<h1>Multi-stakeholder advisory board launched to shape deeptech policy, identify top startups and guide national Top 100 cohort</h1> A multi-stakeholder advisory board was formed by a startup policy industry body to advise and shape deeptech policy, identify high-potential deeptech startups, and guide a national 'top 100' deeptech cohort in partnership with government innovation hubs and a technical institute. The board-composed of investors, founders, policymakers, academics and ecosystem enablers-will help surface regulatory bottlenecks, provide strategic direction, and feed policy inputs from the selected startups into a consolidated report prepared by a legal firm for presentation at a policy forum. Applications for the cohort close 25 August 2025.