Rashida Adenwala, the 1st Woman to Take Over As President of TiE Hyderabad for the Year 2023

TiE Hyderabad, the global entrepreneurial network, announced Rashida Adenwala as new President, the first woman to occupy the chair for the year 2023.

Rashida Adenwala

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), founded in 1992 in Silicon Valley is a nonprofit organization devoted to entrepreneurs in all industries, at all stages, from incubation, throughout the entrepreneurial life cycle. 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.

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is a go-to network of over 15,000 global entrepreneurs across 63 cities in 14 countries, and Hyderabad is one of the most vibrant and renowned chapters worldwide.

The new president, Rashida Adenwala has taken over reins today from Suresh Raju. Rashida Adenwala is the Founder Partner of R & A Associates, an integrated Corporate Secretarial & Legal Services Firm, offering a full range of corporate law services.

The new board comprises Rashida Adenwala, Founder Partner, R&A Associates as President, Srini Chandupatla, Co-Founder, Manjeera Digital Systems as Vice President, Suresh Raju, Founder & Partner Jupiter Alternative Investments Fund as Immediate Past President TiE Hyderabad, The other board members for 2023 include Venkateswara Rao Annapragada, Investor & Business Mentor. Dr. Balaji Bhyravbhatla Managing Director, HyLasCo Bio-Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd. Ravi Chennupati Chairman and Managing Director Ezone Security Solutions, Sharlin Thayil Co-Founder & CEO, Business Director View360 Technologies, Carnegie Technologies, Raj Samala, Founder & CEO, Revalsys Technologies, Raveendra Nalluri, Partner, Orpine, Inc, Dr. Nandita Sethi, Founder & MD, The Entrepreneur Zone (TEZ), (A Unit of Zen SkillProc Pvt Ltd), Bhanu Prakash Varla, Partner & Director, Graylogic Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Jayesh Sanghvi, Office Managing Partner, Hyderabad, Ernst & Young LLP, and Abhijit Banerjee, Managing Partner, Upwisery Capital Advisors LLP - Zauba Corp

Welcoming Rashida Adenwala as the new President of TiE Hyderabad, Suresh Raju, Founder and Partner of Jupiter Alternative Investments Fund said, “TiE Hyderabad recently hosted the TiE Global Summit which has witnessed many firsts to its credit, astounding success with global delegate participation crossing 3000+ registrations from 48 cities, 200+ speakers covering 69 Sessions, 9 Masterclasses, 32 Round tables, 3 Conclaves (SME Conclave, TiE Japan Conclave, TiE Africa Conclave), Expo stalls for 105 Companies, TiE Nurture Lounge enabling 1000s of Mentor-Mentee conversations, launch of TGS 100 as a new platform to identify top start-ups, Incubators Showcase, TiE Global Women Finals and University Pitchfest of over 40 teams from across the world -- all of this was spread across two and a half days.. The Chapter looks forward to Rashida’s contribution to further TiE’s mission in fostering entrepreneurship.”

Setting the agenda for TiE Hyderabad in 2023, Rashida Adenwala said, “The new leadership will continue the momentum with a focus on impact-based initiatives, cross-chapter collaboration and building corporate partnerships.” Commenting on how TiE Hyderabad plans to impact startups during her tenure as President, she said, “TiE will continue to nurture the startups through structured mentoring programs, help startup entrepreneurs connect with domestic as well global investors by collaborating with various investment platforms, provide market access through the TiE’s global network as well as focus on fostering entrepreneurship in the tier 2 cities of Telangana.”

About TiE Global & TiE Hyderabad

Each year, TiE Hyderabad impacts over 1,100 start-ups and 7500+ students, conducts around 100 events and activities to encourage and nurture next generation entrepreneurs. Some of the well-known programs include TiE Nurture Accelerator, TiE Grad, TiE Young Entrepreneurs, Open Mic, Mentor Advisor, Investor Connect, Knowledge Series, Leadership Series, MemberMixer, & My Story, among others.

TiE Hyderabad steers over 100+ programs for chartered members, associate members, and other ecosystem partners and provides startups and its members access to about 3,000 successful entrepreneurs and professionals across the globe. Around 160 +charter members are Hyderabad-based and volunteer for mentoring, education, and providing access to customers and investors through the global network.

TiE Hyderabad to Host the World’s Largest Entrepreneurship Meet ‘TiE Global Summit 2022’

B.J Arun, Murali Bhukkapatnam, Suresh Raju seen addressing the press conference of TiE Global Summit 2022

To focus broadly on Future Tech, New Age Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Hyderabad Chapter, the local chapter of TiE Global to host Tie Global Summit 2022(TGS-2022), the world’s largest entrepreneurship meet in Hyderabad.

