Ramaiah Evolute Cohort

Here is a glimpse into 9 start-up’s we have selected for our maiden and first cohort of one of it’s kind hyper scale accelerator program. Since our launch in August 2020, RE is a firm believer of backing Indian founders who are working on cutting edge technology, innovation to provide them a necessary platform to unlock long-term value and drive economic growth. For the first RE cohort, we have brought onboard 50+ global leaders with experience as entrepreneurs, investors and operators from some of the world’s leading technology companies to mentor start-up’s part of the cohort.

For the RE cohort, start-up’s have been picked from thousands of application we received over the past few months. In our first cohort we have selected a mix of start-up’s. We also have decided to include some start-up’s with whom we have partnered at a very early stage, as well as those being run by repeat founders and entrepreneurs with extensive experience in their respective sectors.

“The selection process was based on high technology and innovation, where the product or process would bring about a strong, significant impact on society,” said Samartha Nagabhushanam, advisor on board and chief strategist.

On the idea behind Ramaiah Evolute, M.R. Seetharam, vice-chairman of Ramaiah Group said: “If we need to see a leap in India’s GDP along with remarkable advancements in technology, the route is through active nurture of innovative entrepreneurship and this nurturing should begin at the institutional level.”

He also added “ Ramaiah Evolute has a huge facility to offer. Ramaiah group of institution is a 100 acre campus which is in the heart of Bangalore that houses 27 institutions, our campus has one of the largest and most advanced hospitals in the country with its associated medical, dental and nursing colleges. Our technology institute MSRIT is ranked one among the best institutions in Karnataka. Startups part of the Ramaiah Evolute cohort will get access to all labs, test beds & expertise making this a comprehensive startup ecosystem.”

Here is a list of 9 startups who made it to the RE Cohort 1 :

• Azooka Labs ( Health – Tech) : Through its high value inventions in the space of molecular biology, Azooka Labs will identify market problems and usher in focused solutions. Its role promises to meet current pandemic challenges, assist in the battle against Covid.
   
• Aivolved (AI/ML) : The cutting edge technology relates to a largely unaddressed ortho-neuro problem, aiding doctors and therapists with simple and affordable technology tools and workable solutions.
   
• EDIMV ( Micro-Mobility) : A fine innovative solution in the short range EV vehicles category, the electric vehicles promise to throw up a new segment for such a market.
   
• Eshanya ( FoodTech) : Eshanya Beverages is encouraging the world to switch to a healthy diet by introducing the ‘Liquid Green Gold’ to the Green Tea market to serve healthy organic tea. It uses Betel leaf as the base ingredient with added natural flavors and herbs that are rich in nutrients and has many proven health benefits.
   
• Evologia ( CleanTech) : It is clean green technology to bring in a sustainable earth. The highly engineered products address simple problems and pack in the potential to penetrate global markets under the Indian origin clean-tech products.
   
• MakerInMe ( Ed Tech) : Cretile is a well conceptualised and designed kit, bringing in a lego box approach to STEM education. It is poised to penetrate the market elegantly while solving a key problem.
   
• MLeap ( Legal Tech) : mLeap enters the legal scenario through technology to identify hitherto unaddressed issues in the legal space, enabling cost effective research and analysis, such that the legal research time drops by 50 percent. It promises to serve as an excellent business model in tier II cities.
   
• N Smiles ( Mental Health)  : With happiness as its core to promote well-being, nSmiles identifies interventions early, coming up with appropriate, easy solutions to detect imbalances and rectify the same. It proposes penetrating the market through B2B strategies.
   
• Instagrasp (Knowledge Sharing Platform) :Instagrasp is revolutionizing the way in which people around the world Exchange Knowledge or Information and assist each other. This will facilitate any two individuals in the world to quickly approach and share knowledge instantly and seamlessly at a convenient time and pace. This cross-disciplinary platform invites Domain Experts & Industry reputed from various sectors to cater the needs of the knowledge seekers.