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  • NR Narayana Murthy to Chair the Jury to Select the First Ever TiE Global Entrepreneurship Awards

    TiE Global announces Global Entrepreneurship Awards for recognising and celebrating entrepreneurial excellence and the support systems for entrepreneurs.

    • These awards will recognise outstanding entrepreneurs who are shaping our world and also the key ecosystem players who are enabling the entrepreneurship to flourish.
    • These awards will be announced and presented on 10th December,2020 during the TiE Global Summit attended by more than 20000 entrepreneurs from around the world.
    • 6 Outstanding Entrepreneurs and 6 Ecosystem players will be recognised this year, selection is made by an eminent Jury consisting of distinguished personalities from around the world, chaired by N. R. Narayana Murthy, Founder Infosys Technologies.

    California November 25, 2020: TiE Global Entrepreneurship Awards are designed to honour the outstanding entrepreneurs for their stellar performance and recognising the key ecosystem stakeholders for their contribution to the start-up innovation, entrepreneurship development and investment climate. This initiative is in live with TiE’s mission of Fostering Entrepreneurship.

    Mahavir Sharma, TiE Global Chair says that TiE has been working with entrepreneurs for almost 30 years to promote entrepreneurship. I am happy that we finally decided to recognise these stellar individuals and organisations who are making entrepreneurship not only possible but also accessible to anyone anywhere in the world.

    Explaining the structure of these awards, Kali Gadiraju, Awards Chair and member of TiE Global Board of Trustees said, “There are two awards to honour lifetime achievements of first generation and second generation entrepreneurs and four awards to recognise outstanding entrepreneurs who created great Unicorns in lightning speed, rapidly listed, bootstrapped and very innovative. To ensure the selection process is thorough and objective, the team is mentored by leading Professors, Dr. Bala Balachandran of Kellogg School of Management and Prof. Kavil Ramachandran of Indian School of Business.”

    Entrepreneurial ecosystems play a crucial role in fostering entrepreneurship and to recognize them we have awards for Angel Networks, VC Funds, Incubator/Accelerators, Universities, Corporates and Government ecosystems. The jury for the awards is headed by Mr. Narayana Murthy, Founder, Infosys Technologies and consists of distinguished personalities from around the world, viz. Dr. Jagdish Sheth, Emory University, Gururaj ‘Desh’ Deshpande, Sparta Group LLP, Ms. Ping Fu, Cofounder Geomagic, Dr. Simon Galpin, Sr. Advisor Bahrain Economic Dev Board, Richard Kalgaard, Publisher Forbes Magazine, Dr. Orna Berry, Chief Scientist Israel, Dr. Steven Sonsonio, Professor London Business School, Tim Draper, Founder Draper University.

    Sridhar Reddy, Chair for the TiE Global Summit said, “this will be a remarkable entrepreneurship event conducted virtually and running non-stop for 60 hours. This year’s theme being entrepreneurship 360 will have several tracks viz. 250+ star speakers attended by more than 20000 entrepreneurs, 500+ curated 1-on-1 start-up meetings with mentors, 200+ investors from across the globe and TiE Global Awards presentation ceremony. This is the go to place for founders to network with global entrepreneurs and get visibility for their businesses, find advisors, investors, corporate honchos during these 3 days.”

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    Tie Gloabal Summit

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    About TiE Global:

    • TiE (The IndUS Entrepreneurs) is one of the largest global non-profit organizations focused on fostering entrepreneurship.
    • From our humble beginnings in Silicon Valley 28 years ago, TiE has grown to 61 Chapters in 14 countries with more than 15000 members worldwide and covers all the HNI’s into Tech, Angel investors and VC’s.
    • TiE Impact till date: 200 Billion+ USD through our angel and networking events. Most of it in India from Indian Citizens and Indian diaspora from outside and also within US by Indian Diaspora. Aim to bring in that much into India in the next few years from outside and much more from within India.
    • Impacted 50k students and women, future entrepreneurs by way of mentoring and aim to take it to one million in the next few years.
    • Our chapters worldwide organize 1000s of events and programs throughout the year to educate, inspire, mentor and fund entrepreneurs. But the TiE Global Summit (TGS) is the largest and the most prestigious event of all.
    • TiE is actively engaged with all the entrepreneurial ecosystem players viz. Angel Networks, VCs, Incubators, Accelerators, Educational Institutions, Governments, Corporates and NGOs for the purpose of fostering entrepreneurship.

