Basic Functions/ Job Responsibility

- Identify, research, and shortlist startups aligned with defined business challenges, technology themes, and strategic priorities.

- Evaluate startups across parameters such as technology, founding team, traction, market fit, enterprise readiness, and scalability.

- Prepare structured startup profiles, comparative assessments, trend reports, and briefing notes for senior stakeholders and clients.

- Build and maintain relationships with startups, accelerators, incubators, academic institutions, investors, and other ecosystem partners.

- Track emerging technologies, funding activity, competitor developments, and relevant market trends.

- Maintain startup pipelines and technology intelligence trackers, ensuring that information remains current and actionable.

- Support startup outreach, introductory discussions, due-diligence calls, and follow-up communication.

- Coordinate client meetings, startup showcases, demo sessions, scouting sprints, innovation challenges, and demo days.

- Prepare presentation decks, meeting materials, status reports, pipeline updates, and documentation for leadership and steering committee reviews.

- Track startup engagement and pilot progress, including key milestones, actions, risks, and documentation.





- Coordinate with legal, procurement, finance, and internal stakeholders to support startup onboarding and pilot execution.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scouting methodologies, evaluation frameworks, playbooks, and process documentation.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience

- Bachelor's or master's degree in business, technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, or a related discipline.

- Relevant experience in startup scouting, innovation consulting, market research, accelerator programmes, venture building, or ecosystem management.

- Robust research, analytical, and written communication skills.

- Ability to evaluate technology-led businesses and translate research into clear, decision-ready insights.

- Strong stakeholder coordination and project-management capabilities.

- Comfortable working with startups, enterprise leaders, and cross-functional teams.

- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel; familiarity with startup databases and research platforms would be advantageous.

- Self-driven, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

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Locations: Bangalore

📌 Innovation & Startup Scouting - Third Party Payroll (India)
🏢 NASSCOM Startup Hub
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