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NASSCOM INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (NIPP) FLASHBACKINDIA’S LARGEST INDUSTRY-BACKED OPEN INNOVATION PLATFORM

JANUARY TO MARCH 2021

NASSCOM Global Capital Access ProgramEU | Singapore | Korea | Japan

4 E-pitching sessions conducted one each for Japan, EU, Singapore and

Korea to facilitate connection between Indian startups and global investors

120+ global VCs attended live pitch sessions

20 Indian startups across difference sectors showcased their solutions

Indian startups secured 116+ meeting

requests with investors

Partnerships & Collaborations

Finastra collaboration with NASSCOM

10,000 Startups - Unique offer for startups

Comviva InnoNXT Tech Challenge

partnership with Startup India and Comviva

MeitY NASSCOM Women Entrepreneur Awards 2020-2021:

360 total applications

received from 159 tech

women entrepreneurs

across India

Shortlisting in process

10,000 Startups Virtual Incubation Program

(Feb– April 2021)

101 incubated | 40 cities | 40% from

tier 2 and 3 cities across India

Tech.WE Program: Idea Validation

13 women entrepreneurs in technology

have had their startup idea validated

and received customized feedback from

industry mentors

10,000 Startups Demo Days

(Feb – April 2021)

4 Demo Days | 20

startups |

175+ meetings |

30 + investors

Market Access

31 connects made between

corporates and startups to

explore synergies

18 curated startup lists shared

with partners with 101

recommendations

In Focus

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Exclusive Partner Events

Fireside Chat with Maruti Suzuki Leadership - Future of Mobility & How Startups can Contribute 6th Jan 2021

An interactive Fireside Chat was conducted by NIPP and Maruti Suzuki, with over 110 attendees who joined the session to

learn about insights on innovation and startup collaboration in the field of Mobility. During the session, startups also learned

about Maruti Suzuki’s corporate accelerator program, offering startups with digital innovations, an opportunity to do a paid

Proof of Concept with Maruti Suzuki, a paid networking trip to Japan and a chance to win a car, among other benefits.

Key discussions:

• Maruti Suzuki’s vision on mobility

• Innovation as a key factor in paving the way towards future and collaboration with Stratups

• Maruti Suzuki Mobility & Automobile Innovation Lab (MAIL) cohort 5 and benefits startups get by being a part of it

Achyuta GhoshHead of Research,

NASSCOM

Noritaka WakudaAdvisor, Maruti Suzuki

India Ltd.

Ram Suresh AkellaExecutive Vice President (Sales & Network-

Arena), Maruti Suzuki India Limited

Vikram UpadyayaChief Mentor & Accel

-erator Evangellist, GHV

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Expert Session by EF Polymer with Unilever Techtonic Challenge Winners 14th March 2021

Exclusive Pitch Session: Maruti Suzuki18th January 2021

An exclusive session with Narayan Lal Gurjar – Founder, EF Polymer, was successfully conducted with the winning team of

Unilever’s Techtonic Challenge. The session aimed to expand the students’ understanding of the startup journey and road to

success, directly from the founder of a successful student startup.

TechTonic - HUL’s technology case study competition, curated for B-school students, aimed to give them an understanding into real-life

business challenges and help them come up with innovative technology-led solutions. The latest edition made a mark as one of the biggest ones,

owing to the collaboration with NASSCOM 10,000 startups, as students were offered an opportunity to understand the ideology of startups and

the way they function. With a total of 3,921+ registrations and 689 team submissions from across 17 Top B-schools from India, the

competition chose the Top 5 teams during the Grand Finale in October 2020. Winner: Team Digital Empathizers from SIBM, Pune – Twinkle

Pajiyar, Mayur Gangwal and Vedantsing Pardeshi.

