Events

The Demo Day and Award Ceremony of the FICCI Mercedes-Benz India Bharat Innovation & Business Ideas Challenge Programme, organised by the FICCI in partnership with Mercedes-Benz India, supported by Startup India/DPIIT, marked the successful conclusion of a highly competitive national initiative. The programme received around 800 applications from across India, and after multiple rounds of evaluation, 32 promising start-ups were shortlisted to pitch before a distinguished jury comprising leading VC groups and industry leaders. The Demo Day gave these innovators an opportunity to showcase their solutions to the experts. The event concluded with the Award Ceremony, where seven start-ups were declared winners and awarded grant cheques of ₹30 lakh each. The winners included CarbonM Fuelmax Technology Pvt. Ltd., Exobot, AmpCycle, Dexsent Robotics Pvt. Ltd., CALLX RINGERS Pvt. Ltd. and X Able.