Tide 2.0
Bringing Technology to Life Sciences
Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE 2.0) is a program supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to foster innovations and support startups working with emerging technologies in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) domains. AIC-CCMB offers multifaceted support to individuals and startups innovating in the Life-Sciences space using technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Robotics, Rapid prototyping, Data Analytics, AI & ML.
Harnessing Data for Precision Medicine
The omics (genomics, proteomics) research conducted by CCMB, yield high amounts of metadata. There is tremendous potential in this data to build models for precision medicine leading to, better clinical outcomes for the Indian population.
Technology Application Opportunities
- Develop models to analyze metadata obtained from NGS test
- Multimodal LLM-based healthcare innovation
- Medical Imaging for diagnosis and clinical assistance
- System biology for human & disease like drug mechanism of action, predictive modelling, virtual clinical trials
- Leveraging bioinformatics, NLP & genomic sequencing to diagnose diseases and strengthen personalized medicine
- IoT models for Organ-on-Chip
- Point of care medical devices for screening, monitoring and diagnosis
Funding and Engagement
Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR)
- Awarded to 4 individuals/ startup with an innovative idea.
- Seed fund upto Rs. 4 lakhs each, over a period of 1 year to convert the idea to Proof of Concept(PoC)
- Immersion program at AIC-CCMB
Grant-in-aid
- Awarded 4 Startups with a Proof of Concept
- Grants-in-aid upto Rs. 7 lakhs each, over a period of 1 year for development of MVP
- Incubation at AIC-CCMB
Other benefits of the program
- Investment up to a maximum of Rs. 40 lakh for product development and market outreach through MSH Fundraising support
- Holistic mentorship program with domain experts in AIC-CCMB, CCMB and other MNCs
- Access to wet lab facility at AIC-CCMB
- Workshops on IPR, Regulatory, business induction etc.
- Access to high-end analytical services at CCMB at research rates.
- Networking avenues with VC/Investors
- Robust corporate-start-up business connect platforms
Eligibility
Individuals: B.Tech, BE, MBBS, MSc, MS, M.Tech, MPhil, MD & PhD from fields of IT, Life Sciences, business, engineering, medicine & human biology (Open only to Indian citizens)
Startups: All registered startups as per Startup India. Start-ups should not be more than 7 years old.
How to apply?
The call for TIDE 2.0 has been closed
Application Closed
Current Cohort of TIDE 2.0
