Women Startup Program

Women Startup Program (WSP) aims to support ambitious and innovative women entrepreneurs by enabling them to transform their idea into a business venture. The Program is designed to focus on enhancement of the entrepreneurial and managerial skills of women leading early and ideation stage ventures. WSP is sector agnostic, providing the essential resources, knowledge, and financial support to help launch and grow women-led ventures, especially through enhancing their entrepreneurial and managerial skills. The vision is to make learning accessible, affordable, and unbounded, primarily for women living in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.

The Program provides business knowledge for entrepreneurs to build on their idea in the initial stage through Massive Open Online Course. The Program then progresses by offering selected candidates a three-month virtual pre-incubation program where entrepreneurs will undergo business training to develop their prototype. Finalists are selected to be a part of Incubation at IIMV FIELD where they will focus on developing their product and scaling up. The Program is fully sponsored by Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited

NSRCEL, The Incubation and Startup Hub of IIM Bangalore has initiated the Women Startup Program. IIMV-FIELD is one of the program partners of NSRCEL in the execution of the Women Startup Program. The Startups and Entrepreneurs selected through NSRCEL’s rigorous selection process from AP and TG States will be provided incubation support at IIMV-FIELD as well. In 2018-19, IIMV FIELD Supported 25 Women Startups and in 2020-21, IIMV FIELD Supported 20 Women Startups.