CENTER FOR INNOVATION
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AT IIIT HYDERABAD
Fostering DeepTech Innovation
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CIE Celebrates 16 Years of DeepTech Innovation!!!
On June 26th, we marked 16 years of deep tech innovation at the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at IIIT Hyderabad with a special panel event. Startups featured on Shark Tank shared their inspiring journeys from innovative ideas to market success. Guests gained insights into how CIE transforms visions into reality, celebrating a legacy of collaboration and entrepreneurial spirit. Here’s to many more years of pioneering technology!!!
Happenings @ CIE
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Research Cafe
CIE-IIITH hosted an invigorating Research Cafe session, where innovative startups engaged in insightful dialogues with our esteemed research faculty
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Demo Day @ 2024
CIE-IIIT Hyderabad successfully hosted Demo Day 2024 - Summer Edition, bringing together dynamic startups, dedicated mentors, and enthusiastic investors.
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Founders Round Table
CIE-IIITH, in collaboration with Headstart Telangana, organized a Founder’s Round Table event on Startup Finance Playb
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Azure Open AI Work Shop
CIE-IIITH recently held an inspiring workshop on leveraging Microsoft Azure OpenAI for startups, featuring insights into the Microsoft Founders Hub program.
Spolight
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Subtl.ai , an innovative research startup born from rigorous academic roots at IIIT Hyderabad is making waves. Celebrated for their pioneering advancements in AI, Subtl.ai has earned acclaim, a feature AnalyticsIndiaMagazine . Specializing in revolutionizing document management and information extraction for enterprises, their cutting-edge AI tools redefine efficiency and productivity.
Call For Applications
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ROOT NODE
Are you a startup looking to solve real-world challenges with cutting-edge research? Join Root Node, a 3-month initiative that connects innovative startups with IIIT Hyderabad's top research experts.
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SISFSEntrepreneurs, ready to soar? If your startup fits the bill, apply for the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme! Get up to Rs. 30 Lakhs to fuel your journey
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Smart City Challenge
Calling all smart city innovators! Join the Smart City Challenge by Smart City Living Lab & Silicon Labs and get a chance to win a grant prize of 8 lakhs!
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Idea Validation Bootcamp
Ready to transform your entrepreneurial dreams into reality? Here's your chance! Join our Idea Validation Bootcamp and kickstart your journey towards success!
Our
Impact
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400+
Startups Supported
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200+ Cr
External Funds Raised
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15cr+
Invested in startups
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2000+
Jobs Created
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40+
Startup Research engagement
CIE at IIIT Hyderabad is a technology incubator with rich experience in seeding, nurturing, and growing deep-tech startups in emerging segments like med-tech, tech4social, visual informatics, data engineering, and machine learning, language technologies, gaming, and robotics. CIE IIITH, with a research-led innovation as its primary mandate, focuses on amplifying technology through research collaboration and co-creation models for startups to work with research groups at IIITH.
Under the CIE umbrella, there are 3 active incubators: Deeptech incubator (Avishkar), the Medtech incubator (Ojas) & the Social incubator (AIC). CIE also includes enabling labs like a well-equipped Maker Lab, a medical electronics calibration lab, and a AR/VR lab. IIIT Hyderabad also has Product Labs to seed new products from research, a pre-incubation program to seed startups from research.
In the past 16 years we have grown to be the largest academic incubator in the country, have housed over 450+ startups that have raised about 250+Cr funding, and created over 2500+ jobs. Today there are very active programs focused on emerging technology startups, research-based startups, medical technologies, and social technology startups.
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