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TNIGC-2018 (Under IEDP –EDII-TN)
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TAMIL NADU INNOVATION GRAND CHALLENGE (TNIGC)– 2018
SPRINT
15.02.2019 to 17.02.2019
TNIGC-2018 (Under IEDP –EDII-TN)
DAY 1 - 15.02.2019
EVENT DETAILS:
The Tamil Nadu Innovation Grand Challenge – TNIGC -2018 is an initiative
taken by the Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute (EDII) -
Tamil Nadu, with a target to promote innovation and Startup culture within
the state.
TNIGC 2018 comprises of a series of events, the first of which, is SPRINT,
through which we have invited applications from young, promising startups
from different regions of the country. Out of 82 applications, 25 Startups have
been shortlisted in accordance & pertaining to the Rules and Regulations of the
event and taking Innovation Factor into account.
Of the 25 Startups selected for SPRINT, 21 registered their participation on
the day of the event.
LIST OF PARTICIPATING STARTUPS:
SL. NO. STARTUP / NAME OF THE COMPANY DOMAIN/CATEGORY
1 My Health Zeal Smart Cities – Services
2 Gymnastiks Smart Cities – Services
3 eStreetz Manufacturing and Retail
4 Wethe5Pilots Research Lab Logistics
5 Cambrionics Life Science Education
6 GAEA Agriculture
7 Wizorld Education – EduTech
8 WisOpt Education –EduTECH
9 Thedush Manufacturing and Industries
10 Skilloptima Education -EduTech
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SL. NO. STARTUP / NAME OF THE COMPANY DOMAIN/CATEGORY
11 Lepocube Assistech Logistics
12 Shopping Shishya Retail
13 Ideamart Ventures and
Technologies Smart Cities – Services
14 Carpro Technologies Agriculture
15 Madiee Education
16 Artro Energy Energy – Smart Cities
17 BIZCOS Retail
18 Kodate Education –EduTech
19 Furniture Magik Retail
20 Tan90 Agriculture
21 Modulus Housing Manufacturing and Industries
EVENT PARTNERS
TIE CHENNAI
THE CHENNAI ANGELS
ANKOR
CANVA
HEADSTART
AMMAMMA PODI
INKMONKS – MERCH.
UNITED BUSINESS CIRCLE
YOUR STORY
FNPLUS – GEEK COMMUNITY
TIMES OF INDIA
COWRKS – VENUE
ATHITHI KHANA
SNACKEXPERTS
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Agenda and Schedule of Events:
Day 1 – 15.02.2019 – Friday
05:30 PM - 05:50 PM Introduction to TNIGC & EDII0
05:50 PM - 06:00 PM Inauguration Address
06:00 PM - 06:20 PM Ice Breaking Session
06:20 PM - 06:35 PM EP + FG (Elevator Pitch + Funding game)
06:35 PM - 07:00 PM High Tea + Preparation for EP
07:00 PM - 07:15 PM Motivational talk on TN startup ecosystem by
Suresh Sambandam , CEO & Founder - Orangescape
07:20 PM - 08.00 PM Elevator pitch by teams (30 secs/team)
08:00 PM - 09:00 PM Dinner & Networking
09:00 PM - 09:30 PM Template & Design Sprint –Brief
10:00 PM - 08:30 AM Design sprint begins
Day 2 -16.02.2019 – Saturday
08:30 AM - 09:30 AM Breakfast
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM Design sprint continues
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pick & Book - Mentor slots
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Design sprint continues
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Funding Game- Series A
1:30 PM - 02:30 PM Lunch
02:30 PM - 07:00 PM Growth time with mentors
08:00 PM - 09:00 PM Dinner
09:00 PM - 08:30 PM Feedback incorporation - Design sprint continues
Day 3 – 17.02.2019 – Sunday
08:30 AM - 09:30 AM Breakfast
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM Pitch deck submission
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pitching begins
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch & Networking
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM Pitching continues
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM Announcing the shortlisted team for Bootcamp
04:30 PM - 05:30PM Thank you note & Networking
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Venue - Cowrks Coworking Spaces , RMZ Millenia Business Park,
Perungudi, Chennai – 600 096
Facilitator – Arun Philips
Icebreaking - Networking Sessions
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Facilitator – Krishna Murthy – HEAD START – Started the proceedings for
Elevator Pitches from the participants following the ice breaking session, and
explained about the MOCK FUNDRAISING programme.
