A Curated List Of Startup Events [August 6-12, 2018]
Here is Inc42’s latest edition of startup events coming up this week. But before we dive into what’s in store for this week, let’s catch up on the successful events of the past week.
Inc42 successfully hosted the third edition of the Inc42 Founders Meetup and brought together founders from diverse industries to share their unique growth stories, get perspectives on other startup stories, and meet hustlers from the startup world.
We had a great time listening to our peers and discussing mutual support for the Indian startup ecosystem.
After an exciting week, we are here to help you mark your calendars for the week ahead!
Digital Success Summit
The Digital Success Summit aims to help individuals and companies learn from experienced digital experts about the most structured and effective method of launching, executing, and managing digital assets. It is also a platform to enable networking of like-minded professionals and get solutions to all your digital hassles.
The summit will hold several discussions on topics such as digital infrastructure, reaching the next billion users, bringing traffic to making advertising deliver ROI, along with a fireside chat on future of digital, and a lot more.
Key Speakers: Gaurav Hazrati, Senior Vice-President and Head (Digital Banking), IndusInd Bank; Aashish Chopra, Vice-President (Content Marketing), Ixigo.com; Vinay Singhal, CEO, WittyFeed; Pallav Nadhani, Founder and CEO, FusionCharts and Collabion and more
Date: August 10, 2018
Venue: Hyatt Regency, Kolkata
91Springboard Coworking Week
91springboard is organising Coworking Week to give freelancers, startup enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors a taste of the coworking culture. The company plans to bring people together so they can share ideas, collaborate, and network with like-minded individuals.
There’re a host of events lined up as part of Coworking Week. On August 7, 91springboard is organising Blindfolded Conversation, aimed at making entrepreneurs move past their comfort zone, and pitch their ideas blindfolded to someone new. Next, on August 8, there is a Product Expo that will enable a wide array of companies to carry out product demos at 91springboard’s MG Road hub.
On August 9 is the 91Gala — an evening filled with fun activities to embrace the true spirit of networking.
The grand finale will be held on August 10 with Startup Tales, which will showcase speakers from the startup ecosystem. The aim of the event is to increase the knowledge of entrepreneurs through speakers insights and experiences that contribute to young minds.
This session will have budding entrepreneurs and students share their challenges, mistakes, and learnings they have imbibed in the course of their journey.
Date: August 6-10, 2018 | 9 AM
Venue: 91springboard, MG Road, Bengaluru
VC101 Mumbai And Bengaluru
Sydney-based VC101 has initiated a mission to open up the world of venture capital (VC) to everyone. VC101 is a distributed network of locally run venture groups to discover startup talent. It enables anyone and everyone to get started as a VC.
This August, VC101 is touring India to drive conversations with leading venture capitalists with an aim to bolster the #StartupIndia mission and show the world what Indian entreprenerus can do.
In Mumbai, the firm is looking to tap into the world’s best venture capitalists and VC firms and get stakeholders from India’s thriving startup ecosystem to drop by and say hello to each other.
Speakers: Apurva Damani, Managing Director, Artha India Ventures; Vikram Gupta, Founder and Managing Partner, Ivycap Ventures; Paula Mariwala, Partner, Seedfund; Parag Dhol, Managing Director, Inventus Capital Partners and more
Date: August 8 and 9, 2018 | 5 PM
Venue: WeWork BKC, C-20, G Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai | WeWork Galaxy 43 Residency Road, Bengaluru
SAP Startup Social
SAP Startup Social is a corporate startup accelerator driven summit in India which has seen more than 600 ecosystem participants and over 30 investors in attendance across its previous editions.
The themes for this edition of SAP Startup Social are ‘Scaling up through effective synergies with the enterprise world’ and ‘Design-led innovation for the world’.
The premise of this edition of the event is to showcase the 20 Best chief information officers (CIOs) from India Inc in dialogue with the best enterprise startups in India.
Key Speakers: Amitabh Kant, Niti Aayog Chief; Binny Bansal, co-founder and CEO, Flipkart; Peter Vesterbacka, co-founder, Angry Birds; Deepak Bagla, MD and CEO, Invest India and more
Date: August 9, 2018
Venue: SAP Labs, Bengaluru
Founders’ Conclave
Being hosted by 3one4 Capital and The CoWrks Foundry, The Founders’ Conclave plans to enable insightful knowledge and practical skills required to brave the future and work against the odds to achieve lasting growth.
Key Speakers: Arvind Lakshmikumar, Founder – Tonbo Imaging; Anirudh Pandita, Founder – Pocket Aces; Aprameya Radkrishnan, Founder – Vokal; Naiyya Saggi, Founder – BabyChakra among others.
Date: August 11, 2018 | 2 PM
Venue: Ulsoor, Bengaluru
PS. The fourth edition of Inc42‘s Open Office Hours is just a few weeks away, applications will open soon. Stay tuned!
Stay tuned for the next version of our weekly series Indian Startup Events Of The Week!
