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EDGE 2021

Empowering the Disabled through Gifted Entrepreneurs

Scale your ideas to impact at India's first disability focused technology startup incubation program

At a glance

incubate

3-years incubation support

Regular engagement with proven leaders and mentors, every step of your journey

funding

Extensive funding support

Access to DST Seed Capital and Technology Development Grants, Center of excellence funding

prototyping

STATE-OF-THE-ART PROTOTYPING FACILITIES

Labs with advanced equipment, testing facilities & office space and additional services for startups

networking

NETWORKING & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Access to ARTILAB events, partner networks, including corporates, NGOs, educational institutions etc.

Applications for 2021 batch are now open.

Who can Apply?

  • Social enterprise start-ups and innovators with a working prototype of an assistive tech product or tech-based solution.

  • Team is committed to creating and building a social enterprise that would reach the innovation to those intended to serve.

  • The innovations shall be in the domain of impairments related to neurological, locomotor, speech, hearing & visual and should provide solutions to accessibility, learning, personal aids & appliances, public transportation / smart cities, education, healthcare, diagnostics and home & office space for people with disabilities.

  • Teams must have at least two founding members. It is recommended that teams have a balance of business and science-based backgrounds. 
hearing

SPEECH & HEARING

Home and office workspace solutions

wheelchair

PHYSICAL/LOCOMOTOR

Solutions for public transport, smart cities, infrastructure

neurological

NEUROLOGICAL

Education, healthcare, diagnostics, livelihood solutions

visual

VISUAL

Personal aids and appliances

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Why Apply?

ARTILAB EDGE is India’s first incubation program for entrepreneurs and innovators focused on disability technologies. 

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EDGE 2021 Partners

ARTILAB Mentor Network [AMN]

Abhishek singh
Amit Singhal
Siddharth Jain
Mohan Silaparasetty
Kapil Vacchar
Dorai Thodla
Prateek Khare
Akila Surendran
Tarun Sarwal
Harinath Pudipeddi
Adarsh Natarajan
Ashish Bedekar
Dhruva Pakinakar
Jeevan Hebbalu
Rahul Kelapure
Radhika Poovayya
Robin Tommy
Sanoj Somasundaran
Dr Sanjay Sharma
Dr Senthil Kumar
Ritu Prasad

Our Startups

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