Founders & Investors Forum 2025 brings together key stakeholders of India’s biotech ecosystem

Experts spoke about the opportunities and evolving support for biotech entrepreneurs

The second edition of the BioStartUps event- Founders & Investors Forum 2025, was held on 1st August 2025 at the CIDCO Convention Centre, Navi Mumbai, connecting biotech entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, bioincubators, and government officials.

The inaugural session was graced by the presence of Dr Manish Diwan, Head - Biofoundry, NCR Biotech Cluster & IVCOL, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), under Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, as the Special Guest.

Dr Manish Diwan was joined by a bunch of biotech industry luminaries- Dr Premnath Venugopalan- Director, Venture Center, Pune; Dr Mohamed Adil - Managing Director, Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre, Bengaluru; Dr Mrutyunjay Suar- CEO, KIIT- Technology Business Incubator, Odisha; Dr Praveen K.S- CEO, Bio 360 Life Sciences Park, Kerala; Ritu Baliya- Associate Director – Strategy, Healthark; and Dr Keshen Mathura- COO of Biotech Booster from Netherlands.

The experts spoke about the opportunities and evolving support for biotech entrepreneurs across various states including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, etc. along with key enabling initiatives taking place at various bioincubators in India, summarising the fact that convergence of technology innovation and business will create true impact and upscaling of the biotechnology startups.

Insights were also shared regarding the growth of India’s life sciences ecosystem, supportive industrial policies, enabling infrastructure for biotech innovation, catalysing MedTech and biotech ventures and strengthening R&D ecosystem in India.

Published on : 04th August, 2025