Elevator Pitches by participants
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Th.Suresh Sambandam, Founder & CEO, Orangescape delivered a captivating
speech inspiring the team and the startups with the note that MASS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP is the way to go for the development of the State and our
Country.
Design Sprint - STARTS –
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DAY 2 – 16.02.2019
48 Hour Sprint
Marathon Continues
Post Lunch – We have Mentor Sessions allocated to the startups as
per the criteria of domain expertise and startup’s requests.
List of Mentors:
1. M.SRIDEVI - FOUNDER, GUVI
2. PUNEET - FOUNDER, KALEIDOFIN
3. SREEKESH KRISHNAN - FOUNDER, GENIE
4. RATHEESH KRISHNAN- CHEF DU ADVENTURES, SPI CINEMAS
5. ARUNPRASAD.D - CEO & CO-FOUNDER, FLINTOBOX
6. ISAAC JOHN WESLEY - CEO & FOUNDER, INKMONK
7. HARI GANAPATHY - CO-FOUNDER, PICK YOUR TRAIL
8. MARUTHACHALA. M - DIRECTOR, SRUSHTY GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
9. JAHABAR SADIQUE - CO-FOUNDER & CEO, CHAI KINGS
10.SENTHIL KUMAR.M - CO-FOUNDER, GEOMEO INFORMATICS
The mentors, with the best of their abilities and domain expertise, have
provided extensive inputs and suggestions to the participants, thus elevating their
pitches holistically.
Team TNIGC sincerely thank their support to this event and we honoured them
with mementos, as a token of our gratitude.
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Interactive Mentor Sessions
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DAY 3 – 17.02.2019
THE DAY OF THE FINAL PITCH – The Road to PITCHFEST through
BOOTCAMP
ESTEEMED JURY:
From Left
1. Ranjith Melarkode – CTO , SPI Cinemas
2. Venkatrangan Thirumalai – Founder & Director, Little Fleet Service
3. Dorai Thodla - Founder, IMORPH
4. Balram Nair - Vice President, The Chennai Angels
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FINAL PITCH – The Final Frontier to BOOTCAMP & PITCHFEST
Wizopt
GAEA
TheDUSH
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Lepocube Assistech
Artro Energy
Tan90
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Modulus Housing
JUDGING CRITERIA
TNIGC – JURY has evaluated the Final Pitches made by the Startups with the following
criteria.
1. Validation - What is the value proposition to the customers? How well does the
team understand their customers and their needs? Whether they have done
their surveys and research?
2. Execution & Design – What is their approach? Who has the required skills and
will be responsible for specific steps to build their intended goal?
3. Implementation & Prototype – Have they established a ‘Minimal Value
Product’? Is the MVP designed well and appropriately positioned for the right
markets? Did the group have a solution to a worthy problem or did they have a
working demo.
SCORE LEGEND
1 Point - Minimal Expectations / Didn’t reach expectations
2 Points – Approaching Expectations
3 Points – Meeting Expectations
4 Points – Surpassing Expectations
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RESULTS – Based on the Judging criteria, the Jury has made the following
decision.
The list of Startups selected for Bootcamp:
SL. NO. STARTUP / NAME OF THE COMPANY DOMAIN/CATEGORY
1 GAEA Agriculture
2 Wethe5Pilots Research Lab Logistics
3 Cambrionics Life Science Education
4 eStreetz Manufacturing and Retail
5 WisOpt Education –EduTECH
6 TheDush Manufacturing and Industries
7 Lepocube Assistech Logistics
8 Carpro Technologies Agriculture
9 Madiee Education
10 Artro Energy Energy – Smart Cities
11 Kodate Education Edu-Tech
Gaining Direct Access to PITCHFEST -
1 Tan90 Agriculture
2 Modulus Housing Manufacturing and Industries
Distribution of Mementos and Closing Speech
Tmt R.V.Shajeevana, Additional Director, EDII-TN, did the honours of presenting the
jury with mementos and closed TNIGC 2018 Sprint on a high note with a promising
visionary speech.
