Patrick Ng
Venture Creation Instructor & Deep-Tech Mentor
ACLP-Certified Instructor, Singapore Certified Management Consultant
Twenty-five years turning deep technology into ventures that scale, twelve patent families among the proof.
- Formats
- Masterclasses, workshops, instructional programmes
- Regions
- Singapore, Southeast Asia, China
Patrick Ng teaches and mentors founders building deep-tech companies. He is a certified instructor (ACLP) and mentor for venture creation programmes, and draws on over twenty-five years as a corporate innovation leader, technopreneur and inventor with twelve patent families to his name, spanning cybersecurity algorithms to energy optimisation.
He is Lead Instructor of the SUSS Impact Startup Challenge, teaching regional tracks in Shenzhen, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City, and has led instruction for the NUS Masters in Venture Creation Lean Startup Practicum, NTU Lean Launchpad Singapore and SUSS Designing Impactful Ventures. He has run masterclasses and workshops for organisations including A*STAR, the Institute of Technical Education, UOB FinLab, Temasek Polytechnic and NTU, and serves as a business coach on the NTU and SMU Executive Leadership for Transformation programmes.
Before founding Spark Launchpad in 2020, he held Director of Innovation Hub at HARTING Singapore, CEO of Fringe Analytics, Head of R&D at Barghest Building Performance, and Principal Technology Manager at IPI Singapore, alongside earlier engineering roles at Rockwell Automation and Agilent Technologies.
Run at Praxora Lab
Workshops facilitated by Patrick Ng
- Venture Creation & Deep-Tech IP Strategy
A four-hour course validating a business model canvas and building an IP-protection plan for one real venture or technology idea.
Areas of expertise
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Venture creation and lean startup methodology
Lead instruction across NUS, NTU and SUSS venture-creation programmes, teaching founders to validate and scale deep-tech ventures.
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Deep-tech IP strategy and commercialisation
IP strategy, QA and certification instruction drawn from twenty-five years as an inventor holding twelve patent families across cybersecurity and energy optimisation.
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Business Model Canvas and go-to-market design
Practical workshops on business-model design and go-to-market strategy for corporates, startups and researchers.
Published record
Publications by Patrick Ng
- APAC Regionalisation with a "Legal-first" Approach
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2026
- Can Trust Be Explained Simply? The Equation That Changed How I Pitch
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2026
- The IP Paradox: Why Exclusivity is the Secret Weapon for Scaling Social Impact
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2025
- From Liability to Uptime: The Business Case for AI in Cybersecurity
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2025
- Discover Unarticulated Needs With This Tool
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2024
- The Foundation of Innovation
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2024
- In Innovation, Go Slow to Go Long
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2023
- Digital Transformation Transform People, Processes and Systems
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2023
- Brainstorming Approach: Uncover Great Ideas from Diverse Individuals, Inclusively and Respectfully
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2023
- Venture Storytelling
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2022
- Spark Canvas: Problems Worth Solving
Blog post · Spark Launchpad · 2022
Notable projects
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SUSS Impact Startup Challenge
Lead Instructor since 2023, including regional tracks in Shenzhen, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City.
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NUS Masters in Venture Creation, Lean Startup Practicum
Lead Instructor for Cohort 3 (December 2022 to May 2023), after co-leading Cohort 2 and mentoring Cohort 1.
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NTU Lean Launchpad Singapore
Instructor and mentor for emerging tech startups, 2021 to 2024.
Recognition
- SUSS Excellence in Teaching Award 2025
- SUSS Excellence in Teaching Award 2024
Career history
- 2020, present
Founder
Spark Launchpad
- 2023 to 2025
Director of Innovation Hub
HARTING Singapore Pte Ltd
- 2022 to 2023
CEO
Fringe Analytics Pte Ltd
- 2019 to 2021
Head of R&D (Director)
Barghest Building Performance Pte Ltd
- 2015 to 2019
Principal Technology Manager
IPI Singapore
Education
- Golden Gate University DBA candidate, Emerging Technology (expected 2027)
- National University of Singapore MSc, Management of Technology
- Nanyang Technological University BEng, Electrical & Electronics Engineering (2nd Class Honours)
