Chennai, April 25 -- At the valedictory session of The Hindu Tamil Nadu Startup Summit 2025 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu's MSME Minister TM Anbarasan announced significant developments in the state's entrepreneurial landscape.

Over the past four years, nearly Rs 70 crore has been invested in 205 start-ups through various state-run entrepreneurship development programmes.

The Minister also revealed that Rs 20 crore has been allocated for start-ups in the current fiscal year.

In a bid to professionalise the state's start-up ecosystem, Chief Minister MK Stalin initiated the formation of StartupTN, which now boasts a professional CEO and 10 regional hubs across the state.

These hubs are located in cities including Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, ...