30 teams selected for Carbon Zero Challenge contest
The Hindu
Top five teams will then be selected for grant of ₹10 lakh seed capital for a start-up and support from the Institute for incubation with support from angel investors and venture capitalists
Thirty teams have been selected from among 750 who registered for the third edition of Carbon Zero Challenge competition at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
The selected teams will develop prototypes of an environment-friendly technology. The teams will train for six months at the institute to build a prototype of an environment-friendly technology, identify customers and develop a viable business model for commercialisation of their innovation.
Top five teams will then be selected for grant of ₹10 lakh seed capital for a start-up and support from the Institute for incubation and from angel investors and venture capitalists.
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