Archive for the ‘Startup Ecosystem’ Category

Facebook Developer Garage Bangalore

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Chakpak Media Pvt Ltd, announced that it will host the Facebook Developer Garage Bangalore on August 28th, 2009 at the Taj West End. This premier Facebook developer event will feature speakers from Facebook, Chakpak and other Indian companies.

The event is sponsored by Intel and co-hosted with Accel Partners. It is scheduled to take place between 9.30 A.M and 6.30 P.M at the Taj Westend, Race Course Road, Bangalore. It is open to all social network developers, online marketing professionals and Facebook enthusiasts.

The developer’s garage will offer a great chance for attendees to gain insights into how the Facebook platform has evolved, discuss technical ideas and learn more about social media marketing.  ”We are delighted to host an event that provides a great opportunity for the growing Facebook developer community to share knowledge and learn first hand from their fellow developers,” said Gaurav Singh Kushwaha, Founder & CEO of Chakpak.
Speaker lineup includes:

  • Vishu Gupta, Engineering Team, Facebook
  • Alok Kejriwal, Co-Founder & CEO, Games2Win
  • Nitin Rajput, Co-Founder & COO, Chakpak
  • Mekin Maheshwari, Director Engineering, WeRead
  • Nikhil, Product Manager, MingleBox
  • Vinod Nambiar, Founder & CEO, Position2

To register or for more information, visit the event page

About Chakpak
Headquartered in Bangalore (India), Chakpak (www.chakpak.com) is among the fastest growing example of an online entertainment community from India, with commendable initial successes around movies. Chakpak offers encyclopedic information around movies including reviews, news updates, celebrity profiles and wallpapers, besides widgets and applications across other social networks such as Facebook.

Morpheus Venture Partners (MVP) announces its third Batch

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

The latest batch has a diverse set of startups ranging from apparel, financial services, automotive, advertising & education domains

Morpheus Venture Partners (MVP) (www.morpheusventure.com) an India based venture firm, which works closely with selected startups as a ‘limited co-founder’ announced names of 10 progressive startups participating in Batch 3 of its four month Business Acceleration Program (BAP).With this addition, MVP now has 20 companies in its portfolio.

MVP Batch 3 Portfolio:

  1. Adscoot: Yet to launch, outdoor media startup, envisioning a new medium of advertising targeted at SMEs
  2. EasySquareFeet: A full service real estate company, serving over 150 clients each month, with a mission to make the experience of renting / buying that all important SquareFeet ever so memorable!
  3. InterviewStreet: A beta platform that facilitates students’ preparation for their placement interviews via mock interviews for the companies they intend to work for.
  4. Naabo: Their flagship SaaS based product TurboDoc helps doctors manage their clinics & medical practice, and is used by more than hundred paid customers and growing.
  5. Picsean: Aims to be a comprehensive online and offline magazine rack, with content being aggregated from photographers – professional and amateur across the world! At an idea stage currently they are yet to launch.
  6. ReachTax: Envisioned to be the H&R block of India, they help individuals and businesses manage their finances and taxes. 10% of Small Businesses based out of Chennai, India filed their annual tax returns via Reach Tax in the last financial year.
  7. Retail Vector: A mystery shopping venture that aims to measure and help clients enhance customer satisfaction by leveraging real shopper experiences!
  8. RobotsAlive: With a dream to create a Robotics revolution in India; they make Robots and reach out to Education Institutes to use Robots to teach Robotics efficiently.
  9. Scopial: A hi-fashion Apparel Company powered by a strong community of International Designers who showcase their designs via Scopial. The top rated designs are made into best quality tees.
  10. VeriCAR: A used car verification and certification company started by two automobile geeks, with over 250 verifications and counting! They also help in Sale / Purchase of used cars.

Companies from earlier batch include Commonfloor, Crederity, Instablogs, DeskAway, Sutra People, Fachak, LifeMojo

Complete press release here

Startup Saturday on E-Commerce and Internet Marketing – 13th June 2009

Friday, June 12th, 2009

This Startup Saturday would have Rajeev Goswami CEO – Shore Consulting who will be speaking on marketing strategies for startups. You can register here.

Demos:

Date: 11 AM, 13th June 2009, Saturday
Venue: Honeywell Technology Solutions, opposite IIMB, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore

Xtreme Startups team announces Startup Morning in Bangalore

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Start-up Morning/Evening” events are organized with the support and help from a lot of friends in the startup community. Previous editions of the event have been held Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Pune. In all events we were more than houseful on the capacity, participation was intense and interesting discussions took place. Read coverage here.

Recently, these events are organized under the Xtreme Startups banner. Xtreme Startups is a Non-Profit initiative to support /promote entrepreneurship. This edition of Xtreme Startups is supported by NSCREL, Chitkara University , Morpheus Venture Partners (MVP) and Startupnews.in.

The first Xtreme Startup event was organized in Chandigarh a couple of weeks back, details

Date: 24 May, 2009 (Sunday)

Time: 10:00 am – 01:00 pm

Venue: North Pergola, NSCREL, IIMB, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560076

Contact: Indus: indus[at]morpheusventure[dot]com, Vikas: info[at]startupnews[dot]in

Speakers: Three start-up founders will share their experiences of starting a venture, sustaining it and taking it to the next level.

Phanindra Sama, Founder & CEO www.redbus.in

Prateek & Nithya Dayal, Founders www.muziboo.com

Himanshu Khurana, Co-founder & CMO www.lifemojo.com

Audience: Start-up founders / entrepreneurs

Format

  • Event will be attended by 30-40 start-up founders / entrepreneurs
  • The event brings together Startup Founders to share experiences and interact with other start-ups in an informal manner
  • The other guests, like you, will typically be experienced entrepreneur / investor / a person from the start-up ecosystem
  • Participation is “invite only”, concentrated group of Startup Founders and others in the startup ecosystem
  • There is no fee for attending the event
  • Refreshments will be provided at the event

What will you gain from the event?

  • Opportunity to interact with others in the startup ecosystem
  • Share and learn from each others experiences in running businesses
  • Potential to meet a business partner, investor, employee, etc.
  • Opportunity to build a strong startup community

Please confirm your participation by commenting on this blog post. If you want to bring a guest or a fellow entrepreneur along, do let us know. You can also write to us at startupveda[at]gmail[dot]com

See you on Sunday!

India’s 25 Hot Web2.0 Startups

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

DataQuest publishes India’s 25 Hot Web2.0 Startups in May 2009 edition.

Here is the list

http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/top_stories/2009/109050803.asp

Some of the notable ones are:

1. Bigadda

2. Ibibo

3. Burrp

4. CommonFloor

5. Tell-a-Friend

India is shining.

Startup Blogs

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

List of Blogs, a Startup should follow:

PluGGd.in

ContentSutra

Guy Kawasaki

Mashable

Onstartups

37Signals

Startup Dunia

Startup News

Startup Ecosystem in India

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Startup Ecosystem in India

Early Stage Mentoring & Incubation

1. Morpheus Venture Partner (MVP)
2. Mentor Partners
3. NEN
4. TIE- EAP
5. IIMA – iAccelerator
6. IIMB – NSRCL

Early Stage VCs:

1. Ojas Venture, Bangalore
2. Accel India Venture Fund (Earlier Erasmic Venture Fund)
3. Seed Fund