About Kerala Startup Mission
Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) is the Nodal agency of Government of Kerala for promoting entrepreneurship in the state and the implementing body for the Kerala Technology Startup Policy that supports startup ecosystem by means of different components such as Infrastructure, Incubators and Accelerators, Human Capital Development, Funding, State Support, Governance, Public Private Partnership, Scaling Existing and Establishing New Incubators and Startup-Boot Up-Scale up model for moving fast from ideas to IPO. Kerala possess a unique model of connecting academics, industries, R&D institutions and startups, apart from other Startup Ecosystems in the country.
The Startup Yatra - Kerala will be launch by Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan on 1st November and will go on till 27th November, 2018. As part of the Yatra, 8 Boot camps and 14 Van stops are planned in 14 different districts of Kerala. All the Boot Camps will have ideation workshops and idea pitching sessions to give Entrepreneurship exposure to the students. Aspiring/Budding Entrepreneurs can pitch their ideas to the panel and people with best ideas will get a golden opportunity to participate in a 2-day acceleration program with a best incubator. Finally, people whose ideas got shortlisted will get a chance to pitch for offers by incubators and incentives by the State Government.