TiE Hyderabad is fortunate and proud to be hosting the 6th edition of the TiE Global Summit

TiE Global Summit (TGS) 2022 scheduled on 12th - 14th December is to be held in person in Hyderabad.TGS-2022 will broadly focus on Future Tech, New Age Entrepreneurship and Sustainability added Mr B.J. Arun, Chairman - TIE Global Board of Trustees.
The participants can expect is -

• Future Tech: Metaverse, Web3.0, Composable Apps/networks, Digital Humans,
• Multi-experiences, NFT, Data Fabric, Implanted Sensors, Decentralized Finance/Identity, Pharma, Health-tech
• New Age Entrepreneurship: Startups on Steroids, Alternate Funding, Unicorns
• Sustainability: Focus SDGs majorly on Agriculture, Water & Energy

With this primary focus on FutureTech, TGS 2022 will witness a footfall of 2000+ global entrepreneurs bringing together the entrepreneurial ecosystem spanning 6 continents in Hyderabad, Mr B. J. Arun added. Mr BJ Arun heads TiE Global, the largest entrepreneurs' not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship.  

Mahavir, Praveen, B.J Arun, Murali Bhukkapatnam, Suresh Raju seen formally announcing TiE Global Summit 2022

This summit will be well attended by 500+ charter members from across the globe, delegates comprising 1500+ entrepreneurs, 200+industry experts, 150+ speakers, 100+ venture capitalists, 100+ angel investors, 250+global mentors, government officials and world leaders informed Mr Suresh Raju, President TiE Hyderabad who is also the Co-Chair for the Global SummitThe summit, Mr Murali. Bukkapatnam, Vice Chairman - TiE Global Board of Trustees and Co-Chair for the Global Summit said will host global competitions like

• TiE Young Entrepreneurs (High School) / Finalists from 20+ TiE Chapters to compete
• TiE Grad Plus (College/University) /  Finalists from 20+ TiE Chapters to compete
• TiE Women (Women Entrepreneurs) / Finalists from 20+ TiE Chapters to compete
• TiE Social Enterprises / Showcase of top 20 social enterprises from the global entrepreneurial ecosystem
• TiE Chapter Showcase / Best entrepreneurial programs of TiE Chapters

TiE Global Summit is the annual flagship conference of TiE Global where each year TiE Chapters collaborate to bring the best in a class of content - from speaker sessions to mentoring sessions, marquee keynotes, and fireside chats and thought-provoking discussions on entrepreneurship. TiE Global Summit remains to be a one-stop marquee destination for every entrepreneur globally to attend, meet and interact with the next generation of entrepreneurs or their counterparts. 

Over the past 5 editions, TGS has attracted 30,000+ delegates from corners of the globe along with 300+ exhibitors, 600+ speakers, 200+ sponsors and innumerable sessions speaking about the future of employment, sustainability, and Indian startups and its global footprint and breaking all barriers. 

Some of the past speakers include Bill Gates, Gautam Adani, Sadhguru, Ramcharan, NR Narayana Murthy, Nikki Haley, Kiran Mazumdar, KT Rama Rao, Vinod Khosla, Dr Krishna Ella and others.  

TiE Hyderabad is one of the most vibrant and recognised chapters in the network of TiE Global. TiE Hyderabad plays an important role in building the ecosystem across the state of Telangana through its activities conducted with about 20+ themes on fostering entrepreneurship. 

 It has over 150 successful Charter Members. It is vibrant and the most recognized chapter worldwide. Each year it impacts over 1100 startups and 6400+ students and conducts 131+ events & activities under 20+ themes. It is also a proud host of TiE Global Summit 2020 and TiE Sustainability Summit 2021, the world’s largest Sustainability Summit.

TiE Global was founded in 1992 by a group of successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives and established business leaders from the Indus region, through TiE Global Summit, TiE is a not for profit organization building its ecosystem of entrepreneurs through chapters across the globe. 

In the last 30 years since it is founded, it is spread across 14 countries, 58 cities duly called chapters with around 3000+ Charter Members and 15000+ members. A recent study led by KPMG in December reported that: over the past 30 years TiE has created a wealth of opportunities and went across the borders to help and nurture the future generation of entrepreneurs. 

TiE Women 2022 Initiative Unveiled

Rashida Adenwala, Srikanth T G, Suresh Raju, Bhanuprakash, Poornima, Vandana Maheshwari at the launch

TiE Hyderabad unveiled its TiE Women 2022, a global initiative at the ongoing Business Women Expo 2022 on Saturday. The initiative was launched by Suresh Raju, President of TiE Hyderabad; Srikanth T.G, Business Head, HITEX; Purnima Kamble, Chairwoman of CII-Indian Women Network(IWN) Telangana; Ms Rashida Adenwala---Vice President, TiE, Hyderabad and others.

