Hyderabad: T-Hub, MeitY join hands to support 13 startups
Hyderabad: Telangana’s startup ecosystem builder T-Hub has announced grant disbursement to Indian startups in partnership with MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) on Thursday. About 13 startups from the hardware and IoT sector were selected from across the country for Digital India’s Scale Up programme to receive a grant of Rs 7.5 lakh each […]
Hyderabad: Telangana’s startup ecosystem builder T-Hub has announced grant disbursement to Indian startups in partnership with MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) on Thursday.
About 13 startups from the hardware and IoT sector were selected from across the country for Digital India’s Scale Up programme to receive a grant of Rs 7.5 lakh each from MeitY. The grants will support the startups in accelerating the development of their innovative solutions.
This is the partial grant that has been disbursed to the startups who have demonstrated proof of concept, built an existing customer base, and exhibited the potential for scale across the country.
The selected startups are Bariflo Labs Pvt Ltd., Startoon Labs Pvt. Ltd, Ayasta Technologies Pvt Ltd., BluArmor, Detect Technologies, Greenies, MLIT Solutions, Mobilytics, Nemocare Wellness, Rizel Automotive Pvt Ltd, SatSure Analytics India Pvt Ltd, Swaayatt Robots Private Limited and RoadMetrics Pvt Ltd. Rest of the grant will be disbursed post the completion of the programme, a release said.
T-Hub, CEO, M Srinivas Rao said, “T-Hub’s collaboration with MeitY is targeted to support startups who are ready for the growth phase and make the best use of the grants provided. T-Hub enabled these 13 startups and mentored them to be ready for this growth leap, and it all started with an idea to further support Indian innovators on the Internet of Things (IoT) and hardware. This program has enabled us to help startups push past the roadblocks they face to scale their innovations and excel in the modern business environment.”
Digital India’s Scale Up programme received 230 applications from early and growth-stage startups across the country, who shared their proposals last year. In addition to the grant funding, the startups received access to mentorship through bootcamps on business model development, go-to-market strategy, pitching process, and fundraising tips.
T-Hub, for this six-month acceleration programme, onboarded a pool of experts namely Ravikiran Prabhakara, entrepreneur, investor, and partner at Shirak, Srikar Y.V., director government relations at redBus, Rajeev YSR, mentor with TSIC, Panneer Selvam Madangopal, V-P corporate innovation, T-Hub, Madhusudhan Rapole, MD of Oorja Energy, and many others.
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