Bharat Startup Grand Challenge with Stride Ventures (India)

The challenge provides a platform for early and growth-stage startups (Seed to Series A), registered with DPIIT, to showcase their groundbreaking solutions in key sectors, with opportunities for funding, mentorship, and market access.

Themes

• Sustainability
• Circularity
• E-mobility
• Battery manufacturing
• Fintech
• Recycling
• Refining

Problem Statement

• Sustainable Technologies
  • Participants may choose either of the two problem statements given below:
    • Problem Statement 1: Devising cutting edge technological solutions for low-energy refining solutions such as refining processes that run on solar, wind, or bioenergy to reduce carbon emissions or developing chemical and bio-based extraction methods to refine critical minerals, reducing reliance on high-temperature processes.
    • Problem Statement 2: Create circular business models that simplify waste disposal and material recovery such as recycling as a service platform that connects businesses with certified recycling and refining partners or creating a secondary marketplace for the sale and trade of high-quality recycled materials, promoting the mainstream adoption…
• Fintech Innovations
  • Participants may choose either of the two problem statements given below:
    • Problem Statement 1: Create an affordable, alternative credit scoring model by leveraging data like utility bill payments, rent, and mobile recharges to offer credit to customers without traditional credit history.
    • Problem Statement 2: Using technology for developing fraud detection and ensuring trust and security for financial transactions across Bharat, such as developing voice authentication and vernacular-friendly interfaces to simplify and secure transactions or developing fraud-detection tools with SMS/IVR alerts to build user trust in digital platforms for rural users.
• E-Mobility
  • Participants may choose either of the two problem statements given below:
    • Problem Statement 1: Devising carbon neutral supply chains for EVs through either green manufacturing, i.e. low-emission battery production processes, such as direct carbon capture integration in battery plants; or carbon footprint tracking, i.e. developing and integrating blockchain enabled platforms for tracking carbon emissions across the EV supply chain.
    • Problem Statement 2: Creating sustainable models for greater public adoption of EVs such as EV-as-a-Service i.e. EV fleet-sharing models for last-mile delivery businesses and logistics, or Subscription-Based E-Mobility Platforms, such as on-demand, subscription-based models for e-bikes, e-scooters, or EVs etc.

Funding Information

• Fiscal Incentives: Winners will have the opportunity to secure Debt/Equity funding of up to ₹15 Cr, subject to meeting predefined eligibility criteria and necessary due diligence.

Non-Fiscal Incentives

• Winners will also have access to:
  • B2B connections to Stride’s portfolio companies
  • Other AMCs (VC, PEs) and institutional investors
  • Mentorship and guidance on GTM, future fundraising, supply chain/ vendor financing, market expansion strategies etc.
  • Channel connections and market linkages wherever applicable

Eligibility Criteria

• Early and growth stage, new age startups (Seed-Series A)
• DPIIT registered startups

For more information, visit DPIIT.