Making Ideas happen

Every BIGGER Picture Starts With A SMALL Dot

PACE is a pre-incubation program providing the right platform to nascent entrepreneurs. The program assists the startups to develop their ideas into a viable business model. DERBI Foundation with the support by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  (MeiTy, GOI) now extends ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ (for 2 startups) support up to 4.8 lakhs and ‘Grants’  support to young startups for ‘Prototyping’ (for 2 startups) support up to 8.4 lakhs and assist you to build a strong basement in your entrepreneurial thoughts and guide you in customer discovery and idea validating.
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Why Be A Part Of Our PACE Program?

  • Support in developing ideas into a viable business model
  • Exposure to ecosystem
  • Assistance in understanding customer segments and product market fit
  • 05 weeks program

Who Can Apply

  • An idea to Proof of Concept (POC)- stage technology startups
  • Working Professionals
  • Aspiring Entrepreneurs
  • Students
  • Startups

Program Offerings

  • Grant in aid Support
  • Program Certification
  • Diagnostic sessions with experts
  • Access to Prototyping Lab

Program Fee Structure

  • General category applicants INR 8,000/-
  • Reservation category applicants INR 5,000/-

Program Timeline

26th March , 2021 Application Opens
20th April,2021       Application Closes
10th May,2021   Result Announcement
17th May,2021 Last day for payment/ enrollment
May third week, 2021   Program Starts
July first week, 2021 Demo Day
July first week, 2021 Winners Announcement

Experience From The Program

PACE aims to validate and remodel a highs impact idea into a successful viable business plan.

  • Value Propositions
  • Channels, Customer Segments and Product market fit
  • Customer Relationships
  • Revenue Streams
  • Partnerships, Resources, Activities and Costs
  • Demo Day

Program Partners

  • Meity 2
  • TIE Bangalore
  • Sagar
  • SFal