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Supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, DLabs hosts a state-of-the-art space for entrepreneurs to interact, engage and collaborate with mentors, investors and academia. With the primary objective of strengthening entrepreneurship and fostering innovation among the young in India including its student and alumni community, DLabs encourages creativity and innovation in a shared work environment amidst a healthy start-up community.
Startups Graduated
Funded Startups
Mentors and Industry Experts
Theme-based Accelerator Programs
DLabs at The Indian School of Business (ISB) leverages its academic alliances with the Partner Schools, Corporations and Governments. It works closely with the ISB Alumni network and leverages the expertise of Alumni entrepreneurs, mentors and Investors. The vibrant and inspiring environment at DLabs creates opportunities for our start-ups to not just accelerate their growth but also extend their reach both within India and globally. The DLab network opens doors to capital, mentorship, marketing, business development, customer acquisition, and also talent recruitment.
The high-quality research environment at ISB is contemporary and rigorous. This gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to leverage the research capabilities for their own growth and that of their start-ups. Scholars and Academics from India and across the world teach at ISB. The same distinguished faculty is at the forefront of research and provides thought leadership and insights to the entrepreneurs. DLabs leverages this expertise in the form of mentoring and live support sessions for the start-ups.
Over the years, ISB has fostered several valuable partnerships. DLabs, co-created by ISB can help start-ups nurture similar partnerships with corporates, investors, government, faculty research for onboarding the initial customers, paid POC and pitch for a potential round of funding.
DLabs offers programs that are distinct and are designed precisely around the needs of entrepreneurs who are at different stages, across varied sectors and categories. These unique programs are administered through a combination of mentoring, master classes and peer learning. A human-centric design approach is used to customise the interventions, market access and investments for Early & Growth-Stage start-ups, social entrepreneurs and not-for-profits. DLabs even offers exclusive programs for corporates through their Corporate Innovation Programs and Venture Investment Programs. It interacts closely with Ecosystem Players and designs customised programs for mentors as well as investors.
With a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, ISB has partnered with the Department of Science and Technology (GoI), and has invested significant resources into building a supportive infrastructure that promotes Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Located in tranquil settings, within the precincts of the ISB Hyderabad campus, DLabs provides just the environment that budding entrepreneurs need to learn, share and innovate. Start-ups have access to some of the best minds in the field and also to knowledge repositories like the Learning and Resource Center at ISB. Through DLabs, ISB provides an array of services, funding possibilities and workspace options intended to support entrepreneurial endeavours.
Start-ups have access to ISB’s 10,000 strong alumni network, 8% of whom are entrepreneurs themselves. Not on this, depending on the nature of their requirement start-ups also have the option of leveraging the extensive community of angel investors and senior business heads that DLabs associates with.
DLabs actively encourages and supports opportunities that simultaneously benefit the student fraternity at ISB and the Start-ups incubating at DLabs. Students interested in Entrepreneurship and Investments, provide pro-bono support to start-ups in the areas of Business Models, Market Access, Marketing Channels, Partnerships, Product Design, Financial Modelling, Fundraising etc. The students, in turn, receive valuable experience from this synergy.
Prof. Rajendra Srivastava
Indian School of Business
Ajit Rangnekar
Director - RICH
Krishan Dhawan
The Antara Foundation
Prof. Milind Sohoni
Indian School of Business
Rajendra Shende
TERRE Policy Centre
Priya Mohan
Venture Highway, Techstars
Prof. Siddharth Sekhar
Abhishek Srivastava
Endiya Partners
Rohit Nuwal
Sanjiv Goenka Group
Rahul Bhardwaj
Cocoon Ventures
Anuradha Bhavnani
Consultant
Dr. Anshu Bharadwaj
C-STEP
Harkesh Mittal
Former Prog. Head of Innovation, DST GOI.
Prof. Kavil Ramachandran
Indian School of Business
Prof. Ashwini Chhatre
Indian School of Business
Dr. Michael Benoliel
Center for Negotiation
Sanjay Jesrani
Go North Ventures
Prof. S. Arunachalam
Indian School of Business
Prof. A.J. Chauradia
Indian School of Business
Prof. Ram Nidumolu
Indian School of Business
Anusha Sirigiri
Indian School of Business
Kiran Kumar Alla
Bloom Energy
Seema Bhatia
IDRC
Kedar Lele
Unilever Bangladesh Ltd
Varun Laul
INVESTCORP India
Pradeep Mittal
Magnai Net
Umang Kumar
Gaadi Web
Sasidhar Thumuluri
BASIX Sub-K iTransactions
Dr. O.P.Agarwal
WRI
Bhubesh Kumar
RICH
Dhimant Parekh
The Better India
Emmanuel Murray
Caspian Impact
Sriram Gopalakrishnan
Sai Life Sciences Ltd
Ananth Aravamudan
Villgro
Dr. Arunabha Ghosh
CEEW
Venkat Vallabhaneni
Parampara Capital
Alok Goel
Saif Partners
Ekta Bahl
Samvad Partners
Karthik Polsani
Eclat Health Solutions Inc
Aparna Khandelwal
IFC
Lakshmikant PB
Sri Capital
Prof. DVR Seshadri
Indian School of Business
Prof. Tejpavan Gandhok
Gaurav Sachdev
JSW Ventures
Aparajita Agrawal
Adviser
Mendu Srinivasulu
e-Fresh Agribusiness
Amit Arora
The World Bank Group