Mumbai edition·ScaleME × NSE

SME Growth Summit'26

You've built a ₹25 Cr+ company. This is the day about what comes next: the playbook, the capital and the AI leverage to get to ₹250 Cr.

DateSaturday, 12 December 2026
VenueNSE Exchange Plaza, BKC Mumbai
WhoFounders doing ₹25 Cr+
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What to expect

Here's how the day goes.

Registration and coffee from 9 AM, with the Capital Breakfast for selected founders from 8:30.
Road to ₹500 Cr, Scale with AI, the capital panel, an expert talk, and NSE on the road to IPO.
Networking lunch at founder tables by sector. Investor meetings if you asked for them.
The full auditorium during a keynote at ScaleME Summit'26, ISB Hyderabad
The panel discussion on stage at ScaleME Summit'26
Speakers and attendees gathered for a group photograph at ScaleME Summit'26
A full hall at ScaleME Summit'26, ISB Hyderabad
From ScaleME Summit'26 at ISB Hyderabad
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Speakers

Who speaks at ScaleME.

Founders, bankers and academics who spoke at ScaleME Summit'26, ISB Hyderabad.

CK KumaravelPrevious speaker
CK KumaravelCo-Founder & CMD, Naturals Salon
Dr Raj P NarayanamPrevious speaker
Dr Raj P NarayanamFounder, Zaggle
Prof. Rajendra SrivastavaPrevious speaker
Prof. Rajendra SrivastavaExecutive Director, ISB-CBI
Uttam TibrewalPrevious speaker
Uttam TibrewalED & Dy CEO, AU Bank
Parvathi MoorthyPrevious speaker
Parvathi MoorthyAVP & Head, SME Listing
Announcing soon

Speakers for 12 December

The line-up is being confirmed one by one. Each name goes up here as it is confirmed.

  1. To be announcedOpening talk
  2. To be announcedScale with AI
  3. To be announcedCapital panel
  4. To be announcedRoad to IPO
Why attend

Why you should not miss this.

Learn from founders who crossed ₹500 CrNot consultants. Operators who did it, including what failed.
One day, not a programmeSaturday at NSE. Back at work Monday with a plan.
Funds and lenders, on your termsMeet them only if you ask to. Understand what they look for either way.
Leave with an AI roadmap for your companyBuilt in the session, function by function. No tech team needed.
A room of founders at your stageEveryone is doing ₹25 Cr+. Roundtables grouped by sector.
The NSE listing route, explained by NSEWhen an SME listing beats private capital, and what it takes.
01THE PLAYBOOK

How founders break through the ₹50 Cr and ₹100 Cr walls.

Most SMEs stall at the same two points. Operators who got past them are on stage with the decisions that worked, and the ones that cost them years.

  • Distribution, pricing and margin: what actually moved the number
  • Building the first real leadership layer under the founder
  • Founder roundtables by sector and revenue band
  • A 12-month growth plan you fill in during the day
₹50 Cr WALL₹100 Cr WALLYEAR 0YEAR 5most SMEs flatten hereDistributionfixed the marginLeadership layerfounder out of opsCapital + AIwithout 10x headcount₹250CRORE
02THE FUEL

Capital that fits your plan. Not the other way round.

Funds, lenders and family offices are in the room, named here as each one confirms. You decide if, when and how: equity, debt, or the NSE listing route. Meetings are optional and matched to what you told us.

  • Capital Clinic: what funds look for at ₹25 to 250 Cr, in plain language
  • Optional curated meetings with PE, VC, family offices and SME AIFs
  • NSE EMERGE explained by the people who run it
  • Walk out knowing which route fits, even if the answer is "not yet"
Private equityGrowth chequesVentureGrowth VCSME fundsAIFsNSE EMERGESME listingGrowth debtNon-dilutiveFamily officesPatient capitalYOU
By selection · ₹50 Cr+ companies · 8:30 to 10:00 AM

The Capital Breakfast.

