T M Anbarasan (right), Tamil Nadu Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, with Sivarajah Ramanathan, Mission Director and CEO, Startup TN, at an interview in Chennai|Picture Credit: BIJOY GHOSH
Start-up TN, the nodal company for Tamil Nadu’s Startup and Innovation Policy, in collaboration with German football group Borussia Dortmund, will establish India’s very first Sports Tech Incubation Centre, Sivarajah Ramanathan, CEO of Startup TN, stated.
Ramanathan was speaking at a press fulfill here in the added to the Tamil Nadu Global Startup Summit in Coimbatore, later on this month.
He included that an official Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard will be exchanged at the Tamil Nadu Global Startup Summit in Coimbatore, later on this month.
Ramnathan stated that the Startup Summit in Coimbatore will be a terrific platform for Tamil Nadu to emerge as an international start-up center. “We will have both domestic and global start-ups in addition to other delegates from over 35 nations sharing their insights,” he included.
Attending to mediapersons here, Tamil Nadu MSME Minister, TM Anbarasan, stated that the DMK federal government has actually carried out lots of policies for the development of start-ups. “The Chief Minister straight developed Startup TN, selecting a Chief Executive Officer and more than 70 team member, thus laying the structure for development,” he stated.
“In 2021, there were 2,032 signed up start-up business in Tamil Nadu. At present, there are 12,171 start-ups signed up in the state. Of these, 6,063 business have females creators. Tamil Nadu now ranks as the third-best state in India for start-ups,” he included.
The two-day start-up conclave, which will be inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, intends to link start-ups, financiers, corporates and policymakers, cultivating development, partnership and worldwide market gain access to.
Released on October 3, 2025
