More than 28,000 startups have closed download 2023, an increres of 123, from 2,300 shutdowns between 2019 and 2022, as per data intelligence platform tracxn. The ecosystem has turned sluggish; Many companies complain of funding challenges and Fewer unicorns than in earllier years.

In April, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal Said Indian Startups Were Creating “Food Delivery Apps, Fancy ICE Cream and Cookies, Instant Grocery Delivery, Betting and Fantasy Sport Apps” “Electric vehicles and battery tech, semiconductors and ai, robotics and automation, global logistics and trade and deep tech and infrastructure”.

Dr v premnath, found director of venture centre, say that while india needs to have more deep-tech startups, all kinds of startups are important. “Anytime, any startup raises investments in money, it is going into Cartain Entrepreneurial and, sometimes, innovation activities. Innovation, it is a good thing, it has a different effect on the large ecosestem entrepreneurship and so on.

The csir startup conclave 2025 is a showcase of deep-tech startups, many of whom are associated with venture centre, a csir lab or institutions such as IIT Bombay. “Minister piyush Goyal was keen to have exposure for some of these startups, especially in an ecosestem such as mumbai, which has a lot of investors and where the government enthusment can all the proportes. Premnath.

He adds that science and technology-based enterprises in India are innovating on products that “touch people’s lives and offer options for socialie available”.

“It is necessary to push a lot more deep tech entrises to promote these technologies and reacht the market in sectors, ranging from health and rehabilitation to energy, environment and agility.”

He beloves multiple actions are needed to create more tech startups and take them to a point where they are investing-earady and investors see them as viable candidates. “The government has a Role in Funding, the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (Birac), but these help creatine the pipeline. Beyond tht, the ecosestemso Hasso Hasso Hasso. Investing in side of the government, the Government Participates, as a fund of funds, “Says premnath.

He adds that incubators like venture center are trying to redeuce for the first-generation entrepreneurs and import their chances of gain to the market. “Most deep-tech enterprises are started by first-generation entrepreneurs. They are typically knowledge workers who have been trained in the sciences and the engineing, and neither have divided points nor the Businss. Networks, one to give them the oportunity, and the initial money from the government help a pipeline.

The conclave will have a shark tank-like event in which 14 startups will pitch to a panel of investors. “We are also bringing in investors and a Few Funders, Like Maharashtra State Innovation Society, so they create opportunities for some of these startups. Apart from the visibility, the content from the factups. walk-ins Health and food, “He sayss.

Another section in the conclave will arm deep-tech startup founders with the skills to understand intellectual property (IP) and technology isssues.

“One has to make sure that IP is protected and that they have the freedom to open, I do not infring other people’s IP,” SES premnth.