Two-day event to highlight innovation, entrepreneurship and opportunities in India’s sports ecosystem
Gandhinagar, 29 July, 2025: Swarrnim Startup and Innovation University is set to host the Sportspreneur Event 2025 on August 1st & 2nd, at University’s campus at Bhoyan Rathod in Gandhinagar. Designed as a convergence of innovations, sports and enterprise, the event will offer a platform for startups, sports professionals, investors, players, coaches and students to engage with the fast-evolving sports entrepreneurship ecosystem. The event addresses key aspects of the sports sector ecosystem including pitching of startups, exhibitions by sports entrepreneurs, panel discussion with policy makers, national and international athletes and the other key stakeholders.
The event comes at a time when Bharat is being considered as a potential host for the 2036 Olympics, a prospect that will fortify India’s growing synergy between sports, innovation, and enterprise. Sportspreneur Event 2025 aims to further fuel this momentum by supporting budding sports entrepreneurs and startups through a range of curated experiences. These include startup pitch sessions with a chance to win seed funding of up to Rs 5 lakh, live product demos, interactive workshops on sports tech and monetisation, branding sessions, and high-impact networking opportunities.
The event will feature keynote addresses by leading figures in the fields of sports, startups, and venture capital, and includes exclusive lounge access for selected participants.
Shri Adi Rishabh Jain, Vice President, Swarrnim Startup and Innovation University, said, “As India’s sports landscape continues to evolve, the domain of sports entrepreneurship is gaining significant traction. The idea behind organising this event is to create a meaningful convergence of innovation and sports by providing a dynamic space for collaboration, exchange, and growth among budding entrepreneurs, sportspersons and investors.”
Swarrnim Startup and Innovation University is India’s first university dedicated to entrepreneurship and innovation. With academic offerings across engineering, design, management, agriculture, paramedical sciences, and more, the university’s mission is to inspire creative thinking and build future-ready leaders through a startup-centric education model.
