SAMRIDHI

SAMRIDHI — Strategic Acceleration for Market, Research, Innovation & Development — is the acceleration-stage programme for startups that are already past the idea. Its page states plainly that it is for growth-stage startups with pre-revenue, an MVP or existing investment. It runs as numbered editions built around a conclave with pitching, awards and a demo day; registration for the fourth edition is open, and the hub reports ninety-five startup pitches, a hundred and seventy participants and fifty-six investment partners across the first three.

What you get

• Mentoring support and technology development help.
• Lab infrastructure and R&D support.
• Corporate and government network access, and an extended team.
• Technology validation and due diligence, testbeds, market-ready deployment and international market support.
• Financial support for selected startups, decided at the demo day.

Who can apply

• Deep-tech startups at growth stage — pre-revenue, MVP or already invested.
• Work against one of its problem statements: agriculture automation and information systems, livestock health monitoring and management, water treatment and conservation, soil assessment processes, or hardware and deep tech.
• Women founders are encouraged to apply.

How selection works: application, metrics-based screening by an internal committee, an internal pitch to the Incubator Seed Management Committee, then a demo day in front of external investors, VC firms and the external committee, which decides the support offered.

How to apply: through the participant registration form on the SAMRIDHI page. Investors, jury members and partner organisations have their own route in through the same page.