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A two-day Coastal Startup Fest – 2026 volition beryllium held successful Mangaluru from March 28.
A associated inaugural of Atal Incubation Centre, Nitte, K-Tech Innovation Hub, and the NITTE–Government of Karnataka Centre of Excellence successful Aquamarine Innovation, the festival volition beryllium held astatine Fiza by Nexus Mall successful the city. Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) is the strategical spouse of the festival.
The inaugural is aimed astatine positioning Mangaluru–Udupi corridor arsenic a starring Tier-2 innovation hub successful India. The two-day festival volition bring unneurotic curated startups, angel investors, manufacture leaders, academia, and ecosystem partners to foster collaboration, investment, and sustainable growth.
The festival volition diagnostic SPARK-2026 which is simply a pupil concern thought challenge, offering currency prizes and six months of mentorship; coastal startup expo and capitalist summit, with interactive booths, startup pitches, and visibility to implicit 60,000 visitors; presenting coastal startup excellence awards; industry–academia roundtable; and structured capitalist networking, targeting implicit 50 curated interactions, a merchandise from the organisers said.
Posters and programme brochure of the festival were released astatine a relation successful Mangaluru connected Saturday.
Speaking connected the occasion, Ameet Ganu S., General Manager (Corporate Strategy), MRPL, highlighted the immense imaginable of startups successful transforming the system and contributing to societal development.
Poornachandra, AGM, Canara Bank, Udupi Circle, spoke astir the important interaction of coastal startups successful driving the Indian system and highlighted assorted authorities initiatives specified arsenic ‘Make successful India’ and ‘Startup India’ that enactment the startup ecosystem.