A Pitch Session was organised for the 5th cohort intake of Maruti Suzuki MAIL with a total of 18 startups being given

the opportunity to pitch to the leadership team. The following 6 startups were shortlisted through the pitch session:

Chistats Labs Private Limited, E waste social Pvt Ltd, Eigenlytics Data Solutions, Nanoprecise Sci Corp, Pavo &

Tusker Innovations Pvt Ltd and Doppelio Technologies Pvt Ltd

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Leaders Speak with Reckitt - Salestech in Retail & FMCG

31st March 2021

10,000 STARTUPS WORKSHOPS & WEBINARS:

The session on SalesTech in Retail & FMCG by Rahul Sharma - CIO, Reckitt Benckiser

(Health & Nutrition) South Asia and Manish Gupta - Sales Director, RB India (Health &

Nutrition) gave insights on the gaps, opportunities, and possibilities that lie in the Retail sector. During

the interactive session, Manish and Rahul answered questions posted by 30+ founders. Owing to the

response from attendees, a follow-up session is being conducted in April.

Key discussions:

• Overview, gaps & opportunities in related to SalesTech in Retail

• Introduction for tech startups to the world of FMCG distribution.

• What it takes for a soap or a biscuit pack to reach neighbourhood stores or directly to our homes.

• Offline and online models.

• Sharing of everyday business problems that tech could help solve.

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London & Partners in association with NIPP: Workshop on The role of Data in the Mobility CASE

12th February 2021

The session focused on priorities and opportunities in the Connected – Autonomous – Shared – Electric (CASE) sector in

both the UK and India, with experts from both markets sharing their views on the local ecosystems, future developments

and opportunities for startups and scaleups working in this space.

Speakers:

Lucette Demets - Head of Urban, London & Partners

Kritika Murugesan - Director NASSCOM 10,000 Startups

Aparmaya Shukla - Senior Manager, Nissan Motors, India

Dr. Manaswini Rath - Vice President and Global Head,

Autonomous Driving at KPIT

Andrew Roughan - Managing Director, Plexal

Maya Pindeus - CEO and Co-Founder, Humanising Autonomy

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Speaker: Diksha Nigam, Manager

Invest India

Highlights: Information on Startup

India initiatives, designed to foster

and support women

entrepreneurship in India. The

session also covered the various

schemes and incentives associated

with the initiatives.

Tech.WE Program NASSCOM Tech.WE PROGRAM UPDATES:

Meity – NASSCOM Startup WomenEntrepreneur Awards for Software Products

in Partnership with UN Women

February 2021

Upon the success of the Meity – NASSCOM Startup

Women Entrepreneur Awards 2019, its successive

edition Meity- NASSCOM Startup Women Entrepreneur Awards

(WEA) 2020-21 in partnership with UN Women was announced in

February 2021. Under the initiative, the winners will be given the

opportunity to connect to a large network of women entrepreneurs

in the Meity Startup Hub (MSH) through the MeitY-NASSCOM Tech.

WE Accelerator Program. The program will also help startups

leverage the MeitY, NASSCOM & UN Women’s global expertise in

strengthening capacities and establishing platforms

to connect entrepreneurs with industry players as

well as investors, while creating opportunities for

linking local solutions with global value chains.

Session: Startup India initiative - Schemes and incentives for

tech women founders

9th February 2021

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Speaker: Suchit C. Vasudevappa,

Manager Funding, Startup Karnataka

Highlights: This exclusive women only

session by K-tech was aimed at spreading

awareness about the Startup Karnataka

initiative, schemes, policies and grants

available for the tech women founders

within the state of Karnataka.

Session: Government schemes, policies and grants

for Tech. Women Entrepreneurs, by K-tech Hub

powered by NASSCOM

26th February 2021Ongoing

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Startups Showcase at NASSCOMTechnology and Leadership

Forum (NTLF 2021)

17th to 19th February 2021

A Showcase opportunity was extended to 16 women founders who

have developed unique technology based solutions across Health

Tech, Manufacturing, Fintech and EnergyTech, at the 29th edition

of NASSCOM technology and Leadership forum (NTLF 2021). The

event was inaugurated with the opening address by our Hon’ble

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with 4 industry leaders - Rishad

Premji - Chairman, Wipro, Tiger Tyagarajan - CEO, Genpact,

Rekha M Menon - Chairperson, Accenture India, and Vice Chair,

NASSCOM - Sridhar Vembu, CEO, Zoho.

