Introduction
The Nasscom Deeptech Confluence is not a conference in the usual sense, and the organisers say so themselves. It is a curated gathering of the people who matter to deep tech: founders building breakthrough technologies, investors looking to back them, corporates exploring adoption, and the ecosystem leaders enabling growth. The 12th edition comes to Chennai on Thursday 26 November 2026, 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.
Eleven editions have run before this one. The format is built around pre-matched meetings rather than a stage programme: Investor Connect and Enterprise Connect sessions pair deep-tech startups with the investors and enterprise buyers most relevant to them, alongside focused roundtables and product showcases.
Registration is free, and it is open, but participation is curated. You register to be considered, and confirmed participants receive the venue details. The venue itself is not publicly announced.
Event Overview
Nasscom Deeptech Confluence 2026, the Chennai edition, is a one day curated event on Thursday 26 November 2026, 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The venue is shared with confirmed participants only.
This is the 12th edition of the Confluence, following 11 successful editions. The Chennai edition covers a wide span of deep tech: space, aerospace and defence, semiconductors, robotics, advanced manufacturing, industrial automation, AI, cybersecurity, quantum technologies, advanced materials, energy and climate tech, healthtech, biotech and life sciences.
The focus areas for the Chennai edition are manufacturing, data and assets; enterprise AI; smart and autonomous systems; physical AI and robotics; quantum; and cybersecurity and trust. Chennai's own economy runs on automotive, manufacturing, healthcare and IT services, and the Confluence is built around the idea that a new technology has to prove itself on a shop floor, in a hospital or inside live enterprise systems before anyone buys it.
What to Expect
Expect meetings, not lectures. The core of the day is curated 1:1 meetings between deep-tech founders, investors and enterprise decision-makers, arranged in advance so the conversations are relevant. Startups meet enterprise buyers, investors and mentors aligned to their sector. Enterprises and SMEs bring business challenges and look for technologies ready for pilots. Investors get curated deal flow across deep tech, AI and emerging technology.
Alongside the meetings, the day includes focused roundtables and product showcases, and ecosystem discussions on investment, enterprise engagement, pilots, technology adoption and strategic partnerships. The organisers frame it as quality over quantity: the right people, the right conversations, and connections that can lead somewhere.
General admission is free. Applications for the curated Investor Connect and Enterprise Connect sessions closed on 6 November 2026, so startups that missed that window can still register for the Confluence itself.
Who Should Attend
The event is built for three groups. Deep-tech founders who are building in the covered sectors and want meetings with investors and enterprise buyers. Investors looking for curated deal flow in deep tech, AI and emerging technology. And corporate and enterprise leaders exploring technology adoption, pilots and strategic partnerships.
Ecosystem enablers, mentors and policymakers working in deep tech will also find the room useful. This is not a general developer conference: the value is in the curated meetings, so it suits people with something specific to offer or something specific to find.
Key Highlights
- The 12th edition of the Nasscom Deeptech Confluence, in Chennai on Thursday 26 November 2026.
- Curated 1:1 meetings between deep-tech founders, investors and enterprise decision-makers.
- Investor Connect and Enterprise Connect sessions, plus roundtables and product showcases.
- Focus areas: manufacturing, enterprise AI, smart and autonomous systems, physical AI and robotics, quantum, cybersecurity and trust.
- Sectors from space and defence to semiconductors, robotics, healthtech and climate tech.
- Free general admission; participation is curated.
- Venue shared with confirmed participants only.
Agenda and Speakers
No stage programme or speaker list had been published when this entry was verified on 14 November 2026. The Confluence is built around meetings rather than talks, so the agenda is the structure of the day: curated Investor Connect and Enterprise Connect 1:1 meetings, focused roundtables, product showcases and ecosystem discussions, running 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.
The application window for the curated connect sessions closed on 6 November 2026. Startups that applied were matched with investors and enterprise decision-makers ahead of the event. For questions about participation, the organisers direct enquiries to Ankita Puranik at apuranik@nasscom.in.
Registration Information
Registration is open and free, through the official Luma page at luma.com/nasscom-fo4l. General admission costs nothing, but participation is curated: you register to be considered, and confirmed participants receive the venue details.
The application window for the curated Investor Connect and Enterprise Connect sessions closed on 6 November 2026. That deadline applied to startups seeking pre-matched meetings with investors and enterprise buyers. General registration for the Confluence remains open, and no separate deadline for it had been announced when this entry was verified.
Investors and corporates interested in meeting relevant deep-tech startups in Chennai can write to Ankita Puranik at apuranik@nasscom.in. For partnerships, the organisers can be reached at deeptechclub@nasscom.in.
Venue and Location
The event takes place in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday 26 November 2026. The specific venue is not publicly announced: venue details are shared with confirmed participants only. The registration page gives the time as 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM IST.
If you register and are confirmed, the venue details will come to you directly from the organisers. Plan your travel around the city rather than a specific neighbourhood until then.
Why This Event Matters
Deep tech has a distribution problem. A founder building a semiconductor tool or a robotics system cannot sell it the way a SaaS founder sells software: the buyer is an enterprise, the sales cycle is long, and the technology has to prove itself inside a real operation before anyone commits. Events that put founders in front of the right buyers, with meetings arranged in advance, shorten that cycle in a way a stage programme cannot.
Chennai is a sensible choice for the 12th edition. The city's economy runs on automotive, manufacturing, healthcare and IT services, and each of those sectors is a buyer for deep tech. Eleven editions in, the Confluence has a track record of curated meetings behind it, and the format, quality over quantity, is honest about what it is for.
For a deep-tech founder in India, a free registration and a day of pre-matched meetings with investors and enterprise buyers is a straightforward proposition.
Event Details
- Event: Nasscom Deeptech Confluence 2026 (Chennai, 12th edition)
- Date: Thursday 26 November 2026
- Time: 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM IST
- Venue: Chennai, Tamil Nadu (venue shared with confirmed participants only)
- City: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Format: In-person, one day curated event
- Organiser: Nasscom Deeptech (nasscom)
- Topics: Deep tech, AI, enterprise AI, semiconductors, robotics, quantum, cybersecurity, manufacturing, space, healthtech, climate tech
- Ticket price: Free (General Admission)
- Registration deadline: Not Announced (curated connect applications closed 6 Nov 2026)
- Contact: Ankita Puranik, apuranik@nasscom.in
- Partnerships: deeptechclub@nasscom.in
Last verified: 14 November 2026.
