During the third day of the 25th edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2022, Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS), Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka under the visionary leadership of Hon’ble Minister of Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T, launched the Booster Kit in partnership with Google, Paytm, HDFC, Razorpay, Microsoft and other Ecosystem Partners to provide a gamut of pro bono services to further assist the startups in their growth journey.

The services provided by the Ecosystem Partners are intended to promote entrepreneurship and create a nurturing ecosystem for Karnataka Startup Cell registered startups with “Financial Services” offered by HDFC, RazorPay, Paytm; “Acceleration Support” offered by Teeglobal Accelerator For Innovation Network (The GAIN); “Incubation Support” offered by Dayananda Sagar Entrepreneurship Research and Business Incubation (DERBI); “Women-led Services” offered by StrongHer Ventures and “Cloud Services & Business Support” offered by AWS Activate & Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd.

• HDFC:

HDFC will provide convenient banking and fin-tech services for starting up and running business and provide the participating Startups with periodic support w.r.t improving market presence, generating demand, sustainable business growth under the Smart up Program.

• RazorPay:

RazorPay will provide convenient banking and fin-tech services for starting up and running business.

• Paytm:

Paytm will provide convenient banking and fin-tech services for starting up and running business and credits for hosting of website

• Teeglobal Accelerator For Innovation Network -The GAIN:

Under “Acceleration Support”, startups will be provided access to GAIN’s platforms and programmes including infrastructure in terms of office space and labs, resources in terms of mentors and experts as well as programs such as grand challenges, knowledge sessions, bootcamps and webinars as per the terms set forth by GAIN.

• Dayananda Sagar Entrepreneurship Research and Business Incubation - DERBI :

Under “Incubation Support” startups will be provided access to workspaces created to offer early-stage startups access to all resources needed under one roof apart from providing office space, mentoring, business services, funding and networking opportunities to startups.

• AWS Activate:

Cloud Services & Business Support by providing cloud credits for hosting of website and business support.

• StrongHer Ventures:

KITS is partnering with StrongHer Ventures to provide the services that are intended to promote women-led and women-focused entrepreneurship and create a nurturing ecosystem for Karnataka Startup Cell registered women-led and women-focused startups with Business Support through the program - Arise Accelerator.

• Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Cloud Services & Business Support by providing cloud credits for hosting of website and business support.