Investor Readiness Program (IRP)

Run by Venture Center.

Venture Center's Investor Readiness Program in Pune is a 24-week tailored mentoring programme for healthtech startups, run hybrid and ending in a startup showcase. Top performers stand a chance to secure a reward grant of up to Rs 10 Lakhs per startup; joining startups pay a refundable commitment fee of Rs 5,000, which is a fee rather than a cheque, and no equity is mentioned on the programme page.

Investment

₹1,000,000 (Below South Asia median $24k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

24 weeks (Shorter than South Asia median 26 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

hybrid

Cadence

annual

Location

Pune, India

Sectors

• Health Tech

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.venturecenter.co.in/irp/ read 2026-09-07 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, format, sectors, application url, status

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Last verified 2026-09-07.