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Women Startup Ecosystem @ KSUM
Turning Ideas into Investable Startups
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Turning Ideas into Investable Startups
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OVERVIEW
Kerala Startup Mission is committed to building a strong, inclusive, and future-ready women startup ecosystem in Kerala. Through a structured pipeline of programs, from idea to scale-up, KSUM supports women founders at every stage of their entrepreneurial journey.
Our initiatives focus on enabling access to mentorship, market, capital, capacity building, and peer networks, while creating a safe and supportive ecosystem for women-led innovation across sectors.
A structured 3 month hybrid pre-incubation program for early-stage women founders or aspiring women entrepreneurs to move from idea to MVP. Focuses on idea and problem validation, business models, product thinking, and early customer discovery and building a working MVP.
A structured five month incubation programme for women-led startups to move from MVP to sustainable revenue. It offers focused workshops on business model validation, MVP refinement, go-to-market strategy, and fundraising, along with group mentoring and peer learning. The programme culminates in a Demo Day, preparing startups for growth and investment readiness.
Supports high-potential women-led startups ready to scale operations, enter new markets, and engage with investors through curated mentorship and strategic interventions.
A talk series featuring accomplished women leaders, founders, and investors sharing real journeys, lessons, and leadership insights to inspire women entrepreneurs.
ElevateHER is a focused three-week hybrid programme designed to prepare women founders for investment. It equips startups with essential skills in pitch deck development, storytelling, and elevator pitching through expert sessions and mock pitch practices.
The programme culminates at Huddle Global with a live pitch opportunity before leading women investors and VCs, enabling founders to build strong investor connections and funding leads.
MVP Studio is a unique experience zone for women-led startups to showcase and test their Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) with real users. Conducted alongside major KSUM events and summits, it enables founders to receive live, actionable feedback from potential customers.
Designed for women startups with a working MVP, the studio helps validate products, refine offerings, and strengthen market readiness.
Enables women startups to access enterprise customers, pilot opportunities, government and corporate markets, and strategic partnerships.
An annual summit bringing together women founders, investors, mentors, policymakers, and ecosystem partners to showcase, connect, and celebrate women-led startups.
A co-incubation initiative with NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore, offering structured mentoring, learning, and ecosystem access to women-led startups all over the Nation.
Capacity-building program for women startup founders partnering with premium institutes to promote innovation, leadership, financial management and entrepreneurship.