iPitch 2021 – For A Billion Strong India
Call to Applications: 1st August – 31st August 2021
Call to Applications: 1st August – 31st August 2021
iPitch is Villgro’s annual deal discovery platform for impact investors & incubators to discover India’s best social entrepreneurs — rebuilding the lives of the underserved communities in Agriculture, Climate Action, Healthcare, Shelter-tech and Housing, Livelihood sectors, amongst others.
This year, iPitch brings together its largest coalition of impact investors and incubators to channel its highest ever pool of funding, amounting to an unprecedented USD 5 million. The shortlisted enterprises will automatically have their profile created on the Artha Impact platform—providing access to over 1200 investors and incubators.
iPitch 2021 has been designed in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic giving prime importance to inclusivity and accessibility.
iPitch 2021 is open to a range of for-profit social enterprises:
MVP / Prototype ready / Launched in market
Generating revenue
1 Aug to 31 Aug
1 Sept to 20 Sept
20 Sept to 8 Oct
11 Oct to 31 Oct
1 Nov - 31 Jan
Ankit Mittal, Co-Founder & CEO
Sonia Singh, Co-Founder & CEO
Shriti Pandey, Founder & CEO
Archana Stalin, Co-Founder
Sandith Thandasherry, CEO & Chief Naval Architect
Mudita Srivastava, Founder & Director
Each iPitch 2021 Coalition Partner has their own incubation/investment thesis as well as funding instrument/s. Your enterprise could be of interest to any or even all the partners. The negotiation and decision on incubation or funding support is entirely at the discretion of the respective coalition partners and their applicants of interest.
Due to the large number of applications and multiple partners, do allow us time to get back to you. If you are shortlisted, the next step will be to pitch to investors virtually, for which we will inform you by 20 September. If you have not received an update from us by then, please assume you have not been selected.
If you are selected, we request you to keep your schedules flexible between 11 to 30 October to accommodate the Virtual Pitching sessions. Post virtual pitches, interested partners will contact you directly, so please double-check the contact information you provide in your application!
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