Synergies between India and Japan’s innovation ecosystems are extensive. Signing of a joint statement between the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry of Japan, and Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India paved the way for a vast pool of initiatives to accelerate startup collaboration.
In furtherance of this concerted vision, Startup India has partnered with Embassy of India, Tokyo to help Indian startups with an exclusive opportunity to explore Japan as a potential business destination. To achieve the same, focused pitching sessions are being organised for Indian startups to pitch their innovations to Japanese investors and business corporations for exploring investment, strategic business, and technical collaborations.
Startups selected for the pitching sessions are winners and finalists of the National Startup Awards 2020 organized by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to recognize and reward outstanding Indian startups. A total of 1,641 Startups participated in the awards. Each of the winning startups have been selected meticulously by various panels of industry experts nominated by DPIIT.
The previous pitching sessions in Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency, Waste Management, Agri Value Chain and Processing sectors saw overwhelming participation from stakeholders across India and Japan. We encourage all ecosystem enablers, investors, and stakeholders to explore the upcoming sessions to view some of India’s leading solutions in sectors including Health, Finance, Education and more.
Some of India’s leading startups across sectors participated in pitching sessions
Pitching by Healthtech Startups - Agenda
Date - 12th March 2021
The Health sector is one of the sunrise sectors in India, expected to reach $372 billion by 2022 from an estimated $160 billion in 2017. The private sector contributes to ~70% of India's total health expenditure. The sector's growth can be attributed to factors such as improved services, increased coverage, private investments, and FDI. And lately, the government has significantly enhanced activities to improve the sector. Innovation is the key for the future of Indian Healthcare, where all aspects of access to healthcare, diagnostics and life-sciences are moving from ‘bigger and better’ to a ‘low-cost and high-tech’ model.
| Time (JST) | Time (IST) | Agenda |
|---|
| 3:00 PM – 3:02 PM | 11:30am – 11:32 am | Opening Remarks by HE Mr. Sanjay Kumar Verma, Ambassador, Embassy of India, Tokyo |
| 3:02pm – 3:07pm | 11:32am – 11:37am | Special Address by JETRO (TBC) |
| 3:07pm – 3:12pm | 11:37am – 11:42 am | Presentation on “Health Sector” by Ms. Mona Khandhar, Minister (E&C) |
| 3:12pm – 4:32pm | 11:42am-1:02pm | Pitching by 10 startups – 6 mins pitch & 2 mins Q&A Focus Sector: Health |
| 4:32 PM – 4:40 PM | 1:02 PM – 1:10 PM | Closing Remarks by Ms. Aastha Grover, Head, Startup India Hub |
The following startups will be presenting their solution at the Health Pitching Session.
| S. No. | Sector | Sub-Sector | Company Name | Product Description |
|---|
| 1 | Health | Access to Healthcare | Wellthy Therapeutics Private Limited | Wellthy Therapeutics has developed a condition management solution that can be remotely monitored and managed by physicians and healthcare workers, reducing the need for physical interventions. This can be a game changer for ensuring quality chronic condition management for all. |
| 2 | Health | Access to Healthcare | Impact Guru Technology Ventures Private Limited | Providing complete crowdfunding solutions to empower individuals, NGOs and social enterprises to raise funds for medical emergencies, personal needs, or any social cause, Impact Guru is focussed on impact. |
| 3 | Health | Diagnostics | Niramai Health Analytix Private Limited | By offering a solution for early detection of breast cancer, this product is a game changer for reducing health complications and fatalities. |
| 4 | Health | Diagnostics | Ezerx Health Tech Private Limited | Ezerx Health develop and manufacture highly advanced medical devices and innovative solutions, designed for the effective management of curative and preventive healthcare. |
| 5 | Health | Life Sciences | BonAyu Lifesciences Private Limited | BonAyu’s solution is a patented manufacturing platform for topical thin films for higher drug loading, fast dissolution, excellent muco-adhesion, taste, masking and delayed release. |
| 6 | Health | Life Sciences | Azooka Labs Private Limited | Azooka Labs offers a disruptive and unique class of safe nucleic acid stains and fluorescent stains for genomics research and molecular diagnostics. |
| 7 | Health | Life Sciences | Cyca Oncosolutions Private Limited | Cyca Solutions has created a drug delivery system can be used for administering drugs that are organic or inorganic, and biomolecules such as genes, nucleotides, and proteins. |
| 8 | Health | Medical Devices | Innaumation Medical Devices Private Limited | Innaumation has built a cost-effective device to enable persons who have lost their voice due to throat cancer to speak through their unique product. |
| 9 | Health | Medical Devices | Fibroheal Woundcare Private Limited | Fibroheal Woundcare are focused on manufacturing and marketing various innovative healthcare solutions such as medical devices / products derived from silk proteins for Advance and Active Wound Care. |
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