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Call for Application : Open
Deadline : Nov 11, 2025
For inquiries please email: nittodenko@sineiitb.org
Program Overview: The Nitto Denko Startup Innovation Challenge aims to support innovative startups aligned with Nitto Denko’s focus in “flexible sensing”, supporting them through mentorship and Proof-of-Concept (PoC) development, and enable collaborative innovation that could potentially lead to long-term strategic partnerships.
The program aims to combine the deep technical expertise of Nitto Denko with the agility and innovation of startups and leveraging SINE IIT Bombay’s support to create innovative solutions.
The objective of the Program is to support startups building innovative solutions involving flexing, stretching, strain, torsion or force sensing in the below listed areas can leverage their participation in this program to accelerate their progress in building the solution and take it to market. The “Flexible Sensing” products from Nitto Denko can serve as core technology components for developing innovative solutions in the following areas:
Wearables and Smart Textiles
Healthcare, Rehabilitation, and Assistive Technologies
Sports Performance and Coaching
Industrial Robotics and Automation
Automotive and Mobility Solutions
Infrastructure and Structural Health Monitoring
Consumer Electronics and IoT
Any other relevant application areas
Paid PoC Opportunity: Paid PoC with milestone-based progress tracking, enabling startups to demonstrate viability and scalability.
Access to Nitto Denko Expertise: Mentorship from technical experts to refine product development and validate technology.
Resource Access: Access to SINE’s lab infrastructure as per SINE’s guidelines.
Business & Strategic Mentorship: Guidance from SINE’s pool of mentors on business modelling, go-to-market strategy, and scaling.
Visibility & Exposure: Opportunity to demonstrate solution at Demo Day to Nitto Denko leadership and gain visibility for potential long-term partnerships.
Who can apply
DPIIT-registered startups at the MVP or post-MVP stage.
Focus technology – Flexible Sensing
The details of the flexible angular displacement sensors from Nitto Denko can be referred in the link flexSensing | Nitto in India . These are highly flexible and stretchable sensors designed to measure angular displacement in applications that need to measure flexing, stretching, strain, torsion, or force sensing. The link provides a list of application areas, a video explaining these application areas and another video explaining how to use these sensors. The detailed datasheet for the 1 axis flexible angular displacement sensor and 2 axis flexible angular displacement sensor is available in the below links https://www.nitto.com/in/en/others/products/group/file/datasheet/NJ_1-axis_EN.pdf https://www.nitto.com/in/en/others/products/group/file/datasheet/NJ_2-axis_EN.pdf.
The program is structured to support the startups over a period of three months.
Nitto Denko Asia Technical Centre Pte Ltd (hereinafter called NAT) was set up in September 2008 in Singapore. NAT has a corporate office at Singapore's world-class research hub, Biopolis. NAT's mission is to develop the Integrated Organic Optoelectronic for Biosensor Application. To achieve this mission, NAT is carrying out many concurrent research projects with top research institutions both inside and outside Singapore. Nitto Denko Asia Technical Centre Pte. Ltd. (detail) | Nitto in Southeast Asia
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