loader

Women Incubation, Startups and Entrepreneurship (WISE)

Let’s Thrive for a Brighter Future.

Element
img
f-7
Pyramid
Pyramid2

#software

#LatestPost

#designinspiration

#Logiciel

Element
AboutUs
about us

WISE

Women Incubation, Start-ups, and Entrepreneurship (WISE) under Digital University of Kerala is committed to promote the women entrepreneurship ecosystem through policies and initiatives, as well as the creation of supporting networks.

Digital University of Kerala will make it simpler for Women Entrepreneurs to incubate new enterprises with breakthrough technology by providing financial, physical, technological, and infrastructure seed support through Women Incubation, Start-ups, and Entrepreneurship (WISE).

about-1
Element
Element
f-1
Workshops
f-2
Concept Days
f-3
Supports
f-4
Infrastructure
f-5
Mentorship
f-66
Grants
Register

Criteria for Eligibility

  • A student, pursuing his education in Kerala.
  • A Kerala-based Women entrepreneur.
  • Women who want to build their own Startup
  • The female co-founder should own the majority of the company.
  • Company should be registered in Kerala as an LLP or Pvt. Ltd company
Element
Supports

What We Offer

Infrastructure
Grants
Training
Consultancy

The WISE has launched the Innovation Grant program to provide financial support to start-ups and Women entrepreneurs in order to help them turn their innovative ideas into full-fledged businesses.

Grants for innovative ideas – Up to 2 Lakhs

Grant for Productivity – Up to 3 Lakhs

Scaleup Grants – Up to 5 Lakhs

Idea Grant – will be aimed at start-ups and students with a prototype or MVP to produce the final version of the MVP, and will be limited to 2 lakhs per idea.

Productivity Grants are available to help entrepreneurs launch their products and are limited to a maximum of Rs. 3 lakhs per idea.

Scale-up Grant – This grant is limited to a maximum of Rs. 5 lakhs per idea and is intended to assist entrepreneurs in ramping up their product/sales.

A Startup is only eligible for a grant of up to 5 lakhs.

responsive-design

Infrastructure

Physical amenities, including furnished office space. Computing and communication resources. Clerical support and office supplies, such as photocopiers and stationary. Any special software, app, or tool that is requested
image

Training resources

Start-up team training on many facets of launching a new business endeavor. Access to databases and information resources for competition intelligence, market research, patents, and trademarks, among other things.
Group 5

Consultancy

Strategic planning, Market research, Marketing strategy, Business promotion, Financial planning, Manpower planning and recruitment, Identification of potential partners and alliances
Our startups

Our Startups

Our Startups
Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (Digital University of Kerala)
DUK
How we select
Selection

Selection Process

sale-1

For women entrepreneurs and students, the period of stay is two years.

Students and Women entrepreneurs may apply online and submit a proposal or technology concept. The proposal must include a title, a brief description of the product/services/technology business you plan to incubate, its goal, market potentials, and marketing strategy, value addition of the work, skills/technology required, quarterly milestones, details of company registration if already registered, and other information. An expert committee of four or five individuals will review the proposal, which will include technical/domain experts, financial experts. The selected parties will be invited to give a presentation, and the final selection will be made based on the committee’s approval. This is applicable to students as well as aspiring young Women entrepreneurs.

(1) Submit your application and business proposal online.

(2) The Committee will consider the idea.

(3) The candidate who has been shortlisted will be invited to give a presentation.

(4) The final selection will be made based on the committee’s approval.

Spheres

25

Employees
diamond

6

Grants Disbursed
Cylinder

5

Incubators
Flat-Cylinder

1

Startups
Business Solutions

Think Lab

Business
s-1
ThinkLab is a network of makerspaces where members may learn about digital technologies and put their ideas into functioning prototypes and solutions in a hands-on atmosphere.
Pyramid
The Think Lab initiative is designed to promote rapid prototyping by providing easy access to the maker space and all of its equipment, as well as active mentorship and training.
s-3
The ThinkLab will first focus on the creation of prototypes that may be used by registered entrepreneurs as well as the general public. For the creation of specialized tools/products, a developer group will be formed, along with student interns. This can be tested by the incubators in question, and they can use under certain conditions.
video-img
Element
reviews

What they say.

reviews
Element
Team

Our team.

team
team-image
Vice Chancellor
Dr. Saji Gopinath
team-image
Project Coordinator
Dr.Elizabeth Sherly
team-image
Sr. Project Manager
Rony P John
team-image
Business Developer
Dyana B Rose
Element

Choose your Incubation.

Stages

Pre-Incubation

price-1

3-6 month

  • Build a Minimum Viable Product

Incubation

price-3

6-18 month

  • Developing Product and Marketing
Element
Element