We're looking for truly innovative startups with great potential to create a positive impact on people and the planet to join us on stage at the LG Innovation Festival.

If chosen, you'll get the opportunity to present your company to investors, corporate partners and more.

Applications are now closed for this year's event

Register to attend InnoFest
Oct 25 - 26
2023
San Francisco, California
The Hibernia
1 Jones Street

Why submit?

Get recognized for the work your company is doing to build a better future.

Win prizes. Showcase your company to potential investors and corporate partners. Make connections to accelerate your business venture.

Our prestige judges panel in the past have included veteran entrepreneurs, LG executives, celebrity investors and venture capitalists.

Past winners of the LG NOVA Innovation Festival have: 
  • Received monetary award of $15,000, $10,000 and $5,000.
  • Recognized as top startups in their market areas.
  • Qualified for potential business venture building with LG Electronics.  

Areas We Are Looking For

Digital
Health

Creating the path to the transformation of healthcare

In the pursuit of a better future for people and communities, the move to better healthcare for all is a key priority. In this future, healthcare and wellness should be as ingrained in our daily life as eating and sleeping. We’re looking for solutions that will help us move forward in building a healthcare system that is accessible to all and focused on solving the challenges of creating a healthier, happier society. Tell us how you’re working towards solutions that enable whole-person health – and better healthcare for all.

Cleantech & Sustainability

Accelerating the growth of sustainability

We're in a race to create a more sustainable world - and we're in search of that killer application or business case that will help us move forward faster to bring about lasting change for a greener, healthier planet. Do you have a business idea or a product solution that will accelerate us to where we need to be? Share what you're doing to lead the change to better sustainability.

Immersive Technologies

Leveraging today's technologies to build a better tomorrow.

The truly impactful businesses will use emerging technologies of today to solve real-world problems, leading us into a better, more productive, positive future. These technologies - AR, VR, MR, AI have the potential to enhance and create new opportunities for work, play, education and commerce. Tell us how you are using these technologies to solve a real-world problem.

Smart
Life Solutions

Creating innovations for better living

Technologies and devices have contributed greatly to improving our everyday life. While we continue to make improvements, we want to explore wholly new categories of business ideas and capabilities that will bring meaningful change to how we live our lives. Tell us about what you're working on that will change how we do the things we need to do at home work or school.

Open
Innovation

Exploring new ideas that will shape our future

We're looking for new areas of not-yet-developed innovations that may significantly impact our future. Are you introducing your own market category? Are you breaking norms? Pitch us your disruptive idea that will bring positive impact to our future.

Innovation for Impact

Inspiring transformative change

Our path towards a better future is created by companies who are innovating for impact. LG’s brand mission is to innovate for a better life, and we are dedicated to making the world a better place through good technologies. We want to hear from mission-driven companies with a core focus on changing the world for the better. How are you making “life good” for people, communities and the planet?

Creating the path to the transformation of healthcare

In the pursuit of a better future for people and communities, the move to better healthcare for all is a key priority. In this future, healthcare and wellness should be as ingrained in our daily life as eating and sleeping. We’re looking for solutions that will help us move forward in building a healthcare system that is accessible to all and focused on solving the challenges of creating a healthier, happier society. Tell us how you’re working towards solutions that enable whole-person health – and better healthcare for all.

Accelerating the growth of sustainability

We're in a race to create a more sustainable world - and we're in search of that killer application or business case that will help us move forward faster to bring about lasting change for a greener, healthier planet. Do you have a business idea or a product solution that will accelerate us to where we need to be? Share what you're doing to lead the change to better sustainability.

Leveraging today's technologies to build a better tomorrow.

The truly impactful businesses will use emerging technologies of today to solve real-world problems, leading us into a better, more productive, positive future. These technologies - AR, VR, MR, AI have the potential to enhance and create new opportunities for work, play, education and commerce. Tell us how you are using these technologies to solve a real-world problem.

Creating innovations for better living

Technologies and devices have contributed greatly to improving our everyday life. While we continue to make improvements, we want to explore wholly new categories of business ideas and capabilities that will bring meaningful change to how we live our lives. Tell us about what you're working on that will change how we do the things we need to do at home work or school.

Exploring new ideas that will shape our future

We're looking for new areas of not-yet-developed innovations that may significantly impact our future. Are you introducing your own market category? Are you breaking norms? Pitch us your disruptive idea that will bring positive impact to our future.

Inspiring transformative change

Our path towards a better future is created by companies who are innovating for impact. LG’s brand mission is to innovate for a better life, and we are dedicated to making the world a better place through good technologies. We want to hear from mission-driven companies with a core focus on changing the world for the better. How are you making “life good” for people, communities and the planet?

Applications are now closed

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