Newsletter January 2021

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COVER STORY
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE-IIIT-H) along with Headstart Network (Hyderabad Chapter) signed an MoU with MUST Research for running AI Product Development Bootcamp. Through this association, the three parties will collaborate to organize and run a 5-day Bootcamp every month starting from February 2021, which will help early-stage startups, students, and IT professionals to get hands-on experience in developing AI Products, which eventually will get incubated at CIE-IIIT Hyderabad.

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STARTUP SPOTLIGHT
OJAS Medtech BioNEST IIIT-H incubated startup Makers Hive, a bionics firm, has raised $9 million (around Rs 65.6 crore) in growth capital from an idea-stage fund established by Starfish Growth Partners and Investpad.

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IMPACT 
HAPPENINGS
Vamshi Reddy, Venture Partner at Kalaari Capital, Kiran Vasireddy, Venture Partner at Kalaari Capital,  speaking at the tea talks AMA Session organized by CIE IIITH Hyderabad 

15th January 2021
T Health Cafe Session on "Tech-enabled healthcare solutions: Addressing India’s Last Mile Challenges"

Panelists: Mayur Shetty, CEO, Blackfrog Technologies, Siddharth Shah, Program Manager, Frost & Sullivan, Rashmi(Rohini) Pimpale, Director(Lifesciences) RICH Hyderabad. Moderated by Dr.Sonali Khanra, Head, OJAS Medtech BioNEST, IIITH. 30th January 2021
 
Idea Validation Bootcamp, 12 Idea Stage Startups participated in 2 days hands-on virtual bootcamp, Organised by CIE IIIT Hyderabad as part of MeitY Startup Hub TIDE 2.0 program.

Bootcamp is facilitated by Dr.Radhika Meenakshi, Founder of Wise Owl Consulting and mentored by startup founders

1st, 2nd February 2021
10 selected startups in Supply chain and logistics domain pitched to corporate partners from GMR, GATI, PWC at UNPITCH 2.0 organized by CIE IIIT Hyderabad.
 
The panel had industry leaders 
Dhruv Agarwal, Promoter at Gati Ltd, Srikanth Vetcha, CFO, GMR, 
Murali Talasila - Partner and Innovation Leader at PWC

04th February 2021
Dr. Taranjeet Kaur, BIG Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Entrepreneurship Development
BIRAC, Dr. Vikas Sahu, Founder & CEO, Aidea health, Priyanjit Ghosh, Founder & CEO, Logy.AI
speaking at BIG Grant writing Bootcamp organized by OJAS Medetch BioNEST IIITH

8th February 2021
NEW TO CIE IIITH
  • Reviewbit - Shopify App Helps to collect customer reviews via WhatsApp
  • UinU - Startup aims to develop a platform and associated infrastructure for mental health education.
  • teKrishi - It connects farming equipments, labourers to farmers and construction sites.
  • MateRate - An adaptive learning platform that simplifies Maths for school students by solving the problem of accumulated learning gaps
  • Pragati - Building SNH Robot mainly for three purposes Sanitization, Helping & Cleaning. 
  • NanoCare Health Services Private Limited - solving the calamity of non-communicable diseases by combining human touch and technology.
  • SAATHI - Working on the manufacturing and distribution of a Wearable Assistive Vest for the outdoor navigation of the Blind & Visually Impaired via real-time speech assisted obstacle recognition and avoidance.
CALLING APPLICATIONS FOR
OJAS Accelerator- An Acceleration programme for startups in MedTech, Life Sciences, Bio-Technology, Diagnostics, Wellness or building devices for Health Care along with emerging technologies.

Apply Now: https://cie.iiit.ac.in/ojas-medtech/
Spark UP- Inviting Professionals/Idea Stage deep tech startups to apply, come with an idea, graduate with a market connected product startup

Apply Now: https://cie.iiit.ac.in/tide-2-0-sparkup/
Shoot Up- A 3-month program to review strategy, tweak GTM & get your paying first customer for MVP-ready startups

Apply Now: https://cie.iiit.ac.in/shootup-program/
SprintUp - Inviting startups seeded out of research to apply, come with a validated proof of concept and build your MVP through the Grant

Apply Here: https://cie.iiit.ac.in/tide-2-0-sprintup/
CIE IIITH in NEWS
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Deeptech Academic Incubator CIE-IIITH and Headstart Hyderabad Inks MoU with MUST Research for AI Product Development Bootcamp 
https://www.indianweb2.com/2021/02/deeptech-academic-incubator-cie-iiith.html

CIE at IIIT Hyderabad announces the start of its next Cohort of Deep tech Accelerators
http://www.uniindia.com/cie-at-iiit-hyderabad-announces-the-start-of-its-next-cohort-of-deep-tech-accelerators/business-economy/news/2297201.html


CIE@IIIT Hyderabad announces 11th Cohort of deeptech and 5th Cohort of medtech Accelerators
https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/cie-iiit-hyderabad-announces-11th-cohort-of-deeptech-and-5th-cohort-of-medtech-accelerators-824553808.html


Two more start-ups onboard IIIT-H's accelerator programme
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/230121/two-more-start-ups-onboard-iiit-hs-accelerator-programme.html

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