On 19th November 2021, Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival Guwahati in association with Project Her&Now screened two short films on women empowerment and entrepreneurship at AIC-SMUTBI. The session was followed by an interactive session about gender roles in business, and the importance of friendship and unity among women. Tattva Creations Pvt. LtdProject Her and Now Tej…
AIC-SMUTBI signed an MOU with Headstart Network Foundation represented by Gautham Sivaramakrishnan on 31st October 2021 as part of the Entrepreneurs Meet 2021. This will enable AIC – SMU Technology Business Incubator to create a hub with support from team of enablers from Headstart.
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…
Mentor Clinic – Finance Health Check was conducted by Ms Komal Jain, Principal Associate at Treelife Consulting. The session discussed the importance of Founder’s role in the financial part of the business, the Thumb Rules of Finance and Financial Management for Startups and SMEs.
Second Mentor Clinic – Legal Health Check with Treelife Consulting Treelife is a legal and financial consulting firm with expertise in startups and foreign businesses entering India.Treelife focuses on growth stage startups who are raising angel to series fund and need support for the transaction including due diligence, investment document, equity structuring, etc. Ms. Garima…
Friday’s with Founders – SAPNE 1.0“Pitch Day” – 24.09.21 12 Startups from SAPNE 1.0 Cohort got 10 minutes each to pitch their venture followed by a QnA round and valuable feedback from the investors. Following are the profile of Investors who attended the session:1. 100X.VC2. Indian Angel Network3. Axilor Ventures4. Inflexor Ventures5. Arali Ventures6. Faad…
Fridays with Founders – SAPNE 1.0Founder’s Speak17.08.21 For the last Friday’s with Founders session we had invited four prominent Startup Founders to share their Startup journey with the Cohort. Sagar MenonCo-founder and CEO of Mauka Education Mauka is an EdTech company focusing on imparting employability skills for college students and young professionals. Sagar is also…
Fridays with Founders – Week 17 “Learn how to Learn” with Arun Srivastav , CEO, Planfirma Technologies. Mr Arun is a software entrepreneur who started Planfirma Technologies in 2011 as a software development company. He expanded the company into a consulting company while creating footprints in Mumbai, Bangalore, USA and Qatar. Post Masters in Management,…
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…
SAPNE @AIC-SMUTBI – Week 14 on “Valuation Demystified” with Mr. Suman Sengupta. Mr. Suman is the Head of professional services at #LeadAngelsNetwork. He is a Chartered Accountant and Economics graduate with 20 years of finance, strategic planning and treasury experience in the industrial, telecom and IT industries.Lead Angels is India’s first privately owned angel network…