INDEPENDENT CSR IMPACT

ASSESSMENT REPORT
Conducted By,
Bluesky Sustainable Business LLP,
9th Floor, Prestige Towers, Residency Road,
Bangalore, India

INCUBATION AND
ACCELERATION OF
SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
CSR PROJECT 2020-2021
Brillio Technologies Pvt Ltd
1st Main Road, Mini Forest, J P Nagar 3rd Phase,
Bangalore, Karnataka

Date: 30th April 2021

Validity: 30th April 2021 to 29th April 2022
Certificate reference number IB067- 2100 - 01- 00002
Service Contract Number BSSB-2122-00002
Based on the Inspection Visit dated 21st, 26th, 27th, 28th April 2021

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Inspection Statement on CSR Impact

Assessment
The Mphasis F1 Foundation supported CSR project: Incubation and Acceleration of Social Enterprises is implemented
with the services of two incubators - Social Alpha and NSRCEL. The project's objective is to identify and incubate
start-ups working in inclusion ( gender & disability), education, and livelihood.

Bluesky Sustainable Business LLP is contracted by Mphasis F1 Foundation to conduct the impact assessment of the
program mentioned above.

Based on the Bluesky CSR Inspection Framework (BSCIF) methodology, the CSR Inspection performed on
21st, 26th, 27th, and 28th April 2021 The CSR projects: Incubation and Acceleration of Social Enterprises has
been awarded a Platinum Rating.

A Platinum Rating of the project demonstrates impact benefitting to stake-holders through the project’s
• Innovative initiative with a strategic intent for social change.
• Defining new solutions to issue management
• Alliance of multi-organisational stake-holder relationships.

Bluesky Sustainable Business LLP is satisfied that the information and data provided about the CSR project: Incubation
and Acceleration of Social Enterprises is adequate and is of the opinion that it provides a fair and balanced representation
of the Mphasis F1 Foundation CSR activities within the limitations of the Bluesky CSR Inspection Framework (BSCIF).

Jyotsna Belliappa 30th April 2021

Head- CSR Inspections.
Bluesky Sustainable Business LLP,
Bangalore, India
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Contents

Inspection Statement CSR Project's Impact Assessment 01

Executive Summary 04
Start-up Profiles 05

Recommendation 07

About Mphasis F1 FoundatIon 09

About Implementing Partners 10

Bluesky Inspection Methodology 13

Stakeholder Mapping 14

Impact Assessment of CSR Project Activities 16

Case Study 1 10

Case Study 2 13

Case Study 3 14

Case Study 4

Case Study 5

Case Study 6

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Executive Summary
• The Mphasis F1 Foundation supported CSR project: Incubation and Acceleration of Social Enterprises contributes to
The Companies Act 2013, Sec 135, Schd VII (ix) contributions or funds provided to technology incubators located
within academic institutions.

• As per the requirement of The Companies ( CSR Policy) Amendment Rules 2021, the impact assessment of 2 projects
having outlays of more than one crore rupees has been conducted.

• The Indian start-up ecosystem is the third largest ecosystem in the world. Over 27,916 start-ups, as of February 1,
2020, have raised over $11 Bn in 2019 (as of November 30, 2019) across 736 deals.

• The incubation theme aligns with Mphasis culture of "The Next Applied" The incubated start-ups all leverage
technology in futuristic and agile ways to address the challenges of inclusion, education, and livelihood issues
facing our world.

• The project's duration was from May 2018 to March 2021 for NSRCEL and from Dec 2019 to March 2022 for Social
Alpha.

• As per Census 2011, 2.68 Cr persons are 'disabled,' which is 2.21% of the total India's population. This makes the
social start-up's focus on inclusion very pertinent. Moreover, projects in the inclusion space do not attract the interest
of able-bodied people, are often siloed and require more investments than other issues.

Disabled Population by Type of Disability in India- Cencus, 2011

8%
19% In Seeing Mental Retardation

18%
In Hearing Mental Illness

3% 19% In Speech Any Other

6%
In Movement Multiple Disability
7%
20%

• Nineteen (19) social start-ups were selected from 750 total applications received by Social Alpha and NSRCEL for
the Mphasis CSR Project. The process of choosing the start-ups was well designed and equitable. The start-up
selected are social enterprises – for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

• Fourteen (14) start-ups incubated by Social Alpha focus on applying 'Assistive Technology' to address Disability,
Inclusion, and Education. The other five (5) incubated by NSRCEL address the issues of Inclusion and Livelihood.

