<h1>Startup Launchpad fosters university-industry investor engagement, enabling student founders to pitch and secure early-stage backing.</h1> IILM University's Innovation Lab organised a Start-up Launchpad cum Investor's Connect that introduced fifteen new ventures and combined a full-day exhibition with a pitching round to enable direct engagement between student founders, investors, industry experts, and policymakers for feedback, mentoring, and potential funding.