YourStory brings ‘Startup Spotlight’ to Mumbai in association with Nexus Venture Partners and IBM

Friday May 08, 2015 , 2 min Read

Startup scene in India has witnessed hyper-growth in the technology startup and software product landscape; India ranked as the fourth largest startup hub in the world with thousands of startups in the country. We brought out the Startup Watchlist column a couple of months ago and announced the newsletter. Be it an entrepreneur, an investor, a customer or someone interested in the startup space, the Startup Watchlist is your weekly dose of the best startups from India.

In the first quarter of 2015, Indian startups raised $1.7 billion from investors and of this, $295 million have gone to Mumbai based startups. Wondering who is next, and how investors are making their big bets on startups and how the technology landscape is changing the different sectors in India?

YourStory in partnership with Nexus Venture Partners , IBM and E-cell, IIT Bombay brings to you the First Startup Spotlight in Mumbai. YourStory will be hosting Startup Spotlight in Mumbai to showcase the startups that have made a mark and created businesses that investors are willing to make big bets on.

About Nexus Venture Partners :

Nexus Venture Partners is India’s leading venture capital fund, with offices in India and Silicon Valley. It has over $600m under management and an active portfolio of over 50 companies across technology, internet, media, consumer, business services sectors.

About IBM Bluemix:

IBM Bluemix is an open cloud platform intended to facilitate rapid development of applications in the cloud. It has more than 30 services and flexible, pay-as-you-go pricing model. The basic account on IBM Bluemix remains free. If you don’t already have an account, you can just go to www.bluemix.net register and get free instant access.

Stay tuned for our first Startup Spotlight meetup in Mumbai on 16th May, 2015. Join us to hear the stories of these startups.

When – Saturday, May 16th, 2015, 4,00 – 7.00pm

Where – LH101, IIT Bombay Campus

Agenda :

4.00 – 4.15pm – Registration & Networking

4.15 – 5.00pm – Startup Spotlight - Startups to watch out from Mumbai

5.00– 6.00pm – Panel discussion on fund raising, hiring and scaling up

- Anup Gupta, MD, Nexus Venture Partners

- Abhijit Sharma, Co-Founder, Arkin

- Manoj Gupta, Founder & CEO, Craftsvilla

- Gaurav Choudhary, Co-Founder, TinyOwl

6.00 - 6.30pm – Technology Trends (Talk)