Deadline: 5 May 2025
PwC India’s Emerging Tech Startup Challenge is a distinctive and exciting platform for startups to prove their mettle and deliver impact in the area that matters most to the industry—growth.
The Emerging Tech Startup Challenge programme is open to all India-based startups working across the areas of artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain/Web 3.0, space tech, Industry 4.0, spatial reality, and more. They would be excited to see wide ranging innovations across industries in B2B/B2C segments, such as, retail and consumer, manufacturing, financial services, infrastructure, healthcare, telecom.
You may already be helping your clients by transitioning to ‘Anything as a Service (XaaS) model’ or enabling fusion of physical and digital worlds, or creating digital products, even causing channel disintermediation by going D2C – the possibilities are endless.
Whatever be your idea, if you believe you are helping clients to achieve accelerated growth, they would like to hear from you.
Benefits
- A chance to network and work with some of the best minds in the industry and the chance to avail consulting support free of cost (for 25 hours). The startup benefits also through its association with PwC with regards to the marketing and eyeballs this Emerging Tech Startup Challenge will garner. Access to get mentored by subject matter experts and to help scale the startup.
Eligibility Criteria
- Late-stage startups, series A/B Funded startups
- Have implemented 2-3 commercial projects
- Artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain/Web 3.0, space tech, industry 4.0, spatial reality
Selection Criteria
- Startups will be chosen by the PwC jury. Startups will be judged on the following parameters and weighted scores will be given to each parameter:
- the team
- Complementarity of the team
- The solution
- Impact of the solution
- Number of successful commercial implementations
- Impact and scale
For more information, visit PwC.
