Startup Catalyst Program

Market Readiness Initiative

Let's Co-create an Autonomous, Sustainable Future by putting data to work

About the Program

About the Program

Hexagon’s Startup Catalyst Program is an opportunity for Indian startups working in the areas of Digital Reality and Autonomous Technologies to apply their ideas and capabilities to emerging but well-defined real-world problems and build full-scale solutions that Hexagon will help take to global customers.

It is an exceptional and exciting opportunity for startups playing in niche and cutting-edge areas to easily access markets, with globally relevant solutions.

Key Messages

Stages of the Program

Who we’re looking for

If you are a startup having capabilities in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and/ or Digital Reality – tell us which one of the specific problems below, you would like to act on and why you would be good fit

  • Building Digital Twins for EV Manufacturing
  • Real-Time Language Translation
  • Enabling Prescriptive Maintenance with  AI/ML models for Process Plants

Hexagon Collaboration : How it works

If your idea and credentials stand out, you would be chosen for a cohort of your peers, and each startup will get an assigned mentors to then flesh out a full PoC.

The finalist from each cohort would win a prize as well as get the opportunity to build a full-scale solution working with Hexagon’s experts from respective domains and on Hexagon’s futuristic technologies and platforms. In the journey together with we can then take the joint solutions to Hexagon’s customers and scale them across geographies.

Lab32 - Hexagon Catalyst

It’s time to Go-To-Market

LAB32 is a 100-day-long, goal-based Market Readiness Program for Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Ready and Market Ready Startups to refine their Product-Market Fit (PMF) and Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy. The latest edition of LAB32 (Cohort 12) – in partnership with Hexagon – aims to nurture startups from the Indian Subcontinent working on Innovative Solutions. LAB32’s unique program format, fine-tuned over “Eleven (11)” previous cohorts, helps startups push their limits, achieve their goals faster.

Lab32: The leading program of its kind

Program Details

If you are looking to firm up your startup’s strategy in these aspects, Lab32 is for you.

Market & Competitor Landscaping

Product-Market Fit

Pricing Strategy

Customer Journey

Digital Positioning

Performance Marketing

Live Market Testing

Go-To-Market

Sales Mindset

Growth Hacking

Market & Competitor Landscaping

Product-Market Fit

Pricing Strategy

Customer Journey

Digital Positioning

Performance Marketing

Live Market Testing

Go-To-Market

Sales Mindset

Growth Hacking

About Hexagon

Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications. 
Our technologies are shaping production and people related ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.2 billion EUR. 

About Hexagon R&D India

Hexagon’s R&D Center in India is the single largest R&D hub for the company globally. Over 2,000 talented engineers and developers create innovation from this center that powers Hexagon’s products and solutions.

It was established with Hexagon’s acquisition of Intergraph, the first IT MNC in Hyderabad and and has now grown to deliver innovations and create solutions for all business lines of Hexagon including Asset Lifecycle Intelligence, Safety Infrastructure & Geospatial, Geosystems, Mining, Manufacturing Intelligence and Autonomous Solutions. It also hosts a few dedicated services teams for global implementation of Hexagon’s products.

Who can Apply?

Startup Attributes

Founder Attributes

Program Challenges

Digital Twin in Manufacturing

Create a Digital Twin journey for manufacturing. From design to delivery, showcase your prowess in digital reality using the "Nexus for Developers."

Real-Time Language Translation

Develop Automatic AI translation for call audio, detecting and translating languages in real-time. Seamlessly integrate your solution into our On-Call Platform, revolutionizing language support in customer interactions.

Predictive Maintenance Using AI/ML Models

Enable Predictive Maintenance for plant assets, leveraging AI/ML models and integrating with Hexagon's proprietary technology. Visualize asset health through any device, providing exception-based analytics.

Program Schedule

Dec 2023
Applications Closing
Jan 2024
Selections for Cohort
Jan/Feb 2024
Cohort Launch
April 2024
Demo Day

Program Benefits

Why work with Hexagon?

Access to Hexagon’s Coveted Client networks
Technology Access and Support
Market access and market readiness
Post win continued support
Integrated ecosystem
Expert mentorship and guidance

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