• The social impact of the start-ups employing assistive technology to mainstream the young and vulnerable
population with a disability is deep-rooted and long-term. It provides them an opportunity to be independent and
contribute to society. The use of technology helps identify and address the disability earlier and thus reduces the
medical and carer costs.

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Executive Summary cont.

• 31.6 % sample size (6 start-ups) was engaged in providing evidence of the impact of the CSR Project. 95% of the
founders interviewed were themselves victims of the issues their start-up is trying to address. This contributed to the
founders' intense commitment, passion, and laser focus to find disruptive and non-linear solutions.
"I was a dyslexic myself, and I have had a traumatic experience of going to a mental hospital in Chennai to
diagnose dyslexia. That's why I wanted to change this. Young kids should not have to go to a mental hospital for
assessment of dyslexia -; I want to build awareness in parents to identify and address the issue for children at a
young age by providing early detection and intervention."
-Stakeholder Feedback

• There is substantial evidence that the CSR project: Incubation and Acceleration of Social Enterprises, has
contributed to all the incubatees to scale up their operations and attract subsequent funding. The mentoring and
training calendar for the founders, appropriate funds for specific work-order identified by the founders, and the
networking of like-minded organizations were considered critical for the start-ups to be resilient and survive in the
Covid era. Having portfolio managers working one-on-one with the start-ups was especially appreciated.

It is like someone working as the 4th Co-founder outside your company and still working for you in the market.

• An unintended but positive long-term impact of the program is the digitization of products and services that were
speeded up to survive the Covid disruption. Covid disruptions since 2020 have pushed the start-ups to the edge of
failure, forcing them to re-strategize for the new normal. The start-up founders were unanimous in their views that
digitization of their product and services is a significant contributor to the resilience of their business.

• The project design by the implementing partners – Social Alpha and NSRCEL is robust, implemented diligently with
good accountability of success and failures. Data collection and reporting for the project are substantial. There is a
good rapport between the Mphasis F1 Team and the Incubator teams at Social Alpha and NSRCEL and start-ups.

The best part was that I was able to go back to my mentor and ask my questions.

Cumulative Funding for CSR project: Incubation and

Acceleration of Social Enterprises

Cumulative funding as of
Incubator Total Applications Final Incubatees
FY 2020 (INR Millions)

NSRCEL 550 5 17.7

Social Alpha 200+ 14 25

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Start-up Profiles
1. NSRCEL Incubatees

S. No. Start-up (Incubatee) About Thematic Area of Work

1 Econut Coconut Producer Establish a Self-sustained FPO Model to Livelihood

Company uplift farmers & create rural livelihood

2 Rural Caravan Strengthening Rural Economic activities Livelihood

3 ThinkZone Bridge learning gaps of children through Education & Livelihood

affordable technology-enabled solution

4 Blink Research & Services (P) Enhance learning curve of children with Education & Livelihood
Ltd Specific learning disabilities through
Assistive technology

5 TaxShe services Pvt Ltd Safe travel ecosystem for Women & Livelihood, Women &
Children through professional women Child Safety
drivers from marginalized communities

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Start-up Profiles cont.

2. Social Alpha Incubatees

S. No. Start-up (Incubatee) About Thematic Area of Work

1 Flexmotiv Improve mobility of Disabled & Elderly Disability – Mobility

through biomechanical auxiliary crutches

2 Aum Voice Prosthesis A 1$ medical device that helps throat Throat Cancer - Voice
cancer patients get their voice back

3 Stamurai Speech therapy application to assist Disability – Speech

people with stuttering

4 Cogniable Remote screening platform for treatment Disability (Health)

of autism spectrum disorder

5 InnovisionTech Assistive & Affordable Braille Technology Disability (Health)

6 XL Cinema Application service to make movies & Disability Auditory

accessible to people with various
disability
Disability (Health)
7 Trestlelabs A voice app for visually impaired

8 Beable Neuro & motor rehabilitation of victims Disability (Health)

suffering from stroke & upper limb motor
deficit through arm rehabilitation device

