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15 Year Impact Report

December 2021 marks an important anniversary for Venture Center. Fifteen years ago, on December 18, 2006, we first opened our doors. From incubating 1 startup in the year 2008-09 to now incubating over 100 startups every year, our exciting journey has been captured in an impact report that we launched on the occasion of our 15 years! Read the pdf here

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Impact:FY 2021-22 

In FY 2021-22, Venture Center supported 97 resident incubatees, 14 associate incubatees, and 102 pre-incubatees. We present here some insights that our Impact Portal has generated for: (i) jobs and gainful employment (ii) economic and financial outcomes (iii) technology and IP (iv) inclusiveness 

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A Story by N. Ramakrishnan

Investment Impact

Venture Center’s equity investments are most often the first institutional cheque in deep tech ventures. Five founders talk about how these crucial equity investments have helped scale their business. Read more here

As of July 2022

Portfolio Snapshot

Venture Center has 36 companies in its equity portfolio, with investments totaling Rs. 220 lakh being made from 1st July 2021 to 31st July 2022. 

COVID IMPACT BOOK

Venture Center’s war against COVID

This book is a compilation of initiatives that the Venture Center network undertook in response to COVID19, and all the technology solutions from over 25+ startups in our community to help save lives.

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Creating Impact with CSR partners

Venture Center engages with over 11 corporate partners under three broad CSR initiatives: (i) developing COVID technologies (ii) enriching Venture Center’s innovation ecosystem (iii) extending support to our startups and entrepreneursVenture Center engages with over 11 corporate partners under three broad CSR initiatives: (i) developing COVID technologies (ii) enriching Venture Center’s innovation ecosystem (iii) extending support to our startups and entrepreneurs

The ISO 13485:2016 medtech cleanroom has been supported under the CSR initiative of Bajaj Auto Limited, Pune

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International Biotech Park Limited (IBPL) at Pune supports the clean energy initiative of Venture Center under its Corporate Social Responsibility activity.

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Intox extended its CSR support to update and maintain Venture Center’s comprehensive funding database for entrepreneurs and early stage start-ups!

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CSR support from Persistent Foundation, Cummins India, and Kirloskar along with suppport from 40+ organizational donors helped Venture Center donate 1 lakh faceshields to frontline workers

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Generous support from Cognizant Foundation helped Venture Center donate 1 lakh N95 masks to frontline warriors

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Under its CSR activities Intox has provided funding for the Startup 101 lecture series to inspire, inform and energize a new generation of technology innovators and entrepreneurs at Venture Center.

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Persistent Foundation supported the study of retrospective assessment of treatments of hospitalized Covid-19 Patients. This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of currently used treatments for hospitalized COVID19 patients 

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With CSR support from Cipla Foundation, Genrich Membranes has donated many 10 LPM and 25 LPM oxygen enrichment units to hospitals and COVID centers 

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Expanded Polymer systems has supported Jeevtronics to help them deploy 5 life saving defibrillators to various government hospitals in Maharashtra 

Check out our impact portal for statistics and quick facts on beneficiaries to date