RISE — Rising Inventors Summit on Entrepreneurship
A programme by JECRC Incubation Centre (JECRC Incubation Centre)
JIC's summit for founders, mentors and investors, with a startup expo and an overnight Ideathon.
At a glance
| Best for | Founders looking for mentoring, an expo slot or a competition to enter |
|---|---|
| Format | In person |
About RISE — Rising Inventors Summit on Entrepreneurship
A recurring summit that brings ecosystem enablers, mentors, investors and founders together. The page shows no dates and its gallery is headed as a look back at the previous year, so watch for the next edition.
What you get
- One-to-one mentoring hours from jury panelists for shortlisted startups
- A startup expo with a marketplace and investor connect sessions
- An overnight Ideathon in which the top 15 teams pitch to the jury for cash prizes
- Seed funding for top startups
- Real-time market feedback and customer survey reviews
- A chance to pitch to active angel investors
Who can apply
- Startup founders, mentors, investors and startup enthusiasts. Sectors range across edtech, ICT and deeptech, healthtech, logistics, social impact, women-focused products, fintech, retail and e-commerce, FMCG, agriculture, electric vehicles, tourism, mining, packaging, textiles and medtech
How to apply: through the register, expo and Ideathon links on the RISE page.
Where to apply
Other JIC programmes
- JIC Incubation Program (Cohort 8.0)JIC's flagship incubation cycle for JECRC students, taking a prototype to a market launch.
- JIC Accelerator ProgramAn in-person accelerator that walks new founders through the basics, from design thinking to an investor-ready deck.
- Virtual AcceleratorA four-week online accelerator, run twice a year, open to startups anywhere in India.
- TIDE 2.0 EiR Grant ProgramA MeitY TIDE 2.0 grant route for early-revenue tech startups in smaller cities, decided by a pitching demo day.
- TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence ProgramA full-time residency for early-stage tech founders working on emerging technology, with grant support and incubation.
- GENESIS Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) GrantA MeitY Startup Hub grant that takes a student or first-time founder from an idea to a working prototype, with residency at JIC.
- GENESIS Pilot FundFunding to run a real pilot of your MVP with a corporate or PSU that has already issued you a work order.
- GENESIS Investment Scheme 2.0Matching equity investment from MeitY Startup Hub against private capital a revenue-generating startup has already raised.
- JIC Demo DayJIC's annual pitch day, where startups from its programmes present to investors and a jury for cash prizes.
- JIC Startup SchoolA free introductory series for JECRC first-year students on how startups work.
- IdeathonAn annual student competition that follows Startup School, with the top teams pitching to a jury.