IKP Knowledge Park

Deepanwita Chattopadhyay

Chairman & CEO, IKP Knowledge Park

IKP Knowledge Park

Mission: To create a world class ecosystem for fostering leading

edge innovation

Objective: To nurture an environment for innovation and thereby

increase the competitiveness of the region and the country

Central theme: Enable technology innovation led sustainable

growth through a Science Park & Incubator model

Goals:

Create enabling infrastructure

Incubate innovative entrepreneurs

Integrate stakeholders (industry and academia, small and large

companies)

Collaborate to build ecosystem

Create impact

What we do….

Inspire

Incubate

IntegrateCollaborate

ImpactIKP

Industry,

Entrepreneurs

Academia,

Innovators

Funds, VC, Angel,

Banks

Government

Non-profits

How is this achieved….

Infrastructure

Funds Managem

ent

Ecosystem Develop

ment

IKP’s Evolution

Science

Park

Life

Science

Incubator

2000 2006 2009

TTO.Grants

Mngt

2010

IKP

EDEN

2013 20152011

Seed

Fund

Accel

erator

BIRAC

SEED

FundVIC

Bio

NEST

Incub.

IKP EDEN

HubsBRIC

BIG GCTBC GCAgNGCE

2016 2017

2012

GC KGCE

India

2013 2015 20162011

INFRASTRUCTURE

ECOSYSTEM DEV

FUND MNG:

EQUITY/LOAN/ GRANT

4 Activity Verticals

Infrastructure Management

Provides Lab space, Land, Infrastructure, Facilities, Office

Primary Stakeholders – Companies seeking space

Incubation, Acceleration and Entrepreneurship

Life Science Incubator and Core Instrumentation Facility in Hyderabad

Hardware Incubator and Makerspace, IKP EDEN (Engineering Design &

Entrepreneurship Network) in Bangalore

Setting up Incubators in Jalahalli, Bangalore and 4 Tier II cities of Karnataka

Primary Stakeholders – Startups; innovators, industry for use of core facilities

Fund Management

Function: Scout, Select, Fund, Monitor and Mentor innovators in partnership

with funding agencies - raise funds (grant, soft loan, equity),

Primary Stakeholders – Innovators, startups, funding partners

Ecosystem Development

Policy making, Awareness, Advocacy, Capacity Building, Pre-incubation

Primary Stakeholders – State and National govts, international agencies,

companies, educational institutions, students, civil society

IKP Hyderabad

Life Science Incubator

10,000 sft of wet lab space

Shared analytical facility

65+ companies incubated since 2006

IKP EDEN - Going from Prototype to Product

Hardware Product Incubator

Incubated 65+ startups

25,000 sft of space

Metal Prototyping

Wood and Acrylic CNC

Injection Molding, 3D printing

Electronics Testing

PCB Milling and SMT Pipeline

Wet Lab for Molecular Diagnostics

5 Satellite Centres being set up in Jalahalli (Bangalore), Mysore,

Mangalore, Belgaum and Shimoga

Created Brand IKP

Globally recognized for promoting innovation across India

Park campus as benchmark for life science parks

Recognized by global agencies for Grant Management

Neutral, ethical organisation with a dedicated, high performance team

Won several awards; CEO on several innovation committees/boards

Strong partnerships

Central Govt: DBT, BIRAC, DST, DSIR, M-MSME

State Govt: Govt. of Telangana, Govt. of Karnataka

International Agencies: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, DFID

Building a culture of Innovation

Touched over 7,000 innovators through various programmes

BIRAC Regional Innovation Centre @ IKP for Policy recommendations

IKMC Conference an annual flagship event

First Makerspace at scale in India

Impact …1

Companies supported (located/incubated/funded/serviced)

~300

International companies from US, Japan, Germany, Israel, France,

Canada,

Satisfied large companies – DuPont, US Pharmacopeia, Daicel,

Adama, ITW, AMRI, Advanta, Biological E, Coromandel ….

Huge growth stories – Laurus Labs, Matrix,GVK Bio, Sai Life Sciences

270+ startups/innovators; 160+ grant/seed funded, 150+ incubated

~300 patents filed by IKP companies

Funds raised

Infrastructure and core operations: ~ Rs.74.5 cr (US$ 11.5M)

Innovation seed funding: ~Rs. 120 cr (US$18.5M)

Impact …2

Successful investment multiplier

Around Rs. 50 cr (US$7.5M) investment by IKP in the Genome Valley

Park has catalysed over Rs.1500 cr (US$230M) investment by

companies (30x)

Their investment outside campus is several folds more

Contribution to Tax revenue every year

Jobs Created

Direct jobs generated:

6,000+

Indirect jobs : 25,000+

Jobs created by graduate companies in their manufacturing set ups will

be several orders more

Impact …3

Startup Success Stories

Windmill Health

Neonatal Resuscitation

Sohum Innovation

Infant deafness

EverWell Health – TB Control

Cervical Cancer Detection

Predictive Imaging, ML

for oral, liver cancer

Antimicrobial Resistance

Raised Angel funding

Complex generic

formulations API: Went public in Dec 2016;

valuation of INR 4,500 Crore

Remedio

Diabetic Retinopathy

Startup Success Stories

Low cost synthetic

pheromone based Pest

Control technology.

Strategic tie up with a

US based company

Bio-electrochemical system for

waste-water management in

hydrocarbon industry Received startup fund

from Oil India;

winner in the Indo-Israel Innovation

Challenge.

Plant pest management

by nematicides.

Collaborative field trial

with MNC

GPS Renewables

Waste to Biogas

Installations in India

and 6 other countries

Awards and Recognition

Best Biotech Park & Incubator Award,

2013, ABLE

Most Engaged Incubator Award 2015,

TiE, Hyderabad

Best Incubator Award,

2007-08, NSTEDB, DST

National Entrepreneurship Award 2017,

Min. of Skill Dev. & Entrepren. GoI

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