Addressing the gathering immediately after unveiling it, the TiE Hyderabad President Suresh Raju said, the pandemic paved the way for counting in more women into the workforce by providing work-from-home opportunities and nearly 26% of women workforce work from home. Women's workforce is contributing 17% to our GDP and 28% of enterprises are managed by women. The government is playing its role, so also the corporates in encouraging more women to get into work. TiE Hyderabad has a big role to play he said

Speaking further, Suresh Raju added that 100 plus women entrepreneurs from different countries are expected to participate in the TiE Global Summit to be hosted by the local chapter in December in Hyderabad.  

Rashida Adenwala said it is a leading initiative of TiE across the globe. It is a pitch competition. It is launched to showcase Women Entrepreneurs from the state of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to a stellar global team and build a climate of inclusiveness. This is the only program serving as an opportunity for Women Entrepreneur to represent the two states to compete at Global Scale. 

Outlining the program she said it will be held in two phases. Phase one, the local chapter level goes up to August 31st. Phase two, the global level programs run through September. It will kick start in August. Phase -1 is Regional Pitch Competition. Each chapter selects one winner and four runners up. 

The winner goes to the global finale to be held in Dubai. And three runners-up are entitled to a Bootcamp in India. The Pitch Competition was created to provide opportunities, access to investors and VCs, she shared.

TiE Women over the past two years impacted 200 plus women entrepreneurs. And added 126 women to its network, Rashida shared. 30 mentors are dedicated to this initiative. A couple of these women were selected to pitch in SharkTank and got funded to the extent of Rs 56 crore she said. Shark Tank is a reality show that facilitates entrepreneurs making business presentations to a panel of investors or sharks, who decide whether to invest in their company. 

150 women-owned business are showcasing their products and services in the three-day Business Women Expo 2022 which is currently underway at Hitex. Business Idea Competition finals are held during the Business Women Expo. More than100 entries are received for the same.

Madhu Tyagi, Vice President of COWE informed that B2B Meetings are being held in 4 industry verticals like Hospitality, Health Care, Retail and Manufacturing. Through these meetings, businesswomen are connected to potential customers

A job drive is also conducted by Qentelli and Progress. The expo has a food entrepreneur pavilion, which is a platform for food entrepreneurs and food innovators. The foodpreneur pavilion has 30 stalls. 

Agritech Startup CORNEXT Selected for Indo Israel Cohort Program

Team CORNEXT

Agritech startup CORNEXT selected for Indo Israel Cohort Program jointly launched by Startup Nation Central, Israel, TiE Hyderabad and TiE Israel

CORNEXT, an agritech startup that offers low-cost, innovative quality feeding solutions for Indian Dairy Farmers, is one among the seven startups selected from India for the ‘Indo Israel Cohort Program’ jointly launched by Startup Nation Central, Israel, TiE Hyderabad and TiE Israel. The first cohort of the program will focus on innovations in the agritech sector, and the shortlisted startups will undergo speaker sessions and workshops on sensitization to Indian/ Israeli culture, business culture, perspectives on local market, consumer behavior and exposure to high-growth sectors in both countries. The first cohort of the mentoring programme includes startups with the potential for social and economic impact. The eight-month program will help startups get access to insights on new technologies, new markets and help in creating new opportunities.

Founded in 2015, Hyderabad based Cornext is focused on building a fodder ecosystem to help Indian Dairy Farmers with a sustained supply of fodder. India is the world's largest producer and consumer of milk, owing to its massive cattle population. However, milk productivity in India is one of the lowest in the world, mainly due to fodder shortage and lack of preservation techniques. India is home to more than 30 crore cattle, and more than 50% of them suffer from severe starvation. Fodder shortage is a major issue in the Indian dairy sector, and this gap in demand and supply will continue to further increase by 2030. Cornext was founded with an aim to address this problem and provide a convenient solution to access quality fodder.

Cornext started out by introducing a disruptive technology called Silage Baling, a naturally fermented, highly nutritious, ready-to-eat green forage packed in the form of Silage Bales by using imported technology. 

After tremendous success with its first product, Cornext decided to take the idea across India by developing India's first indigenous Mini Silage Baler machine through which farmers could produce their own silage. Priced at only 1/10th of the cost of imported machinery, Cornext has made it affordable for any farmer to become a fodder entrepreneur by simply setting up the Mini Silage Baler machine. This approach not only encourages more farmers to become fodder entrepreneurs, but also decentralizes silage production, thereby reducing logistics cost. 

Over 200 baling units have now been set up across India, creating a network of rural fodder entrepreneurs. The baling technology developed by Cornext is creating a new age fodder entrepreneurial ecosystem, bringing global technology to local dairy farmers at a very optimum cost. Cornext also offers to buy the silage produced by the rural fodder entrepreneurs, thus becoming the marketing link between fodder entrepreneurs and dairy farmers.

