TNGSS 2025: Where Tamil Nadu’s Startup Vision Goes Global

Coimbatore, October 9–10, 2025 — Tamil Nadu is gearing up to host one of the biggest startup events of the year: the Tamil Nadu Global Startup Summit (TNGSS) 2025. The summit, organized by StartupTN, is expected to bring together tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, ecosystem enablers, and global thought leaders under one roof, aiming to position Tamil Nadu as a key node in the global innovation landscape.

A Summit with Scale and Vision

The event is slated for October 9–10 at the CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex in Coimbatore.

Organizers expect over 30,000 participants, including founders, investors, corporates, and policy makers.

The summit will host more than 750 exhibition stalls, over 200 international stakeholders from 35+ countries, 120+ national speakers, and 100+ investors.

Key sectors that will be in focus include deep tech, climate tech, spacetech, life sciences, agritech, and cybersecurity.

The theme, “Disrupt to Rise,” underscores the ambition to foster transformative change and place startups at the heart of growth.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin is set to inaugurate the summit, underlining strong state policy backing for the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The Why: Tamil Nadu’s Startup Momentum

Tamil Nadu’s rise as a startup hub is not by chance — it is backed by strong economic fundamentals, industrial base, and institutional support:

The state contributes nearly 10% of India’s GDP and commands around 12% of the country’s manufacturing output.

It is a major electronics manufacturing hub: around 80% of India’s iPhones are assembled in Tamil Nadu.

The state has seen rapid growth in startup registrations — over 12,000 DPIIT-registered startups, with a notable share led by women entrepreneurs.

With a pipeline of engineers and graduates every year and one of the densest incubator networks in the country, the human capital is abundant.

In short: the ecosystem is ripe. The summit is meant to accelerate that momentum.

What’s in It for Participants

For Founders:

Access to 500+ investor pitches and speed-meetings to help secure funding and partnerships.

Visibility via exhibition stalls and opportunities to showcase innovations to a global audience.

Insightful sessions and masterclasses from global tech leaders covering everything from growth strategy to deep tech deployment.

For Investors and Corporates:

A curated view into Tamil Nadu’s high-potential startups across nascent sectors.

Opportunities for open innovation, corporate-startup collaboration, and co-development.

Access to policy makers and regulators to understand incentives, schemes, and public-private synergy.

For Ecosystem Enablers (Incubators, Universities, Policy Makers):

A platform to collaborate, benchmark, and co-create the infrastructure for sustained growth.

Insights into global best practices, how to support deep tech, mentoring, and scaling challenges.

Networking with international institutions and potential partners to build bridges across geographies.

Spotlight: Innovation in Action

The summit will also highlight real startup stories to provide grounded inspiration. For example, in Tamil Nadu’s agritech and foodtech space:

Ariviya Deep Tech is tackling dairy health issues like mastitis using nano-bio solutions, aiming to reduce antibiotic use and protect livestock.

Sri Nandha Infotech has developed SENSELUTO, a portable device that can produce soil health reports in 10 minutes using IoT and AI, addressing delays in traditional soil testing.

Protivore is working on affordable plant-based proteins adapted for Indian diets, focusing on taste, digestibility, and accessibility.

Premac Foods is bringing millets into mainstream consumption via noodles, pasta, and ready mixes — combining tradition with modern formats.

These stories illustrate how innovation can leap from lab to field, from concept to mass adoption — exactly the kind of work TNGSS hopes to spotlight and scale.

What Success Looks Like & Challenges Ahead

To truly benchmark success, TNGSS 2025 would need to deliver:

New funding deals and structured partnerships

Pilot projects, PoCs, or commercial deployments from summit connections

Cross-border collaborations and export opportunities

Momentum in lesser tier cities, enabling decentralization of innovation across Tamil Nadu

Sustained growth in deep tech areas, not just incremental or digital startups

Challenges include:

Ensuring equal representation and opportunity for startups from non-metro regions

Managing the gap between inspiration (talks, pitches) and execution (product-market fit, scaling)

Bridging policy, regulation, and ease-of-doing-business issues that startups often face

Maintaining momentum post-summit — converting connections into action

A Bold Move — and Why It Matters

Tamil Nadu isn’t just organizing a large-scale startup event — it is staking a claim. The ambition is to become one of the Top 20 global startup hubs by 2032.  The summit is part of a broader push: aligning industry, academia, infrastructure, incentives, and global partnerships to build an enduring ecosystem.

If TNGSS 2025 can turn conversations into committed investments, pilots into scaleups, and ideas into global ventures, it will mark a critical inflection point for Tamil Nadu’s entrepreneurial journey.