DEEP LEAP
Offers up to INR 30 lakh in funding and mentorship to Indian deep-tech startups.
IIMK LIVE, the entrepreneurship and incubation centre at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, runs DEEP LEAP as a year-long deep-tech incubation with Walmart as a supporting partner. Applicants submit an online form through the program's own site, and every application first goes through a screening round against a named set of criteria: how original the technology is, its market potentia…
The program supports early-stage deep-tech startups with a working prototype or MVP across domains such as AI/ML, IoT, robotics, blockchain, space tech, quantum technologies, cybersecurity, climate tech and semiconductors. Applicants need to be a registered Indian private limited company that is at least 51% Indian-owned, with a founding team committed full-time.
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