About

PSG-STEP : Techcelerator – is a 16 week accelerator program for start-ups supported by NSTEDB, DST, Govt. of India under DST-NIDHI Accelerator Program.

Focus Area

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Machine Learning

Electronics and Automation

Electronics and Automation

Eligibility

Start-ups with ready to market product.

Start-ups with ready to market product.

Start-ups working in the areas specified above.

Start-ups working in the areas specified above.

Start-up registered in India and major ownership is by Indian citizen/s.

Start-up registered in India and major ownership is by Indian citizen/s.

Curriculum

Lean canvas and Business model canvas

Product development

Customer acquisition

Sales and marketing

Operations management

Project management

Budgeting and finance

Functional aspects – HR, operations, vendors

Legal and IP

Financial modelling

Research

Networking and personal skill

Pitching and storytelling

Relationship skills

Scaling

Fundraising

Exit

PR

Calendar

  • Orientation
  • Cohort formation

  • Setting KPI's
  • Business model canvas
  • Business plan

  • Creating MVP
  • Testing and Prototypingxx

  • Customer outreach
  • Market research
  • Mentor allocation

  • Project management
  • Team building
  • Technology integration

  • Financial management
  • Legal aspects
  • Operations

  • Design thinking
  • Product development
  • Lean manufacturing

  • Bootcamp and leadership training

  • Product management
  • Cohort hackathon
  • Communication skills

  • Storytelling
  • Pitch workshop
  • Midterm report

  • 2 days bootcamp - offsite leadership
  • Social media skills

  • Demo day

  • Pitchday #1
  • Fundraising concepts

  • Pitchday #2

  • Pitchday #3

  • Final pitchday
  • Investor meetings
  • Graduation

Demoday

At the end of the 12 week Accelerator Program, a Demo Day will be conducted where the start-ups will make presentations to an invited audience of Investors, potential customers and other partners.

Location And Attendance

The program will be conducted in-person at PSG-STEP, Coimbatore. The founder(s) will have to attend the sessions in-person. At Least one founder should have 90%+ attendance.

Cost

The accelerator program is provide free of cost to eligible participants. Each participant will have to pay a caution deposit of Rs 20,000 which will be fully refundable upon successful completion. In case the participant fails to achieve the set criteria, the refund will be at the sole discretion of PST-STEP