Tamil Nadu launches startup reality show ‘Startup Thamizha’

He noted that despite having the entrepreneurship dream, many youths face hindrances such as a lack of awareness of what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur, mentorship support and difficulty in raising investment.

“StartupTN conceptualised ‘Startup Thamizha’ as a television reality show with the primary aim of sensitising startup founders and aspirants by showcasing startups pitching their innovations before global investors and successfully raising funds,” he said in a statement.

‘Startup Thamizha’ will play an essential role in creating awareness of how entrepreneurs and innovators with a novel and scalable product or solution could make a big dream come true, without worrying about their biggest challenges, he said.

Ramanathan pointed out that over the past few years, reality shows on Tamil television channels have been a big hit by covering a wide range of audiences and across age groups by kindling the curiosity of the viewers and they are also proving to be stepping stones to success for the common man.

The CEO noted that Startup Thamizha is aimed at bringing about a cultural change in the minds of innovators and make them employers through optimum use of available resources and encouraging innovators as well as aspirants to take risks and shun fear of failure”.

It is believed that the show will also throw light on the new-age investment opportunities.

Details of the show will be made available on the StartupTN official website startuptn.in.