Cornext is soon launching a first of its kind mobile app “FeedNext” which offers low-cost quality feeding solutions such as baled silage, TMR (total mixed ration), fortified hay, mineral mixtures, feed supplements, etc to dairy farmers. The new e-marketplace ‘FeedNext’ will be a one-stop-shop for all feeding requirements of dairies.

Cornext Entrepreneurs

Founded by three first generation entrepreneurs Madhav Kshatriya, Amarnath Sarangula and Feroz Ahmed, Cornext has taken an integrated approach to help dairy farmers. Madhav, an MBA from Australia and a dairy farmer himself has an in-depth understanding of the pain points of a dairy farmer. Amarnath, an IITian, with experience in strategic planning, integrates proprietary baling technology with decentralized rural entrepreneurial ecosystem. Feroz, a logistics expert, brings innovation in low-value-high-volume logistics. Despite not having a background in veterinarian nutrition, the founders bring together complimentary skills to address the most pressing issues confronting the Indian dairy industry.

Madhav Kshatriya, CEO of CORNEXT, said, “We are excited to be selected for the Indo Israel Cohort program in the agritech category. At Cornext, our overarching goal is to make quality fodder easily accessible to dairy farmers in India. Till date, we have received a tremendous response for our offering, and we will continue to introduce solutions that solve a significant pain point for India's dairy farmers. This recognition further strengthens our commitment to ensure easy availability of affordable and quality fodder for increasing profit margins of farmers and creating livelihood opportunities for the unemployed. We look forward to engaging with other startups in the cohort and learning from key business leaders from India and Israel's startup community”

Commenting on the program, Mr. Ranvijay Lamba, Program Co-Chair, Board Member at TiE Hyderabad said, “We are delighted to help some very innovative startups from India and Israel in their journey to make a meaningful difference. The aim of this program is to encourage innovation and technology partnership for startups, and to give them the right mentoring opportunities for guidance on different aspects of the business. After a very rigorous selection process, we have selected 7 startups from India and 5 startups Israel in the categories of Smart Farming, Precision Agriculture & Farm Management offering, Novel & Alternate Foods and Food Tech. The shortlisted startups are already doing some incredible work in their respective areas. We are glad to assist them and provide the required support to grow their business further".

About CORNEXT

Cornext is a ‘National Best Startup Award’ winning AgriTech Company, that is developing easily accessible feeding solutions for the Indian dairy industry while nurturing rural entrepreneurship across India. The company’s focus is in forage solutions & producing silage, haylage and animal nutrition for dairy farms. Founded by a team of experienced entrepreneurs with deep rooted understanding about the Indian dairy Farming sector, the team at Cornext is regularly involved with policy consultations with the Government of India to find solutions to the problems plaguing Indian Dairy farmers. Since its inception, the company has supplied more than 1 lakh metric tonnes of baled silage to various customers across India.

About TiE:

TiE is a non-profit organization devoted to entrepreneurs in all industries, at all stages, from incubation, throughout the entrepreneurial life cycle. 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. TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is a go-to network of 15000+ global entrepreneurs across 61+ cities in 14+ countries.

About Startup Nation Central, Israel

Start-Up Nation Central (SNC) is a non-profit organization that helps tackle global challenges by connecting Israeli technologies with multinational corporations, governments, investors, as well as NGOs from around the world. Its chief mission is to promote technological innovation originating from Israel – to the world.

Manohar Reddy is the new President for TiE Hyderabad for the year 2021

Manohar Reddy is the new President for TiE Hyderabad for the year 2021

Helping startups; building global partnerships that matter are few among other focus areas for the year 2021, says Manohar Reddy, the President-Elect

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Hyderabad, the global entrepreneurial network, announced that Manohar Reddy will take over the reins as Chapter President for the year 2020. He succeeds Sridhar Pinnapureddy, who will demit his office on 31st December. 

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is a go-to network of over 15,000 global entrepreneurs across 63 cities in 14 countries, and TiE, Hyderabad is one of the most vibrant, award winning and renowned chapters worldwide.

TiE Hyderabad shot into fame across the globe for its recent TiE Global Summit 2020 (TGS 2020), the biggest entrepreneurial summit ever held on the planet which attracted 50,000 plus entrepreneurs, including Bill Gates from across the globe. The event not only put Hyderabad on a global map but earned it a rightful place for its entrepreneurial spirit.

Manohar Reddy is the Founder and CEO of Feuji Inc., which is a global technology, a services company that provides right-shoring, low-code application development and proposal writing solutions.

Manohar Reddy is associated with TiE for a long time and is currently serving it as Vice President. He played a pivotal role in just concluded TiE Global Summit—TGS-2020.

