About IISA
Built by founders
who were once stuck too.
IISA exists because most startups don't fail from a bad idea — they stall on the functions nobody taught them: hiring the right tech help, getting noticed, staying compliant, and finding the door into government support. We're the association that closes those gaps.
Why we started
the number of founders who should have to rebuild tech, marketing, ops, and government relationships from scratch, alone, at the same time.
IISA — the Innovait Innovation Startup Association — started as a simple observation: early-stage founders were spending more energy chasing help than building their product. A developer here, a compliance consultant there, a government scheme nobody explained properly.
We brought those functions under one roof. Not as a marketplace of vendors to shop between, but as a standing community — a bench of tech, marketing, and operations support, plus a dedicated desk that handles the government and funding paperwork founders dread.
Today, IISA runs as a membership: you join once, and the right people show up at the right stage — instead of you tracking down five different specialists on your own.
What we hold to
Three commitments behind every member.
These aren't wall posters — they're what decide who we bring in as mentors, partners, and scheme contacts.
Access over advice
We don't hand founders a checklist and walk away. We make the introduction, file the form, sit on the call — access, not just guidance.
Accountable, not transactional
Membership isn't a one-off service call. We track outcomes with you and stay in the room until the gap is actually closed.
Community, deliberately
Members learn as much from each other's mistakes as from our desk — so every founder we bring in is expected to also give back.
Milestones
How IISA got here.
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IISA founded
Started as an informal circle of founders trading tech, marketing, and compliance help — formalized into an association.
First member cohort onboarded
The founding group of startups joined and stress-tested the tech, marketing, and operations bench.
Government & funding desk launched
A dedicated desk stood up to handle DPIIT recognition, MSME schemes, and investor introductions directly.
Growing member base
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Who runs the desk
The team behind IISA.
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Yash Mishra
Shivang Yadav
Abhijeet Suman
Lucky Raja
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Want to be part of the next milestone?
Join IISA and get tech, marketing, operations, and government support — as one membership, not five vendors.