Deadline: 16-Apr-22
WICCI Karnataka Startup Council is inviting applications for the Super 50 Program in India.
50 super energetic women entrepreneurs are selected through an application process. Initially, the selected entrepreneurs’ and their businesses will be analyzed for ‘now’ to ‘growth’ gap.
Based on identified gaps – specific in house / external mentors will be assigned:
- Startup gets an exclusive mentor and access to expert mentors’ pool.
- Program period is from April’2022 to Dec’2022.
- From 2nd quarter onwards (Sept’22 & Dec’22), there will be a Quarterly pitching session for selected startups (Investment Ready) with potential investors.
- Selected Startups are also eligible to participate in their Partner programs (B2B Procurements from Super 50).
- Investors may include Government bodies / Corporates / HNI / Angel / Venture and investment could be in the form of debt / equity / crowd sourcing formats.
Awards
End of the program, Startups are recognized under the following categories:
- Super Startup of Super 50 (2022)
- Innovative Startup of Super 50 (2022)
- Fast Growth Startup of Super 50 (2022)
Relevant Stakeholder
- Accelerator
- Investor
- Mentor
- Individual
- Early Traction Startup
- Scaling Stage Startup
Incentives
- Fiscal Incentives
- Access to the investing panel after the pitching sessions and evaluation
- Fiscal support is subject to terms and commitment and startup assessment. Access to their registered corporates / B2B from procurement diversity.
Non-Fiscal Incentives
- Access to
- Mentors / Advisors,
- Investors,
- Knowledge Repositories,
- Corporate Business
- Networking and learning from Peers
- Scaling up and investment readiness
- Pitching Sessions
- Awards/Recognition
Eligibility Criteria
- Business founded and run by woman
- For Profit enterprises based in Karnataka
- More than 60% ownership and control with woman founder
- Should be revenue generating and atleast in business for 1 year or more
- Hungry to grow
Women entrepreneurs with business that demonstrates one or more of the below –
- Innovation
- Use of technology
- Impact to the state / community
For more information, visit https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/ams-application/accelerator-program.html?applicationId=6243ec73e4b0e4f8d277bff0