EMERGE – Three days intensive mentoring program for late stage healthcare startups by DERBI Foundation

DERBI Foundation is a non-profit section 8 organization supported by Department of Science and Technology (DST) and hosted by Dayananda Sagar Institutions (DSI). The mission of DERBI foundation is to form a strong healthcare ecosystem in India by aiding and abetting diverse healthcare startups through pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration programs.

In December 2019, DERBI Foundation launched its first-ever healthcare accelerator program EMERGE.

EMERGE is a four-months program aimed at supporting and scaling the late-stage startups in the healthcare industry. EMERGE offers the seed funding, provides unparalleled access to the venture and business networks, proffers personalized and intensive mentoring. The program also aims at assisting the startups to enter the market ferociously with a strategic plan of action.

To mark the beginning of EMERGE, DERBI Foundation conducted a three days event in Bangalore, in association with Sagar Hospitals, InnAccel and Frost and Sullivan. The objective of the program was to provide a deeper immersion workshop for startups on their business and technology side. The program also shed light on many of the topics including need and revalidation, clinical workflow, risk assessment and management, Business model, curating market research data via Frost & Sullivan database, cash flow and care flow, with live case studies and hands-on experience. Over 04 hospitals, 06 investors (Manipal Hospital, Rainbow Hospital, IDG ventures, Social alpha, Vilgro, Speciale, Philips, BPL, 3M Healthcare, Microsoft, GE etc.,) 04 corporates and 15+ healthcare partners, 09 mentors and 10 enthusiastic startups participated in the event. The event emphasized on providing an opportunity for the entrepreneurs to have one-on-one interaction with the investors and other stakeholders of the healthcare ecosystem, in a speed dating format.

Note: Passionate professionals who are willing to contribute in building Indian healthcare ecosystem are welcome to be part of DERBI Foundation and support our initiatives.