IIT Startups India accelerator virtual meetup to be held on Aug 25
IIT Startups is a not-for-profit Startup Accelerator that provides free mentoring, coaching and workshops for entrepreneurs to help them scale their startups that have at least one of the co-founders from an Indian Institute of Technology.
The India Demoday 8 open to Angel Investors, VCs, Family Offices, Corporate Representatives, CXOs and Media will be conducted on August 25, 2022 at 3:00 PM (IST). The event will be conducted via virtual mode. The IIT Startups Accelerator Program is run concurrently in the USA and India with separate Cohort batches and Demodays.
IIT Startups mentors and supports budding ventures. IIT Startups is a not-for-profit Startup Accelerator that provides free mentoring, coaching and workshops for entrepreneurs to help them scale their startups that have at least one of the co-founders from an Indian Institute of Technology.
Cohort 8 has the distinction of having 2 batches in India, with a short batch of 9 startups concluded recently with their Demoday on July 29 which saw the participation of more than 200 Angel Investors, VCs, Family Offices, Industry Representatives, Corporate and the Media from across the globe.
16-week series of workshops
The Accelerator Program consisted of a 16-week series of workshops on various topics by experts followed by weekly demos and mock pitches. These form just about 15 per cent - the crème de la crème - of all applicants who qualified for this programme. Over 160 startups from India had applied for the India Cohort8.
The startups participate in the event from all across the country, with specialties including AI/ML, Mobility, Enterprise Tech, Health, FinTech, Edtech, Agritech, etc.
Multistep process to select ventures
These Ventures were selected through a multi-step process that included expert review, virtual pitches and bootcamps. A shortlisted group of startups were put through 2 rounds of interviews from which 21 Startups were selected. This group was then broken down into 2 batches.
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