The results were announced following the vote of thanks to the partners by Th.
Abinash.M , Co-ordinator, EDII-TN
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Team TNIGC and EDII-TN with participating Startups and Jury
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TAMIL NADU INNOVATION GRAND CHALLENGE (TNIGC)– 2018
BOOTCAMP 23.02.2019
TNIGC-2018 (Under IEDP –EDII-TN)
23.02.2019
TNIGC EVENT DETAILS:
The Tamil Nadu Innovation Grand Challenge – TNIGC -2018 is an initiative
taken by the Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute (EDII) -
Tamil Nadu, with a target to promote innovation and Startup culture within
the state.
TNIGC 2018 comprises of three events – SPRINT, BOOTCAMP and PITCHFEST.
Sprint Hackathon, which was held on 15th-17th February,2019, surpassed the
expectations and out of the 21 participating Startups, 13 Startups showed
immense promise and were selected for Bootcamp , 2 of which, gained direct
access to Pitchfest. Bootcamp was held with the objective of providing
preparatory time and training, to put forth their best pitches on Pitchfest.
BOOTCAMP Startups:
SL. NO. STARTUP / NAME OF THE COMPANY DOMAIN/CATEGORY
1 GAEA Agriculture
2 Wethe5Pilots Research Lab Logistics
3 Cambrionics Life Science Education
4 eStreetz Manufacturing and Retail
5 WisOpt Education –EduTECH
6 TheDush Manufacturing and Industries
7 Lepocube Assistech Logistics
8 Carpro Technologies Agriculture
9 Madiee Education
10 Artro Energy Energy – Smart Cities
11 Kodate Education Edu-Tech
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Gaining Direct Access to PITCHFEST -
1 Tan90 Agriculture
2 Modulus Housing Manufacturing and Industries
EVENT PARTNERS:
TIE CHENNAI
THE CHENNAI ANGELS
ANKOR
CANVA
HEADSTART
AMMAMMA PODI
INKMONKS – MERCH.
SMARTWORKS - VENUE
UNITED BUSINESS CIRCLE
YOUR STORY
FNPLUS – GEEK COMMUNITY
TIMES OF INDIA
COWRKS – VENUE
ATHITHI KHANA
SNACKEXPERTS
Agenda and Schedule of Events:
Time Agenda
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM “How to Structure your Company” by
Th.Jayakumar, Akira Consultancy Services
11.30 AM - 11.40 AM Tea Break
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Th. Praveen Dorna Session – Lean Startups
12.30 PM - 01.30 PM Lunch
01.30 PM - 02.30 PM Praveen Session Contd. – Market & Product testing
and Analysis
03.00 PM - 05.00 PM “Know Your Customer” by Tmt. Meera Siva
Venue – SmartWorks, Ekkathuthangal, Guindy, Chennai-32
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Facilitator – Krishna Murthy – SPI & HEAD START – started Bootcamp proceeding
welcoming the startups and trainers. The event was presided over by
Tmt.R.V.Shajeevana, Additional Director, EDII-TN and Th. R.Shivashankaran,
Deputy Director/PMO, EDII-TN.
Th.Jayakumar, Akira Consulting, gave a detailed speech on Incorporation of the
Company, Organizational Structure and Legal aspects of it, and also shared few of
the experiences of his clients, explaining the solutions that could be followed
through , thereby solving a wide variety of problems that startups’ face.
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Th.Praveen Dorna, Co-Founder, Startup Byte – from Hyderabad, offered his insights
into Lean Startups, Product Testing and Marketing Analysis throughout his session.
Post lunch, the participating startups got together for a group exercise that gives a
detailed tabulated experience of how to test your startup ideas and products.
