Ivy Growth Associates Announces 2nd Season of Start-up Summit '21BY72', 200+ Start-ups and 500+ Investors Expected to Join in Surat

20 start-ups to raise funds during Live pitching session at Summit

IVY Growth Associates, a venture capital firm and start-up accelerator, in partnership with SteamHouse India Limited announces the second edition of its annual Start-up Summit ‘21BY72’ in Surat city. The summit is set to witness the grand participation of 60+ Venture Capitalists and 500+ Angel Investors and over 200+ start-ups hailing from all over India and globally. The summit is scheduled for 16, 17, 18 June at Avadh Utopia, Surat. All in all 10,000 attendees from across the globe are expected at the summit which will facilitate opportunities worth roughly over 20 Crores and contribute to the national start-up ecosystem.

 

Surat ranks among one of the fastest growing cities in the world and one of the wealthiest city in India with Diamond and Textile Industries being the key contributor on a Global Landscape. Surat has witnessed over 600+ emerging angel investors participate in the Indian Start-up Ecosystem just in the past couple of years and seen success stories from Surat based Start-ups.

The summit works around the core objective to catalyse collaborations, provide a platform to entrepreneurs to exhibit and present their concepts, and opening investment opportunities for investors from across the world. The summit has successfully served as the Launchpad for start-ups like Emotorad, Legalpay, Stylework, Gorillalink (An Israeli Start-up).

The upcoming edition will see some key names from the ecosystem participating including Shark Aman Gupta (Co-Founder & CMO, Boat), Arjun Vaidya, CA Sarthak Ahuja and notable VC Firms like 100XVC, Blume Ventures, Artha Ventures and many more.

There will be knowledge-sharing sessions from over 80 Industry Veterans and 10+ Mega Influencers and live pitching sessions. It is expected to fuel funding to 20+ start-ups in the live pitching sessions.

IVY Growth Associates has already gained the ground in the city of Surat, various parts of India like Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and The United Arab Emirates. It further aims at expanding its wings across Tier-2 and Tier-3 Cities like Indore, Nagpur, Pune, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. The summit will add another stud in the start-up accelerator’s portfolio and encourage the budding minds from other cities and countries too as the brand moves ahead in its journey.

IVY Growth aims at facilitating start-up funding worth 50 Crores, across at least 30 start-ups by the end of the current fiscal, and take the same number up to 200 start-ups in next five years.

“We have a very ambitious target of providing opportunities to at least 30 start-ups by the end of the ongoing fiscal. To achieve the same this summit will play a key role. The summit is expected to accelerate the entire process and help us reach our goal faster. At the same time, not that it brings investors and entrepreneurs under one roof, but also motivates others to come forward and participate. This is largely to encourage more ideas, and inspire more minds,” said Mr. Rachit Poddar, IVY Growth Associates.

IVY Growth Associates is not just working in India but has also grown the community globally. It has organised conferences in the UK, UAE and few more with the vision of building global corridors by the rise of angel investors.

About IVY Growth Associates

Founded by CA Prateek Tosniwal, Rachit Poddar, Sharad Todi & CA Mehul Shah, IVY Growth Associates is led by individuals having a combined experience of 30+ years in various fields and have collectively invested in 100+ start-ups. IVY Growth comes with a rich experience of leading funding for growth stage startups and mentoring them to succeed. Some of their marquee startups include the likes of Emotorad, Zypp Electric, BluSmart Mobility, Cleardekho, Sapio Analytics etc.

TiE announces the World’s largest TiE Global Summit in India

Will attract 20,000 entrepreneurs from 25+ countries, world leaders, influencers and policy makers, potential funding for 250 start-ups by 200 global investors attending the summit

TiE, Hyderabad will be hosting TiE’s largest ever and first Virtual Global Summit between December 8-10, 2020. A total of 20,000 entrepreneurs, 200+ investors, 10+ world Leaders, 50+ star speakers, successful celebrities, sports persons and spiritual and wellness gurus will be attending the summit. A total of 25 TiE chapters from Americas, Europe, Africa, India, APAC will be represented at the summit.

TiE, the world’s largest network of successful entrepreneurs and professionals will be hosting the ‘TiE Global Summit 2020’ through an online platform due to COVID-19 pandemic as there are travel, social distancing restrictions world over.