  • 10 Startups including an Indian Startup selected at Google’s Demo Day Asia

    Google announced the names of 10 startups from 10 countries selected for Demo Day Asia hosted by Google for Entrepreneurs in Shanghai on September 20, 2018. the tech giant. Google has brought a group of well-founded and investable companies from around the world. Out of 305 applications from entrepreneurs across the world, 10 ventures were chosen as finalists. Good news is that an Indian startup SigTuple has managed to outshine the flock.

    This international startup pitching event, Google Demo Day, being organised for the first time, will provide a crash course to selected early stage startups. Also it will provide them mentoring to help sharpen their pitch, which will later be delivered to venture capitalists and other investors from Google’s entrepreneurship network.

    The startups selected are  from India, Indonesia, Sydney, Japan, Pakistan, China, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Korea. They are working across sectors such as agriculture, entertainment, healthcare. Bengaluru-based SigTuple has been selected from India, among the selected startups. They will get funds and guidance from distinguished investors from the Google for Entrepreneurs network, China-based VC firm Sequoia Capital and Venturra Capital.

    Top 10 Startups at Google’s Demo Day Asia

    SigTuple

    Founded by Apurv Anand and Rohit Pandey in the year 2015, SigTuple aims to automate medical diagnosis in the country by creating AI solutions. Bengaluru-based medtech startup SigTuple was presented with the “Judges’ Choice” award at the Google’s first Demo Day Asia programme held in Shanghai, China. The startup aims to incorporate Artificial Intelligence in the Indian healthcare system.

    Apurv Anand, Co-Founder SigTuple, thanking the entire team back home in a statement said,
    “It’s really wonderful to be recognised at the first Google Demo Day Asia! This one is all for our team back home. This award is dedicated to the entire SigTuple family.”

    The startup’s flagship programme and AI-driven platform- Manthana, helps to study visual medical data efficiently such as analysis of peripheral blood smears, urine microscopy, semen, fundus and OCT (optical coherence tomography) scans and chest X-rays.

    Marham

    Marham is Pakistan-based healthtech startup founded in 2015 by Asma Salman Omer. The digital healthcare platform bagged the “Audience Choice” Award. It helps users connect with health practitioners, doctors for various medical services. The startup assists people to seamlessly search, book appointments, and consult with doctors online in three cities namely Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi.

    Also Read: Funded Indian Startups with Investors [June Updated]

    DycodeX

    Indonesia-based startup DycodeX was founded in 2014. It focuses on the development of smart hardware, embedded systems, Internet of Things for livestock farming.  The startup presented its latest developed SMARTernak that is an IoT-based smart cattle-farming solution technology to help cattle-farmers monitor the well-being and location of their herd.

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    Selected Startups will get funding from Sequoia Capital 

    FreightExchange

    Australia-based FreightExchange was founded in 2014 by Cate Hull and Martyn Hann. This online logistics platform offers freight carriers to sell their unused space to shippers. Its solution provides a simple, automated way for carriers to connect with shippers allowing people to manage freight services.

    GITAI

    Japanese Robotech startup that specializes in building humanoid robots that can help humans conduct scientific experiments in space. The Avatar robot will be placed at the International Space Station and controlled with a Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Display (VR HMD), a motion capture suit and a haptic glove.

    OneStockHome

    Thailand- based OneStockHome was founded in 2009 by Anawach Kimhasawad. OneStockHome offers an e-commerce platform for construction materials. The platform offers a seamless shopping experience for users, offering them the best products at the lowest cost. With the help of dropship method, contractors can efficiently deal with different suppliers.  

    Origami Labs

    Hong Kong-based Origami Labs was founded in 2011 by Emile Chan, Marcus Leung-Shea and Johan Wong. Origami Labs makes voice-powered smart rings that allow people to hear and send text messages without taking out their phones.

    Miotech

    China-based MioTech was founded in 2016 by Jason Tu. It is an AI-based platform that empowers financial institutions to better manage and draw insights on their data. Shanghai headquartered fintech startup is developing artificial intelligence-based software for financial services firms.

    Also Read: List of Angel Investors in Mumbai [With Contact]

    SkyMagic

    Singapore-based SkyMagic was founded in 2015. SkyMagic produces drone swarming technology for live entertainment and traffic management systems. Drawing on years of experience in the live entertainment market, its agile team delivers a full turnkey service to ensure quality and excellence throughout a project.

