Investor Presentaiton
Karnataka Digital
Economy Mission
Academia and Start-ups
"Bengaluru has an ecosystem of globally reputed high-quality academic Institutes - IISC, IIITB, NLSUI, NIMHANS,
IIITB. IIITB had seen students pursuing entrepreneurial route from its inception back in 2000. In the very first
batch we had students founding startups, of which one is still thriving 19 years later. The trend continues today.
There are 64 startups that have IIITB alumni as a founder in varied areas including AI, Analytics,
Ecommerce, Sustainability and others!"- Prof. S. Sadagopalan, Director IIIT, Bengaluru
Impetus on Research
Bengaluru is home to premier Science & Tech, and
Management institutions- IISc, IIM-B, IIIT-B, PESIT
100+ out of 800+ colleges are engineering colleges
100K+ engineering students graduate each year
Stats about start-ups originating from academic
institutions- IISC, IIM-B, IIITB, PESIT, DERBI, NSRCEL
800+ startups
56 patents held by startups
34 startups used institutions' tech/research
53K+ entrepreneurs inspired/jobs createdView entire presentation