Nikunj Panchal

AVP at StartupTN | Ex-Manager - SRM Innovation and Incubation Centre, SRMIST

[StartupTN @TheStartupTN]

Expression of Interest – Empanelment of Experts as Jury Members for StartupTN Funding Programmes

Deadline Extended!

StartupTN invites experienced professionals from the startup ecosystem to express their interest in being empanelled as Expert Jury Members for the screening and evaluation of applications under StartupTN’s Funding Programmes.

We are looking for experts with strong experience in areas such as:

* Startup & Entrepreneurship
* Venture Capital & Investments
* Business & Market Strategy
* Technology & Innovation
* Finance & Commercialisation
* Industry & Ecosystem Development

Your expertise can help StartupTN evaluate promising startups, assess their potential, and identify high-potential ventures for support under its various funding programmes.

Selected professionals will be empanelled as Expert Jury Members and may be invited to participate in screening and evaluation activities based on the requirements of the respective funding programme and their area of expertise.

Interested professionals are invited to submit their Expression of Interest through the application form below.

Apply Here: https://t.co/Wpe9imX1Op

Extended EOI Call Deadline: 30 September 2026

Be part of the journey to identify, evaluate and empower the next generation of Tamil Nadu startups.

#StartupTN #ExpertJury #JuryMembers #StartupEcosystem #Entrepreneurship #VentureCapital #Investments #Innovation #StartupFunding #TamilNaduStartups

@SingaiGR @TNDIPRNEWS

[StartupTN @TheStartupTN]

Exclusive Smart Card Benefits for Startups

Unlock valuable technology benefits through the StartupTN Smart Card, with access to leading partners Zoho for Startups and Rapyder Cloud Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (AWS Services Partner).

Zoho Benefits
Get up to ₹1.86 lakh in Zoho Wallet Credits at no cost, subject to eligibility and program terms.

AWS Benefits
AWS Credits Support: $5,000 – $200,000 and Technical Support at No Cost., subject to AWS eligibility criteria and applicable terms.

If your startup is looking for Zoho products or AWS Cloud Services, register your interest and let the StartupTN team guide you through the available benefits and next steps.

Register Here: https://t.co/G4DC4MFANU

#StartupTN #StartupTNSmartCard #SmartCardBenefits #StartupBenefits #StartupEcosystem #ZohoForStartups #AWS #AWSCredits #CloudServices

@SingaiGR @TNDIPRNEWS

[StartupTN @TheStartupTN]

Hon’ble Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, Dr. K. G. Arunraaj @arunraajkg, M.B.B.S., Ex. IRS, and Thiru. Singai G. Ramachandran @SingaiGR, Chairman, StartupTN, participated in ஆக்கம் Startup Connect 2026 in Salem, organised by @aakam360 and Sri Shanmugha Educational Institutions in association with #StartupTN.

The event brought together 400+ startups and entrepreneurs from Salem, Namakkal, Erode and surrounding regions, along with 20+ startup speakers, fostering connections, knowledge sharing and opportunities for the regional startup ecosystem.

Thiru. K. Elambahavath, I.A.S., District Collector, Salem; Thiru. L. Madhubalan, I.A.S., District Collector, Namakkal; and Thiru. Thirumoorthy Arumugam, Managing Director, Sri Shanmugha Educational Institutions, also participated.

@district_salem @collectornmk @madhubalan_ias @SriShanmughaEdu @TNDIPRNEWS

[Induja Ragunathan @R_Induja]

📢Coimbatore-based Safebox has raised $1.1 million in a seed round, led by a family office, with participation from multiple angel investors including Sekhar Garisa, MD of Claypond Capital, investing in his personal capacity.

Safebox is building what it calls a Family Wealth Protection platform. The idea is simple but relevant to a growing number of Indian families. Our financial lives are spread across multiple bank accounts, PANs, stocks, ETFs, EPFs, NPS, insurance policies, documents and institutions.

Safebox brings these assets, liabilities, insurance and critical family information together across 55 categories, while also mapping nominees so that family members can locate and access what they need during an emergency or a major life transition.

The startup says that since its public launch in June 2026, families on the platform have already recorded more than ₹6,000 crore in assets across these categories.

There is an interesting larger problem behind this.

According to the data cited by Safebox, ₹86,917 crore in unclaimed bank deposits had been transferred to the RBI’s Depositor Education and Awareness Fund as of June 30, 2026.

Safebox’s approach is about helping families create a map of what they own before something happens. As Safebox co-founder and CEO Vijay Veera puts it, families spend decades building wealth but very little time thinking about whether their loved ones could actually find it.

And now, with this funding, the team wants to take that vision further. The $1.1 million will be deployed across two key priorities: strengthening the product and accelerating distribution.

That means enhancing features, integrations and user experience, while expanding partner networks and corporate tie-ups and investing in customer acquisition to reach more families.

The founding team, Vijay Veera, Vignesh Rengasamy and Rajesh Sankarappan, are serial entrepreneurs, and Safebox is their third venture following earlier ventures in the US and India.

#FundingAlert #fundingnews #CoimbatoreStartup

[StartupTN @TheStartupTN]

MSME CLINIC – DIAGNOSE. RESOLVE. GROW.

07 September 2026 – DIC Office, Thoothukudi
15 September 2026 – District Collector Office, Kanniyakumari
21 September 2026 – Ottapidaram, Thoothukudi

Time: 11:00 AM onwards

Register: https://t.co/1eJaiQT5gx

#StartupTN

@TNDIPRNEWS

[Nikunj Panchal @inikunjp]

@FederalBankLtd These are reply I have got and email id shared also wrong @FederalBankLtd can you just help me to trace the investment details and send me email. That works.