9 Thinkerbellabs Solve low Braille literacy & employability Disability (Health)

amongst visually impaired through
literacy device

10 Raised Line Foundation Access to Tactile books for visually Disability (Health)
impaired children

11 TrueConsultancy Enable inclusion by making transport Disability Mobility

accessible to persons with
partial/limited/reduced mobility

12 Indent Indigenous three wheeled powered Disability (Health)

wheelchair for Disabled people

13 Tactopus Multi-sensory learning resources to Disability Blindness

mainstream visually impaired children

14 Kidaura Help children with neurological disorders Disability (Health)

through game based digital platform

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Recommendation

The inclusion of the disabled and other vulnerable sections of society with the help of technology is a
dominant theme of the start-up supported by the Mphasis F1 Foundation.

The start-ups address diverse, complicated, and inter-related social, environmental, and economic
issues, which are also the focus of 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals.

The sustainable development goals reference people with disabilities 11 times, and vulnerable
situations have been mentioned six times in the 2030 Agenda of the sustainable goals.

It is recommended to align subsequent project deliverables to Sustainable Development Goals, thus

contributing to the global as well as national development goals.

The following are the 5 Sustainable development goals that

can be considered for alignment with the themes of inclusion,
education, and livelihood:

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About Mphasis F1 Foundation

Mphasis F1 Foundation is an independent charitable trust and the CSR arm of Mphasis. The Foundation has the charter to
support innovative programs that work towards the inclusive development of society. The Foundation works in
collaboration with non-profits and social enterprises (via incubators).

As front-runners in technology-led solutions, Mphasis' corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects work for socially
excluded and economically disadvantaged groups through disruptive and tech-based solutions in the areas of education,
livelihood, and inclusion.

Mphasis F1 Foundation works across its geographies of operation as well as disaster-affected regions in India. The
company's average net profit for the last three financial years stood at Rs1,038.80 crores. During the year, the company
spent Rs20.8 crore on CSR against the mandated spend (2 percent of its average net profit of the past three years) of Rs
20.78 crore. Last year, the company had spent its mandated CSR budget of Rs 18.2 crore.

About implementing partners

Social Alpha is registered as a non profit organization. It is a multistage innovation curation and venture development
platform for science and technology start-ups that aim to address the most critical social, economic, and environmental
challenges. Social Alpha supports mission-aligned entrepreneurs through a network of innovation labs, start-up incuba-
tors, accelerator programs, seed funds, and market access mechanisms. Since its inception in 2016, Social Alpha has
nurtured more than 150 start-ups, including 40+ seed investments.

The NSRCEL was set up in 1999 to synergize with IIMB's focus on entrepreneurial studies. The Centre facilitates business
growth by combining academic research with practical experiences. Entrepreneurial energy is facilitated by the IIMB's
academic community and industry interfaces, thus channelizing small business ideas into implementation. The NSRCEL
not only trains and promotes entrepreneurship but also acts as an Incubator Cell for start-up companies. The NSRCEL has
a rich faculty of mentors who have diverse experience handling various Industries and have built many an enterprise over
the years.

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Bluesky Inspection Methodology

The Bluesky CSR Inspection framework builds on:

ISO 26000: Guidance for Social responsibility National Guidelines for Responsible Business
(now an approved standard for social Conduct- 2018
responsibility in India)

The Companies Act 2013 Schd VI, Section 135.

Qualitative analysis based on empirical

evidence of activities, impacts, and The Companies (CSR Policy) Amendment Rules
stakeholder interviews. 2021

Stakeholder
Establishing CSR Inspection
matrix and
Audit project plan based on
sphere of
Programme scoping activities
influence

Data input into Verification of

Stakeholder
BSCIF tool. evidence on Conducting
feedback,
Analysis of process & Audit
interviews
inspection procedures
report

Assurance
Analysis of report,
Reporting inspection certificate
report Bluesky &
NABCB logo

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Stakeholder Mapping
Stakeholders are defined as individual or group that has an interest in the activity of an organization. The following four
categories of stakeholders were identified based on how they influence the CSR project.

Feedback was elicited from 3 of the 4 categories of stakeholder to assess the impact.

