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Unlocking Potential, Creating Impact

Driving Innovation and Building Value

Global Corporate
Innovation Accelerator and Ventures

Vedanta Spark is a unique global corporate innovation, accelerator, and ventures program that aims to empower startups to create large-scale impact by leveraging sustainable and transformative technologies. By collaborating with the group companies of Vedanta, a leading global natural resources and technology conglomerate, the program strives to solve real-world challenges and shape the future of the industry.

Spark Impact Overview

1700

+

Startup Applications

48

countries

80

+

Startups Engaged

136

Business Projects

$

3.5

M

Projects Funded

$

9.1

M

Business Value

Why partner with Vedanta Spark?

Market Access & Commercial Pathways

Opportunity to partner and collaborate with group-wide operating companies through paid pilots & horizontal deployments to deliver business impact.

Capacity & Resources

Gain access to Vedanta's extensive resource portfolio to scale deployment across the industrial value chain in the natural resources & technology sector, leveraging Vedanta's partner ecosystem covering Digital SIs, BD, Channels for Distribution & Sales etc.

Strategic Advisory & Expertise

Connect with top business executives, domain experts and digital leaders to develop leading industrial technology solutions.

Strategic Investments

Opportunity to raise growth capital from Vedanta's ventures arm, facilitating business expansion and strategic growth.

Success Stories

Vedanta Spark aims to achieve digital transformation in the energy and mining & resources sector through strategic partnerships with startups having breakthrough technologies.
Vedanta Spark aims to achieve digital transformation in the energy and mining & resources sector through strategic partnerships with startups having breakthrough technologies.
Vedanta Spark is a very structured and incredible platform for startups to work with large conglomerates for its digitization. After a successful pilot of our product T-PULSE in HZL-Chanderiya, we are gearing up for company-wide implementation.
Daniel Raj

CEO Detect Technologies

Vedanta Spark has leveraged the bridge between startups and large enterprises like Vedanta by enabling faster deployments of relevant solutions across different business units. After a successful pilot at HZL-Zawar mines, we are gearing up to engage across Vedanta verticals and add business value across the supply chain.
Swetha Saxena

CEO MachineMax Technologies

Vedanta Spark is truly a novel program being championed by one of the largest industrial conglomerate across the globe. It has been one of the most effective accelerator/corporate-startup programs that we have participated in. The sharp focus on pilot and ROI reflects the thought process of the leadership team for the program. We would also like to bring out the structure and rigour brought by Forge in the entire process right from selection stage to implementation support and internal communication.
Manish Arora

Co-founder & COO, Maximl

Thanks to Spark team's support and FACOR's openness to innovate. Prysmex deployed a successful pilot in its Charge Chrome Plant & Power Plant, enabling real-time risk reporting and GEMBA walk digitalization, resulting in increased safety, quality, and productivity in the workplace.
Susana Ruiz Lozano

COO & Co-Founder, PRYSMEX

Startup Portfolio

Check out our Portfolio

Who should apply?

  • Vedanta is looking for startups that are ready to take their product to the next level and make a significant impact in the industry
  • Startups with solutions that can create scalable transformations within Vedanta's business units are encouraged to apply
  • From aspiring founders to early-stage entrepreneurs, the program offers startups with an extensive resource base, experienced mentors, funding and a vast network of domain experts
  • If you have a startup that's ready to make your vision a reality, apply now!

Focus Areas

Operational Excellence

Business Excellence

Sustainability
  • Open Startup Proposals

    Pitch your innovative technology to us, and we'll help you discover its perfect business use-case.

    Apply Now

Our Partners

Leadership

Investors
Priya Agarwal Hebbar

Non-Executive Director VL & Chairperson HZL

Investors
Akarsh Hebbar

MD, Avanstrate

Investors
Arun Misra

CEO, Zinc Business and Digital/Spark Sponsor

Investors
Amitesh Sinha

Head of Corporate Venture Capital & Vedanta Spark Initiatives

Investors
Haresh Chawla

Partner, True North Co.

Investors
Vamshi Guntha

Founder & CEO, Propl Inventions

About Vedanta

Vedanta is the world's sixth largest diversified natural resources conglomerate with business operations majorly in India and also in South Africa, Namibia, UAE and Australia.
With our world class, low-cost and long-life assets, Vedanta contributes 1.4% towards India's GDP, as per IFC.

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