CIIE.CO
Investment Details
Investor Type
Venture Capital
Asset Class Focus
Venture Capital, Private Equity
Stage Focus
Seed, Early Stage, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage, Pre-IPO, Pre-Seed
Geographical Focus
India
Industries Focus
- Financial Services
- Technology
- Healthcare
- Energy
- Consumer Goods
- Media
- Education
- Renewable Energy
- Agriculture
- EdTech
- FinTech
- E-commerce
- Logistics
- Life Sciences
- Manufacturing
- AgriTech
- Entertainment
- Information Technology
- Biotechnology
- Proptech
- Cleantech
- Media and Entertainment
- Clean Technology
- LegalTech
- Engineering Sciences
- Computer Sciences
Investment Size:
1,000,000 to 5,000,000 USD
Investor Details Founded: 2002
CIIE.CO is an Indian startup accelerator and incubator that supports early-stage startups located at IIM Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad, India. It was founded in 2002 to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in India. It is a Center of excellence set up at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad with support from the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology and the Government of Gujarat.
It provides investments, incubation, acceleration, infrastructure, training and access to a network of collaborators. As of August 2022, it has accelerated nearly 1000 startups, funded 300 and mentored and coached over 5000 startups across its various programs such as Power of Ideas, Powerstart, India Innovation Growth Program, Start up Oasis, Bharat Inclusion Initiative. CIIE.CO provides funding in the form of government grants, pre-seed, seed and series, an investment starting from around 10 lakh to 15 lakh of grand capital up to US$5 million. It has similar incubation centres in Jaipur, Rajasthan and one facility in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
From 2018 to 2021, CIIE.CO has conducted various craft-centric startup programs and supported more than 46 craft startups, out of which 17 startups received funding from the CIIE, including startups such as Khadigi, Kosha, Golden Feather, Fabriclore, Fabricmonde, P-Tal, Kalaghar, Dressfolk, Abira, Country Clay, Claybotik, Baansuli, Guddee. In July 2022, it announced to support over 100 early-age craft startups by the year 2025. The craft vertical at CIIE.CO offers over 15 craft companies with access to portfolio support through sprints, incubation and acceleration, seed funding and catalytic capital support of up to 50 lakh. In 2022, it also published a report on the crafts sector, outlining the startup opportunities in the sector.
Requirements
- Innovative business models
- Scalable solutions
- Strong founding teams
- Potential for high growth
- Potential for mass impact
- Strong management teams
- Potential for significant market impact
Contact
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