Corporate-Start-up Business Partnership Platform and Awards

India’s Top Corporates Partnering/ Awarding India’s Top Start-ups
for mutual business benefits

About Platform

CII Corporate-Start-up Business Partnership Platform will aim at adoption of 500 start-ups by 500 member-companies of CII in 2019-20 throughout the country. On an average, 25 companies in 20 most progressive states, with good start-up ecosystem, will be encouraged to adopt one start-up each. The companies will handhold the start-ups by mentoring them, guiding them, bringing them in the supply chain if possible and investing in them if they see potential for growth. Read more

About Awards

In 2018, CII put into action its novel concept of providing the essential ‘Corporate Connect’ to start-ups. The concept is based on the premise that when a large corporate house adopts a start-up which is working in its own area or allied areas of business, then it results in a win-win for both. Start-ups get nurturing support – knowledge inputs – as well finances from the corporate. They develop products or services which cater to the needs of the large corporate, become part of the supply chain or devise newer technologies for better efficiency and productivity. Read more

Important Dates

May 1, 2019

Announcement for submission of initial application

Dec 10, 2019

Last date of submission of application form

First week of Jan, 2020

Start-up Jury

Feb 2020 ,New Delhi

Announcement of winners for the CII Startupreneur Awards

Award Categories

Manufacturing

Services

Aerospace and Defence

Biotech and Pharma

Agriculture & Food

Electronics & IT

Women

Energy

Award Process

Registration

The applicant needs to register in the awards website by filling up a detailed form.

Application

The applicants will submit the application form.

Online Jury

The jury assembled for this stage will evaluate the contents of applications and will do the online screening and scoring for each startups.

Grand Jury

The jury will assemble and evaluate the startups through an interactive process where jury descide the award winning company in each of the award category.

Who can Apply ?

Why to Apply ?

How to Apply ?

Any entity which qualifies to be a start-up, as per the definition of Government of India, is eligible to apply for Startupreneur Awards. These include:-

Age of the entity should not be more than 10 years as of 31 March 2019,

Entities incorporated as either a private limited company or a registered partnership firm or a limited liability partnership with Registrar of Companies

Annual turnover should not have exceeded Rs 100 crore for any of the financial years since incorporation / registration

Entity should not have been formed by splitting up or reconstruction of a business already in existence

It should be working towards innovation, development or improvement of products or processes or services, or if it is a scalable business model with a high potential of employment generation or wealth creation

Registration on the website by providing basic information and obtain login ID/Password .

With the given login credentials, applicant must fill up the initial application form which includes an abstract about the organisation and other relevant details.

After checks on eligibility criteria, online jury members will shortlists and selects top entries in every category will be shortlisted for next stage of evaluation.

Top entries in every category will be invited to make presentations jury members which will comprise award sponsors and other such as from relevant academic.

Grand Jury Members

S Gopalakrishnan

Chairman, CII Start-up Council and CII Startupreneur Awards

Sudhir Mehta

India Growth Advisor, Urdaneta Capital

Rajan R. Navani

Chairman, CII Future Business Group and Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Jetline Group of Companies

Ravi Gururaj

Founder & CEO, QikPod

Vikram Gupta

Founder & Managing Partner of IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited

Jagdish Moorjani

Founder of CitiusTech Healthcare Technologies

Milind Atrey

Prof. IIT Bombay

Sudhir Sethi

Chairman of IDG Ventures

Corporate Partners 2019

Media Outreach Partner

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Testimonials

In coming years, adoption and execution of new technologies will be the most influencing force in determining the world economic order. Today, technology acceleration and amplification is at its best and never experienced by mankind anytime before. Digital Technology disruptions are causing umpteen opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship. To get the best out of innovation, companies have to practice open innovation which will include corporate innovation and ecosystem innovation. For India to become self-reliant in areas such as healthcare and defence, we need innovation, engineering, and manufacturing. Cyient is a strong promoter of ecosystem innovation for benefiting the society and themselves. Cyient also believes in recognizing, rewarding, and celebrating all the achievements. In this direction, Cyient instituted the award for Top Start-up in Manufacturing Sector.
BVR Mohan Reddy
Executive Chairman, Cyient Ltd

There is vibrancy in the innovation and start-up field in India. By collaborating with this new ecosystem, companies can benefit through new initiatives and disruptive innovation.
Jamshyd N Godrej
Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

Start Ups bring to the table agility, creativity and risk appetite that many established corporates hesitate to display. Start Ups are born to disrupt legacy and create a new future. One smart way for the corporates to deal with disruption and proactively embrace future is through partnership with the Start Ups. Likewise, the Start Ups require the wisdom, the deep reach and the process maturity that established corporates have assiduously developed. It is a partnership with enormous Win – Win potential if nurtured with passion and responsibility.
R. Shankar Raman
Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board, Larsen & Toubro

The business ecosystem is changing at a very fast pace. We need to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship among today’s youngsters. We need to encourage new businesses and start-ups, especially those that are focussed on innovation and cutting-edge technology. This will go a long way in creation of wealth and generation of employment in the country. Tata Steel is happy to engage with and support start-ups that are relevant to its value chain. As we work towards making a better tomorrow, we need to co-create it with the pioneers of today.
T. V. Narendran
CEO & Managing Director, TATA Steel