ATOM Pre Incubation
“Atom – Health & Wellness” is a pre incubation program for early-stage startups where founder(s) have come up with or pursuing an idea and they are looking for a scientific way of step-by-step approach to convert that idea into a sustainable and growing business achieving product/market fit with high probability of success. The founder(s) will be supported by IIITB Innovation center team and expert mentors and advisors from the industry over a period of twelve weeks to complete problem/solution fit and solution/customer fit. In addition, the founders will have the “option” to choose any areas they would like to get more understanding and go through sessions by experts. At the end of twelve weeks, the startups will have a pathway to undergo a twelve-month incubation program for product/market fit and scale along with access to grants/funds from IIITB and other investor partners.
Thematic Areas ▶
Preventive Healthcare
Food & Nutrition
Women
Fitness & Sport
Geriatric care
Palliative care
Who can benefit from the program
Founders with innovative ideas in digital health & wellness domain (See details of themes and sub-themes here) looking for process-oriented guidance to convert the ideas into successful business ventures.
Founders trying to build PoC /MVP for their innovative ideas in health & wellness domain (See details of themes & sub-themes here) and open to apply process-oriented guidance to fine tune their efforts in achieving problem/solution fit and solution/customer fit for their ideas.
What can be expected from the Program
Business Model Design/Fine tuning:
Business Model design using Lean-stack concepts covered through a hands-on workshop followed by one-on-one guidance to fine tune your business model design.
Problem/Solution Fit:
Idea Validation with customers to achieve problem/solution fit and stepping back from the product/solution to arrive at a clear vision and implementation strategy for your business venture through hands on workshop followed by one-on-one guidance to fine tune vision and implementation strategy for your startup and achieve problem/solution fit for your innovative idea.
Solution/Customer Fit:
Understanding customer segments, identifying early adapters, defining/building minimum viable product with a focus on delivering value to the early adapter customers through hands on workshop followed by one-on-one guidance to arrive at all these steps to achieve solution/customer fit to make your business venture ready for early traction and product /market fit in the next phase.
Optional Areas of startup skillsets:
Founders will be provided the option of choosing their preferred areas to hone their startup skillsets including Legal, Finance, IP, Raising Funds, Sales & Marketing etc which will be provided through master classes and sessions.
Program Calendar:
Month 1: Business Model design & fine-tuning workshop and one-on-one sessions along with two master class sessions on optional areas of startup skillsets
Month 2: Program/Solution fit workshop and one-on-one sessions along with two master class sessions on optional areas of startup skillsets
Month 3: Solution/Customer fit workshop and one-on-one sessions along with two master class sessions on optional areas of startup skillsets.
Program team and Mentors ▶
Dr. Lakshmi Jagannathan, CEO, IIITB Innovation Centre
Natarajan S Mentor-In-Residence, IIITB Innovation Centre
Manu Gowda Program In Charge IIITB Innovation Centre
Swati Program In Charge IIITB Innovation Centre
List Of Mentors
Raghavendra Rao K N
Director at Happiest Minds Technologies leading innovative product engineering and health tech solutions
Shruti Kashinath
Regulatory Affairs Leader| Medical Device Compliance Professional| RAC-Devices and Six Sigma Green Belt Certified | Rice University and RVCE alum
Dr Aditi Chakraborty
AVP – Life sciences & Healthcare GTM & Customer Success; MVSc
Guruswamy K MBE
CEO,
BPL Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd
Venkatakrishnan
CTO & Head R & D, Forus Health Pvt Ltd
Dr. Alben Sigamani
Founding Partner & Chief Scientific Officer Founding Partner & Chief Scientific Officer, Numen Health
Murali Mohan
Product Manager at Bosch
Dr. Reema
Cofounder, KITES
Sarthak Sarangi
Sales & Product Manager
Timeline
Applications open
April 21,2025
Applications close
May 20, 2025
Cohort Selection
May 28, 2025
Program Kick off
June 1 ,2025
Demo Day
August 31, 2025
FAQ
Should I have my startup company formally registered when I apply?
No, you need not have registered when you apply.
Is there a Program fee for Atom pre incubation program?
Yes, there is a program fee of Rs 15000 for Atom pre incubation program which needs to be paid before the start of the program.
Is the Program conducted online or in-person?
The program is conducted online. However, startup founders from Bangalore can opt for in-person one-on-one sessions for their post workshop interactions based on their preference.
I am in the middle of developing my MVP. Is the program suitable for my stage?
Yes, the program will be able to help you in case you have not followed the three-step process of this program or you are looking for guidance in refining them.
Is there a grant or fund provided as part of this Program?
No, this pre incubation program does not offer any grant or fund. However, if you are selected for our follow-on twelve-month incubation program, you will have access to grants and other financial support directly from IIITB Innovation Centre.
IIIT Bangalore Innovation Centre 26/C, Hosur Rd, Electronics City Phase 1, Electronic City, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560100
For further queries, Contact Incubation Manager: manager-incubation@iiitb.ac.in | Phone: 080 41407777