Entrepreneurship Conclave – Building India’s Next Unicorn | 3rd-Feb-2018 | NIT Trichy

An Entrepreneurship Conclave themed on “Building India’s Next Unicorn” is to be held in Bangalore on 3rd February, 2018, by E-Cell NIT Trichy in association with CEDI-Sonata Entrepreneurship Fund. A networking and informational event gathering leaders of prominent startups, senior mentors, angel investors and Incubators that will venture on the stages of starting up including – ideation, product development, business development and brand creation. Followed by the conclave are workshops that will be held. Details are mentioned below

 

 

The highlight of the event is the partaking of prominent individuals in today’s leading startups. The details of the Speakers are as mentioned below

 

Schedule of Conclave, workshop details (name, held by, designation, registration link)

Schedule:

09:00 – 10:00 AM – Registrations

10:00 – 10:10 AM – Opening Ceremony

10:15 – 10:50 AM – Keynote 1

10:50 – 11:15 AM – Tea Break

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM – Fireside Chat

12:00 – 12:05 PM – Break

12:05 – 12:45 PM – Keynote 2

12:45 – 2:00 PM – Networking Lunch

2:00 – 4:00 PM – Workshop on Fundraising by IvyCamp Ventures

 

Workshop Details:

Topic: Fundraising for Start-ups

Conducted by: IvyCamp Ventures

Areas Covered:

• How much money do I need to get started?

• Startup Valuation: Pre- Money and Post- Money

• How to decide whether to bootstrap or to seek investors?

• When to raise money & from Whom?

• How to connect to Investors?

The session will be taken by Santhosh from Grant Thornton and Geetansh Bamania, Founder of Rentomojo

Registration Link: ecell-nitt.org/conclave

 

The previous 2 editions of the Conclave were held in Chennai in Hotel Pride and Hotel Deccan Plaza. The star studded event in 2017 started off with a panel discussion on the theme ‘Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage’. The panel comprised of Dr.Saundarya Rajesh CEO of AVTAR Group, Mr. C.K Kumaravel  Founder of Naturals, Mr. Narayanan President of TiE Chennai, Mr.Venky  Rajendran Founder of Sellergro Mr.Gowrishankar Sundararajan Advisor to the Malaysian Prime Minister. Mr. Vivek Srinivasan Senior Mentor at  Microsoft Accelerator, Mr. Dorai Thodla a seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneur on ‘Sustainable Advantage through Technology’. The event in 2016 comprised of guest lectures from Anant Mani – founder of ReportBee, Balram Nair – VP of Chennai Angels, K Mahalingam – Director of TSM Group, Laksminaraynan G -Vice President, customer strategy,8K Miles; Manoj Kumar – GM sales for Hitachi; Srikrishnan G – FOunder of Konotor.