The summit based on the theme ‘Entrepreneurship 360’ will focus on issues faced and challenged by entrepreneurs, provide a platform for funding, insights into strategies to grow and scale business with focus on new start-up ideas, investments in start-ups, pitching tactics to help start-ups attract b2b and b2c businesses and scaling strategies to grow their business by 10x. Keynote sessions

Global leaders such as Satya Nadella, Ratan Tata, Elon Musk, Sundar Pitchai,  Anand Mahindra, Vijay Sekhar Sharma, Ritesh Agarwal, Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Sheryl Sandberg, Indra Nooyi among others are likely to attend. Distinguished world political leaders such as Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, Candian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, Lee Hsien Loong, UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Prime Minister of New Zealand,  Jacinda Ardern, nobel laureates including Abhijit Banerjee, Mohammad Yunus, Amartya Sen, Dalai Lama, Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi and spiritual leaders Sri Sri Ravishankar, Sadhguru, Sridharan are likely to address the summit.

TiE Global Summit 2020 is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi.

The summit will provide an opportunity for entrepreneurs to network, share ideas and interact with investors, business leaders, policy makers across the globe, besides allowing investors access to the world’s brightest minds to fulfil their investment objectives and are likely to invest a few hundred crores after reviewing 200 start-up pitches. Women awards have been planned to acknowledge and motivate women entrepreneurs. A total of 100+ highly successful global entrepreneurs will be showcasing their products and services. Keynote sessions, technology lounge, investor lounge, pitch competitions, boot camps are planned to add value to the 20,000 start-ups and entrepreneurs attending the summit.

Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, IT, Government of Telangana, addressing the media said, “Given the times we are in, it would have been easy for TiE to have cancelled the summit, however ‘am glad they are transitioning to a virtual event. The present times mean a lot to innovators, entrepreneurs, young start-ups. While it is true that businesses may have been disrupted, we are also seeing umpteen number of opportunities coming our way, and if one is agile, smart and mentored well, I am sure they can once again rise in their business.” He went on to add, “The TiE Global Summit 2020 is bound to have such experience to all the participants. And I am very glad that the summit is taking place in December 2020. My best wishes to all the participants and congratulations to the organizers.”

Speaking on the announcement, Mahavir Sharma - Chairman TiE Global, said, “The TiE Global Summit 2020 is a very special initiative, perhaps the largest and most diverse gathering of entrepreneurs and investors on a virtual platform (due to covid-19). It aims at bringing together students, start-ups, entrepreneurs, global leaders including heads of countries, successful business leaders, investors with a strong intent to invest in start-ups and Nobel laureates aimed at exchanging ideas. It will foster collaboration and networking, between entrepreneurs attending the summit from across 25 plus countries. This will enhance opportunities for startups across India to get investments worth billions of dollars”

Sridhar Pinnapureddy, President, TiE, Hyderabad said, “The Covid-19 situation has offered us an opportunity to engage 20,000 start-ups and entrepreneurs on a virtual platform due to social distancing norms and scare of contracting the dreaded virus. The TiE Global Summit 2020 is based on the theme ‘Entrepreneurship 360’ and aims at fostering ideas, provide a platform for investors to identify and funding curated start-ups and entrepreneurs, provide marketing inputs on pitching to grow their business in the b2b and b2c space, and gain deep insights into scale business by 10x. We plan to make the summit very enriching from a networking, learning, and funding perspective. We expect at least 200 entrepreneurs to be funded by investors during the three day summit.

Srini Raju, Founder President TIE Hyderabad, Kali Prasad - Board of Trustee, TiE Global, Manohar Reddy - Vice-President TiE Hyderabad and JA Chowdary, Founder Dir. STPI, CM, TiE, Hyderabad, attended and addressed the media today during the virtual conference.

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), was founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals with roots in the Indus region. TiE Global, is a not for profit organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship around the World and currently has 15,000 members in 61 chapters across 14 countries. TiE’s mission is to foster entrepreneurship globally through mentoring, networking, and education. Dedicated to the virtuous cycle of wealth creation and giving back to the community, it’s focus is on generating and nurturing our next generation of entrepreneurs.

Investment of ₹ 70 Crore in Startups from Various Sectors Announced by KSUM of Kerala

Investments of Rs 70 crore into startups from various sectors were announced on Saturday at the fifth edition of the two-day 'Seeding Kerala' investment summit, organized by Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) here.

The startups that lapped up the funds include Sporthood, Astro-Vision Futuretech Pvt Ltd, Bumberry, ilove9months, Entri and ZappyHire, an official release said.

The announcement was made on the concluding day of the summit in the presence of M Sivasankar, Principal Secretary (Electronics and IT), Kerala government and Dr Saji Gopinath, CEO, KSUM.

Bengaluru-based Sporthood, a startup for sports enthusiasts, got investment from SEA Fund, which made its fourth investment in Kerala out of its seven investment ventures.

