Hyderabad : Winter 2025 Demo Day at CIE@IIIT Hyderabad featured 13 startups building research-driven, cutting-edge solutions in AI, intelligent sensing, MedTech devices, robotics, energy storage, language technologies, and space systems. They are drawn from CIE’s three accelerators — Avishkar (DeepTech), the MedTech Incubator, and the AIC-Social Accelerator.

These research-led startups are translating applied work from IIIT-H labs such as CVIT, RRC, CVEST, and SPCRC into deployable technologies. Their work spans areas such as intelligent sensing, AI-driven diagnostics, autonomous systems, sustainable materials, and next-generation infrastructure, translating academic research into solutions with measurable societal, environmental, and economic impact.

Startups presented validated technologies, market traction, and investment readiness to a curated pool of investors, including SucSEED Venture Partners, Abyro Capital, O2 VC Fund, Hyderabad Angels, Pavestone VC and Gruhas etc.

Established in 2008, the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) has grown to be the largest academic incubator in the country, playing a defining role in translating advanced research into scalable, market-ready solutions. Embedded within IIIT Hyderabad’s autonomous, research-first institutional model, CIE enables startups to co-create with IIIT-H faculty, research labs, and advanced infrastructure through its “Lab-to-Land” approach.

The Winter Demo Day reaffirmed CIE’s commitment to nurturing deep-tech ventures and accelerating market-ready innovation emerging from India’s most vibrant academic startup ecosystem.