Tamil Nadu Govt Launches Women Accelerator To Support 22 Women-led Startups

Chennai, Aug 24 (KNN) An exclusive 'Women Accelerator' was launched during the 'TamilNadu Startup Thiruvizha 2023' to benefit founders of 22 women-led Startups from various sectors. 

The inaugural session concluded with the launch of the expo with more than 450 stalls by Startups and Startup enablers.

StartupTN's first annual celebration of Startups, Innovation and Entrepreneurship saw participation from nearly 20,000 delegates and visitors taking part in the two-day mega event at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex in Coimbatore.

The convention and expo began with a video message by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M.K. Stalin.

A total of 23 Startups received sanction orders for total equity investment to the tune of Rs 3.05 crore under TANSEED 5.0, the 5th edition of Tamil Nadu Startup Seed Fund (TANSEED).

This includes Rs 15 Lakh each to 15 Startups and Rs 10 Lakh each to eight Startups. This takes the total number of TANSEED awardees so far to 132. A toll free StartupTN Call Centre number '155343' was launched.

The bilingual call centre can be reached by stakeholders from Tamil Nadu from 10 AM to 6 PM on all working days.  (KNN Bureau)