[Nikunj Panchal @inikunjp]

@Bank_on_Fi you have winded up your business without clear itimation to customers, I had few US stocks, Mutual Funds and other invest option I used in Fi App. But not able to track any one of them. Customer care of federal bank says send email but no clear direction yet.
@RBI

[Chennai Updates @UpdatesChennai]

TN Govt has appointed Dr. Mayilsamy Annadurai- The renowned ISRO scientist who served as Project Director for Chandrayaan-1 & played key leadership roles in Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan as the @Chairman of the Curriculum Design Committee for School Education"...🙌👏

[StartupTN @TheStartupTN]

StartupTN congratulates @DREAM_Aerospace , a TANSEED beneficiary startup, on raising Rs. 10 crore in a Pre-Series A funding round led by @247VCTECHFund , with participation from Campus Angels Network, @chd_angels , and other angel investors.

@TNDIPRNEWS @aprsiva

[StartupTN @TheStartupTN]

StartupTN congratulates the 15 startups from Tamil Nadu selected for Bharat Innovates 2026, a prestigious national deep-tech initiative that will showcase India’s most promising startups at the India Pavilion in Nice, France.

@TNDIPRNEWS @aprsiva

[Frogify @0xFrogify]

You can just put a full AI supercomputer in ur pocket and it will print you money..

Nvidia dropped the DGX Spark

Your personal desk-sized beast that turns any idea into cash while normies beg for API credits.

This tiny Blackwell-powered monster delivers:
- 1 petaFLOP of AI performance,
- 128GB unified memory.
- And runs 200B parameter models locally.

No cloud bills.
No throttling.
Full control.

Endless ideas, endless money.

I know a guy with this thing who builds 10 faceless YT channels empires while you're still prompting ChatGPT like a peasant.

Most will watch the short and stay broke.

The dangerous ones are ordering theirs right now and stacking quiet wealth.

Hit that follow button right now.

I drop daily alpha on AI automation, faceless cash machines and the real money printer setups normies will never see.

You in or ngmi?

[The Better India @thebetterindia]

When rain falls, most of it disappears into drains.

But in one district, it began flowing back into the earth.

IAS officer Prathap M, the son of a farmer from Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, grew up understanding the value of water.

As the first graduate in his family, he once cycled kilometres to school with a dream of serving society. Years later, that dream took shape through a simple but powerful idea.

Instead of sealing abandoned borewells, his administration converted over 1,200 unused borewells into rainwater-harvesting recharge structures, allowing monsoon water to seep back into underground aquifers.

The result was visible after just one monsoon.

Groundwater levels reportedly rose by 5 to 10 feet in several areas, helping revive wells and support farming communities.

Sometimes, saving water does not require new resources. It requires reimagining what already exists.

#WaterConservation #RainwaterHarvesting #GroundwaterRecharge

[IAS officer Prathap M, rainwater harvesting, abandoned borewell conversion, water conservation, Tamil Nadu]

[CNBC-AWAAZ @CNBC_Awaaz]

#AwaazEntrepreneur | भारत की स्पेस टेक्नोलॉजी में नया अध्याय, GalaxEye का Mission Drishti, दुनिया का पहला OptoSAR सैटेलाइट

@shreyaworld100 @GalaxEye #Space #SpaceTechnology

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

PLAN0 (@PLAN0AI) turns architectural plans into construction cost estimates and analytics in minutes.

They are building the Bloomberg of construction, with $20B of projects already running through the platform.

Congrats on the launch, @abaratiiii, Shervin, and Dimitris!

https://t.co/p1vQSnt7E0

[StartupTN @TheStartupTN]

Congratulations to Vikra Ocean Tech on its Seed Fundraise

StartupTN congratulates Chennai-based deeptech startup Vikra Ocean Tech on raising USD 1 million in a seed funding round jointly led by Finvolve and India Accelerator.

#StartupTN #VikraOceanTech #DeepTech

@TNDIPRNEWS

[Nikunj Panchal @inikunjp]

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI @flyspicejet @DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI Thank you for support

[Nikunj Panchal @inikunjp]

@flyspicejet my baggage from SG611 (AMD-MAA) has been missing for 80+ hours.

68 Calls + 11 WhatsApp calls made, only 13 responses. Visited airport twice, was promised update by 23.4.2026 4 AM but no response yet.

This is not acceptable. Request immediate action.

@DGCAIndia

[Nikunj Panchal @inikunjp]

@DGCAIndia @MoCA_GoI
Really seek for support on this, I don’t think @flyspicejet has any SOPs to solve this kind of issues neither they have any methodology to track it , they are purely clueless, m at their Airport Office, but seems like they don’t know what to do next.

[Nikunj Panchal @inikunjp]

@MoCA_GoI Already sent you DM

[Nikunj Panchal @inikunjp]

@flyspicejet @MoCA_GoI
Just now I have received call from Chennai SpiceJet team, now they say that Bag had reached to Chennai and may have taken by another passenger

In AI world they are not able to tell me solidly, what happened with my bag, no realtime track of arrival of bag

[Nikunj Panchal @inikunjp]

@MoCA_GoI @MoCA_GoI @flyspicejet
Thank you for support, have received call from Ahmedabad airport my departure place, they said that bag is not in Ahmedabad. Last4 days SpiceJet Chennai told that it’s in Ahmedabad

This clearly shows how SpiceJet team internally itself not been connected