Social Tech Startups
The Social Tech Startup Platform, represents a pioneering effort to leverage technology for profound social impact. This platform embodies our commitment to addressing urgent societal challenges through the synergy of technology and innovation, driving systemic change with sustainable and scalable solutions.
By bringing together a diverse ecosystem of stakeholders—including startups, foundations, corporates, impact investors, government bodies, and multilateral organizations-the platform aims to foster a collaborative environment that accelerates social impact.
The official launch of the Social Tech Platform took place at the Social Tech Startup Summit on August 29, 2024. This landmark event featured the unveiling of our inaugural compendium, which highlights 25 exemplary social tech startups leading the charge in innovation and community impact.
The official launch of the Social Tech Platform took place at the Social Tech Startup Summit on August 29, 2024. This landmark event featured the unveiling of our inaugural compendium, which highlights 25 exemplary social tech startups leading the charge in innovation and community impact.
This publication celebrates the achievements of social tech startups and documents their success stories. It serve as a valuable resource, offering insights into best practices and emerging trends within the social tech sector.
Under the Social Tech Startup platform, a fund has been designed to support resilient social entrepreneurs who have experienced failure in a previous venture but are now embarking on a new entrepreneurial journey with a strong social impact focus..
Vision
To create a resilient and risk-positive ecosystem for social innovations by enabling entrepreneurs to fail boldly and share learnings, while supporting them in their next ventures – paving the way for sustainable, systemic solutions.
Objectives
Encourage experimentation:
Empower social entrepreneurs to take audacious steps toward solving deep-rooted challenges without fear of failure.
Empower social entrepreneurs to take audacious steps toward solving deep-rooted challenges without fear of failure.
Normalize failure:
Shift mindsets and narratives to view failure as a vital part of the innovation journey.
Shift mindsets and narratives to view failure as a vital part of the innovation journey.
Capture learnings:
Institutionalize mechanisms to document, analyse, and disseminate insights from failed initiatives.
Institutionalize mechanisms to document, analyse, and disseminate insights from failed initiatives.
Fuel future impact:
Ensure that knowledge gained from failed ventures benefits future projects, entrepreneurs, and policymakers.
Ensure that knowledge gained from failed ventures benefits future projects, entrepreneurs, and policymakers.
Target Beneficiaries
Social Entrepreneurs working on bold, high-risk solutions to address critical societal problems.
Ventures that have implemented solutions but failed to achieve intended outcomes yet offer rich learnings for the ecosystem.
Innovators, who have failed in their previous venture, but have proved their resilience by starting another venture to address any critical societal problems.
For more information, please contact:
Ms Vaishnavi Reddy Mallu
vaishnavi.reddy@cii.in
vaishnavi.reddy@cii.in
