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TiE Hyderabad declares winners of Agri-Biotech Startup Pitch

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A total of 27 startups applied for the event, out of which TiE shortlisted 13 startups for the investor pitch. After the final round, BODHA an innovative product startup from Amaravati, incubated in IKP knowledge Park, Karnataka is the clear WINNER. Followed by Hyderabad ventures, GoBhaarati incubated in Nutrihub of IIMR & UrbanKisaan incubated in NAARM A-Idea.

TiE Hyderabad announced today the winners of TiE Hyderabad Agri-Biotech Startup pitch in a daylong event held on Tuesday, at the PJTS Agricultural University.

TiE-Hyderabad invited 13 startups from a total of 27 applicants, to pitch to investors/entrepreneurs. In the final round, 6 startups took part including the winners- BODHA, GoBhaarati, & UrbanKisaan were, CropIQ incubated at SRIX Warangal, Vectrogen Biologicals incubated at BioNest in the University of Hyderabad, SiriCrops from FIK e-commerce.

TiE Hyderabad Agri-Biotech Startup Demo Day is jointly hosted by FABA (Federation of Asian Biotech Associations), University of Hyderabad and other players from Agri-Biotech domain. This event brought together Agri-Biotech Technology Business Incubators & Accelerators from across the country to promote the ‘Spirit of Entrepreneurship & Innovation’ in the Agricultural sector.

“We made a new beginning today, by creating a platform and helping Agri-Biotech startups to connect with leading investors, successful entrepreneurs and global Innovators, Researchers from Academia & Students to network, collaborate, learn and succeed.” Phani Pattamatta, Executive Director of TiE Hyderabad said.

Winner BODHA took away One Full Year TiE Associate Membership fee, completely waived-off. The business models presented also attracted potential partnership interest by incubators, customers, and investors present at the daylong event. The platform provided good opportunities for the participating startups to pursue these connects further to convert into meaningful opportunities for their startup growth.

The eminent jury panel comprised of Venkatadri Bobba General Partner at Ventureast and TiE Hyderabad Charter Members, AVN Reddy, CMD of Roshini Crops, Dr. Balaji Bhyravabhatla, MD of Hylasco Bio and Srinivasa Satti MD of Finvista Advisors.

Kali Prasad, President of TiE Hyderabad said, “Our aim at this event, focussed on sectoral growth and create domain centered investor pitch opportunity for aspiring agri-biotech entrepreneurs. Together with several specialized innovation hubs, we intend to accelerate growth, as well as provide a platform for the startups incubated with them to go to the next level.”

Winners were declared after evaluating parameters such as Innovation Driven Ideas, scalable customer solving abilities, unique differentiators, Business Plan & Team strength, Target Customers, Growth potential including current revenue streams & future projections, through their pitch.

At the parallel sessions held during the day, Global speakers from Agri domain touched in depth of innovations & advancements in the sector. The eminent panelists expressed their perspectives about the future potential & challenges ahead for the Agri sector. For participants, it turned as a day to gain insights into newer concepts, explore emerging opportunities, network with thinkers and innovators from successful Agri-bio Entrepreneurs & Investors.

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