Stakeholder Stakeholders Stakeholder

Serial Implementing Sponsor
no. Beneficiaries Owner
Partners

1 19 stakeholders Social Alpha & Mphasis F1 Foundation Mphasis Board Mphasis

NSRCEL-IIMB CSR Committee

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IMPACT ASSESSMENT
of CSR Project Activities
• Bluesky Sustainable Business LLP is an accredited Type A, Independent Inspection body for
CSR Projects.

• Bluesky CSR Inspection Framework (BSCIF), developed by Bluesky, builds on national and
global CSR standards and ensures consistency for impact assessment offered to customers by
following the basic protocol for content integrity.

• This Impact Assessment Report defines "Impact" as systemic change that a stakeholder or a
beneficiary experiences over a (long) period of time.

• "Outcome" is defined as the same changes experienced by the stakeholder over a short and
mid-term period of time. ( e.g., for the accounting period of 1 year) which captures the broader
benefit of the project's activities.

• Robust and detailed stakeholder feedback has been employed and triangulated with other
evidence of performance to assess the impact of the CSR program

• A random sample size of 6 start-ups (31.6% of sample size) and representatives from the Incu-
bators as well as representatives from Mphasis F1 Foundation were engaged in providing
feedback for assessing impact.

• The Inspection comprised a combination of documentation review, validation of evidence, and

sample stakeholder interaction through online video calls and mobile surveys.

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Case study 1
Level 1 Information: Programme Name

STAMURAI

Level 2 Information: Activity & Output

S. No. Output
Activity
Pre-Incubation Post-Incubation

1 Developing a speech therapy 6000 User downloads on IOS 40,000+ downloads on IOS and
mobile application to assist & PlayStore in Nov 2019 50,000+ downloads on
people who stutter - learn and Playstore (Till date).
practice speech therapy

Demography–
40% users from India – of
which 50% users are from
Tier2 & Tier3 cities.
Gender - 75% Male, 25%
Female.
Users age group - 14-28 years)

Scale of impact Fewer reviews Improved reviews 4.8* on IOS

& 4.6* on Playstore

2 Social-Alpha Incubation Program Struggling to launch and 30 lacs grant received

expand the product
Subsequent funding and growth

No guidance or mentorship High-quality mentorship to

broaden vision to refine the
product to meet customer
requirement

Limited Extensive network of

networking/collaboration like-minded corporates and
cohorts for many types of
additional funds and resources.

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Case study 1 cont.
Level 3 Information: Project Impact

S. No. Impact/ Outcome of the Incubator Activities

1 Improvement in Users Satisfaction - reflected in the reviews on the app

2 (a) The hiring of quality human resources for enhancing the product, do clinical trials, design &
manufacturing, and ensure work order (product optimization)

2 (b) Mentoring and guidance to an expanded vision and scope of the product

2(c)(i) Mentorship of "Google for Startups program"

2(c)(ii) Free access to Google Cloud Credits

2(c)(iii) NISH (National Institute of Speech & Hearing) for technical/ clinical inputs

2(c)(iv) Subsequent funding through PROSUS SICA Grant and other Fortune10 companies

Feedback Quotes

We were one month away from closing the It is like someone working as the 4th Co-founder
start-up when we received the incubation outside your company and still working for you in
support and grant. We are much stronger and the market.
resilient and have visibility for the next six
months, despite Covid disruption. Our resilience
is growing with time.

To receive continued mentorship and networking

support, and Some help/support on the clinical
trials of products on other disorders.

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Case study 2
Level 1 Information: Programme Name

BLINKGEN

Level 2 Information: Activity & Output

S. No. Output
Activity
Pre-Incubation Post-Incubation

1 3R labs for children in school Small, Stand-alone set up in 7 nos of 3 labs' with 1360
premises for dyslexia assessment Loyola College with limited students @ INR 6 lakhs per
and remedial education exposure to the anchors and school annually. Due to COVID
funders in the space of constraints, Pivoted from
dyslexia. Very few interventions physical labs to app model
and mainly developing with more people using the
content. service.

2 The online app-based activity Currently getting 12 referrals

started in Dec2020. per day through Social media.

NSRCEL referral for

Creation of online screening tools Technical guidance and
to assess the reading, writing, and support in tool validation from
arithmetic levels of children to Director of National Institute of
identify dyslexia in the comfort of Empowerment of Persons with
their homes. Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD)

Development of YouTube
channel content for sensitiza-
tion and creating empathy
towards dyslexic children.