    Swingvy

    The Korean startup Swingvy founded in 2016 by Jin Choeh, Kit Hoong. Swingv aims to assist the office-workers through modern HR automation technology by revolutionizing HR practice in Southeast Asia. Swingvy aims to replace paperwork or spreadsheets and help customers to manage all their HR in one place.

  • E-SUMMIT: A CONFLUENCE TO INFLUENCE

    "Entrepreneurs are people born to influence and inspire".This February will witness the biggest happening event for all entrepreneurs and start-up enthusiasts out there as hundreds of like-minded people throng the halls of NIT Trichy!

    E-Cell NITT is proud to present its theme for the E-Summit 2020,
    *'A Confluence to Influence'*.

    Come join us from Feb 14-16 and meet India's budding leaders and get inspired!

    E-Cell, NIT Trichy ಅವರಿಂದ ಈ ದಿನದಂದು ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ ಮಂಗಳವಾರ, ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ 4, 2020

    The advancement and progress in society today would not have been possible if not for the inventors and engineers of yesteryear. Their constant pursuit for the most sophisticated applications using scientific principles has resulted in our comfortable and luxurious living.

    In just about half a century, we have achieved substantial changes – from the first personal computer to the smartphone, from objectively no connectivity to the mammoth internet-services today, from the heavy fossil-fuel consumption to renewable energy sources, and more. Though all of them seem to be disjointed, they have two important elements in common; An innovation and a forward-thinking vision.

    Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were unrivalled visionaries for technology. Jeff Bezos and Jack Ma brilliantly exploited the first movers’ advantage to disrupt consumerism. Everywhere we look, we find the effects of true entrepreneurialism.

    Engineering and entrepreneurialism go hand-in-hand.With this in mind, the Entrepreneurship Cell of NIT Trichy was formed to adhere to the doctrine of spreading, encouraging and fostering the idea of entrepreneurialism among the students and providing the necessary platforms to secure a chance of succeeding.

    E-Summit’20 is E-CELL NITT’s flagship event that brings, an assortment of diverse, intriguing and enlightening workshops, guest lectures, interactive sessions with accomplished experts and informal events to every aspiring entrepreneur. E-Summit seeks to develop the inherent potential of students, nurture incredible ideas and instill the qualities one must possess for adopting entrepreneurship as a way of life.

    E-Summit Feb 14-16

    The event is being conducted from the 14th to 16th of February at NIT Trichy. With cash prizes worth around Rs. 2 Lakhs, it is a hub for numerous start-up enthusiasts, venture capitalists, angel investors, industry experts, accomplished entrepreneurs and successful alumni of the Institute to network and collaborate.

    Kicking off the 3-day long event, the Chief Guest, Mr. Apoorv Bajaj, the Executive President of Bajaj Corporation, will be delivering the guest lecture for the inaugural event of E-Summit’20. An avid exponent of sustainable development and humanitarian causes, Mr. Bajaj is involved with several projects that have contributed to the same cause.

    Immediately in succession is one of the most anticipated events, Quora Meetup where participants of the event interact with the top writers on Quora in an open session. The event begins with addresses and is followed by an interactive Q&A session. It is headed by three remarkably proficient experts in their respective fields :

    Mr. Rohan Jain, an IIT Kanpur and IIM Ahmedabad graduate, an excellent orator and consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

    Mr. Divyansh Mundra, a top-selling author, great story-teller and awarded the top writer of Quora for the year 2018.

    Mr. Kirubakaran Rajendran, a revolutionary stock market investor utilizing self-developed algorithms to trade on the Indian Stock Market, an NSE certified Analyst and an exceptional entrepreneur.

    Leadership Conclave, an event for the most aspiring students and enthusiasts, includes guest lectures from eminent personalities, thought-provoking panel discussions and debates, quick-thoughtout solutions, case – studies and networking sessions. The event is headed by:

    Dr. Srinivasan Sundarrajan, the former NIT Trichy director, who successfully catapulted NIT Trichy to the top among NITs and among the top ten Engineering Institutes across India, currently works as a consultant.

    Mr. Ravi Garikipati, the former CTO and head of FinTech of one of India’s most valuable companies, the E-commerce giant, Flipkart is heading his own venture in FinTech with his incredible wealth of experience.

    Mr. Vivek Atray, an ex-IAS officer, a motivational speaker who has given multiple TEDx talks and the author of the best-seller “Finding success within“.

