Kerala Startup Mission ranked world’s top public business incubator by UBI Global

Thiruvanthampuram, May 19 (KNN) Kerala Startup Mission has been ranked as the world’s top public business incubator by UBI Global World Benchmark Study 2021-2022 of Business Incubators and Accelerators.

Joshuah Sowah, Head of Research at UBI Global said, “KSUM’s incubation programmes demonstrated exceptional value for client start-ups, value for the local ecosystem, and overall attractiveness as a programme. Following a rigorous data-driven approach, we assessed and benchmarked incubation organisations across the world.”

As per reports, Secretary (Electronics & IT), Kerala, Rathan U Kelkar, and KSUM CEO Anoop Ambika jointly received the honour at the UBI Global World Rankings 2021-2022 event held as part of the World Incubation Summit in Ghent, Belgium.

“This global honour will help us in bringing more investment to Kerala’s start-up sector. This would also bolster the start-up mission’s efforts to excel further,” KSUM CEO said.

Kelkar added that the state government’s policies have played a significant role in revving up Kerala’s entrepreneurship spirit. This has helped the State to build a successful start-up ecosystem that motivates people to thrive in the sector.

UBI Global is a Sweden-based innovation intelligence company and community founded in 2013 in Stockholm. Back in 2019, UBI Global recognised KSUM as world’s No. 1 public business accelerator.  (KNN Bureau)