There has been a massive shift in our lives as the world faced COVID-19 pandemic for almost the last two years. Just a couple of years ago, nobody would have thought of the way the entire population, governments, and companies would function in the way we did during the pandemic. One thing that helped us to keep moving forward is enablement of technology in every walk of life brought by deep-tech and digital technologies. Deep-tech companies and startups are going to create bigger impact in the coming year. There are few areas like Machine Learning (ML), IOT, mobility, and Blockchain where deeptech startups will continue creating a huge impact.

Geeta Manjunath turned entrepreneur in the backdrop of a tragedy. In 2017, a cousin she was really close to succumbed to breast cancer at a relatively young age. Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women and the second most common worldwide. Gopinath, who has a PhD in computer science from the Indian Institute of Science, applied her scientific mind to the issue. Ubiquitous screening and early detection vastly reduces fatality from cancer. Gopinath had been part of the team that built India's first supercomputer, and most recently headed data analytics at Bengaluru's Xerox Research Centre and worked in various roles at Hewlett Packard Labs for 16 years.