    Any event is incomplete without hands-on experience. Filling this roles are three amazing workshops and one case-study conducted on:

    Theme: Consulting 101 Workshop – by Mr. Rohan Jain,Top Quora Writer,Consultant at Boston Consulting Group, and an alumnus of IITK,IIMA – India’s premier B-School and EBS Business School,Germany.

    Theme: Marketing and Competitive Analysis – by Mr. Erik Azulay, Executive Director, ACIR & Nexus Startup Hub @US Embassy.

    Theme: Design Thinking – by Mr. Babu Vittal, founder YUGEN EDUCATION, and a former strategic and creative executive at Flipkart.

    Case-Study Workshop: Netcon Technologies. The workshop is focused on project management and customer satisfaction.

    E-Summit’20 will be concluded with a valedictory speech from Mahalingam Ramaswamy, the MD of Netcon technologies and a visionary in the field of customized infrastructure for project management and IT solutions.

  • E-Cell IIT-Roorkee is Organizing E-Summit 2020 on 1-2 February

    Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Roorkee is organizing its annual flagship event- E-Summit 2020 on 1-2 February. It is a networking hub for corporates, professionals, students and budding entrepreneurs from all across the nation. We aspire to provide them with the best possible experience, opportunities and an avenue to enrich themselves with knowledge about the entrepreneurial world. With the theme, “Disruption Dilemma” our aim is to create an impact and keep on innovating. Join us as we try to inspire and prepare the next wave of Indian Entrepreneurs who know how to create impact and keep on innovating!

    Theme: “DISRUPTION DILEMMA”

    Poster for the Event

    Create impact and keep on innovating. In a startup journey, there are three major stages: 0, 1 and n. At 0, you are just beginning and your idea is all you have. At 1, you have your startup established. At n, your startup is expanding and scaling-up. In the journey from 0 to 1, we hope to create something that would impact society in a huge way. We want to disrupt the usual flow of the way things work. In the journey from 1 to n, every startup while scaling-up faces a lot of disruptions. With these constant disruptions, it becomes difficult to keep on innovating. This year, we explore the ways to deal with these Dilemmas of Disruption. Join us as we try to inspire and prepare the next wave of Indian Entrepreneurs who know how to create impact and keep on innovating!

    E-Summit witnesses the presence of the top-notch personalities from the industrial, corporate and entrepreneurial sectors and engages over 10,000+ students, 100+ startups and 20+ Venture Capitalists from across regions in Asia.

    The Major Attractions in E-Summit 2020 Edition has-

    • Leadership Series (1st and 2nd Feb 2020)
      Leadership series is a live speaker series, it is a great platform for entrepreneurship enthusiasts to learn from the best in the industry.
    • Conclaves/ panel discussions (Product Management, Deep Tech, Disruption Dilemma) (1st and 2nd Feb 2020)
      This year we would be having 3 conclaves:
    1. Product Management Conclave: targeting Product Management enthusiasts and the role of PM in product-based startups. The event will consist of speakers who will deliver guest lectures and will also have a panel discussion.
    2. Deep tech conclave: It will be an event consisting of speakers and panels discussing various Deep Technology like AR/VR, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, robotics, Advance material or quantum computing and how these fields are disrupting the industry and startup world.
    3. Disruption Dilemma Conclave: A Panel discussion on the theme – Disruption Dilemma
    • IdeaStorm – B-Plan Competition (Prizes worth Rs. 2.5L): (Online registration are live Event date 1st Feb)
      It is an annual b-plan competition. If you have an idea that can change the future of business then this the right platform to showcase your talent.
    • Software Productathon (Prizes worth Rs. 2L) (Online registrations are live Event date 1st and 2nd Feb)
      It is an offline competition in which Coders, Developers, Designers, Innovators, and Creators meet, develop and compete in product prototyping competition in an intense 36 hours coding.
    • Hardware Productathon (Prizes worth Rs. 1.5L) (Online registrations are live Event date 1st and 2nd Feb)
      It is an offline competition to compete in hardware product prototyping in an intense 36 hours time span.
    • Case Challenge (Prizes worth Rs. 1L)
      Case study competition conducted in E-Summit 2020, participants strive to develop the best solution to a real business case study within an allocated time frame.
    • Investor’s Vista (Prizes worth Rs 1.5L):(Online registrations are live Event date 1st and 2nd Feb)
      A competition to give you an investor’s perspective. You would be provided with a deck of startups and asked which startup would you invest in based on the proper explanation.
    • E-Conference for E-Cell members (1st and 2nd Feb)
      It is a zero-hour round table conference with an aim to create a strong network of E-Cells across India.
    • Designers Meetup by Dribbble (1st and 2nd Feb)
      Dribbble Meetups are a chance for designers to socialize, talk shop, and foster their local design communities.
    • Startup Expo (Funding opportunity of 10 Million USD) (1st Feb)
      Startup Expo 2.0 is a marketing event for startups under the banner of E-summit’20. This event is an ideal opportunity for startups and partners wanting to market their product and/or grabbing the attention of potential investors or strategic partners.
    • Data Enthusiasts Meetup by Kaggle (1st and 2nd Feb)
      This is a chance for data science enthusiasts to socialize and foster their local design communities, by Kaggle.
    • Startup ignite
      Startup Ignite is the zonal event of E-Summit’20 IIT Roorkee, wherein IIT Roorkee expands its reach via a drive to colleges in order to promote entrepreneurship.iPITCH is an event in Startup ignite that will offer the participants an opportunity to step into the shoes of a CEO and other CXOs and pitch in front of investors about already existing startups or companies.
    • Online Events (Notified on the facebook page E-Cell IIT Roorkee)
      E-Summit 2020 will host different genres of online events like; Online Quiz(E-Quiz), Online Case study, Online Design Competition, Online Tech challenge.

