Maha Accelerator begins its 'Mahajourney' with maiden cohort, onboards 9 growth stage startups

MUMBAI, India - March 23, 2024 - PRLog -- Maha Accelerator announced its maiden cohort of Growth Stage startup acceleration with 4 companies, one from Sangli, two from Bangalore and one from Mumbai. Maha Accelerator also launched its maiden cohort for Early-Stage Revenue generating startups with 5 companies. Each from Mumbai, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Pune and Sangli. Startup Names will be announced in First week of April.

Three month back launched Maha Accelerator with aim of creating knowledge universe is set with its several announcements. Maha Accelerator Founder & CEO, Omkar Kulkarni (https://www.linkedin.com/in/omkar-kulkarni-10594953/) Said, "I have been working in Indian and Global Startup Ecosystem for almost decade now and what we see at grassroot level is an entrepreneurship wave in Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 cities is about to unlock. We aim to accelerate 30 Startups this year and invest up to 1 Cr in potential startups."

Maha Accelerator is arguably the first Startup enabler working from Remote Tier 4 City like Sangli, MH. We are very much focused on non-Metro cities and small towns. Along with the Acceleration program, Maha Accelerator is doing two flagship events: 'Education Transformation Conference 2024' and 'Maha Entrepreneurship Summit 2024' in 36 Districts of Maharashtra and later expand to other states. Maha Accelerator is also doing a holistic research report in every district with focus of 'India 2047: Vision for City' to understand the expectations for various stakeholders in all districts.

Maha Accelerator COO, Abhinav Madavi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhinav-p-madavi-272810156/) said, "Shark tank played a big role of creating awareness in Remote small towns where strong oppose seen by parents of young entrepreneurs however, there is need of addressing this by educating people and giving them a holistic knowledge about Startup ecosystem. A government is doing a lot efforts however organizations like us can be gamechanger. We are spreading ourselves Pan India to do so."

Maha Accelerator's Incubation initiative, Maha Incubator Lead, Tanmay Gadgil (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanmay-gadgil-a3a628169/) said, "Academia is doing a lot efforts to promote entrepreneurship in small cities however, we still lack experienced people from startup ecosystem helping colleges to provide quality knowledge and resources. We have developed 30 Chapter curriculum and immersive learning with real time case studies and live startup examples to develop right set of skills and knowledge in Students, Incubation centers and Universities."

Maha Accelerator runs several initiatives, Maha Event with focus on developing Entrepreneurship friendly environment, Maharashtra Angel Network with bringing HNI's and Angel Investors from various towns, Maha Startup to upskill the rural talent, Maha Incubator with supporting Academia and government initiatives. Maha Accelerator also works with Several global accelerators to develop cross boarder engagements.