We truly appreciate the efforts taken by Incubators to help
Founders grow their startups. It is our aim to connect founders
with the most relevant incubators for their ventures.
Along with driving strategic tie-ups between key stakeholders of
the startup ecosystem, we do a lot of capacity-building activities
that include acceleration programs, specific knowledge-sharing
sessions and networking meetups.
Evolve | AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum
Evolve, an in-depth incubation cohort, is a 10-month program that focuses on the 360-degree development of startups. We partnered up with AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum to support startups, provide mentoring, and help startups design a roadmap to product development and GTM. Apart from this, we invited experts to guide the founders on business modelling, hiring and team building and preparing them to be fundraising ready. As a co-investment partner for the acceleration program, we evaluated startups with AIC-Pinnacle. The startups were evaluated on multiple parameters and select startups were awarded grants under AIM Funding.
Healthtech Decoded | MSMF TBI
The healthtech landscape in India is on the rise. Our partnership with MSMF TBI helps us with the aim of fostering, nurturing and assisting startups to scale and grow. Healthtech Decoded, an intensive incubation cohort that included mentoring, knowledge sessions, access to infrastructure and funding support. The acceleration program included our flagship track on Fundraising. This track’s curation helps startups navigate the journey of fundraising successfully. Apart from this, the programme included industry connects and network access for the startups to scale upward.
Funding Demystified | iHub Gujarat and powered by HSBC
The Funding Demystified Acceleration Program is our flagship 10-part interactive knowledge series on the fundraising journey for startups. The sessions are delivered by leaders from seasoned VC firms who share their experiences and insights. This program was organised with iHub Gujarat, an initiative of the Government of Gujarat. The hybrid program saw the participation of nearly 50 startups from across India and concluded with a demo day.
SANVRIDDHI 3.0 | AIC-NITF
Early-stage startups need the right mentors and tools to scale up. With Sanvriddhi 3.0, we have partnered with the AIC-Nalanda Institute of Technology Foundation to curate a comprehensive acceleration programme for their cohort. The programme involved a design thinking workshop with the aim of helping founders think more deeply, and analytically to broaden their perspectives. The business modelling and the fundraising track help the founders sharpen their business acumen along with understanding the funding landscape to set them up for a successful fundraiser.
SANVRIDDHI 2.0 | AIC-NITF
Sanvriddhi 2.0 was a 4 month long acceleration program that we organised in association with AIC-Nalanda Institute of Technology Foundation for startups based in Odisha. The intention is to assist the founders by building a sound foundation in terms of the knowledge, insight, and guidance they need in order to scale upwards & onwards. The acceleration program is divided into three tracks which are determined to create an impact and accentuate towards not only creating a difference but also not confining ourselves to just knowledge sessions.With the Eastern region of India is working towards building a robust network & a sound ecosystem, Arthayan's intention is to help them connect better & help these startups truly representing BHARAT with a platform to connect to the world.
Open Innovation Accelerator | SNDT WISE
To empower the women founders of Mumbai, we partnered up with WISE for the Open Innovation Accelerator. The acceleration program was curated for women entrepreneurs to assist them right from ideation to prototype & workshops along with one-to-one mentoring sessions & a demo day. Our program featured Design-Thinking Workshops and practical knowledge sessions on business modelling and fundraising. We invited successful women founders to share their journeys, insights, and experiences to guide the founders better.
Startup REVIVE | AIC-PECF
Innovative startups of this cohort, got an opportunity to get the right mentorship that would fuel their growth. We organised knowledge sessions, workshops & one-one-one mentorships in a structured manner to enable these founders to gain knowledge, practise what they have learnt & improve themselves in order to get investors ready before the pitching sessions.
RITIH | AIC-JITF
We believe in a methodical approach that helps startups build knowledge from the ground up & then with the mix of personalised one-on-one mentorship sessions, we make the startups pitch & investor ready. With 12 startups as the cohort size, we were able to help the startups in helping them be prepared for the investors & achieved 172 one-on-one pitches with 35+ investors.
FINSTART | B-nest Incubation Centre (Bhopal)
FINSTART was a series of virtual sessions wherein experienced people from various domains provided valuable insights to startups about topics ranging from accounting and cash flow management to due diligence and valuation.
Funding Quest 1.0 | AIC-SKU | AIC-JITF | AIC-NITTE | AIC-CCRI CED | AIC-NIFT TEA
A grand scale one of a kind event wherein a curated list of 125 startups got an opportunity to pitch their ventures to 55 VCs across India, virtually. Over 435 meetings took place with various permutations & combinations in the span of 3 days & based on our knowledge, more than 2 startups saw great results by getting funded.
