The Startup Réseau Bulletin | 26-Jun-25
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📰What We've Been Up To at Startup Réseau
🟢MIF’s InnoWin Day : 24 Startups. 60+ Leaders. One Mission—Scaling Innovation
Earlier this quarter, the Marico Innovation Foundation (MIF) hosted the inaugural edition of InnoWin Day in partnership with Startup Réseau—an ambitious platform designed to bridge the gap between breakthrough innovation and implementation.
Hosted in Mumbai, InnoWin Day was more than a startup showcase. It was a strategic intervention in India’s innovation narrative, offering a space where high-impact startups could engage in structured, meaningful dialogue with industry leaders, funders, and ecosystem partners.
InnoWin Day brought together:
24 innovators, from MIF’s Scale-Up portfolio and winners of Indian Innovation Icons 2025
60+ senior decision-makers from top corporates and investment companies
140+ curated 1:1 meetings, fostering real-time strategic conversations
InnoWin Day is a space for idea exchange, new partnerships, and limitless growth opportunities. It is a first-time initiative by MIF to be a bridge between innovators, funders, and investors, where we aim to create prolonged impact through ‘beyond capital’ metrics. It’s vital for startups seeking funding, but also for building strong relationships that lead to mentorship and partnerships.”
-Harsh Mariwala, Founder, MIF and Chairman, Marico Limited
Key sectors represented:
🌾 Agri-Tech | 🌿 Clean Tech | 💧 Water & Waste Management | ♿ Assistive Tech | 📱 EdTech & Digital Inclusion
Participating organizations included Reliance Industries, ITC, JSW Ventures,Mitsui & Co, Tata Chemicals and others.
At InnoWin Day, the key thing was the format itself. Hands-on meetings between startups and possible customers or strategic partners were already structured, with both parties having an idea who they were meeting and what could be the possible agendas. That actually made the meetings really fruitful. This format has been helpful for startups like us, and it all happened without any payments or equity.”
-Swapnil Shrivastav, Co-Founder & CEO, Uravu Labs, a Scale-Up portfolio company
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🚨Torque by Startup Réseau — Applications Closing Soon!
We’re excited to share that Torque by Startup Réseau is gaining strong momentum, with over 100 applications already submitted!
Torque is a structured market access program designed exclusively for B2B software and enterprise tech startups. The program is built to help founders:
Accelerate customer acquisition
Fine-tune go-to-market strategies
Gain access to corporate and investor networks that enable real scale
Whether you're an early-stage startup or on the verge of expansion, Torque offers the support and ecosystem connections needed to unlock growth.
📅 Important Reminder: Applications close on 30th June 2025. Limited slots are available — this is your final chance to be part of a curated cohort of high-potential startups.
🏆 From Insight to Impact: India’s Startup–Corporate Synergy & NeXTT Awards 2025
The corporate - startup engagement landscape in India has come a long way, and our Founder & CEO, Ajay Ramasubramaniam has been in the thick of it since 2015. In this video drop, Ajay shares his insights on how these engagements have matured across various formats — from Venture Builders and Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) arms to Accelerators, Incubators, and more.
At Startup Réseau, corporates have always been one of our most vital stakeholders. We firmly believe they play a pivotal role in shaping and scaling the startup ecosystem. We've had the privilege of working with both Indian and global corporates over the years, and this experience has reinforced our belief that there should be a platform that recognizes and celebrates their contributions.
That belief gave rise to the NeXTT Awards — a first-of-its-kind initiative to spotlight corporate champions in innovation and entrepreneurship. The 2nd Edition of the NeXTT Awards is here! Over the next few days, we’ll be sharing videos and stories that spotlight the value corporates bring to the ecosystem.
Nominations are still LIVE!
If you're a Corporate Leader or represent a Corporate Innovation Arm, you can apply in one of two categories.
🚀Startup Spotlight : Kheyti
Founded in 2015 Kheyti has developed the “Greenhouse‑in‑a‑Box”—an affordable, modular, lightweight greenhouse bundled with end‑to‑end agronomy support.
Challenge addressed: Smallholder farmers—who make up over 80 % of global farms—face harsh climate risks, unpredictable incomes, poor market access, and high input costs. Kheyti’s solution highly focuses on these problems.
Impact & metrics:
Uses 90 % less water
Boosts yields up to 7 ×
Cuts greenhouse cost by around 90 %
Doubles farmers’ income on average
Keen to have a chat with the founder?