T-Hub, India’s fastest growing startup engine catalysing Innovation, Scale and Deal flow, announces the launch of AgriTech Accelerator Program in partnership with ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics), powered by RViP (Riverbridge Ventures Innovations Platform). The program will begin on 15th February, 2017 and is accepting applications from 2nd November, 2016.
During the three-month acceleration period, RViP in association with ICRISAT & T-Hub will engage with start-ups through its unique scaling model and work as a full-time partner for enabling and scaling the efforts of the participating startups.
Jay Krishnan, CEO, T-Hub said
The potential to innovate and scale innovation from startups is what we are trying to achieve through the AgriTech Accelerator. With AgriTech being a specialized vertical at T- Hub, we are sourcing the top startups globally to come up with solutions which will solve the myriad challenges faced by the sector. Through this sector and stage-focused approach, we are banking on providing interventions to the top startups that get selected for the accelerator to allow them to scale and go-to-market with the right methodologies.
This initiative is designed to enable the participating startups to scale their projects through real-time management, full-time engagement and knowledge sharing. The selection process involves up to 3 levels of application screening including manual screening to curate the most relevant applications to finally identifying the top 10 participants of the program.
ICRISAT Director General Dr. David Bergvinson commented
In order to double Indian farmers’ income by 2022, we need to accelerate the development and delivery of demand driven innovation that gives economic agency to farmers. The AgriTech Accelerator program will bring together agriculture, IT and finance entrepreneurs to develop tailored services, technologies and market integration to support sustainable (social, economic, environmental) rural development at scale.
This program will help develop a working model for the AgriTech start-ups/innovative ideas through practical business models and perfected products with market acceptability.
Vishnu Gorantala, Founder, Riverbridge Ventures Innovations Platform said
Scaling platforms need to redefine the conventional accelerator programs through well designed and differentiated engagement to ensure ‘Enable to Scale’. We at RViP intend to address this gap.
Interested startups can register at http://signup.t-hub.co/agritec
About T-Hub
T-Hub is a unique 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. T-Hub aims to forge many such partnerships with governments and corporates across the world to setup T-Bridge centers, strengthening trade relations and attracting investment into the state of Telangana. For more information, please visit T-Hub
About RViP – Riverbridge Ventures Innovations Platform
RViP engages with startups and innovations through partnership mode that helps enable and scale innovations into successful businesses worldwide. This engagement is beyond capital and advisory models and functions like a partnership by sharing equal or more responsibilities than the promoter/entrepreneur himself. RVIP aggregates functionaries to address the job functions while the promoter/ founder focuses on his/her core competencies. For more information, please visit Riverbridge Ventures Innovations Platform
About ICRISAT
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. ICRISAT innovations help the dryland poor move from poverty to prosperity by harnessing markets while managing risks-a strategy called Inclusive Market-Oriented development (lMOD). ICRISAT, headquartered in Hyderabad, is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. For more information, please visit ICRISAT