Vineet Verma✦

03— UAE–India CEPA Council · Editorial design

Profiling India’s top 100 start-ups

A 120-page printed dossier of 100 startups for the UAE–India Startup Series, designed in under two weeks.

Print & editorial
Client
UAE–India CEPA Council logo

UAE–India CEPA Council

Year
2026
Location
New Delhi
Role
Creative Director
Discipline
Editorial design · Art direction · Typesetting
Seven officials on stage at Investopia Global Ahmedabad, two holding up copies of the dossier, in front of a blue backdrop reading “India’s Top 100 Start-Ups”.
The dossier unveiled at Investopia Global Ahmedabad, July 2026.Photo: UAE–India CEPA Council

Context

The UAE–India CEPA Start-up Series was launched in June 2025 by the Council and the UAE Embassy in India, and drew more than 10,000 applications. The dossier profiles the 100 startups selected.

Each profile covers the company’s sector, founders and funding history. There were under two weeks from start to print-ready files.

The dossier was unveiled by the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism on 23 July 2026 at Investopia Global Ahmedabad, in the presence of UAE Minister of Economy & Tourism H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri and Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel.

My role

What I did

  • I designed the entire 120-page dossier on my own, from the layout system to print-ready files, in under two weeks.

What the team did

  • The Council team supplied the startup data and written content.

Approach

  • Each startup gets one page with the same structure: incorporation date and headquarters, then problem, solution, founding team, market and traction, and investor takeaways, with a QR code.
  • Sectors are marked with coloured tabs on the page edge, such as Cleantech & Sustainability and Space & Aerospace.
  • The cover sets “Top 100 Start-ups” in bright blue over a maze pattern on dark blue.

Outcome

  • The dossier was designed in under two weeks.
  • 120 pages, unveiled at Investopia Global Ahmedabad in July 2026.
Screenshot of the UAE–India CEPA Council’s Instagram post: a photo of officials on stage holding up copies of the dossier, beside the post’s text about the Start-Up Series 2.0 and the event at Investopia Global Ahmedabad on 23 July.

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The UAE–India CEPA Council announcing the dossier’s unveiling at Investopia Global Ahmedabad, July 2026.

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Team & credits

Client
UAE–India CEPA Council
Through
Envoy Strategy
Design
Vineet Verma
Content
UAE–India CEPA Council team
The dossier open at the StepOut and RollNumber profiles, each with app screenshots, founder photos and short problem, solution and traction sections.
StepOut and RollNumber profiles
Top-down view of the dossier cover: “UAE–India Start-up Series, Top 100 Start-ups” in bright blue on a dark blue maze pattern.
The cover
The dossier open at the Finsire profile, with phone screenshots, founding team, market and traction, and investor takeaways.
Finsire profile
A spread with the Maithri and Novacret profiles under a green Cleantech & Sustainability tab, each listing incorporation date, headquarters, problem, solution and founding team.
Cleantech & Sustainability: Maithri and Novacret
A spread with the Digantara and GalaxEye profiles under a blue Space & Aerospace tab, with satellite imagery and founder photos.
Space & Aerospace: Digantara and GalaxEye
The dossier lying open face down, showing the front cover and the back cover with the UAE–India CEPA Council logo.
Front and back cover

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