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SAMRIDH Programme

  • 27 Aug 2021
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Recently, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched the ‘Start-up Accelerators of MeitY for pRoduct Innovation, Development and growth (SAMRIDH)’ programme.

Key Points

  • About the Scheme:
    • To create a conducive platform to Indian Software Product start-ups to enhance their products and secure investments for scaling their business.
    • Focuses on accelerating the 300 start-ups by providing customer connect, investor connect, and international immersion in the next three years.
    • To provide investment of up to Rs 40 lakh to the start-up based on current valuation and growth stage of the Start-Up through selected accelerators.
    • Being implemented by MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH).
      • MSH acts as a national coordination, facilitation and monitoring centre that will integrate all the incubation centres, start-ups and innovation related activities of MeitY.
    • To further the Indian start-up growth which has seen the emergence of 63 unicorns and is now the third largest unicorn hub globally with a total valuation of USD 168 billion.
      • "Unicorn" is a term used in the venture capital industry to describe a privately held startup company with a value of over $1 billion.
  • Other Related Initiatives:

Source: PIB

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