Deadline: 4-Oct-21
The Government of India has launched its NAVONMESH OCP 2.0 by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) CoE MedTech at Lucknow to boost start-ups in the field of medical equipment/electronics & health informatics, and, to contribute to “Make-in-India” & “Digital India” programs of Govt. of India by reducing Health Care Equipment imports and recognize the value of Health Care Equipment & Technology locally.
This novel initiative is being set up by consortia comprising of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), SGPGI Lucknow, Department of IT and Electronics, Government Of UP, Association Of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED), Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ)).
Relevant Stakeholders
- Individual
- Ideation Stage Startup
- Validation Stage Startup
- Early Traction Startup
- Scaling Stage Startup
Relevant Industry
- Healthcare & Life sciences
- Others
Incentives
- Fiscal Incentives
- Financial Support through seed funding
- Access to VC funding
- MedTech CoE shall support through initial seed support upto 2.5 Lakh and guide start-ups for raising funds towards PoC, MVP and Marketing as well as scaling up through grants, equity and debt by leveraging connections with potential customers and CSR/ Corporate sources as well as angels, High Net worth Individuals (HNIs) and VCs as per appropriate size of start-ups.
- Each selected startup that will join the MedTech CoE program would be awarded Rs. 50,000 as prize money
- Non-Fiscal Incentives
- Physical infrastructure including state-of-the-art Ready-to-Work Plug & Play space
- Direct mentoring from stalwarts of business/tech domain
- High Speed Internet Access
- Technical Support
- Marketing Support
- IPR Related Support Services
- Access to 19+ CoE Labs PAN India
- End-to-end marketing plan to place your start-up on the global map
- Legal, Accounting, IPR/Patenting Facilitation & other support Service
- Cross border collaboration via international promotional agency partners
- Sponsorship to National/International level events to showcase your products for global exposure
Eligibility Criteria
- Company Type: The start-up must be incorporated as a
- Private Limited Company (as defined in the Companies Act, 2013) or
- Registered Partnership Firm (Regd. under section 59 of the Partnership Act, 1932) or
- Limited Liability Partnership (under the Liability Partnership Act 2008)
- The date of registration/incorporation must not be beyond 10 years.
- Annual Turnover: Start-up should have an annual turnover not exceeding Rs. 100 crore for any of the financial years since its incorporation.
- Original Entity: An entity should not have been formed by splitting up or reconstructing an already existing business.
- Innovative & Scalable: Entity working towards innovation, development, or improvement of products, processes, or services or if it is a scalable business model with high potential of employment generation or wealth creation.
For more information, visit https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/ams-application/challenge.html?applicationId=61374812e4b0f62f930e10c2