C-CAMP partners with Capital 2B to foster & invest in early-stage innovations from India

C-CAMP has partnered with venture capital firm, Capital 2B to foster early-stage deep-science innovations from India. This partnership will facilitate seed-stage investment funding of 200-600K USD and capacity building for start-ups having innovative solutions across biotechnology, more specifically food tech, agriculture and sustainability. Through this partnership, start-ups selected by C-CAMP and Capital 2B will receive investment opportunities along with mentorship, networking opportunities, capacity building for enablement of acceleration towards market deployment. 

 

In the last decade, C-CAMP has funded, mentored, incubated & accelerated 360+ startups. Many of these innovations are already in the market benefiting the society and contributing to India’s bio-economy. Through this partnership with Capital 2B, C-CAMP will soon open applications for further funding for start-ups across India. Selected start-ups will benefit opportunities from the combined ecosystem of Capital 2B and C-CAMP’s to deploy their technologies. 

Commenting on this partnership, C-CAMP Director and CEO, Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, said, “I am very excited about this new partnership between C-CAMP and Capital 2B. With Capital 2B’s support, biotech startups will benefit hugely not just in terms of fund-raise but also have access to their ecosystem which will help in the scale-up journey of startups.”

 

Also, Capital 2B’s partner, Vibhore Sharma, added, “A new generation of founders are focussing on improving the human condition/saving the planet and innovations in both software and hardware are making science far more applicable in these fields than it ever was, over compressed timelines. Our partnership with CCAMP will help us discover and help propel such ideas forward.”