15 Women-led Startups Pitched to 11 Investors in 3rd Edn. of TiE Women Pitch Competition

Santhoshi Sushma of Autocracy Machinery seen pitching at TiE Investor Connect at Bisness Women Expo

TiE Hyderabad organised the TiE Women Pitch Competition - 2022, an initiative by TiE Global to Embrace, Engage and Empower women entrepreneurs across the globe. It was held on Saturday at the Hitex Women in Business Expo 2022. TiE Hyderabad also successfully conducted the TiE Investor Connect - Women Special Edition!

TiE Investor Connect is a platform that enables curated start-ups to present their business venture to top Indian PE/VC/Seed/Angel funds across the industry. This was the first session of TiE Hyderabad Investor Connect -2022 with a new approach and vibrancy and focused on Women Entrepreneurs. 15 Startups led/Co-led by Women Entrepreneurs, from the Early & Revenue stage from various sectors pitched to 11 Investors.

Out of the 80 applications received from women-led start-ups, a panel of the Investor Committee curated and lined up 15 Women Entrepreneurs from various sectors who presented their ventures to 11 Investors. For deeper dialogue, investors have shown interest in at least 10 startups and will further engage with them one on one. Sectors represented were Manufacturing, Technology, Education, Fashion, Food, Health & Wellness.

Dr. Varsha Prabala of 365veda seen pitching at TiE Investor Connect at Bisness Women Expo

Srusthi of B Arm seen pitching at TiE Investor Connect at Bisness Women Expo

The startups selected for the pitches include: 365veda (365 Wellness and HealthTech Pvt Ltd) represented by Dr Varsha Prabala; Autocracy Machinery Private Limited by Santhoshi Sushma Buddhiraju; B Arm by Srusthi; Eat Confetti by Niharika Gollapalli; Innomet Advanced Materials Pvt Ltd by Saritha Chilakapati; Involute training by Bala Mukkamala; Kriyo by Sucharitha Dasireddy; Snackerstreet Pvt. ltd by Divya Medar; Nextgen Property Adviser Private Limited by Anju Yadav; Nutrizzo Naturals Industries Pvt Ltd by Sindhu Saithi; Rev Your Soul by Sandhya Nagavarpu; Six Yards Plus by Mrinalini Shastry; Starbuzz (Krisattva Pvt Ltd) by Krishna Priya; WhatIsMyGoal by Humera Nishat.

The investors who these start-ups pitched include---Murali Krishna Gunturu from Inflexor Fund; Rathnakar Samvedam from Hyderabad Angels; Abhiram Katta from Endiya Partners; Srikant Tanikella from Pavestone; Shyam Penumaka from Dallas Venture Capital Prashanth Menon from Stratcap Advisory; Dr Ramakrishna Nalluri from Smileline Dental; Gaurav Mathur from Arteans; Ms Ravuri Lakshmi Reshma from Meenakshi group; Chandran Krishnan from Chennai Angels and Zaran Bhagwagar from Anthill Ventures

TiE Global announces ‘World’s Largest Sustainability Summit’

File Pic announcing the summit in a Press Con held in June 2021 Ranvijay Lamba, Manohar Reddy, Jayesh Ranjan, H.E. Dr. Claudio Ansorena

To be attended by 25,000+ entrepreneurs from 25+ countries, global thought leaders, influencers, policymakers, funders, and global investors.

To focus on Sustainable Development Goals

To Focus on Social Enterprises to create a deep impact on people, animals and planet

Hyderabad, September 24, 2021.........TiE Sustainability Summit (TSS) 2021 pegged as the World’s largest sustainability summit to be hosted by TiE Hyderabad will focus on sustainable development goals (SDGs) with major thrust on agriculture, water, climate, energy, recycling, circular economy, poverty, hunger, renewable energy, livelihoods, healthcare among others.

The virtual summit, where entrepreneurship meets sustainability will be held from October 4 to 6, 2021. It will be hosted by TiE Hyderabad, which is yet another feather in the cap of TiE Hyderabad. The Chapter hosted last year the Global Summit, the world’s largest entrepreneurial summit. And it was a huge success. And this year yet another first, the World’s largest Sustainability Summit’.

TSS 2021 is expected to attract 25,000 entrepreneurs, major among them would be social enterprises who are focused on solving the challenges outlined in SDGs, 250+ investors, 200+ speakers, 100+ mentors from the sustainability space, social impact investors, policy makers, academicians, and strategy think-tanks from 25 countries including North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

It will host keynote sessions, panel discussions, match-making for entrepreneurs, investors and mentors, exhibits for social enterprises to showcase their products and services. The event is majorly supported by organizations such as Adani Group, CtrlS – Asia’s largest Rated-4 datacenter among others.

The summit is uniquely designed to discuss, strategize and execute innovative solutions to overcome key issues such as rapid accumulation of toxic-gases in the atmosphere, loss of bio-diversity, pollution under water, food production, disharmony between social, environmental and economic policies, barriers to eco-innovation and eco-regeneration, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, barriers to growth of social enterprises, conflicts between capitalism and nature, impediments to human wellbeing and its sustainability, and hurdles to implementation of sustainable development policies.

Manohar Reddy, Chair, TSS 2021 and President, TiE Hyderabad said, “TiE sustainability summit is being held to shape the future of planet earth by encouraging social enterprises through funding, mentoring, strategic inputs to help them create a tangible impact in the areas such as poverty eradication, find solutions to water and food production challenges, deployment on modern technologies to eradicate social, climate, pollution related issues, act as a platform for discussion, debate, influencing policy making in the sustainability space to solve problems related to land on life, life under water, gender equality, education, healthcare, livelihood and other key issues plaguing the society.”

TSS 2021 will provide opportunities for social enterprises to showcase their products, services, make pitches to investors, meet their future mentors, board members, interact with strategy leaders, management gurus in the sustainability ecosystem to enhance their growth objectives and create a deep impact on society, animals and planet.

Pravin Tailam, TiE Global Chair said“TiE sustainability summit will act as a springboard for many social enterprises not only from TiE Global ecosystem, but those from across 25 countries who are focused on solving the challenges faced by planet earth in the sustainability space. I am confident this summit will pave the way for building and executing exceptionally unique ideas to solve the issues outlined in the SDGs by the UN. TSS 2021 will continue to focus on building a beautiful planet for the next generation to benefit from the ideas generated through its platform”

TiE Global is a nonprofit organization devoted to entrepreneurs in all industries, at all stages, from incubation, throughout the entrepreneurial lifecycle. With a global reach and a local focus, the heart of TiE efforts lies in its five foundational programs, – Mentoring, Networking, Education, Funding, and Incubation.Several members have formed startups while at TiE, and are now charter members giving back to the community. TiE’s ultimate goal is to foster entrepreneurship, creating wealth for both the entrepreneur and the local communities.

TiE Global is the largest non-profit organization and has amazing networking effects. TiE connects the entire entrepreneurship ecosystem from early stage entrepreneurs, serial entrepreneurs, professionals at leading corporations, venture capital, angel investors, thought leaders among others. The organization emphasizes the spirit of giving in all aspects of their work.

There are currently 15,000 members (including over 3000 charter members or mentors) 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, TiE’s focus is on generating and nurturing our next generation of entrepreneurs.