Upcoming startup funding events in India and specialties
Events are always the best way to showcase your business in front of potential customers and hires. Being a startup founder or a startup planner it is essential for you to be going to as many events as possible. Whatever it maybe whether a pitch competition, networking or an award ceremony, events are the simplest way to get exposure for your startup.
Events are great for recruiting
You can find potential partners
Free press means more leads
Get face time with industry leaders
Some of the upcoming startup events in India 2021 are:
1 Mumbai 2021 Q3 Venture capital world summit
The Venture Capital World Summit with its own diversity, offers unique perspectives four their attendees and investors. Their vision and offering is based in helping and making companies grow fast by succeeding worldwide markets. The program is expected to be scheduled on 25 August in Mumbai. They are bringing their local and international partners to the summit.
VC’s are funding in a variety of innovations from robotics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, AR, VR and many others
The program is expected to start at 10am with registration, followed by other processes. It will include presentations, discussions panels, networking sessions, meetings and pitches throughout the day.
2 Connecting ideas with Money
This event brings up investors and entrepreneurs face to face. This is the 86th of a series of investor talks. They invite guests from a variety of asset classes like Angels, Venture Capitalists, and Private Equity to chat on a range of funding subjects interesting to entrepreneurs.
The program is expected to take place on Friday, July 30, 2021. The timing is said to be 6:00 Pm to 8:00 Pm IST. Venue Lounge47, Defence Colony, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
3 Startup Bridge Canada
The inaugural associate of Startup Bridge, Canada has been a huge success with 3 of their members successfully establishing their North American business by incorporating in Canada.
Working closely with the founders, and identifying further gaps in the internationalization of tech startups, they are making Startup Bridge Canada a dedicated year-round program, having 3 different modules- Explore, Build and Grow.
- 6-day live program featuring multi-sector experts from Canada’s West Coast to East Coast.
- Speed dating with advisors, composed of successful entrepreneurs, subject matter experts, accelerators, professional services providers, and government representatives.
- Strategies to grow your business in North America.
It is expected to take place on June 23.
Last year most funded Indian Startup
1 One97 (Paytm)
One97 Communications is the company functioning as Paytm. It is a digital goods and mobile commerce platform delivering various products and services including bill payments, mobile recharge, transport tickets, hotel reservations, games, and much more. It is a startup that became unanimous with digital payments in India. Paytm is the most funded startup, as it received a total funding of over $4.4 billion. Paytm was founded by Vijay Shekhar Sharma in 2010. The startup has raised investments from Berkshire Hathaway, SoftBank, Alibaba, SAIF Partners and several others.
2 Ola Cabs
India’s response to Uber, the riding unicorn Ola, is the second most funded startup. It raised a total funding of $3.8 billion. The startup was established by Bhavish Aggarwal. Ola has raised money from Hyundai, Steadview Capital, Kia, Sachin Bansal and many others. As per the reports, Ola is looking to raise another round of funding which will take its valuation to $10 billion. Ola functions as a ride-hailing platform. It enables the booking of a range of bikes, cabs and other vehicles via a single mobile app ensuring transparent, convenient, safe, and quick urban transportation.
3 OYO
OYO Rooms, Indian hospitality unicorn has lifted over $3.2 billion in funding. It was founded by Ritesh Agarwal in 2013. OYO has become one of India’s greatest startups which is focusing to be the world’s largest hotel chain. Agarwal himself invested money into the startup to raise his stake in the business. OYO is a hotel chain that provides a range of residential experiences across India. Depending upon standardization and the utilization of its technology platform, OYO alters budget hospitality with affordable and comfortable hotels.