Level 3 Information: Project Impact

S. No. Impact/ Outcome of the Incubator Activities

1 1360 students from 7 schools with regular remediation activities in schools.

Might resume post covid

2 40 paid subscribers on the platform and growing

Subsequent grant received from HDFC, partnership with NHFDC, NASSCOM Foundation and Capgemini
funding for three years, all starting from 20-21

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Case study 2 cont.
Feedback Quotes

I was a dyslexic myself, and I have had a traumatic experience of going to a mental hospital in
Chennai to diagnose dyslexia. That's why I wanted to change this. Young kids should not have to go
to a mental hospital for assessment of dyslexia -; I want to build awareness in parents to identify and
address the issue for children at a young age by providing early detection and intervention.

-Stakeholder feedback

Success at the social level is to provide detection NSRCEL incubation gave exposure, connect and
and early intervention to children in the comfort recognition and access to further funding
of their homes, sensitize parents to remove opportunities. The mentoring and guidance was
taboo about dyslexia. Will provide livelihood very focused and customized to our domain.
opportunity to special educators connected with
the platform.

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Case study 3
Level 1 Information: Programme Name

ECONUT: Social entreprise _ farmer producing organization

Level 2 Information: Activity & Output

S. No. Output
Activity
Pre-Incubation Post-Incubation

1 On-boarding farmers as 300 shareholders 1500 shareholders

Shareholders in the Farmer
Producer Company
Around 40% of the sharehold-
ers are women i.e. more than
450 women out of 1500.
All the shareholders are small
and marginal farmers owning
less than 3 acre of land.

Per Farmer income (FPI) was Per Farmer Income (FPI)

1 lakh increased to 1.8 lakhs

2 Business Management & Raw Business Model (Very Developed scientific methods
Scale-up unorganized) - Unable to to measure impacts (became
measure impacts. highly organized)

3 Establish Outlets Initially trading in tender Established 17 Outlets in tech

coconuts in unorganized parks in Bangalore
manner

4 Training Community Youth No resources to train and 600 youths were trained and
engage youth. employed for them to earn
approx. 1000/ day.Increased
the harvest size to 10,000
coconuts per year.

5 International Export No exports Got connected to Japanese

Buyer for an export order of
600 metric tonnes of Okra.

6 Fundraising Functioning with significantly Grants received from Mphasis

less funds strengthened our business
functioning.

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Case study 3 cont.

7 Engaging community women Earlier women were involved in Trained community women in
Tobbaco production which making Coconut byproducts
caused occupational hazards like Coconut chips, cookies,
with low income levels oils, coco powder etc

8 Recycling generated waste We follow a Zero-waste model wherein whatever waste we

generate, gets collected back to our farms. This is then converted
to Organic fertilizers like Coconut powder etc.

Level 3 Information: Project Impact

S. No. Impact/ Outcome of the Incubator Activities

1(i) Reduced Rural Migration

1(ii) Self-sustainable farmers with better income levels; and independent of Government support for loans

1(iii) Established an organized supply chain that empowers the farmers

2 New resources like the Government's Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

3 Improved market access for new products leading to improved profits for farmers

4 Trained community youths were able to generate a monthly income between 25K-30K, thereby
contributing to the Family's income

5 Created an alternative source of income and new markets for the shareholders by exporting Okra

6 Subsequent funding from other incubation programs- 75 Lakhs for the next 3 years

7 Increased income levels of women with no occupational hazards, thereby contributing to family income

8 Ensure environmental sustainability by establishing a circular economy

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Case study 3 cont.

Feedback Quotes

Earlier, there was no connection between farmers and people who want to do good. This resulted in
most of the profits taken by the middlemen. Now that people like us are there, we can organize the
supply chain by directly connecting the farmers with the end consumers, thereby increasing profits for
the farmers". It's a win-win situation for everyone.

Before, we were not able to picture ourselves and We realized that we need to have a robust
tell the world what we are doing. This opportunity software system for our increasing operations.
was brought to us by IIMB wherein we could
establish a bigger presence of our work.

