The Maharashtra Startup Week provides startups with a platform to showcase their innovative solutions to the Government of Maharashtra.

For startups, this is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to engage directly with the Government and will open doors to scale their solutions further and mitigate development challenges.

Startups from sectors such as education, skilling, healthcare, agriculture, clean energy, environment, water & waste water management, smart infrastructure & mobility, governance, financial inclusion and cyber security will be invited to submit their applications to the Maharashtra State Innovation Society.

The top 100 ventures will be selected to present their solutions to an esteemed panel of judges comprising representatives from the Government, industry, academia and investors.

During the week-long event startups from each sector will make their pitch to the panel, and the best 24 receives work orders of upto INR 15 lakhs from the Maharashtra State Innovation Society to pilot their solutions within the state and demonstrate the proof of concept. Subsequently, the startups receive handholding support in terms of access to the government machinery and mentoring from its institutional partners for a period of up to 12 months to deploy their solutions on ground.