Welcoming Manohar Reddy as the new President of TiE Hyderabad, Sridhar Reddy Pinnapureddy, Founder and CEO, CtrlS Datacenters, Cloud4C and the outgoing President said, the Chapter looks forward to Manohar's knowledge, and entrepreneurial experience to further TiE's mission in fostering entrepreneurship." He further added, "I am confident that Manohar will play a key role in engaging the entrepreneurial ecosystem through innovation, funding, mentoring and create value for stakeholders."

Setting the agenda for TiE Hyderabad in 2021, Manohar Reddy said, "The new leadership will continue the momentum with a focus on outcome-based initiatives, cross-chapter collaboration and building global partnerships that matter." Commenting on how Tie Hyderabad plans to impact startups in the coming years, he said, "TiE programs will continue to focus on helping startup entrepreneurs connect local investors, grow and scale businesses, providing timely advice and able mentorship, and enabling businesses to access new markets."

Together with him, a new board will also take over reins of the Chapter from January 1, 2021. The new board besides Manohar Reddy, CEO as the President comprises of Suresh Raju, Managing Director, Golden Hills Capital as Vice President; Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Founder and CEO, CtrlS Datacenters and Cloud4C as Immediate Past President. The other board members for 2021include Bhat Dittakavi, Founder, CEO, Data Scientist, Variance Ai; JT Rao, Chairman & MD, win AMR Systems Pvt Ltd; Murali Kakarla, CEO, Innobox Systems; Narasimhan Venkatesh, Sr. Director-Engineering, Silicon Labs; Ranvijay Lamba, MD & Country Head, Arcesium India; Rashida Adenwala, Founder Partner, R&A Associates; Sanjay Jesrani, Founder and CEO, Go North Ventures; Srinivasu Satti, Founder and MD, Finvista Advisors; Venkat Kamalakar Bundla, Angel Investor and MD, Garphi Biosciences Pvt Ltd and Viiveck Verma, Founder & CEO, Upsurge Enterprise Solutions.

TiE Hyderabad has played a key role in supporting entire startup ecosystems during the pandemic year through different initiatives. The Chapter is the proud recipient of the Best Global Chapter award this year. Each year, TiE Hyderabad impacts over 1,100 start-ups and 6,400+ students, conducts around 130 events and activities to encourage and nurture next-generation entrepreneurs.

Some of the well-known programs include TiE Grad, TiE Young Entrepreneurs, TYE Summer, Open Mic, Mentor Advisor, Deeptech SIG, Investor Connect, Knowledge Series, Leadership Series & My Story, among others.

More about TiE Hyderabad

TiE Hyderabad steers over 100 programs for chartered members, associate members, and other ecosystem partners and provides startups and its members access to about 3,000 successful entrepreneurs and professionals across the globe. Around 150 charter members are Hyderabad-based and volunteer for mentoring, education, and providing access to customers and investors through the global network.



The chapter hosted the world's largest entrepreneur summit in December 2020, which received an overwhelming response with over 53,000 registrations and enjoyed an attendance of 30,000+ entrepreneurs across the globe. This is the first time in TIE Global Summit's history, to feature a remarkable count of over 250 marquee speakers, 150 mentors, 180 companies, 500 innovation leaders, 234 Incubators, and to produce 60 hours of digital content of leaders, innovators and startup founders. TiE Hyderabad's OpenMic was held as a part of TGS2020 with over 250 speakers from 18 different countries, participating non-stop for 60 hours.

 

4 Hyderabad Startups Clinch Top Honours at the TiE Women - Regional Finals

• Sapien Biosciences declared the winner of the Regional Finals, now stand a chance to win an equity-free fund of $100,000 at the TiE Global Final Pitching Competition later this year
• Dibbu Solutions, Luxpack, Hemis, adjudged runners up and provided bootcamp opportunity and access to multiple mentorship programs 

Four start-ups from Hyderabad with innovative offerings for the healthcare and lifestyle sector walked away with top honours at the TiE Woman Regional Finals, virtually hosted by TiE Hyderabad on Monday.  One winner and 3 runners up were declared in a competition that witnessed over 16 women-led startups battle for top honours.

The winner of the Regional Finals Sapien Biosciences, co-founded by Dr. Jugnu Jain got the top prize for her biobank multi-disease screening solution idea. The first runner up position went to washable and reusable face mask and headgear creator Dibbu Solutions. Silpa Reddy founded Luxpack bagged the second runners up spot while Hemis, founded by Prashansa Shahani took away the 3^rd runners-up spot.

Dr. Jugnu, the winner took away a fully paid Boot Camp organised by empoWer (a tech accelerator exclusively for women entrepreneurs) and would be representing Hyderabad at the TiE Global Competition to be held in December 2020 where she could stand a chance to win an equity-free fund of $100,000 for her business pitch.