Speaker: Sowmya Murthy - Senior Product Manager, Intuit

Highlights:

• Main drivers of a GTM Strategy

• Common mistakes one makes in GTM and Pricing as an

early-stage startup

• How to create a GTM strategy to derive

maximum value

• Where and how to start with B2B product pricing

• How to increase you confidence

in pricing discussions with

potential customers

Session: A beginner’s guide to GTM and pricing strategies for early stage B2B Startups

PAN India Edition - 26th FebruaryKarnataka Edition in association with Ktech Innovation Hub - 11th March 2021

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Investor Demo Day exclusive forWomen Entrepreneurs

22nd February 2021

An exclusive Demo Day with 6 women led startups was

conducted with 30 investors. Post the demo day all startups

were connected with Investors who showed interest in

connecting offline to take the discussion forward.

Session: B2B Sales for early stagetech women founders

19th March 2021

Speaker: Nizamudheen Valliyattu, Founder & Business Head, Toolyt

Highlights: Sales strategies that one needs to incorporate in their sales

processes to have a successful businesses and how to automate B2B Sales

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Speakers: Dr. Arvid Vishwanathan, CEO Pitch Scientific and Dr. Farah Deeba, Associate Professor - CMUniversity, Bangalore

Highlights:

• Selecting the right Intellectual Property Instrument & understanding patentability criteria

• Strategies for early capturing and effective utilization of IPRs & creating well-defined IP portfolios

• Avoiding risks associated with IP infringement; ensuring freedom to innovate and freedom to operate

• Technology innovation lifecycle, product development, commercialization, branding and marketing

30th March 2021

Session: Intellectual Property (IP) Strategies for the Startup Ecosystem

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NIPP - KSUM CORPORATE DEMAND WEEK – October 2020 to Jan 2021

October 2020 to Jan 2021

We extend our gratitude to: and our Industry Partners

NIPP in collaboration with KSUM (Kerala Startup Mission) - the nodal Govt. agency of Kerala for supporting and enhancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem,

organised the first edition of KSUM - NIPP Corporate Demand Week with participation from 290+ dynamic startups. The Kerala ecosystem, known to be

rich with a variety of startups working on sectors like Fintech, Edutech, Retailtech, Social Welfare, and more was showcased during the event, with

startups from various sectors virtually presenting their products/solutions, while corporates availed the platform to conduct a reverse pitch on current

needs & use-cases. Corporates are now in the final discussion stages with shortlisted startups.

Opportunity for participating Corporates:

• Connects, engagement and strategic investment prospects with

pre-qualified startups

• ‘Industry Partner’ association

• Industry problem/business use-cases showcase to 290+ startups

through reverse pitches

• Sector specific startup evaluations so as to deep-dive into

relevant solutions and help startups cater solutions as per

submitted use-case

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Further to the success of 3 years of Innovation Challenges in Blockchain and Mobility, NASSCOM Industry

Partnership Program (NIPP) is conducting the latest edition of the national level Innovation Challenge on

RetailTech. Through the NIPP RetailTech Challenge 2021, we aim to identify the most innovative and scalable Startup solutions for

the most pressing business use-cases/problem statements that are critical to the industry, by taking a collaborative approach of

working with tech Start-ups across India. NIPP RetailTech Challenge 2021 will pave the way towards building a comprehensive forum

for enterprises and start-ups to come together and explore new opportunities for co-innovation.

We are currently in the process of taking in Startups’ applications for the 23+ use cases provided by 4 Strategic Partners

(to submit- use cases/collaborate, please write to [email protected])

In Focus

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Strategic Partners:

Timeline:

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

•Workshops/webinars for use-cases & Q&A•Round 1 evaluations /startups shortlisting

•Round 1 evaluations /startups shortlisting

•Finale Demo Day •NASSCOM RetailTech

Day (with winners’ announcement) - 2021

•Startup applications intake until 30th April

•Leaders Speak sessions & workshops by Tech and Domain

Experts

NIPP RetailTech Challenge 2021 (contd.)

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Think Digital. Think India

NIPP Partners

BFSI CPG

IT & Software Communication

Mobility

Product Tech

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