Dr. Sudeshna Adak of OmiX Research and Diagnostics Laboratories Pvt Ltd, a Ignition program member of Venture Center won the StartHealth competition by Unitus Seed Fund.

The competition was sponsored by Unitus, Narayana Health, Manipal Hospitals, PATH, and Pfizer drew more than 100 health-tech entrepreneurs across India. Out of more than 100 applicants only 10 health-tech startups participated in the final online pitches to an industry jury.

Omix Labs will receive a prize of INR 10 lakhs and an opportunity to pitch for participating in Unitus’ StartHealth investment Program that includes up to 50 lakhs of additional non-dilutive funding, an investment of up to INR 1 crore from Unitus Seed Fund and go-to-market support from StartHealth partners Narayana Health, Manipal Hospitals, PATH, Pfizer and Unitus Seed Fund.

About Unitus: Unitus Seed Fund is the leading venture seed fund supporting startups innovating for the masses in India. More 

About StartHealth: StartHealth program was launched by Unitus Seed Fund, Pfizer Inc., PATH, Manipal Hospitals and Narayana Health in early 2015. This is an innovative program to provide up to INR 10 crore (US$1.6M) in grants and investments to very early-stage startups seeking to enhance access to affordable technology-driven healthcare products and services for the low-income masses in India. More

StartEZ, a resident incubatee of Venture Center is featured in Yourstory.com

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Mr. Adar Poonawalla, Executive Director of Serum Institute of India Ltd (SIIL) mentioned about their partnership for social projects, like waste management with NobleExchange Environment Solutions Pvt Ltd, a resident incubatee of Venture Center  in “The Hindu BusinessLine”

More about the news: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/we-are-working-on-malaria-dengue-vaccines-adar-poonawala-executive-director-serum-institute/article7347173.ece

ExoCan Healthcare Technologies Pvt Ltd, a resident incubatee of Venture Center is featured in STARTUPWAVE Newsletter.

The article focuses on the product features that ExoCan is developing and funding requirement of the company.

About STARTUPWAVE: StartupWave is a virtual incubation platform that has been built as an infrastructure for the Indian startup incubation ecosystem, conceptualized by Intellecap in partnership with Government of UK’s Department for International Development in India and GIZ on behalf of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). As a collaborative platform, it aims to “democratize incubation” and is a one-stop service, providing a blend of virtual and in-person support to take start-up enterprises from idea to investment stage. This platform is designed in consultation with and is being used by incubators, corporates, funds and startups.

Embryyo technologies awarded Grand Challenges Explorations Grants round 14. They are among 52 researchers who were awarded new Grand Challenges Explorations grants.

More about the grant can be read here

Dr. Rajkumar Rajagopal, Rajgopal-Director R&D, Cellzyme Biotech India Pvt Ltd among the five fellows shortlisted for  BIRAC-Ignite 2015 Fellowship.

The shortlisted BIRAC-Ignite Fellows for 2015 can attend the one week Bootcamp “Ignite” organized by CfEL at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UK followed by an additional week of training by CfEL. This year’s Ignite & the additional week are scheduled from 5th-17th July 2015.

This fellowship will cover CeFL’s Ignite program fees, UK visa fees, boarding & lodging and to & fro travel to London as per BIRAC norms.

More information here

Mr. Aman Sharma of Exocan Healthcare Technologies Pvt Ltd and Dr. Venkat Panchagnula of Barefeet Analytics Pvt Ltd among the five fellows shortlisted for  BIRAC-Ignite 2015 Fellowship.

The shortlisted BIRAC-Ignite Fellows for 2015 can attend the one week Bootcamp “Ignite” organized by CfEL at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University, UK followed by an additional week of training by CfEL. This year’s Ignite & the additional week are scheduled from 5th-17th July 2015.

This fellowship will cover CeFL’s Ignite program fees, UK visa fees, boarding & lodging and to & fro travel to London as per BIRAC norms.

More information here