Startups from across India can apply for this unique mentorship with Uber
T-Hub, India’s fastest growing startup engine catalysing innovation, scale and deal flow, has opened registration inviting startups to be part of the final leg of the ‘UberEXCHANGE’ programme in San Fransisco, US. As part of this programme, startups from across India can apply for this unique mentorship with Uber.
The entries for application closes on December 2, 2016 and the results would be announced by December 2016. The select top 10 would travel to San Francisco, US in February, 2017.
The call for application is for startups that were mentored through the UberEXCHANGE programme in 2016 along with Indian startups tackling challenging issues, unique to India, and offering innovative solutions across agritech, healthtech, fintech, smartcity, sustainability, social impact, and transportation and logistic sectors. Social innovators working towards solving pressing societal issues, with a potential to scale up and get funded can also apply.
The jury will select 20 startups from the list of applications received, followed by another round of screening where the final 10 startups would be selected. These selected startups will travel to the Uber Headquarters in San Francisco, US and would also get an opportunity to interact with global investors, fellow entrepreneurs and the Uber leadership team. The startups will also receive a nominal stipend from Uber for upto two people per startup to facilitate their stay in the Valley.
Jay Krishnan, CEO, T-Hub says, “We introduced the T-Bridge initiative a couple of months back to make programmes like UberEXCHANGE accessible to Indian startups. With this strategic partnership with Uber, we are co-creating a global platform for select startups with a high innovation quotient to be showcased and scaled.”
T-Hub, a public/private partnership between the Government of Telangana, three of India’s premier academic institutes (IIIT-H, ISB and NALSAR) and key private sector leaders, reportedly aims to forge many such partnerships with governments and corporates across the world to setup T-Bridge centres, strengthening trade relations and attracting investment into the state of Telangana.
T-Hub is one of the largest startup ecosystem builders in India, with over 2000 startups in its database clustered into various stages of growth across sectors of specialisation – a model of community development that is unique to Hyderabad. Such a unique model enables investors and corporates to plan programmes and capacity building initiatives in a targeted and organised manner. T-Hub is also the only model where the government is working intensely with the investor and the partner to fuel innovation and facilitate enterprise.
This initiative is designed to help the entrepreneurs navigate the growth path through knowledge sharing, access to right tools, visibility and market reach. They will be introduced to potential investors and venture capitalists during their visit. Khaitan & Co has also agreed to facilitate 20 hours of free legal counselling for startups selected through this programme.
EH News Bureau