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ElectronVibe is a business-case development competition to identify and showcase entrepreneurial and technological innovations by mature startups for Indian electric utilities, with refined solutions arrived at via a co-creation process, and ultimately leading to pilot projects.

NETWORK: An opportunity to network with a wide range of early stage startups and mentors, and access to a range of professionals in the power and energy sectors.

TRAINING: Via structured training (delivered via online workshops & webinars), followed by facilitated mentoring, we expect you to be able to refine value propositions, evaluate techno-economic feasibility, and potentially explore early-pilot projects with Discoms.

BUILD: Teams will have the opportunity to test their ideas by building a business plan with the help of power-sector & electricity distribution experts.

COMMUNITY: This program will help you access a community to support your idea, including the program partners, mentors, RAP and New Energy Nexus.

PARTNERS: We are here to initiate the interaction with our partners who are invested in you and your idea. They are eager to listen to your idea and want to work with you!

SOCIAL PROOF: To be selected as one of the winners means you have been selected from an extremely competitive and diverse range of applicants. This is highly positive when speaking to the ultimate customers (Discoms) as well as external investors and partners.

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No. For the 2022 program, we will select only mature power sector startups.

No. For the 2022 program, we will select only mature power sector startups.

Click this link to the application form and follow the given instructions to submit your application. Applications are open until 11 May 2022.

To find out more about the ElectronVibe 2022 timeline, please visit the ElectronVibe 2022 webpage

All jury members will be listed on the site, and updated on an ongoing basis

Any IP that is developed prior to or during the program remains the sole property of the applicant team (or team members, as the case may be). If you feel any information is sensitive or confidential, we recommend NOT sharing the same during the application process.

We seek no rights over IP, nor represent to facilitate any assistance in any IP-related matters when dealing with a Discom for any engagements or opportunities.

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Unfortunately not. However since the program is entirely virtual/remote, expenses may be negligible.

To find out more about the ElectronVibe 2022 timeline, please visit the ElectronVibe 2022 webpage

We will treat all application data as confidential information; however, we will share such data with our jury members and program partners for obvious reasons of evaluation and assessment.

In your application, please do not disclose any information that you consider proprietary.

In order to protect the health and safety and considering the current situations of Covid-19, this event would be entirely virtual. The quality of the program would not be affected.

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We invite a diversity of talents as diversity is the core of new solutions, thinking, experiences and approaches. We encourage applications from diverse regions & backgrounds, including women, people with disabilities, LGBTQ and underrepresented communities.

ElectronVibe is created to keep the energy running and there would be many more programs in the future. We encourage you to join the New Energy Network, our open Slack community to gain access to a global network of energy entrepreneurs in clean energy transformation and innovation

ElectronVibe is always interested in exploring collaboration opportunities with other organisation and growing the fast-changing innovation ecosystem across Asia. If you are interested in being involved in the program, or wish to partner for new programs outside India, please write to us at: electronvibe@newenergynexus.com

1) The quality of the applicant team, including relevant experience and expertise, and a mix of complementary skills (business and technical)
2) The quality of idea, i.e. how innovative and unique it is, and whether it can be scaled
3) How relevant is the solution to the demand owners (electric utilities) 
4) Whether the solution is feasible from a technology perspective
5) Whether the solution is feasible from a regulatory perspective
6) Whether the solution is feasible from an operations perspective

Yes, all sessions are mandatory and go toward the final evaluation.
Attending sessions and interacting with the stakeholders present is the only way for you to leverage the knowledge and networks that the program partners and experts bring in.

Between early June and Early July, you will develop a business case around your idea with the help of a mentor who is assigned to your startup. In Early July, we will ask you to submit your business plan for evaluation by the jury members, based on which the final winner(s) will be announced.

During the course of the program, you will interact will a host of power sector & Discom professionals. This will give you an opportunity to discuss and plan any post-program pilot plan – however, the program itself does not have a life after the winners are announced, and therefore all post-program discussions are at your discretion.

Participants that attend the program will become part of the ElectronVibe alumni, through which you will have access to an ecosystem of startups, founders and mentors.

Startups can either be based in India, or be incorporated in an overseas jurisdiction but have the capacity to set up operations in India.