Tide 2.0

Overview

Funding

Current Cohort

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
AI leading to precision medicine
Medical Imaging for diagnosis and clinical assistance
Computer vision for augmented medicine
Leveraging bioinformatics, NLP & genomic sequencing to diagnose diseases and strengthen personalized medicine
IoT models for Organ-on-Chip
Smart wearables, IoT based medical devices and diagnostics

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.