The launchpad for IIMA startups companies
Backing IIM Ahmedabad's student founders, from idea inception through the early stretch of their entrepreneurial journey.
Backing IIM Ahmedabad's student founders, from idea inception through the early stretch of their entrepreneurial journey.
IIMAvericks is the entrepreneurship launchpad of IIM Ahmedabad, offered by IIMA Ventures. Since 2013, the program has supported 85+ Mavericks fellows over thirteen years, meeting student founders at each stage of their journey.
The program brings together flagship offerings, aligned coursework, alongside a year-round calendar of events that builds entrepreneurial energy across campus.
Three electives run alongside the program, giving students a structured route from a question to a validated idea, and for many, into the EIR grant.
An independent research project run over a full term under a faculty guide. Students define their problem statement, map the landscape and work through to a validated idea.
Taught on campus by IIMA alumni working in venture capital. The course gives students a first-hand view of how investors evaluate startups, size markets and make calls.
A two-day intensive immersion led by faculty and IIMA Ventures, with consumer startup founders invited in to go deep on building and scaling consumer brands.
The EIR grant is offered to current cohort students, generally after they have been through one of the electives above. It backs founders to build an MVP or take an idea into further research and validation once it shows early promise.
The companies they built
Developer hiring marketplace
B2B chemicals export
Vegan-leather lifestyle brand
Streetwear marketplace
Space technology
AI market intelligence
Curated jewellery marketplace
Healthy snack bars
Early-stage venture capital
Himalayan Superfood Brand
Financial News Platform
Eighty-seven founders, thirteen cohorts, one launchpad. Names link to LinkedIn profiles.
Showing the ventures that went on to build at scale. Select a cohort to see fellows from that year.
A year-round calendar of flagship activities that builds entrepreneurial energy on campus. Many of these run alongside EntreVC, the Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital club at IIMA.
