1. www.zonestartups.com/india
28th
May 2013 – First Meeting in Toronto
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July 2013 - Signing MOU in Mumbai
28th
Feb 2014 – Inauguration

2. Educate: Research, Computer Literacy, Mobile Programming, Social Media Marketing, User Experience,
Business and Computer Science courses
Ideate: Industry Projects, (think tank, consulting, research, prototyping), Faculty lead research, Digital
Media Specialization,
Incubate: Start-up programming, mentoring, education, mentorship and advisory, connection to Industry
pilot customers, tours, events, semi-structured support.
Accelerate: Seed funding, focused acceleration programming, Dedicated Mentorship Advisory, Structure
network connections, specialized tours, Special events, access to follow on funding.

4. What YOU get from the Program

5. How it works?
 Start-up programming, mentoring, education, mentorship and advisory,
connection to Industry pilot customers, tours, events, semi-structured
support.
 Incubation process - begins with 4 month program - defined monthly
milestones, (focus on R&D, prototype, market research, find pilot customers
– get to Beta)
 Monthly peer to peer check-ins and constant feedback
 Leverage community, education toolkit(s), Mentors/Advisors, Network
contacts
 Regular Events to connect with corporate partners other stakeholders
 Constant iteration of on-going programming and partnerships
 Output: Graduate to Accelerator or remain in Zone cover costs

6. Accelerator: The funding part…..RFI / DMZI
 Investment Target: Up to 15 web and mobile start-ups per year, seed and
early stage financing ranging from $50k up to $750k, with opportunities to
match investment with other sources
 DMZ Investments (DMZI) - a seed-stage fund. DMZI will make
investments in existing DMZ startups and new companies brought into the
incubator.
 Goal – to invest $50,000 each in up to 50 startups over the next 3-4
years. No management fees but, RFI takes a small equity stake in each
investee company.
 We look for mobile, web, data, business to business and business to
consumer companies backed by innovative intellectual property that can
scale massively.
 We are invested in five DMZ companies, ranging in industries from
Healthcare to Financial Services, and hold equity in seven companies
currently. In addition, approximately five companies are currently being
considered for investment.

8. Write-in or even better, visit us at:
ZoneStartups India
18th
Floor, BSE
P.J.Towers
Dalal Street
Mumbai 400001
ajay@ryersonfutures.com
+91-98200-65875
ajay.imcmumbai
www.zonestartups.com
www.digitalmediazone.ryerson.ca