Trend Forward Capital Collaborates with Amazon Web Services for 4th Annual Forward Thinker Award Competition AWS brings opportunity to participate in the AWS Activate and up to $10,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credit to competition News provided by Share this article TSE: 4704), the leader in cloud security, today announced that for the first time ever, Trend Forward Capital, Trend Micro, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are working together to reward innovative entrepreneurs around the world. In addition to the $30,000 USD no-strings-attached cash award that Trend Forward Capital will be granting to winners of the Forward Thinker Award, all four finalists will also be automatically qualified for the AWS Activate program through the AWS Joint Innovation Center in Taipei, Taiwan. AWS Activate is a program that offers startups tools, resources, and more to quickly get started on AWS. This year, AWS and Trend Micro have upped the stakes further by contributing up to $40,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credit and up to $40,000 USD in Trend Micro cybersecurity software to the cash award.