IIMA Ventures, committed to fostering “Tomorrow’s Startup Capitals” in India’s underserved tier-2 and tier-3 cities, presents in collaboration with Kotak Mahindra Bank – Kotak BizLabs. This program supports social impact and sustainability-focused startups from Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh with grant funding of up to INR 15 lakhs, along with tailored training, mentoring and acceleration support. Designed to source ideas from Bharat, it creates a nurturing ecosystem for startups to thrive and scale.
The applications are being accepted till February 5, 2025. Please note that the deadline will not be extended.
We strongly encourage you to think through and submit only one application for the innovation that you are most focused on building through. If you are submitting two applications for the same innovation, the duplicate application with less context and poorly articulated thoughts will not be taken forward.
It is good that you are working out of other geographies, however, in this program, we are looking for startups registered in India with its founders and operations based out of India.
Yes, you can apply to this program, regardless of whether you have received grants or awards or raised funds.
We are looking for startups with a strong founding team, unique and innovative solution, alignment to the sector, and the potential of the business to scale.
For any query, general or technical, write to us at pratiky@iima.ac.in or nandini.k@ciieindia.org