Accelerator

It is the first close of Entrepreneur First’s new global fund

New fund to impact over 2.2K innovators in the next three years

Entrepreneur First made its foray into India this month

The Surge will pick up 10–20 early stage startups twice every year

Surge will invest $1.5 Mn in each startup

Mentors at the programme include Byju Raveendran, Ritesh Agarwal and more

The accelerator is focused on core themes of access to energy, sustainable mobility etc

The three-month-long programme will include mentorship

The select startups will get access to an equity-free seed fund upto $10,000 each

Gastrotope was launched during the Inc42 and Mistletoe’s Farm To Fork Conclave in Bengaluru

The accelerator received 150 applications

Gastrorope will help select startups which can execute a scalable growth strategy

Case In Point 2018 is a case study solving competition by Espark Viridian

It has a gratification pool of $2,857 (INR 2 Lakh)

The last date for applications is January 5, 2019

Starting an accelerator seems like a good ‘catchment’ strategy but it is not as easy as it looks like from the outside,

• Blume Ventures, along with Silicon Valley-based Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) and Emergent Ventures, has launched accelerator platform Arka Venture Labs
• Arka Venture Labs will start off with a corpus of about $6 Mn (INR 40 Cr) with all three funds anchoring the investment
• Arka will provide seed and pre-seed capital of up to $200K for startups in the B2B space

GSF Fintech Accelerator Will Invest Up to $200K In Indian Startups

The Applications For The Accelerator Programme Under The Agreement Are Now Open

Besides A To Do Attutude, An Accelerator Needs to Look At A Startup's Resilience

Kotak Payment Co-creation Programme Aims Support Fintech Startups Working On Digital Payment Solutions

The Startups Were Hand-picked From Over 500 Applicants Across 10+ Countries