i5 Summit 2026
Central India's Largest Entrepreneurship Summit. This year's theme: “Mastering Change: AI Innovation at Scale”.
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A dialogue about entrepreneurship, hosted by IIM Indore.
The i5 Summit is a platform to initiate a dialogue about entrepreneurship, organized by the Student Activity Council (SAC), IIM Indore. It promotes entrepreneurial thinking among campus students by connecting them with the most promising startups from across India, and helps students understand the realities of the industry through expert talks by successful leaders and entrepreneurs.
Mission
To serve as a platform that enables start-ups to participate and get access to funding opportunities and business insights from industry experts, while networking with renowned VC houses.
Vision
To promote entrepreneurial thinking on campus and give students an unfiltered, immersive look at how real startups, investors and operators build and scale ventures — especially in an era being reshaped by AI.
The i5 Cycle
Five ideas, one summit: Innovate, Incubate, Inspire, Invest, Ideate.
Ideate
The process of forming ideas or concepts.
Innovate
To introduce something new or make changes to anything established.
Incubate
To support the development of new business ventures, usually by providing resources and mentorship.
Inspire
To fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially something creative.
Invest
To allocate resources, usually money, in the expectation of generating an income or profit.
Skip the noise. Get to the real thing.
Real Corporate Access
Meet C-suite executives, VCs, and founders in person — not just watch them on a livestream.
Early Networking
Build relationships with startups, investors and peers before the rest of your cohort even starts looking.
Flagship Positioning
i5 Summit is the first flagship event of the academic year at IIM Indore, setting the tone for the year ahead.
Tangible Outcomes
From seed capital at Get-Funded to prize pools across Socio-Innovate, The Bottomline Quiz and Venture Quest.
Voices that have shaped i5 Summit
Past Speakers
Bikash Prasad
CEO of UPL
Rajneesh Jain
CFO of Jio
Rajiv Dubey
VP Marketing and Head of Media at Dabur
Amar Nagaram
Founder of Virgio Fashions, former CEO of Myntra
Venture Capitalists
Vikas Sarda
CFO of Unitus Capital
Smeet Mehta
Analyst at 100X.VC
Sumeet Kapur
Co-Founder of Inflection PV
Karandeep Goyal
Senior Associate at Sprout Investment Advisors
Mohit Gulati
Managing General Partner at The Investment Trust of India
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Glimpses from i5 Summit
The road to i5 Summit 2026
Team Formation
Overall Coordinators and vertical coordinators selected democratically; the core team is allocated across 11 verticals.
Sponsorship & Outreach Begins
Sponsorship brochures finalized; corporate, banking and speaker outreach kicks off alongside the Industry Interface Office.
National Level Case Competition
i5 Summit's inaugural national case study event, open to 600+ teams from across India — the first major pre-summit milestone.
i5 Summit 2026
Three days on the IIM Indore campus: keynotes, panels, Get-Funded, Socio-Innovate, The Bottomline Quiz, The Venture Quest, the Startup Expo and more.
Frequently asked questions
Let's build the future of entrepreneurship, together.
Whether you're a startup, a sponsor, or a speaker — reach out and the i5 Summit team will get back to you.
