- TIDES Accelerator Program is an acceleration program by TIDES Business Incubator in collaboration with IIT Roorkee, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India) to support Internet of Things (IoT) based startups.
- It is a 15-weeks intensive training based Acceleration program that helps startups to develop their products and get customer validation.
- The TAP has an intake of 10-15 start-ups per cohort.
- The TAP will be curated by Z Nation Lab.
OBJECTIVES
TAP’s objective is to facilitate knowledge exchange, understand innovation requirements of corporates that can be bridged by startups and eventually lead to startup-corporate collaborations. The startups will gain accelerated product development and customer validation.
BENEFITS
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Participate in an innovation sprint to validate your technology and business solutions by the CTO and Tech Heads of the Fortune 500 Companies.
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Regular interaction & Mentoring sessions by world-class experts to share, discuss and Growth Hack your Startup.
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Secure pilot opportunity with leading corporations and government entities.
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Scale your business in global markets by compressing years of learning from experience in just a few months.
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Establish sustainable business relationships with potential partners, while meeting potential investors, Corporates and marquee entrepreneurs.
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Opportunity to get funded by Tides Incubator fund and Z Nation Lab growth fund.
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The program will culminate with the Demo Day! Pitching and connecting to potential Angels, HNI’s and VC funds from India & abroad.
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Build your connection in the external startup ecosystem during our 1 week FREE Tour to Bangalore in the month of June.
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Free credits upto $20k from the Cloud & Ecosystem Partners.
ADDITIONAL FACILITIES
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Accomodation and F&B facility available at the Campus for 4 months at highly subsidised rates.
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Free of cost office space at the Incubation Centre with super speed Wifi connection for all 4 months.
ELIGIBILITY
- Startups ranging from ideation phase to having technology proof-of- concept or prototype ready.
- Founder's Agreement should have been executed before onbaording startup for TAP
DURATION
It is a 15-weeks intensive training based Acceleration program that helps startups to develop their products and get customer validation.