India, Feb. 27 -- The startup body Startup Policy Forum (SPF) has inked a pact with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for research and data-driven policy advocacy for startups.

Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), SPF will collaborate with IIT Madras's Centre For Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing (CREST), a vertical that researches on startup financing, SPF said in its statement.

The partnership will further contribute to IIT Madras YNOS, a startup intelligence platform that brings together information and research on various stakeholders and government schemes.

The statement also said that the MoU is aimed at fostering startup policy research and innovations to bridge the industry gap.

"This partnership w...