    Partners for the E-Summit include

    Ah! Ventures, 100x.vc, Baudhik Ventures, Faad Ventures, Marwari Catalyst, Hunch Circle, Kolkata Ventures, Nexus Venture Partner, Oyo Workspaces, Inventum India, Tides IIT Roorkee, Zenfold Venture

  • How does SLP add value to entrepreneurs’ life?

    Startup Leadership Program(SLP) is a 6-month program with the cohort-driven ecosystem that uses the collective energy of the group to help the talented pool of entrepreneurs to scale to greater heights. During the course, the fellows invite mentors, select topics of interest and build a network of trusted engaging entrepreneurs.

    SLP program is a highly selective, world-class training programme for outstanding founders, leaders, and innovators. SLP Fellows have founded nearly 1,700 successful startups and raised more than $650 million in funding. SLP has chapters in seven cities in the US, six in India, four in Europe, two in Australia, and five elsewhere in Asia. There are around 3000 fellows across the globe and 25 in Bangalore this year.  

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    Startup Leadership Program – Leadership

    With the non-conventional school walls, there is a lot to learn from different aspects of the program that the entrepreneur can take away.  

    Power of Network

    The power of communities is not unknown to humankind. The colonies of ants and bees build esoteric structures to mesmerize the landscape and why not.  “it truly takes a village” to nurture, to enhance and to paint vivid dreams. With the cohort and the networking opportunity, the village is easily accessible.  Not just the cohort, but entrepreneurs from across the globe – current and the alumni network are reachable.  

    Community Driven

    To create a well planned, structurally mesmerizing piece of art in the form of hives is no joke. The bees build every corner of the architecturally and structurally marvelous honeycomb. Community-driven ecosystems work similarly, involves people from across the group. Right from choosing the syllabus to deciding the topics to inviting speakers is all run by the members of the cohort. The cohort includes relevant topics and addresses the current issues faced by entrepreneurs during the sessions.  

    Diversity

    The uniqueness in the coloured mosaic does not come from similar stones or pebbles. The random structures and different textures together portray the marvel. With the selection criteria, the cohort has individuals from different age groups, various stages, varying domains and with different skill sets. Diversity puts together different voices that uniquely flatter and create pathways for amplified growth. The culture of the inclusive and diverse troops builds strong complimentary perspectives that help the startups and their founders.  

    Learning

    Schools are not the only place to learn from; teachers are not the only people imparting knowledge. The essence of education starts with peers and resonates by observing. Throughout the program, the cohort has access to mentors and has access to each other that provides opportunities to find solutions to their business bottlenecks. With intense discussions, access to best practices, business leads or to a different way of doing things is possible via peer learning. With the structure of the program, a score-board with assignment score and attendance score makes learning fun and keeps the cohort engaged in gaining points –  hence gamifying the learning paradigm.  

    Funding

    Like finding a treasure, the sweet honey from the honeycombs can be relished after journeying into the maze. With applied learning throughout the sessions, the entrepreneurs are motivated and groomed to pitch to an expert panel of investors that include VCs and Angels. Access to investors gives them an opportunity to demo, familiarise, seek advice and seek investments. The history of fundraising by SLP startups has been sweet as the entrepreneurs have raised over $650 million through the years.