The winners were adjudged by an eminent jury panel comprising Lakshmi Nambiar (Anthill Ventures), Ranjan Chak (Oak Investment Partners) and Jay Krishnan (Mantra Capital) evaluated the business pitches put forward by the companies based on their strength of ideas, global scalability, and presentation.

TiE Women Winners List

Winner: Sapien Biosciences, co-founded by Dr Jugnu Jain, was declared the winner of the Regional Finals. The firm is a biobank and has a diverse sample collection across cancers, rare disorders, cardiovascular conditions, type 2 diabetes to name a few.

Runner up 1: Dibbu Solutions, represented by Deepthi Nathala, was adjudged the first runner up for their product Hecoll, a washable and reusable face mask and headgear that protects humans from airborne viruses. 

Runners Up 2: Silpa Lingareddy- founded Luxpack was announced as the second runner up for their business of manufacturing a rigid box company that promises to deliver an unparalleled luxury packaging experience.

Runners Up 3: Hemis, founded by Prashansa Shahani, was named the third runners up, A one-of-its-kind movement sees a range of possibilities using Hemp to create a wide range of sustainable products across several categories including apparel, footwear, accessories, stationery, home furnishing, wellness, and nutrition.

The three-runner ups will be eligible to attend the fully paid boot camp by empoWer and have an opportunity to be incubated at the technology business incubator SRiX besides access to a six-month-long mentorship at T-Hub in addition to the Mentor Advisor programme offered by TiE Hyderabad among other membership benefits. 

Each of the startups supported by 39 charter members from TiE Hyderabad were mentored for over 188 mentor hours through a massive exercise to embrace, engage and empower Women Founders, reflecting TiE organisation’s unflinching commitment in fostering women entrepreneurship.

“It’s an honour to be part of an event ideated by personalities who’ve set an example for several women entrepreneurs. India needs to go a long way in addressing the gender gap and involving women in economic activity can show tremendous impact in our growth,” said Nara Brahmani, Executive Director, Heritage Foods, a keynote speaker at the event.

“Our aim at TiE Women has always been to reach out to women entrepreneurs on a large scale and ensure job creation. The access that the forum has given for its applicants to investors and mentors alike, ensures a great opportunity to learn,” Hemalatha Annamalai, Chair, TiE Women Global and founder of Ampere Vehicles added.

“I am glad to see tremendous progress made by TiE Women. This is a great platform for women entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and leverage TiE Hyderabad mentorship opportunities, and gain access to the investor community. Women-led firms have consistently generated great revenue and have proved worthy of all the trust and investors who’ve believed in them,” stated, Sridhar Pinnapureddy, President, TiE Hyderabad (also Chairman and Managing Director of Ctrls). 

TiE Women chapter Lead and board member Rashida Adenwala (Founder R&A Associates), members from the Delhi and Amaravati chapters of the TiE played an integral part in the seamless organisation of the event.

The jury evaluating the business pitches through the Finals had generous words to share about the participants. “Scalability and a co-differentiator in business plans are significant to march ahead and I would want budding entrepreneurs to establish that before investing money in their products and entering the market,” shared Lakshmi Nambiar (Anthill Ventures).

Jay Krishnan (Mantra Capital) stated, “The fact that a lot of women are committed to chasing their entrepreneurial dreams, braving all such roadblocks and challenges, is wonderful to hear. The Indian startup ecosystem is only getting better with time, startups need to look at it as an opportunity to pivot your model.” 

Ranjan Chak (Oak Investment Partners) “They have surprised us with the level of insight in their well-fleshed out ideas. It’s encouraging to see their preparedness and for someone who has been in the startup sector for two decades now, I can assure you that the scope and innovation in these ideas are among the best I’ve seen in a long time,” he said. 

About TiE Women (Hyderabad): This is a flagship initiative launched by TiE Global in November 2019 after its successful program The All India Roadshow on Women's Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship (AIRSWEEE) & now in its expanded format is dedicated to Embrace, Engage and Empower women entrepreneurs across the globe. The program is aligned with TiE’s pillars of mentoring, education, and networking focused on fostering women entrepreneurs. This sector-agnostic program is specially created around supporting women entrepreneurs, irrespective of the size of their enterprises, origin, standing, or background. More importantly, give them a safe space to thrive in this growing economy.

70 Women Entrepreneurs from Telangana to go Global; TiE Women-Hyderabad & SRiX Announce Mentor-Incubate Partnership

Women entrepreneurs encompass - Manufacturing, Social enterprise, Fashion & Lifestyle, F & B, Art & Entertainment, Agri & Biotech, Healthcare & Medical, Education & Training, Consumer & Commerce 

TiE Hyderabad and SR Innovation Exchange (SRiX) announced a multi-year partnership to provide incubation support for the Women Entrepreneurs participating in TiE Women Mentor Camps. TiE Hyderabad will conduct a series of boot camps in the initial phase of building businesses, to nurture and get them access to seed funding, the market connects to validate the business models plus establish revenue traction.