Founded by Rahul Antony Thomas, Arun V Nair, Nikhilesh M R and Vikram Devare, Sporthood has a community of 30,000 kids and adults subscribed to the platform. It has 21 established sports clubs across Bengaluru and Kochi.

Astro-Vision Futuretech Pvt Ltd has got investment from matrimony.com, one of the largest matrimonial companies in India. It's the first investment by the Chennai-based firm.

Astro Vision has been providing Vedic-based astrology solutions to consumers in more than 10 Indian languages for over three decades and has generated more than 110 million horoscopes.

Bumberry, a startup that manufactures eco-friendly and re-usable cloth diapers, has raised fund from Kerala Angel Network (KAN), led by a group of investors, the release said. It is KANs maiden investment in a startup. Bumberry was founded by Kutty Krishnan, an educator by profession.

Bumberry diapers come as natural bamboo cotton pad and pocket diapers.

US-based Equifin VC will be investing in Maternia Care Technologies Pvt Ltd., which owns the brand ilove9months, a women-led maternity-focused startup.

It is also the maiden investment venture in India by the US firm.

Another startup Entri, a learning app in local languages that has over 1.6 million users, is funded by Good Capital.

Founded by Mohammed Hisamuddin, Entri first started providing a database of questions for government recruitment examinations in Malayalam.

Smart Sparks Angel Network will invest in ZappyHire, which gives companies the flexibility on what tools they would like to use, based on their hiring requirements such as assessment and candidate profiling.

On the occasion, officials of Pavizham Oil and Rice handed over its Corporate Social Responsibility fund of Rs 9.4 lakh to startup Red Button as part of the Red Button public safety programme.

The project, to be implemented in Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur initially, is about installing a robotic system in public areas to ensure public safety, especially for women, and also bridge the gap between the police and public.

Moreover, Kochi-based startup Watasalere paid the Rs six lakh seed fund to the Kerala government as a goodwill gesture.

KSUM is the nodal agency of the Kerala government for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities in the state.

2nd Edition of Startup Summit Gurgaon - 2019 by The Hustler Team Organised Successfully

The hustle to grow with the spirit of entrepreneurship the Hustler Team curated by Amit Vikram Tripathi, Akash Kumar, Gautam Mishra provided an unbiased platform for the growth oriented entrepreneurs and startups with their 2nd edition of “Startup Summit Gurgaon 2019” the Star of the summit Manu Rikhey - Partner Growx Ventures and Special Guest and Coaching Icon Saurabh Kauhsik - India’s Premier Business Coach and Founder Peopleist have shared the concept of Angle round of investors and the outlook Vs Venture Capitalist round of investment and outlook.

To empower the entrepreneurial mindset and startup support special delegation of ICICI bank shared their vision and exciting schemes to harness the opportunity in the banking sector and policies further to uplift the startup ecosystem.

Saurabh Jain Vice President Paytm, shared the story of Paytm and motivated attendees by telling them the importance of 3 P’s of business.

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The most esteemed entrepreneurs like Deepanshu Manchanda founder Zappfresh, Atul Rai Co-Founder & CEO Staqu Technologies, Saurabh Dayal Co Founder, ClearDekho.com

Tanvi Kandpal Co-Founder & CBO, Finoledge and Session Chaired by Saurabh Kaushik Founder, Peopleist India shared their views on Opportunity Mining - Zero to One. Each one shared their journey from Zero to One  learning, opportunities and challenges while starting up their business.

Ashi Singhal shared the linkedin success secret and advanced linkedin tools and technologies to support the enterprises, sales and marketing post with the tecnologiest like Mohit Malik CTO, Chaayos, Col. Inderjeet Singh Ex Director CISO, Indian Army, Vikram Shah CTO, Internshala shared their vision on innovation and disruption the actual need of today’s startup. The panel addresses various concepts of technopreneurship and how leverage can take the startup to the Next Level.

The most awaited Massive Business Growth Session with India’s Premier Business Coach Saurabh Kauhsik added cherry on the cake and bind the audience with his advanced coaching tools and techniques. The session was NLP fused with business success mantra the basic concept of sales, revenue and growth.

In order to acknowledge the role of ecosystem in startup prominent personalities like Nemesisa Ujjain Project Director, Hunch Ventures & Investment Pvt Ltd, Abhishek Dubey Founder, Muskaan Dreams, Amit Singal CEO, Startup Buddy, Rajiv Bathla COO, TheCircle, Himanshu Gupta CEO & Co-founder, Lawyered, Tanya Kathpal Founder, Eat My News shared their views on future and opportunities in startup ecosystem 2020. The discussion shared the upcoming boost in the startup ecosystem and expected growth of startups by 15% in comparison of 2019. It is the best time for startups to grow since government and non government bodies are now supporting entrepreneurship full fledgedly.

