Foundational Pillars of River
- Deep tech venture studio
- Incubator-as-a-service
- Accelerator- as- a- service
We license our deeptech IPs from tech transfer offices and build ventures around them. We assemble the right team, provide critical resources, and secure early-stage investments. Our focus is on de-risking the venture through structured support and validation. Once ready, the venture is spun off as an independent company.
About Our Venture Building Programme
We offer 1-week to 3-month curated programmes designed to nurture deeptech entrepreneurship within universities, tech transfer offices, corporates and research institutes. These are built to:
- Inculcate the entrepreneurial mindset within deeptech researchers, through real founder sharings from those who have successfully commercialized and scaled their deeptech IPs
- Help deeptech ventures scale from ideation to validation and go-to-market
- Offer access to global mentors, IP experts, and investors
- Run the programme in complete online and hybrid model, with world-class instructors—incredible founders, great academicians, investors, policymakers, and corporate partners
- While we improve the deeptech IP portfolio, we also ensure these IPs are successfully built as innovations and scaled into geographies like APAC, North America and GCC
- Our venture building programmes are tailored to ensure students and researchers inculcate the entrepreneurial mindset and also learn the 101 of ideation to exit of deeptech venture creation
- All course materials and resources will be provided
About Our Accelerator Model
We offer a full-cycle Industry 5.0 deeptech accelerator program tailored for corporates, research institutes, and innovation-driven teams.
- Begin by identifying unmet needs and internal challenges through deep-dive sessions with client teams.
- Match internal needs with cutting-edge global startups via our open innovation network.
- Run structured Proof of Concept (PoC) and Proof of Value (PoV) pilots to validate solutions before full-scale deployment.
- Support co-development of IP, licensing, and equity-based spinouts to ensure long-term strategic value.
- Establish corporate innovation arms, train intrapreneurs, and build internal design thinking labs.
- Drive frugal, sustainable innovation aligned with operational goals and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with ecosystem partners across India, Canada, China, Vietnam, and more for global startup access.
- Offer branding, PR, and global event visibility to enhance market reach and positioning.
- Ensure inclusivity, focus on UNSDG goals, and build deeptech ventures that create measurable ROI and long-term impact.
12 months long accelerator programme that includes 2 phases:
1-6 months – Onboarding startups, matching with corporate partners who are problem statement owners, facilitate the startups to build a proof of concept (POC) with the corporate partners and parallelly run masterclasses in business development. This culminates in a grand Demo Day in Singapore.
7-12 months – selected startups from the demo day will be groomed to pilot their POC across different corporate partner sites and also go through an intensive and immersive market access programme which holistically ensures the smart landing of the startups in different geographies.
Support in finding prototype partners, mentors, advsiors, industry partners for proof of concept, to become potential customers, fund raising and more.
Our competitive edge

World's first industry 5.0-focused venture studio that supports startups in robotics, automation, digitalization, AI/ML and more, with sustainability, with human-centricity and resilience at the core. We particularly focus on advanced manufacturing, electronics, precision engineering based startups.

Every startup does proof-of-concept and proof-of-value testing within our corporate partners, solving unmet needs, with the potential to earn a purchase order.

Every startup is groomed towards global expansion from day 1 of becoming a part of us.
Testimonials
What people say about our founder Dr. Viveka
"After returning from Silicon Valley, I had to regain my footing in my hometown of Singapore again. River has been the best partner to help get the ball rolling. They helped me turn a dream into something real, something that's making work smarter and more human at the same time. They've truly been the wind beneath our wings as we bring Connective to life here in Singapore."
"YourSkills is excited to partner with River Venture Studio, leveraging their expertise in fostering Industry 5.0 as it aligns perfectly with our AI-driven skill matching platform, emphasizing human-AI synergy. We look forward to expanding into the Singapore market, tapping into its innovative ecosystem and River's extensive network to accelerate our growth in this hub of technological advancement."
"AIPath is thrilled to partner with River Venture Studio to drive digital transformation in corporate venture building. Their expertise in Industry 5.0 enhances our growth strategy and execution. With River's extensive network, we’re poised to unlock enterprise-scale insights and validate product-market fit more efficiently. Together, we’re committed to delivering transformative business outcomes for our clients."
"River Venture Studio is doing amazing work for Industry 5.0 initiatives for startups with focus on Inclusivity. Innovation, Industry 5.0 and inclusivity are the 3 pillars fuelled by the amazing energy and initiative of Dr. Viveka and her team, is actually the formula for a sure shot win and success. I am happy and privileged to be part of their cohort and look forward to take my startup – HyLyt to great heights with their help and support."
"River is complimenting the efforts of KitOSys to reach out to market and investors with the unique profile and act as springboard to reach out to global stage."
"I am pleased to recommend Dr Viveka for her exceptional leadership skills and expertise in building and leading teams in the field of internal and open innovation. I can attest to her remarkable abilities in developing and maintaining strong relationships with academia and local startups, as well as implementing high-impact pilots that solve unmet needs in the semiconductor industry 4.0 space. Dr Viveka's contributions were invaluable to the success of Let-Lab in Singapore. She built the physical space as well as the structure for the program and assembled a talented team, all while navigating the complexities of a large international corporation. Her strong presentation, networking, and negotiation skills, combined with her passion for creating sustainable innovations, made her a valuable asset to the company. Additionally, I am impressed by Dr Viveka's dedication to empowering others through education and mentorship. She is a mentor to startups, venture creation programs, and aspiring talents, and co-founded The Edify Project to empower deserving talents across the globe through innovative mentorship strategies. Overall, Dr Viveka is an outstanding leader with a passion for impactful technologies that empower lives. I highly recommend her for any leadership position in the field of innovation."
“Thank you so much for your valuable strategies, Dr. Viveka. You are such a passionate person and knows in and out of Singapore startup culture. Soon we will travel together to achieve our dreams and to provide exceptional service to society.”
"Thanks Dr. Viveka. It was a pleasure to share our journey."
"Wow Viveka, we have secured a PO from UCT, thanks for all the support earlier to help us secure our first revenue."
Sirwan Najmadin
Viveka is an extraordinary entrepreneur, mentor, and leader. Her competence is unmatched as she successfully built Let-Lab in Singapore from scratch, even while pregnant. As my mentor at Let-Lab, she taught me invaluable lessons in outside-the-box thinking. I couldn't have asked for a better mentor. Viveka's flexibility and understanding allowed me to be highly productive and fostered a positive work environment. I recommend her for any professional endeavor or leadership role. She has made a lasting impact on my personal and professional growth, and I will never forget it.
Programs and Events
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Founder’s Note
“ Withholding half the world population from access to information and resources; denying them a platform to share their perspectives and ideas; denying them an opportunity to create deep tech ventures, will be detrimental to an inclusive society that is empowered by technology. Industry 5.0, is the future of the world Someone should have realised the lack of representation of women in education and technology; someone should have realised the impact of climate change. Those ‘someones’ should have decided to act on these problems by building an ecosystem of like-minded stakeholders It just took someone and a community to lead us to where we are today as a modern society. I’m one of those many ‘someones’ who could envision that women and other representational minorities and industry 5.0 will lead us into the future.”
- Dr. Viveka Kalidasan, PhD
Founder-CEO, River Venture Studio
Global expansion
With Singapore being the Headquarters, River Venture Studios will be expanding into
APAC, EMEA, America
Our achievements in a year since we launched
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