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Case study 4
Level 1 Information: Programme Name

FLEXIMOTIV

Level 2 Information: Activity & Output

S. No. Output
Activity
Pre-Incubation Post-Incubation

1 Building highly functional auxiliary Less product validation Engaged "Mobility India" (NGO)
crutches to improve the mobility to conduct an independent
of persons with disabilities & assessment of our product
elderly quality for end users.

2 Product Design The production cost was 1400 The production cost reduced
Rs per unit now to - 900 Rs per unit

No government order 1500 units order received from

Government

NGO procuring local products The reduced product cost will

with low quality costing 1000 attract more NGO Buyers to
Rs per unit compared to our buy our product for 900 Rs per
product with good quality and unit now.
warranty for Rs 1400 per unit.

3 Direct Sales 200 units sold 650 units sold

4 Subsequent Fundraising No funds 25 lakhs raised out of 1.3 Cr

Level 3 Information: Project Impact

S. No. Impact/ Outcome of the Incubator Activities

1 Quality of product validated because of the Incubation program and grant support

2 Improved market competitiveness & sales opportunity

3 Direct sales increased

4 Improved Fundraising

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Case study 4 cont.

Feedback Quotes

The product design reengineering we could do with the help of Mphasis grant was a game-changer for
us. It allowed us to keep the start-up afloat because we could reduce our production cost and continue
to be relevant in the market.

We are good to say that we are sustainable now if The Social Alpha team went an extra mile to help
we minus the cost of R&D activities for our new every other start-up and us in the cohort. They
products. A lot of this is possible because of Social are good people who want to help and support
Alpha & Mphasis Grant. the start-ups.

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Case study 5
Level 1 Information: Programme Name

TRUE CONSULTANCY

Level 2 Information: Activity & Output

S. No. Output
Activity
Pre-Incubation Post-Incubation

1 Installing Swivel Seat mechanism Significantly fewer funds to The DFM Fund of the Mphasis
(Turn Plus) conduct research and optimize grant was instrumental in
our products optimizing the product cost
and conduct research on
products like Ramp & Elevate.

Less recognition Received Varija Life Award and

NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal
Design Award in 2020

2 Sales & Marketing No dedicated marketing Mentor assigned from Google

to build a marketing strategy

No Sales strategy Collaboration with Garage

Aggregators, Medical Equip-
ment providers, and other
sales channels

3 Partnerships Very limited Connected to 4 partners to

support in the Assistive
Technology space

4 Fundraising Limited preparedness to raise Investor pitching got organized

funds

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Case study 5 cont.
Level 3 Information: Project Impact

S. No. Impact/ Outcome of the Incubator Activities

1 Our product made in India is highly cheap (50,000 per product) compared to the existing imported
versions (2.5-3 lacs per product)

2 Improved Recognition & Visibility

3 Developed a clear marketing strategy

4 Improved Sales channel

5 Improved partnerships and networking

6 Improved Preparedness to raise funds

Feedback Quotes

We vision ourselves to be known for Assistive The best thing about Social Alpha is that they truly
Technology service provider where any person understand the social impact companies. They
with disability see us as a go-to company for can easily tell you what works and what doesn't."
assistive technology needs.

Social Alpha actually helped us in organizing our The best part was that I was able to go back to my
Investors pitch. Our Cash flows were reviewed; mentor and ask my questions.
our funding requirements were scientifically
defined. This helped us in reaching out to Capital
Investors"

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Case study 6
Level 1 Information: Programme Name

TAXSHE

Level 2 Information: Activity & Output

S. No. Output
Activity
Pre-Incubation Post-Incubation

1 Training of Women from More than 85 women trained

marginalized communities in Car and 56 Women working as
Driving professional drivers

2 Car Ride service Operations in limited number Driving 650 kids to schools and
of cities with less users 50 Women to Offices

3 Readiness for Scale-up Not ready Developed readiness to

scale-up

Level 3 Information: Project Impact

S. No. Impact/ Outcome of the Incubator Activities

1 Safe travel ecosystem for Women and Children preventing cases of harassment on women and child
abuse

2 Added a new city for operations which has improved our market access

3 Developed scientific methods to measure impacts (became highly organized)

Feedback Quotes

Our assigned mentor has been most instrumental in our change, making us
understand the impact created and helping negotiate issue wrt scale.

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