Hyderabad, Dec 19: Winter 2025 Demo Day at CIE@IIIT Hyderabad featured 13 startups building research-driven, cutting-edge solutions in AI, intelligent sensing, MedTech devices, robotics, energy storage, language technologies, and space systems. They are drawn from CIE’s three accelerators Avishkar (DeepTech), the MedTech Incubator, and the AIC-Social Accelerator.

These research-led startups are translating applied work from IIIT-H labs such as CVIT, RRC, CVEST, and SPCRC into deployable technologies. Their work spans areas such as intelligent sensing, AI-driven diagnostics, autonomous systems, sustainable materials, and next-generation infrastructure, translating academic research into solutions with measurable societal, environmental, and economic impact.

Startups presented validated technologies, market traction, and investment readiness to a curated pool of investors, including SucSEED Venture Partners, Abyro Capital, O2 VC Fund, Hyderabad Angels, Pavestone VC and Gruhas etc.

Established in 2008, the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) has grown to be the largest academic incubator in the country, playing a defining role in translating advanced research into scalable, market-ready solutions. Embedded within IIIT Hyderabad’s autonomous, research-first institutional model, CIE enables startups to co-create with IIIT-H faculty, research labs, and advanced infrastructure through its “Lab-to-Land” approach.

The Winter Demo Day reaffirmed CIE’s commitment to nurturing deep-tech ventures and accelerating market-ready innovation emerging from India’s most vibrant academic startup ecosystem.