After revealing the eleven-member stellar jury for The Economic Times Startup Awards (ETSA) 2023 and the nominees for Bootstrap Champ and Top Innovator on Monday, we bring to you today the contenders for the next two categories — Comeback Kid and Best on Campus. Read on to know more about those who made the cut.
The award will showcase a startup whose impact can be judged both by the idea and the execution. The founders should have been students whose aim was to build a commercial enterprise.
Soonicorn Ventures has a sector-agnostic approach to investments and will allocate investments ranging from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 4 crore in startups at the initial funding stages.
The award will recognise innovations that launch a business or give it a big boost. It should be an original idea that is core to the business or one that provides the differentiation that sets it apart from competition.
The Bootstrap Champ will have demonstrated the ability to win customers and earn revenue for at least a year. It should possess the potential to scale into a large enterprise.
The Bengaluru-based firm was last valued at $739 million during a $50 million fundraise in October last year, per Tracxn.
According to a report in The Financial Times, citing veteran YouTube staff, the short-video platform Shorts "risks cannibalising its core business".