristics of the key competitive advantages
• Competitive Landscape – 1 slide
• Solution Outline / End application and technology – 3 slides
• High-level solution architecture
• Solution USP
• Solution development roadmap & key challenge(s)
• Details of the Arm IP that will be targeted for use in the end product
• Strategy/Business Growth Roadmap – 1 slide
• Societal, environmental or economic impact of the company’s product – 1 slide
• Funding History – 1 slide

Your video recording of your company’s elevator pitch must be no longer than a 10-minutes and we recommend it is provided as an unlisted video on YouTube. It should include:

• Who are you and what is your startup idea?
• What is the problem your solution addresses?
• Why do you feel your business has the greatest chance of commercial success?
• System-on-chip Solution / Product family plan and projected timeline
• What does access to Arm technology mean to your company (e.g. what benefits does it bring)?

Key Dates

• Submission deadline for written applications: May 17, 2024.
• Winners notified on or before: June 7, 2024.

View contest Terms and Conditions.