Deadline: 31 August 2018

Applicants are now invited to apply for YES SCALE Smart City Accelerator, focuses on smart mobility, smart utility and data governance – the key to unlocking the future of smart urbanization.

A dedicated accelerator program for startups working in the smart city space is a key component of the YES SCALE platform. The Accelerator is supported by YES BANK’s dedicated knowledge team who have been actively partnering with various Smart Cities initiatives and providing advisory services to stakeholders by leveraging the in-house urban-infra knowledge expertise.

Focus Areas

• Smart Mobility
  • City Management Data and Analytics Dashboard
  • Toll Collection management
  • Real time parking management
  • Mobile transport route management
  • Intelligent and Optimized public transport
  • City Vehicle Management
  • Visitor management systems and online portal for tourist places
  • Public Transport Management- Routes & Occupancy
• Smart Utility
  • Smart Energy
    • Smart Meters & Smart Grids
    • Micro Grid Management
    • Gas Distribution Management
  • Smart Water Management
    • Water Logging Alert
    • Auto Storm Drainage Outlet Gates Operation
    • Sensor based Water Logging Alerts for city commuters
    • Water Distribution Optimization
    • Leakages and Contamination monitoring
    • Pressure management in water supply network
  • Public Services
    • Public Safety – Video Monitoring
    • Monitoring & Analyzing Public Infra
    • Safety reporting and real time health monitoring
    • Public Facility Locator
    • Public Scheme Benefit Management
    • City Crime Map
    • Smart elderly and disabled care
    • Public Healthcare monitoring
    • Epidemic/Communicative disease monitoring dashboard
    • Smart payment for City utilities
    • Basic smart public healthcare
  • Waste Management
    • Real Time Waste Generation Management & Reuse Management
    • Waste transit monitoring and management
    • Household Waste Management
    • Auto Alert system for excessive solid waste dumping in Water Bodies
    • Disposal locator system
  • Buildings
    • Connected Homes
    • Real Time Project estimation system
    • SMART green building solution
    • Disparate Buildings Management
    • High Performance Buildings
    • Construction Solutions – Risk Management, Infra Access etc
    • Building energy management system
• Data & Governance
  • City & Data Management
    • Efficient Data Center
    • Data sharing platforms
    • Analytics center
    • File Tracking System
    • Maintenance Schedules and Monitoring for Public Utilities

Program Benefits

• Validate applicant’s solutions in a Sandbox environment – accessing 200+ YES BANK APIs & partner APIs
• Tech support worth USD 1 mn + in cloud credits, cloud telephony, SaaS billing, legal counsel
• Grant upto USD 30K per startup
• Commercialize applicant’s solutions in just 15 weeks through Industry partners
• Funding support of upto USD 1 mn per startup from funding partners
• Mentorship by 100+ sectoral experts and ecosystem partners
• Access to 20+ geographies through ecosystem partners
• Guidance on regulations and policies through Strategic Government Partners

Eligibility Criteria

YES SCALE is looking for technology-focused startups (India or globally based) with an MVP along with a growing customer base currently innovating in any of the following sectors- Smart City, Clean Energy, Agritech, Life Sciences, Edutech.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply via given website.

For more information, please visit YES SCALE Smart City Accelerator.