Master Class Session — Marketing in a Digital Age with Mr Vedanarayanan Vedantham, SME & Startup Business Head at Razorpay. Mr Veda has diverse global experiences spanning from Digital Marketing, Brand Consulting, Product Management and Business Development. He conducts programs on digital marketing at various top business schools in the country such as IIM Bangalore,…

Fridays with Founders Session – Week 16“Funding – Landscapes and Landmines” with Mr. Karan Teckchandani, Investment Professional at Equanimity Investments. Mr. Karan spoke about different stages of funding in a startup lifecycle and discussed about the current funding status of the Indian Startup Eco-system. He mentioned the types of various questions an Investor has for…

HDFC Business Conclave with AIC-SMUTBI An exclusive #BusinessConclave with HDFC Bank was held on 24th August 2021. The objective of the event was to make Startups familiar with financial tools, advisory services, network opportunities, corporate connects etc. Key topics discussed:SMARTUP — a smart solution for startups HDFC BANK STARTUP PRODUCT — Banking Suite and more1….

One of the major challenges of Startups is in talent retention. In the early stage of the company, the most important resource – “TALENT” is never easily accessible nor do the startup’s have the capacity or the bandwidth to offer market remuneration that will deter the team members leaving in the middle of scale-ups. On…

The Inaugural session of Startup Acceleration Program for Northeast (SAPNE 1.0) by AIC-SMU Technology Business Incubation Foundation was held virtually on 12th May 2021. Dr Tej S. Chingtham Chingtham, CEO, AIC-SMUTBI welcomed the esteemed guests, knowledge partners, program partners and the newly selected 30 Startup Founders of SAPNE 1.0 cohort.The program was addressed virtually by…

AIC-SMUTBI launched its 2nd Cohort In collaboration with Wadhwani Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 13 startups were selected to be part of this cohort. AIC-SMUTBI launched its 2nd Cohort In collaboration with Wadhwani Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation supported by AIM, NITI AAYOG. 13 startups were selected from a pool of…