iAccelerator - India's first Internet and Mobile domain Incubation Program at IIM- Ahmedabad

[dhruv dev]

Greetings from iAccelerator, CIIE | IIM-A

 

If you are an early stage entrepreneur in Internet & Mobile domain – working on innovative idea, business model or technology – at prototype, product or user acquisition stage - iAccelerator is the program for you.

 

iAccelerator is India’s first Internet & Mobile Accelerator. It is a mentorship-based three-month long residential program designed to accelerate startup’s growth by providing investment (5-10 Lacs in return of equity), infrastructure and business mentoring support to selected startups.

 

·       iAccelerator is an initiative of Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship at IIM-Ahmedabad

·       Since its inception in 2009, the program has successfully run three batches and supported 26 startups

·       5 iA Angel Investors invest alongside CIIE and play active role in mentoring iA startups

·       20+ years of experience in technology investment and mentoring between iA team and angel investors

·       Leading Indian and global angels as investors in iAccelerator portfolio companies

·       Strong community of Alumni startups

 

iAccelerator 2011 Achievements

·       Received and evaluated ~300 applications, Selected 9 best startups

·       2 startups from Germany also took part

·       Star entrepreneurs like Deep Kalra (Makemytrip), Sanjeev Bikhchandani (naukari.com) visited iA2011 startups

·       Rajan Anandan, MD, Google India, interacted with iA2011 startups

·       Tata Communications provided cloud computing support as Program Partner

·       25+ mentors spent time with iA2011 startups during the boot camp; with 8 of them staying over for 2 days to work closely with them

·       Interaction with 40+ investors during the boot camp and on the demo day; from across the value chain, including IAN, Mumbai Angels, Sequoia, Cannan, Accel, Seedfund, amongst others.

·       Four of iA2011 startups have already received subsequent round of funding

 

For more information, please check out www.iaccelerator.org

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Thank you for your time.

Dhruv Rishi Dev