TiE Women Hyderabad chapter a Global Network of Entrepreneurs and SR Innovation Exchange (SRIX) a Technology Business Incubator under SR University, has agreed to partner to provide incubation support for the 70+ Women Entrepreneurs undergoing the TiE Women Mentor Camps in addition to mentoring, hand-holding and guidance as a long term commitment to enable and enhance their journey.

Announcing a unique union of the two organizations with one goal, TiE Hyderabad President, Sridhar Reddy, CMD of CtrlS, said it is a win-win partnership, bolstering TiE Women members to gain structured incubation support in addition to TiE Mentoring. This collaborative learning will enable broadening the outcome of entrepreneurship vision for each of the idea and concept stage women entrepreneurs.

"We foresee multiple synergies and are excited to partner with TiE Women initiatives in the Hyderabad Chapter. This strategically fits into SRIX objectives to encourage Women Entrepreneurship and provide them the much-needed incubation support during their early growth phase. More importantly at a later stage TiE partnership will also help to make a huge impact globally." CEO of SRIX, Sreedevi Devireddy stated.

Under the partnership engagement between TiE Woman Hyderabad Chapter and SRiX Warangal, the chosen woman entrepreneurs will stand to benefit:  2 years of Business Incubation Support - Complete access to MakerSpace, IoT/ESDM CoE, Rapid Prototyping zones and - Access to Seed Fund & Corporate Connects among other benefits.

TiE Women Chapter Lead and Board Member of TiE Hyderabad Ms. Rashida Adenwala, Founder R&A Associates strongly believes the Incubation support from SRIX will be an added advantage for the maiden 70 + Women participants in 2020 and future years. Budding Women Entrepreneurs now have a wider window to further entrepreneurship with access to seed funding and corporate connections provided by SRiX in addition to the range of benefits they get by being a TiE Women Entrepreneur participant.

TiE Women was launched in March 2020 at Hyderabad Chapter of TIE, with an objective to Select, Mentor, Showcase Women-led companies from Telangana State, agnostic of sectors, at any stage of business and potential to achieve global success through TiE Global platform. TiE fosters Entrepreneurs across the globe, the initiative is dedicated to Embrace, Engage, and Empower women entrepreneurs by providing them a safe space to flourish.

As part of this program a series of Virtual MentorCamps curated by TiE Hyderabad Mentors conducting in 3 batches with 25 participants each, will undergo a 3-week Bootcamp comprising 8 mentoring sessions on various business topics, viz. strategy, marketing, finance, revenue, statutory, legal compliances, etc. steered by over 25+ Successful Practicing Entrepreneurs, Professionals, and Angel Investors.

Further, a total of 15-20 Women Entrepreneurs are shortlisted from these 3 batches to pitch in front of a Select Jury in the TiE Hyderabad Regional Competition scheduled in Week 3 of August 2020. One Finalist from this regional competition will represent Hyderabad at Global Competition in December 2020.

At this year’s competing program, TiE Woman Hyderabad will select Regional finalists from Hyderabad to participate in an all-expense-paid Global Pitching Competition at TGS or in Dubai in December & a chance to win $100,000 worth prize money. Top 3 finalists from Regional competition at Hyderabad also get to attend a fully paid Bootcamp by EmPower Accelerator.

The TIE Women MentorCamp initiatives and announcements are conducted virtually via a Webcast, a novel way as the COVID-19 threat to the community persists thereby safeguarding our community and members by avoiding any form of physical meetings and large gatherings.

About SRIX: SR Innovation Exchange is a technology business incubator of SR University (Warangal) under the aegis of DST (Department of Science & Technology, GoI), includes a MakerSpace, Internet of Things Centre of Excellence, Rapid Prototyping facilities and other facilities to support product start-ups. SRiX is one of the 4 incubators in the country to offer the prestigious MBA– IEV course approved by AICTE, offering students an academic-entrepreneurship driven opportunity to pursue a world-class MBA and build their Start-up at the same time. For more details, please visit https://www.srix.in/about-us.php

About TiE Women (Hyderabad): This is a flagship initiative launched by TiE Global in November 2019 after its successful program The All India Roadshow on Women's Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship (AIRSWEEE) & now in its expanded format is dedicated to Embrace, Engage and Empower women entrepreneurs across the globe. The program is aligned with TiE’s pillars of mentoring, education, and networking focused on fostering women entrepreneurs. This sector-agnostic program is specially created around supporting women entrepreneurs, irrespective of the size of their enterprises, origin, standing, or background. More importantly, give them a safe space to thrive in this growing economy. For more details, please visit https://hyderabad.tie.org/tiewomen/

Sridhar Pinnapureddy (Founder of CtrlS) is New President of TiEHyderabad

Global entrepreneurial network The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) Hyderabad Chapter has announced Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Founder and CMD of CtrlS Datacenters as its new President. Sridhar takes charge from Suresh Reddy, CMD Brightcom Group as the TiE Hyderabad President effective January 1, 2020.