The hustler team once again proved themselves by creating such an awesome gathering of 200 startups on Saturday at the Circle - Coworking Space Huda City Center with the support of key sponsor ICICI Bank. The Hustler Team is all set to organise new theme for the Investors Meet and Ecosystem Players to harness the entrepreneurial wave and support the startups to get the Next Level.

The Hustler Team brings 2nd Edition of Summit to Connect, Interact and Network

After receiving overwhelming response from the Startup Ecosystem about Startup Summit 2018, the second edition of Summit, a full day event which is scheduled to happen in Gurgaon on 19th October, 2019 from 10:00 AM onwards. The Venue is fixed at The Circle Work - Huda City Centre, Sector 29, Gurugram, Haryana 122022.

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The philosophy of Startup Summit is to gather all the startup enthusiasts, mentors, leaders, entrepreneurs and investors under one roof, where they can Connect, Interact, Network with each other. It also helps you to gain traction through deep mentor engagement, rapid iteration cycles and fundraising preparation. More than 150 aspiring entrepreneurs are expected to take part in a full day Startup Summit.

The Chief Guest of the event will be Mr. Digvijay Singh, COO of Indian Angel Network and Guest Of Honour is Mr. Manu Rikhye, Partner growX ventures. These eminent guests will be talking about all the aspects of angel funding and venture funding during On-couch discussion.

Learning from the experiences of successful entrepreneurs can help a startup enthusiast in achieving his goal easily. Deepanshu Manchanda Co- Founder, Zappfresh, Atul Rai Co-Founder & CEO, Staqu Technologies, Saurabh Dayal Co Founder, ClearDekho.com, Gaurav H Luthra Founder, What's Up Life, Tanvi Kandpal Co-Founder & CBO, Finoledge will share their experience in a panel discussion on the topic opportunity mining.

Mr. Saurabh Kaushik - India’s premier business coach will take a session on the Massive Business Growth where he will talk about scaling up the business, generating leads and revenue. He will also share his experience about building sales & core team.

Living in the information age, it becomes important to discuss about the technology and its impact. Technocrats like Mohit Malik - CTO Chaayos, Vikram Shah - CTO Internshala, Sudipta Banerjee CTO, Wynk Music and Col. Inderjeet Singh - Ex Director CISO, Indian Army will present their insights on topic Innovation With Disruption.

Working for the dreams of others and raising them by adding values in their lives is the motive of a social entrepreneur. Abhishek Dubey - Founder Muskaan Dreams, Amit Singhal - CEO Startup Buddy, Rajiv Bathla - COO The Circle Work, Himanshu Gupta - CEO & Co-founder Lawyered, Tanya Kathpal - Founder Eat My News will discuss about the future opportunities in the domain of social entrepreneurship.

There are a couple of individual sessions which will be taken up by Saurabh Jain- VP Paytm, Abhishek Gupta - Founder Starters’ CFO, Ashi Singhal - LinkedIn Branding Consultant.

Lunch and drinks will be provided by The Hustler Team.

Anyone who is new to startup scene or is a serial entrepreneur, the ones motivated to build a product or startup, and is open to new ideas can register here: www.thehustlerteam.org

Early Bird offer can be availed by 25th September 2019, with an additional discount of 5-10% on the group registration.

Everyone who attends the event is expected to participate in discussion and question answer session for better exposure and learning environment. The price of tickets is Rs. 999/- which costs Rs. 699/- in early bird offer. Coming in alone with an idea on Saturday Morning and leaving in the evening with a vision, and a bag full of new network contacts is a unique experience only found at a Startup Summit.

About The Hustler Team

We, The Hustler Team, community of successful entrepreneurs, are focused mainly on organizing a series of pitching events to assist start-ups and budding entrepreneurs by building a network of start-ups, VC firms, investors, and fund houses. The goal is building the entrepreneurship culture across the nation and bringing youth in the main stream of startup ecosystem. We also aim to help this continuously growing start-up community advance forward while clearing all hurdles along the way i.e. we work to help you "Hustle without Hassle."

During this event we will be launching an initiative around entrepreneurship awareness which will be spread across the nation.

The event is supported by The Circle Work, Paytm- Build For India, Startup Buddy, Starters' CFO as ecosystem partner, Startup Talky as Community Partner, Fabdevs as Technical partner, Lets Go Green as Gifting Partner, Peopleist India as Knowledge Partner, Lawyered as Legal Tech Partner & Nojoto, Startup Talks, Startup Success Stories, Gyanopedia, Mint Shint, Shortpedia, Indianweb2, Roaring Wolf Media and Tycoonstory as media partners.