KNOWLEDGE
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OVERVIEW
Research departments and Entrepreneurship Centres of Universities have years of R&D, Patents, technology developments and innovation knowhow that Corporates, SME’s, Governments and Start- ups, in growing economies like India, Subcontinent and the Middle East are investing millions of dollars to re-invent.
Universities have Entrepreneurship Centres or Incubator & Accelerator labs, to promote start-ups and innovation. These however, are usually an extension of their academic or extra circular programs. These are excellent revenue generating opportunities that a very few Universities are pursuing due to the lack of Capital available to scale these start-ups and ventures.
KEY OPPURTUNITY
AIKA makes Financial Investments in Start-up’s and SME’s
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That are solving SDG’s.
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That have a minimum viable product and are looking for Investments to Scale
AIKA also develops below revenue generating opportunities.
Licensing Existing technology patents and copyrighted material
Fee based developing new technology and prototyping
Fee based commercialization of Inhouse developed Research, data, consulting and mentoring.
MARKET OVERVIEW
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Indian start-ups are spending valuable time and resources in reinventing the wheel in terms of technology or production knowhow.
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Indian start-ups and entrepreneurs are missing on key areas of 4IR technologies like Robotics, 3D printing, Renewables, Genetics, Hardware, Mobility, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Material science, etc.
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India scores the lowest in the patents, originality of ideas, and innovation Index and there is a wide gap in the number and the % of successful start-ups compared to China, US and the UK
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In 2019 in India had 30,415 Patent filings. This is negligible compared to China, who had 1,327,847 filings and the USA who had 521,145 filings. (An example of the potential size of market and revenue generation opportunity through patent licencing)
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India is the 3 rd largest Startup ecosystem, that attracts large investment via PE, VC funding, HNI & Corporates.
MARKET OPPORTUNITY.
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India has the third largest Start-Up Ecosystem in the World.
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Over 90% of businesses in India is in the MSME category
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India & Subcontinent has a population of 1.7 Billion.
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Neighboring, Middle East has a population of 420 million.
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Reforms are opening up opportunities in these countries.
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India is poised to become the third-largest consumer market behind only the US and China at USD 6 trillion by 2030.
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AI alone will add US $ 957 billion to the Indian economy by 2030
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There is a lot of Capital following business opportunities in the Indian Markets.