Initiatives of TiE Hyderabad’s benefit a community of 600 startups and 6000+ students. Around 150 charter members are Hyderabad based and volunteer for mentoring, education, providing customer and investor connect access to numerous entrepreneurs and professionals through the global network. The organization conducts 130+ of events & activities under 20+ themes each year.

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Welcoming Sridhar Reddy as the new President of TiE Hyderabad, Suresh Reddy, said, “Being a first-generation entrepreneur Sridhar built great brands of repute from this city and successful business models of global scale in the last 2 decades. TiE Hyderabad Community will benefit immensely from his leadership to leap into the next level of success.”

Setting the agenda for in 2020, TiE Hyderabad new President Sridhar Reddy stated “Next couple of years are going to be the inflection point for our startup community. Telangana State is rightly poised to see significant progress in establishing itself in the big league. TiE is anticipating marquee brands emerging out of Hyderabad, and global customers, VCs investors, networking platforms & bigger forums will come here looking for them.”

Commenting on how startups in India have evolved in the past few years Sridhar said, “The recent initiatives taken by the Government of India and other states are gaining traction to support an active entrepreneurial eco-system in the country. In Telangana, Government is surging ahead in providing a favorable climate through policy push and building large facilities to foster innovation. Organizations like TiE can play a major role in providing the most important direction and the right exposure for the startup innovators through timely mentoring and right global connects to scale their enterprises.”

Sridhar Reddy founded CtrlS, operates Asia Pacific’s Largest Tier-4 Datacenters, while Cloud4C provides cloud managed services with presence in 20 countries spread across the Americas, Europe, Africa, APAC with plans to double its footprint in coming years. The group spearheaded over 200 innovations including most energy-efficient Tier-4 DCs, DR as a service, 4Copy Cloud, Banking Community Cloud (Bank in a Box), ERP as a service among others. Sridhar is also the Founder and Chairman of Pioneer Group of companies that have interests in the Internet, IT services and IT Infrastructure Solutions.

The new board constitutes:

• Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Chairman, MD, CtrlS as The President of TiE Hyderabad.


• Manohar Reddy, Founder & CEO, Feuji Inc. as Vice President.


• Suresh Reddy, CMD, Brightcom Group Limited as Past President.


• Ashok Reddy, Founder, GrabOn.com


• Murali Kakarla, CEO, Innobox Systems


• Narasimhan Venkatesh, Sr. VP, Advanced Technologies, Redpine Signals Inc,


• Rajesh Pagadala, Managing Director Pagadala Constructions


• Rashida Adenwala, Founder Partner at R & A Associates


• Srini Chandupatla, Co-Founder Manjeera Digital Systems


• Srikanth Tirumala, Founder, and CEO, Hooper Labs


• Srinivasu Satti, Founder and MD, Finvista Advisors


• Subba Raju Pericherla, Co-Founder and CSO CrossBorders and RealShoppee.


• Viiveck Verma, Chief Strategy Officer at Srinivasa Farms

Welcoming the new board of Directors, Phani Pattamatta Executive Director, TiE Hyderabad reaffirmed “TiE Hyderabad continue to provide access to over 15000+ Global network of entrepreneurs in 63 chapters across 14 countries, through this organization founded in Silicon Valley in 1992. In Hyderabad around 150+ Charter Members volunteer 2400+ hours of their time annually for mentoring, education, providing customer & investor connects to nurture next-gen and generate new entrepreneurs.

About TiE Hyderabad: TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Hyderabad Chapter is a go-to network of 150+ successful Charter Members and a vibrant and most recognized chapter worldwide, each year TiE Hyderabad impacts over 600 startups and 6000+ students, conducts 130+ of events & activities under 20+ themes viz. TiE Grad, TiE Young Entrepreneurs, TYE Summer, Open Mic, Mentor Advisor, Deeptech SIG, Investor Connect, Knowledge Series, Leadership Series & My Story to encourage, nurture next-generation entrepreneurs. TiE organization comprises successful entrepreneurs & accomplished professionals, volunteering to support startups, with an aim of fostering entrepreneurship across industries, at every stage of the entrepreneurial life cycle. Handholding start-ups & enterprises to the next level of growth through mentoring, education, funding & connecting customers & Student initiatives in a big way.