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Tmt. Meera Shiva, Rana Investment Advisors, took the stage bringing all the
startups closer with her interactive one to one sessions, providing her expertise and
valuable final-minute inputs.
Distribution of Mementos:
Tmt R.V.Shajeevana, Addl. Dir. And Th.R.Shivashankar, DD/PMO, presenting the memento to
Th.Jayakumar, Akira Consulting
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Th. R.Shivashankaran, DD/PMO and Th.M.Abinash, Co-Ordinator, presenting the memento to
Th. Praveen Dorna, Co-Founder, StartupByte
Th.S.Dhanush, TNIGC Co-Ordinator, presenting the memento to Tmt. Meera Shiva, Co-
Founder, Rana Financial Advisors
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TAMIL NADU INNOVATION GRAND CHALLENGE (TNIGC)– 2018
PITCHFEST
24.02.2019
TNIGC-2018 (Under IEDP –EDII-TN)
TNIGC EVENT DETAILS:
The Tamil Nadu Innovation Grand Challenge – TNIGC -2018 is an initiative
taken by the Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute (EDII) -
Tamil Nadu, with a target to promote innovation and Startup culture within
the state.
TNIGC 2018 comprises of three events – SPRINT, BOOTCAMP and PITCHFEST.
Sprint and Bootcamp are events that Shortlist, Train and Elevate the Startups
to bring about their best Final Pitch for the PITCHFEST event, which was held
on 24.02.2019 (Sunday). The winning startups will be awarded a grant of
Rs 5,00,000/-. There were 13 Startups selected for Pitchfest.
Participating Startups:
SL. NO. STARTUP / NAME OF THE COMPANY DOMAIN/CATEGORY
1 GAEA Agriculture
2 Wethe5Pilots Research Lab Logistics
3 Cambrionics Life Science Education
4 eStreetz Manufacturing and Retail
5 WisOpt Education –EduTECH
6 TheDush Manufacturing and Industries
7 Lepocube Assistech Logistics
8 Carpro Technologies Agriculture
9 Madiee Education
10 Artro Energy Energy – Smart Cities
11 Kodate Education Edu-Tech
12 Tan90 Agriculture
13 Modulus Housing Manufacturing and Industries
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EVENT PARTNERS
TIE CHENNAI
THE CHENNAI ANGELS
ANKOR
CANVA
HEADSTART
AMMAMMA PODI
INKMONKS – MERCH.
UNITED BUSINESS CIRCLE
YOUR STORY
FNPLUS – GEEK COMMUNITY
TIMES OF INDIA
COWRKS – VENUE
ATHITHI KHANA
SNACKEXPERTS
Agenda and Schedule of Events:
Time Agenda
08:30 AM - 09:30 AM Tea and Breakfast
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM Introduction – Pitchfest Begins
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Team 1 – TAN90
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Team 2 – Modulus Housing
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM Team 3 – GAEA
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Team 4 - Cambrionics Life Science
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM Team 5 - Carpro Technologies
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Team 6 - The Dush
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM High Tea
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Team 7 - Artro Energy
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Team 8 - WeThe5Pilots Research Labs
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Team 9 - Wisopt
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11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Team 10 – Madiee
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Team 11 - Lepocube
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM Team 12 – Estreetz
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM Team 13 - Kodate
12:20 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Networking
01:30 PM - 2:00 PM Result & Vote of Thanks
Venue : Smartworks, Guindy, Chennai-32
Facilitator – Krishna Murthy – SPI & HEAD START – Integral part of TNIGC 2018-
19, Krishnamurthy started the Pitchfest proceedings with a welcoming speech
and introducing the esteemed panel of Jury.
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PITCHFEST:
ESTEEMED JURY:
From Left
1. Aparna Rammohan – MD, Sri Sattva Group
2. Vineeth Vijayaraghavan – SPI Family House/Founder Solarillion
Foundation
3. Vishesh Rajaram - MD, Special Invest (Seed Stage Investing)
4. Guruswamy - Co-Founder, SiriusOne Capital(Angel Investor)
Ramasubramanian
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FINAL PITCHES –
TAN90 – Innovative Cold Storage
Boxes with Thermal Batteries
Domain – Logistics
EDII-TN extended their support
offering them access to Fisheries
Department of TN Govt.
