Today UCIED ( United Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Foundation) hosted the first edition of Gujarat Startups & Investor's Summit 2016 which enabled startups to connect with investors by bringing them together under one roof on 23rd December 2016.

The Unitedworld Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development is a nodal institute approved by the Government of Gujarat under the startup/innovation scheme. 

eChai was the ecosystem partner for the summit and it was organized in association with CII, GCC Youth Wing & FICCI Flo Ahmedabad Chapter. The 1947 was the Outreach partner for the program.

The program was very well attended by key Govt of Gujarat Officials ( Mamta Verma (IAS), Industries Commissioner) & H D Shrimali Addl Industries Commissioner (Extn.) and some of the leading business owners from Ahmedabad.

UCIED followed detailed process for the screening of the application for the business pitch presentation before the investors. 

The top 20 startups were selected from total 200 applications by detailed evaluation of application by subject experts, screening committee members, entrepreneurs and corporate along with interview by committee members

Here are the top 20 Startups being showcased at GCIS 2016:

  1. Cricheroes : CricHeroes - an app for the passionate cricketer in you.

  2. Dipvijay Industries Pvt Ltd. : They have developed a machine to automate the process of making round cotton wicks, which has achieved production of 40 - 50 wicks/min and fetches highest quality of round cotton wick compared to manual process by which one can make only 8 - 10 wicks per minute. It increases the production efficiency of users around 300%. By adopting this machine, one can easily earn Rs 100 to Rs 250 per day one can easily earn around Rs 500 per kg by selling wicks into market.

  3. Environomics : Within a short span of 4 months EPL has won EPC contracts of 2 Mwp+ and at least 20 MwP+ under discussion, EPLkey focus areas are rooftop solar and we offer solar solutions for industry, commercial buildings, educational institutes, non-profit organizations and residences.

  4. MobiHealth : Mobihealth is a web based platform which is also available as a phone app handcrafted in consultation with doctor designed for disease management and clinic management. The various communication mediums used by the platform are email, SMS, Call etc. It is a first of its kind communication system for healthcare targeting adherence, care and monitoring, information sharing.

  5. Green Carbon Enviotech  : They aim to be the preferred partner in the application of environmental management technologies for the development that is clean, green and sustainable to environment. They have offices located at Surat and Ahmedabad. The highly sophisticated laboratory, spread over 400 square feet area at Surat, is equipped with all the required instruments to carry out the analysis pertaining to air, water and wastewater.
  6. Greenobazaar.com: Greenobazaar.com is an ecommerce platform that offers Handpicked Certified Organic 100% natural products sourced from best brands across India and delivered across India. We have products categorized into Grocery & Nutrition, Beauty & Personal Care, Baby care, Home and Living, Recycled and Art and Craft.

  7. HobbyCook.in: HOBBYCOOK is The Home Food Market that aims to connect customers to passionate home chefs. They aspire to be AMUL for Urban Indian Women and develop a hybrid model of product + service across the globe.

  8. KarConnect : KarConnect is a real time vehicle diagnosis & driving behavior monitoring platform which has 3 components: KarConnect Device, Android/iOS App & Web App

  9. Punchit.io : Punchit.io is a comparison based social network

  10. Srijan: They with tribal/rural communities of India towards the holistic development of the communities. 

  11. LegalWiz: It is an Online Premier Professional Services company offering services traditionally catered to by CAs, CSs or Lawyers to entrepreneurs, SMEs & startups.

  12. M2 Hydrofarms : M2 Hydrofarms was started with a vision to provide pesticide free and hygienic vegetables, fruits and herbs by use of less space and water. M2 Hydrofarms uses soil-less cultivation technique called hydroponics which requires no soil and thus any space can be used to cultivate plants. Using hydroponics on urban rooftops would enable us to produce more crops and reduce the carbon and water footprint compared to traditional soil based cultivation.

  13. Muvr.in: MUVR is a logistics solutions company which offers a 24x7 Dial-a-Mini-truck-Tempo Service.

  14. OoWomaniya.com : It an exclusive platform for Women, making health and wellness related information and services affordable and easily accessible. OoWomaniya specifically addresses women’s day-to-day issues, doubts and concerns related to their physical, emotional and intimate health.

  15. REVY Environmental Solutions: Revy aims to provide solution to one of the basic problems of our society - Waste Management by improvising conventional Biomethanation process and to produce Bio-Hydrogen – The Future Fuel, from organic wastes.

  16. Saathipads: Saathi manufactures biodegradable sanitary pads made from banana fiber to reduce sanitary pad waste and increase women's access to pads. Saathi pads degrade within 6 months of disposal, 100 times faster than conventional pads, and eliminate the need for incineration, reducing CO2 emissions. Our pads match the absorbency of market leaders and do not contain bleach or chemicals.

  17. San-Burn: They have innovated fully automatic and Environment Friendly Sanitary Napkin Burner machine with power saver technology, a very first time in India for improvement in Health Care, Drainage, sewage, Cleanness, Awareness etc.

  18. Study Marvel : An Augmented Reality-based Science Education book and mobile application with superior 4D interactive features for enhanced classroom training!

  19. TileBazzar.com: Tilebazzar is a B2B Tech-enabled curative model. We help in locating, procuring, designing and delivering at door steps the best aesthetics covering within your budget for Building and construction Industry. Covering Aesthetics refers to Tiles, Sanitary/Faucets/Ply-wood, ETC.

  20. Toy Mahal: It is a 100% online Toy Library, with an online booking platform for different kind of toys rentals serving kids ageing from 1 month to 8 years and is based on Fully Subscription Based Model.

You can also join for our upcoming eChai Demo Days to be held simultaneously in 20+ cities on 21st January 2017.  

Also next thursday we hosting the eChai Offers launch party at VentureStudio. eChai Offers provides an exclusive & valuable biz products/services related offers from the community to eChai Members. 

You can also become an eChai Member & join amazing offine-online social network of entrepreneurs to connect, share, collaborate & #CoRise at Rs. 500 per year. More at eChai.in.