The participants spent two weeks at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) in Bangalore, where they met innovative start-ups, founders, researchers and gained insight into the Indian start-up ecosystem. The Innovators Connect Tandem programme is a two-week workshop and hands-on programme where innovators from both countries work together to find solutions to a specific problem. Due to our exist promotion in the field of *Convincing Internationally*, KIT-Gründerschmiede was invited to participate in the pilot project.