Modulus Housing – Provide
foldable housing solutions to
Construction sector – Future
expansion into Defence and
Allied markets
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GAEA – Complete One
Stop Solution for
Farmers from sowing to
post harvest processes.
Machine Learning to
identify crop diseases
and offer timely
solutions
Domain – Agriculture
Cambrionics Life
Sciences – Edutech
Startup, specializing in
Biology – bringing
hands-on experience
and interactions to the
students with the
subject
Domain - Education
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Carpro Technologies - tackle the wastage of Agricultural produce –
cardamom, vegetables and fruits through their product – Electric
dehydrator (500 kg limit)
TheDush – Autonomous Cleaning Machine tackling the shortage of
labour in retail sector – Domain – Robotics
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Artro Energy – Solar Power Monitoring Systems – dealing with
reducing the high costs of analysis and maintenance of Solar Power
Units.
Wethe5Pilots – Logistics Safety Device preventing trucks from
Overloading, thus prevents many hazards of road accidents.
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Madiee- Making a Difference in Education system through Board
Games and building a Board Game library.
Lepocube Assisstech – Gadget Oriented Assistant Tech. for the
visually impaired, which provides tactile feedback to indicate
obstacles and physical dangers.
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E-Streetz – Remote Digital Platform for Vendors and Companies to
connect, organize and structure their activities.
WisOpt - Wisdom Optimization – provide a learning platform that is more
focussed on optimization of skills and give a competitive edge to students.
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KODATE – Learning platform specially catered to young minds
Domain - Edutech
JUDGING CRITERIA
TNIGC – JURY has evaluated the Final Pitches made by the Startups with the following
criteria.
1. Validation - What is the value proposition to the customers? How well does the
team understand their customers and their needs? Whether they have done
their surveys and research?
2. Execution & Design – What is their approach? Who has the required skills and
will be responsible for specific steps to build their intended goal?
3. Implementation & Prototype – Have they established a ‘Minimal Value
Product’? Is the MVP designed well and appropriately positioned for the right
markets? Did the group have a solution to a worthy problem or did they have a
working demo.
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Scoring Chart
STARTUP NAME SECTOR
PRODUCT OR SERVICES
(INNOVATION, EXECUTION &
DESIGN) (X/5)
MARKET and Traction
(X/5)
TEAM
(X/5) IMPACT
(X/5)
Grant Usage &
Moat (X/5)
X Factor ( X/5)
TOTAL (X/5)
Tan90 Agriculture
Modulus Housing
Manufacturing
Gaea Agriculture
Cambrionics Education
Carpro Technologies
Agriculture
Thedush Manufacturing
Artro Energy Smart Cities
Wethe5Pilots Logistics
Madiee Education
Lepocube Assistech
Logistics
WisOpt Education
eStreetz Manufacturing
Kodate Education
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RESULTS – Honouring the decisions made by the JURY, EDII-TN has
awarded Five Startups with a grant of Rs.5,00,000/- each.
TNIGC Winners:
Special Award to TAN90 – The Jury felt that their startup is mature and that the seed
money of Rs.5,00,000/- will not be required for them. They will be supported and
assisted through TANSIM Policy 2018-23
SL. NO. STARTUP / NAME OF THE COMPANY DOMAIN/CATEGORY
1 Modulus Housing Manufacturing and Industries
2 WisOpt Education –EduTECH
3 Carpro Technologies Agriculture
4 Madiee Education
5 Kodate Education Edu-Tech
Distribution of Mementos and Closing Speech
Tmt R.V.Shajeevana, Additional Director, EDII-TN, did the honours of presenting the
jury with mementos and closed TNIGC Pitchfest 2018-19 with a speech also explaining
the works and schemes offered by EDII-TN to the Startup Ecosystem.
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WINNERS:
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EDII-TN - TNIGC Team and Pitchfest
Participants