Facilities
Heera College establishing the Heera Technology Innovation Zone, a inter college innovation incubator hub for many technology sectors under an umbrella. The zone will create world class infrastructure facilities for multi sector technology incubators to incubate their start-ups and to support home grown enterprises
HCET in partnership with Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM, launched its new structured incubation program designed to provide a springboard to budding entrepreneurs in building scalable technology products and solutions. The new Incubation Program is open to all HCET students and Faculties. The startup founders can easily access to the Sector Experts & Business Mentors, Tailor made workshops, Industry and Investor networks of HCET and KSUM circles and are eligible for a variety of state and central Govt. schemes and grants from Heera IEDC and KSUM.
Without change, there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable
– William Pollard
Startups Will Also Go Through A Stage Based Structured 3 Month Program
- Idea Acceleration: Idea To Concept
- Product Acceleration: Concept To Launch
- Market Acceleration: Launch To Revenue
DERIVE
During the ideation stage, the team with a potentially innovative idea is provided with co-working space, development kits and access to equipment and allied facilities to develop a Proof of Concept. The idea is refined to ensure that there is a business case to it.
DESIGN
Companies start product design and prototyping envisioning a market viable product. Maker Village provides the startups with electronics design automation tools and mechanical design tools, as well as marketing and prototyping facilities. Financial assistance is also provided through grants, loans to promising teams.
DEVELOPMENT
During this stage the engineering design and development is undertaken by the startups to build a fully functional product after taking into account the modalities of Industrial design and DFM. Heera IEDC provides all the necessary support through mentoring by subject matter experts and various labs, equipment and technologies. The startups are also provided with co-investment opportunities if any and would be able to leverage the extensive partner network for product outreach and forging alliances and associations. Heera IEDC also deals with International accelerators for reaching a global audience and promising startups will be supported.
GET ACCELERATED
- Global and National exposure programs
- Work with HCET sector and Tech experts
- Industry and Investor visit
- Community events and workshops.
- Experts face to face discussion.
ACCESS TO FUNDS
- Funds provided from Heera IEDC
- Fund sanctioned from KSUM through IEDC
- External funding agencies.
- Fund provided by Heera Management.
CO-WORK WITH US
- Plug & Play desk & cabin spaces (Working Hours)
- Access to Fab Lab & IoT Solutions.
- Business service during office hours.
- Development tools available at Heera IEDC.
Points to be noted
- Preference for startups who have registered as a Pvt. Ltd. company or a LLP.
- Core team should have more than one founder.
- State government grants will be conditional to approvals from the Executive Committee of KSUM.
- Startups should compulsorily attend the Induction program