Before the summit opens, up to 100 founders of ₹50 Cr+ companies sit down with the funds, lenders and family offices in the room, and with the NSE team. Ninety minutes at curated tables, matched to what you are raising.

  • Matched tables, not a crowd. Each table brings founders together with the capital that fits their plan: equity, debt or the listing route.
  • Before the day begins. Breakfast while the hall fills up, then straight into the sessions at 10.
  • No extra fee. By selection. Places go to founders whose plans fit the capital in the room. A place cannot be bought.
Who it’s for and the funds confirmed →

You ask for it on the seat application: tick the Capital Breakfast and answer three short questions. We confirm places by email before the day.

03AI

AI: grow to ₹250 Cr without growing headcount 10x.

An AI-native company runs the repetitive 60% on AI and puts people on the work that moves the number. The function-by-function blueprint, built for SMEs without a tech team.

  • Live demos: AI agents running real SME workflows
  • Where AI pays back first: sales, marketing, finance, ops, service, hiring
  • Your 90-day AI roadmap, built in the session
  • Examples from Indian SMEs that have already made the shift
Sales follow-ups40h/wk → 12hMarketing & content30h/wk → 8hFinance & MIS25h/wk → 9hOperations35h/wk → 16hCustomer service45h/wk → 9hHiring15h/wk → 8hAIYOUR AI LAYERYOUR COMPANY · HOURS/WEEK BEFORE → AFTER
SME Spotlight

Indian SMEs doing it differently.

SME Spotlight tells the stories of Indian companies doing something worth learning from. Some come from founders who will be in the room on 12 December. Each one is short, built on the founder's own words, and checked with them before it goes up.

  • An innovative product
  • A new business model
  • AI put to real work
  • Capital raised well

No one pays to be featured. Stories are chosen, not sold.

The first stories are being written.They go up here in the run-up to 12 December.
  1. Nº 01Coming soon
  2. Nº 02Coming soon
  3. Nº 03Coming soon
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Know an SME with a story worth telling, maybe your own? Write to summit@scaleme.in

What founders say

From founders who've been in a ScaleME room.

Attendees on the last ScaleME Summit
Murali Bukkapatnam, former TiE Global Chair and adviser to ScaleME
The NSE bull and the entrance of Exchange Plaza, BKC
Venue

NSE Exchange Plaza, BKC, Mumbai.

The summit is held inside the National Stock Exchange, the partner for this event and home of NSE EMERGE, the SME listing platform.

  • Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai 400051
  • Entry instructions and ID requirements sent a week before
  • Networking hour and lunch included
Pricing & registration

Apply for a seat.

The room is curated: every application is reviewed, and the payment link follows only once you are confirmed. Buying for your team? Add seats.

🐦 Early bird · till 15 Nov
₹5,999
₹2,999 + GST
Per seat · 9 AM to 2 PM
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1 seat₹2,999+ GST
  • All sessions: playbook, capital, AI
  • Founder roundtables and optional investor meetings
  • Your 90-day AI roadmap and 12-month growth plan
  • Networking hour and lunch
  • ScaleME founder community access
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FAQ

Questions founders ask.

That's the stage the content and the attending funds are built for. Slightly under? Apply with your real number; we review each one.
No. Meetings are optional and only set up if you ask for them on the form. Plenty of founders come for the playbook and AI tracks alone.
Yes. Add seats in the pricing card; one application covers all of them. We'll collect attendee names after payment.
Pay after we confirm you. ₹2,999 + GST per seat till 15 Nov, ₹5,999 + GST after. Full refund till 30 Nov; seat transfers within your company up to 48 hours before.
Yes. Two of the three engines, the growth playbook and AI, are about running a better company whether or not you ever raise.
NSE Exchange Plaza, BKC, Mumbai 400051. Entry instructions, ID requirements and parking details are sent a week before.

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Saturday, 12 December 2026 · NSE Exchange Plaza, BKC Mumbai

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