Season 11 Champions

Global Startups contest INNOPRENEURS  Season 11 ends on high note

The 11th season of INNOPRENEURS, a global startup contest concluded with a captivating Grand Finale event held at  Chitnavis Centre, Civil Lines, Nagpur on Saturday, 19-Apr-25. It was organized by Nagpur-based Startup ecosystem Lemon Ideas. This event showcased the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurial talent that India's new generation has to offer. This contest was projected as India's first startup contest being promoted for Hindi language and 25% teams presented in Hindi making it a truly inclusive program. 

With 1000 registrations from across India & abroad, Top teams participated in the Grand finale of the contest including 25 startups and 10 Innovative Ideas. These included 3 teams  from Nagpur-  Agrilogique and SmartAgriERP and IIIT team Ctrl P . Apart from Nagpur, participants from various cities from India  like Amritsar, Bangalore, Bhilai, Dharamshala, Hisar,  Hyderabad, Indore,  Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi, Patna  and Pune were a part of the event. A startup from Tokyo, Japan, viz. OUI Inc. which has developed an innovative product to convert mobile phone into a ophthalmologist tool to detect cataract also participated and was amongst the  Top 10 startups that pitched for Top honours. 10 best startups were selected to pitch in the Grand Finale in front of a packed audience at Chitnavis center. Top 10 innovative ideas were also showcased during the grand finale

 Mr. Mukesh Ashar (Director- Lemon School of Entrepreneurship) kicked off the event with an inspiring address to the esteemed guests, jury, and audience. In this season, more than 1000 teams registered and 300+ startups pitching across India and 7 other countries in the preliminary rounds. The distinguished panel of jury members included Dr. Sameer Pingle, Director, Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Dr. M.D. Kshirsagar (Founder, Genetek Life Sciences) and Mr. Satin Katiyar, CEO, Kratin LLP.

The 11th Edition of INNOPRENEURS saw a range of diverse and ground-breaking ideas. The Winner in the Innovative Idea category was team Phyzio-Mize from Symbiosis, Pune. Phyzio-Mize is developing a physiotherapy solution that enhances rehabilitation with real-time joint motion. Nagpur-based Ctrl P from IIIT  was the 1st runner-up and the all-women’s team Klimb from Lucknow was declared as 2nd runner-up. 

The Winner of Innopreneurs Season 11 was  Techdome from Hyderabad. Techdome has developed an AI powered ERP for manufacturing organizations. InstaSTOP (A patented blood stopping bandage) from Patna bagged the 1st runner-up prize while Gyandweep ( Ancient vedic scriptures in a new digital avataar) from Indore  secured the 2nd runner-up position. 

Founder of Lemon ideas, Deepak Menaria shared about the Lemon journey of 11 years. He mentioned that a new trend on Legal-tech and Culture-tech startups was seen in the current season. He emphasized on the need for mindful use of AI for the betterment of society. 

The Grand Finale of INNOPRENEURS Season 11was a true testament to the innovative spirit and entrepreneurial prowess of India's bright minds, setting the stage for an even more exciting Season 12, which has already received 150 entries before its official announcement, showing the global popularity of the INNOPRENEURS brand. The Lemon team including Amol Muley, Ashwin Korde, Padmanabh Nabira , Saee Joshi , Vikram Mitra and Yash Sontakke  worked hard to make Season 11 a big success. 

Winners at Season 11

INNOPRENEURS Season 11 Winner	Rahul Joshi-Techdome, Hyderabad
INNOPRENEURS Season 11 1st Runner up	Prashant Jha-InstaSTOP, Patna
INNOPRENEURS Season 11 2nd Runner up	Utsav Nangalia-Gyandweep, Indore
Top 10 Innovative Ideas Winner	Yash Parkhi-Phyzio-Mize, Pune
Top 10 Innovative Ideas 1st Runner up	Drishtant Sengar-Ctrl P, Nagpur
Top 10 Innovative Ideas 2nd Runner up	Kruti Rai & Pavani Chauhan-Klimb, Lucknow
Special Achievement- Startup	Anil Nair, AIQoD 360, Pune
Special Achievement- Startup	Rahul Khemlani, OUI Inc., Tokyo Japan
Special Achievement- Innovation	Venkatesh Subramanian, Apna Vikas, Benguluru
Special Achievement - Innovation	Tapan Deshpande, Mission Uniform, Mumbai
Top 10 Startup	Naman Agrawal, 5Miutes, Amravati
Top 10 Startup	Tushar Batham, Agrisavant, Pune
Top 10 Startup	Soham Kathuria, Gohappy Club, Amritsar
Top 10 Startup	Harishankar Kumar, Startly Innovation, Bihar
Top 10 Startup	Abhinav joshi, Yogasana Premier League, Jaipur
Top 10 Idea	Srijan Shahi, Picapool, Hyderabad
Top 10 Idea	Maddela Rishitha, Biopad,
Special mention- Idea	Col Arun Iyer ( Retd), Tranforminds, Mumbai