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CREATING INVESTABLE STARTUPS

“We got to evaluate promising and serious startups during NEN Demo Day, and we could choose from them based on various schemes we have.”

Tanvi Rangwala

CEO, Venture Studio

Enabling early-stage startups to raise seed capital

About NEN Liftoff

The NEN Liftoff program helps create a compelling venture story for investor pitch under the guidance of consultants, mentors and facilitators. The program assists early-stage startups in getting ready to pitch to various grants/startup schemes/pre-seed capital and raise initial funding by improving their business strategy, organization, customer acquisition, brand visibility, product roadmap & GTM strategy, and computing the venture’s valuation to develop a funding plan.

NEN LIFTOFF

Who is eligible?

Early-stage startups fulfilling the below criteria can apply for the Liftoff program:

Registered startups with a scalable idea

Committed full-time team

6 months’ runway

NEN Liftoff

Program Structure

A 14 weeks’ structured journey facilitated by WF Faculty, WF Program Managers and Mentor Support focused on an outside-in theme of customers, competition, and investors.

Goal setting
- Startup assessment and goal setting exercise to identify the key areas of focus
Two Weekly Sprint Sessions
- Consulting faculty driven sprints on the week’s theme, and how use the solution kits
Pitch sessions every 4th week
- To test the startup assumptions with faculty, mentors, and peers
Masterclasses
- Live Sessions with entrepreneurs/experts/mentors during the program.
Peer-to-peer discussions
- On concepts and their application though online & offline communities
Platform support
- Case studies/ fireside chats with entrepreneurs, concept notes, masterclasses, digital content & solution kits
Refined startup pitch
- Live pitch sessions and connects with funding agencies
- Startup Demo Days

Beneficiaries Speak

A Trusted Program

"NEN Liftoff is one of the most sorted accelerator programs. It helped us get clarity on our business model and future growth plans. Right from learning the basics to becoming investor ready, the entire program is very well curated keeping in mind a founder's needs and requirements."

Anup GangulyCo-founder, Surobhi Agro Industries

"NEN Liftoff is immensely beneficial as it helped me to focus on business productivity, networking, go-to-market and customer acquisition strategies. The expert masterclasses, mentoring sessions, and interactions with investors were extremely helpful in fostering business growth."

Mandeep SinghFounder & CEO, VMG Academy and Consultants

“The main USP of NEN Liftoff is that it empowers early-stage startups to become investor ready. I strongly recommend this program to other founders as it helped me improve my pitch deck and make investor connects.”

Prasad PatilCo-founder, Bestriptech Solutions

NEN Liftoff helps anticipate all the issues you are likely to face in your entrepreneurial journey"

Pratibha lyerCo-founder, Aartsmaestro

“NEN Liftoff helped convert our business idea into an actual product. We pitched before investors on Demo Days and succeeded in getting BIRAC BIG grant from GoI."

Ravindra Zirmire Co-founder, Phytokosh