Urban Innovation
Urban Tech & Innovation
Urban Innovation offers comprehensive support for start-ups at various stages, from ideation to scale-up, through tailored programs. These programs provide expert mentorship, personalized interventions, and extensive networking opportunities to help entrepreneurs develop, refine, and scale their businesses through market connections, personalized mentoring, funding, product development, and strategic growth support, ensuring sustainable success regardless of their starting point.
Programs Offered
WE Enable
WE Enable transforms female students into leaders in technology and entrepreneurship. By offering domain-focused certifications, live projects, internships, and immersive visits to corporate and start-up ecosystems, the program sharpens technical skills and leadership abilities along with building peer community as well as expanding professional networks. With targeted upskilling and personalized assessments, students gain a powerful entrepreneurial mindset, enhanced communication, and strategic decision-making skills, positioning them to excel as high-value intrapreneurs or visionary entrepreneurs.
Program highlights
Who can apply
- UG and PG Colleges from various streams.
- Hub-and-spoke model: A women’s college as the central hub for five spoke colleges.
Each spoke college will have four cohorts of 15 students.
Selection Criteria
- 2nd and 3rd year students studying in UG and PG colleges from various streams across Telangana.
- Students interested in building core competencies and enhancing technical proficiency for real-world problem-solving.
- Students interested in developing decision-making and problem-solving skills, along with an entrepreneurial mindset for effective leadership and business model creation.
WE Engage
WE Engage is a set of stage-specific, sector-agnostic programs designed and executed by WE Hub in collaboration with key partners to support women entrepreneurs. The programs provide essential support through expert-led knowledge sessions, access to markets, funding,and networks, addressing the unique challenges women face at different stages of business from idea to growth. WE Engage currently offers three core programs: PROPEL, SPARK and FLINT.
WE Engage - Wadhwani Liftoff: PROPEL
A 12-week, high-impact program specifically designed to enable women entrepreneurs in the early growth stage of their business. The program focuses mainly on Access to market, funding, and network. Participants embark on customized journey featuring co-designed modules, personalized mentorship, and hands-on bootcamps. These elements are aimed at helping entrepreneurs enhance their product-market fit, develop scalable business models, and secure access to funding.
By focusing on market traction and sustainability, the program equips women-led businesses with the tools and guidance necessary to propel their ventures to the next level of success.
Program highlights
Who can apply
- Women Entrepreneurs in India with 51% stake in company or an equal/majority ownership or one of the CXOs in the venture from Urban India
- Startups which are at early growth stage
- Company or enterprise to be legally registered in India
WE Engage - Wadhwani Liftoff: SPARK
A 12-week program co-designed with Wadhwani Foundation to enable women entrepreneurs at the prototype or MVP stage to achieve problem-solution fit and prepare for the market by enabling them to tap into their first customer base. The program offers knowledge sessions led by industry experts, personalized mentor support, and access to grants information and application support. Integrated with comprehensive boot-camps designed by WE Hub, it provides robust support to address the unique challenges faced by women entrepreneurs at critical stages of their start-up journey.
Program highlights
Who can apply
- An enterprise with 51% stake owned by a woman entrepreneur or group of 2-3 women entrepreneurs from Urban India
- Entrepreneurs who have validated MVP/Prototype and are actively seeking their first revenue generation
- Company or enterprise to be legally registered in India
WE Engage - FLINT
A flagship 6-week cohort-based program by WE Hub, aimed at enabling women entrepreneurs. This program provides aspiring entrepreneurs with the knowledge and tools needed to turn their ideas into validated prototypes. The program includes structured assessments of idea feasibility, collaboration with leading prototype partners, and six expert-led sessions combined with hands-on activities, ensuring a robust
foundation for entrepreneurial success.
Program highlights
Who can apply
- Students with an innovative Idea
- Working women looking for a career shift
- Women on career break with startup ideas
WE Elevate
A tailor-made program crafted to assist growth-stage start-ups in scaling their operations, with a strong emphasis on meeting their specific funding and market needs. This program provides resources for market entry and investment opportunities, delivering customized support based on each start-up’s unique financial and growth goals. By aligning funding strategies with business objectives, the program enables start-ups to achieve sustainable growth and long-term success.
Program highlights
Who can apply
- Women Entrepreneurs in India with 51% stake in company or an equal/majority ownership or one of the CXOs in the venture from Urban India
- Start-ups which are at growth and acceleration stage in Tech, Services and product industries
- Start-ups which are generating an annual revenue of INR 5 Cr or more.
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