WEBSITE PROGRAMS COWORKING NEWSLETTER - Q1 2021 Find Incubator in your region!! We've mapped India's Startup Ecosystem! This map will help you pick the right Incubator to help your startup get to the next level. CLICK HERE FEATURED NEWS Indian startups attracted $10.14 billion in funding in 2020: Report 11 Indian startups entered the $1B+ Unicorn club in 2020 despite pandemic. Invest India Will Have a Dedicated Helpdesk For Startups: Piyush Goyal. PM Announced INR 1000 Cr Startup India Seed Fund for early-stage startups. UPCOMING EVENTS Future of Work. India's largest product-tech-design conference: 26th and 27th, February The Makers Summit, India’s Largest Product Conference: 12th and 14th, March Investors Corner Advice by investors to startup founders in 2020 From lessons on fundraising to finding the resilience to build products, here is are the top advice given by investors to founders in 2020. Read More Womenpreneur Women continue to remain underrepresented among senior leadership at India’s elite startups. Just 14% of Indian tech unicorns have even one female founder. The dismal share of women among founders of Indian tech unicorns captured in emojis. Read More Latest Unicorn Five-year old startup grew by 31.9% in 2020. Digit Insurance becomes India's first unicorn of 2021 with $1.9 billion valuation. Read More Startup In Focus A Hail Mary pivot How Hubilo pivoted from physical to virtual events in 20 days (and nabbed big-name backers). Read More CoWorking Space Our Price ₹ 4499.00 CLICK HERE Move in to your new office in Greater Noida. Enterprise-grade wired and wireless Internet, Printer, Projector. Casual seating & dedicated meeting rooms. Unlimited Tea & Coffee to keep you kicking while grinding. Power Backup Dedicated team of security and housekeeping personnel. SendGrid 1 Year in SendGrid Credits CLICK HERE SendGrid Accelerate is program to help startups succeed. Get 12 months of product credit Access to mentoring and networking opportunities Exclusive to program participants only. Google Cloud $300.00 in Credits CLICK HERE A full suite of cloud computing services designed to help businesses build, innovate, and scale. Future-proof infrastructure Powerful data and analytics Serverless: just code The HDFC Bank has selected AIC- BIMTECH as Incubator Partner for its SmartUp Grant for Startups Initiative. HDFC Bank, the country's largest private sector lender, has set up the Smartup Grants under Parivartan, its CSR initiative, as a funding and grant scheme to encourage social sector startups engaged in activities that can benefit society at large. SmartUp Grants Programme will provide funding to early-stage entrepreneurs creating long-term solutions in two priority areas; 1. Edtech and 2. Skill Development AIC-BIMTECH, along with other Incubator partners, will assist HDFC Bank in screening, mentoring, and monitoring of the startups. The application starts on February 9. Apply for Grant UN Global Compact Network India has selected AIC-BIMTECH as an implementing partner of the Young SDG Innovators Programme. The Young SDG Innovators Programme engages young professionals from companies participating in the UN Global Compact worldwide to learn how to use Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a catalyst for the development of new products & services. The program's goal is to encourage SDG innovation through bottom-up approaches to develop breakthrough solutions with social and market value while also creating a new generation of sustainable business leaders who take the initiative to drive sustainability. Enroll in Program Learn More Following the successful completion of cohort one & two, we have proudly launched our KHOJ Program's 3rd cohort. Our meticulous screening filtered out 12 startups from across different sectors, including agriculture, energy, AI & NLP, EdTech, healthcare, and others. They shall be engaging with us for 90 days, assimilating all the required knowledge of the startup ecosystem, enabling them to accelerate their entrepreneurial journey and transform their idea into a successful business venture. Networking Mentoring Market Access Capital Investment ECOSYSTEM UPDATES POLICIES & INCENTIVES Budget 2021: No restriction on 1-person co's paid up capital, turnover Budget 2021: Startups get tax holiday, capital gains exemption by one more year Budget 2021: ₹15,700 crore provided for MSME sector Budget 2021 : Tax audit threshold increased to 10 cr. for firms carrying out 95% transactions digitally Budget 2021 : Social security benefit to be extended to platform, gig workers INTERESTING READS TIPS AND DEALS AIC-BIMTECH UPDATE NEW PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM UPDATES FORTHCOMING EVENTS Chevening Alumni India Roundtable Discussion 20th February 2021 To shed light on Women Entrepreneurs' experiences in the Indian context, together with Chevening Alumni India, we are organizing an online roundtable talk on "Women in the Indian Entrepreneurial Scenario" Moderated by Ms. Sanghmitra Biswas Jayant, the panel includes Chevening Alums, including Ms. Manu Goyal, Dr. Anita Madhok, Dr. Divya Rajput, Dr. Saundarya Rajesh and our CEO, Dr. Abha Rishi. Register Here Launch of the Fourth Cohort of Khoj April 2021 AIC-BIMTECH is excited to announce we will be kicking off the Fourth Cohort of our Khoj program tentatively in the first week of April, a 3-month duration, zero-fee, and no-equity, virtual program with incubatee benefits worth ₹ 8.25 cr. AIC-BIMTECH invites all the insightful and inventive entrepreneurs out there to be a part of the 'Khoj Program (Cohort-IV).' The online applications will open on the 1st of March. If you want to take your ideas and convert them into companies, take your chance and apply as soon as the application is open! Good luck with your applications! Apply Here STARTUP SPOTLIGHT WHAT WE DO OUR IMPACT Plot Number 5, Knowledge Park 2, NCR, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201306, 01206843000-10, Ext. No.: 516, aic.bimtech@bimtech.ac.in Privacy | Unsubscribe