ELead/PitchBiz 2019

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Dear Startups

Greetings from E-Cell Acropolis Group of Institutions, Indore!

Witness one of the finest inspirational speakers on 15th March and get to hear the top 10 startups pitch infront of our panel of investors on 16th March.

"PitchBiz- Investors meet founders" after the grand success in the year 2018 is back to support the startups with mentoring and connecting them to prospective investors and Incubation Centers from pan India.

2018 Snapshot

10+ Investors
Mr. Vinod Keni, Artha Ventures, Mr. Anil Joshi, Unicorn India, Mr. PushpaMitra Das, Ex-CFO Bombay Dyeing, Mr. Anshul Dave, Ocean Ridge, Mr. Prasad Dahpute, Varhad Capital, Dr.VivekGurjar, Varhad Capital, Ms. Nidhi Saraf, Key Ventures, Mr. Digvijay Singh, IAN, Mr. Pradeep Karambelkar, VasplPvt. Ltd., Mr. Ankit, Swan Angel Network and Ms. Neha Jain, Z Nation Lab, Mr. RohitGadia, Zero Gravito, Mr. Dolly Bhasin, IncuSpace, Mr. RiteshMenghani, Anteras.

5 Mentors
Mr. Gagan Gupta,Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Start-up Mentor ; Ms. Chandani Sehgal,Managing Consultant, Dessence Consulting ; Mr.Abhishek Gandhi, Co-Founder, CFO / CTO-Bank2grow CFA Institute,Netherlands /Mumbai; Dr. Jeevan J Arakal, Professor at Xavier Institute of Management, IIT Bombay; Mr. Amit Mishra, Government Startup Advisor,TEDx Speaker,Startup TV Evangelist,New Delhi; Mr.Saurabh Chaubey, Program director @ AIC36INC Indian Institute of Management,Raipur.

6 Incubators
INC 36, Lemon Ideas, India Network, IncuSpace, aic-AARTECH, Vaspl Initiatives Pvt. Ltd.

Funding Partners – 8, Ocean Ridge, Unicorn Ventures, Startup Oasis, Villgro, IAN, Key Ventures, Swan Angel Network and Artha Ventures

3 Accelarators: Z Nation Lab, Electropreneur Park, EduGild;

4 Support Partners: Zero Gravito, Wadhwani Foundation, Million Minds, Google Developers Group;

The jury expressed their interest in funding, incubating and/or mentoring, in 8 startups. The startups connected with the investors offline and found the efforts exerted in the event to bear fruit – especially startups from remote cities, who were overwhelmed with the opportunity to pitch in front of investors with global repute. The investors shared a positive feedback as well and indicated their intent to extend their support to similar events in the future.

"PitchBiz- Investors meet founders" is an initiative of Entrepreneurship Cell, Acropolis Group in association with IEN in order to provide the platform to Startups for mentoring, incubation and funding opportunities. The top 10 shortlisted startups will get an opportunity to participate in live pitching scheduled on 16th March 2019, Acropolis North Campus Indore (M.P) India 452001.

A panel of the jury from across the nation who has been working rigorously with startup ecosystem for more than 10 years will screen the applications to identify best 10 startups to pitch in front of the panel of VC's.

Following are the category of the startup for participation:

Social Entrepreneurship, Health & Sanitation, Fintech, Life Sciences, Food
Smart City/Mobility, Education and Technology, Media & Entertainment
Science Technology and Engineering Management, Transport.

Startups with at least 2 years and not more than 8 years of standing will be eligible to participate.

We hereby invite participation across the nation for PitchBiz- Investors meet founders.

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