T-Hub launches AgriTech Accelerator Program

T-Hub, India’s growing startup engine catalyzing Innovation, Scale and Deal flow, announces the launch of ‘AgriTech Accelerator Program’ in partnership with ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics), powered by RViP (Riverbridge Ventures Innovations Platform). The program will begin on 15th February, 2017 and is accepting applications from 2nd November, 2016.

During the three-month acceleration period, RViP in association with ICRISAT & T-Hub will engage with start-ups through its unique scaling model and work as a full-time partner for enabling and scaling the efforts of the participating startups.

Jay Krishnan, CEO, T-Hub says, “The potential to innovate and scale innovation from startups is what we are trying to achieve through the AgriTech Accelerator. With AgriTech being a specialized vertical at T- Hub, we are sourcing the top startups globally to come up with solutions which will solve the myriad challenges faced by the sector. Through this sector and stage- focused approach, we are banking on providing interventions to the top startups that get selected for the accelerator to allow them to scale and go-to-market with the right methodologies.”

This initiative is designed to enable the participating startups to scale their projects through real-time management, full-time engagement, and knowledge sharing. The selection process involves up to 3 levels of application screening including manual screening to curate the most relevant applications to finally identifying the top 10 participants of the program.