Startup Events This Week: Founders Meetup By Inc42, BIGShift Vizag And More

Last week, the fifth edition of BIGShift was successfully hosted at DevX, Ahmedabad on September 20, 2019. The event saw the participation of startup founders, entrepreneurs, and investors who come together to discuss the state of the ecosystem in Tier 2 cities through dedicated sessions, keynotes, a panel discussion.

Also, Inc42 Mixer was organised in Bengaluru on September 19. Mixer by Inc42 enables all the co-hustlers from the startup ecosystem to help each other grow and connect over ideas, cocktails and conversations. This time Inc42 Mixer was sponsored by HSBC, Paytm, Times Internet, Amazon Web Services and NetApp.

As we step into a new week, here’s a list of new and upcoming events:

BIGShift,Vizag

Inc42 and DigitalOcean are heading to Vizag with the BIGShift tour. Vizag will be the last destination in BIGShift’s six-city tour and will focus on bringing the startups of the city and its entrepreneurs together to help them connect with each other as well as the stalwarts from the ecosystem.

Vizag is the last city in Inc42’s six-city tour of BIGShift. BIGShift has witnessed many amazing startups and budding entrepreneurs come forward to network, engage and grow with their fellow entrepreneurs. Starting from Chandigarh, BIGShift has travelled the breadth of the country with events at Nagpur, Kochi, Indore, and Ahmedabad.

The speakers for the event include names such as Anand Govindaluri, CEO, Govin Capital, MP Dubey, director, STPI, Sreedhar Kosaraju, president-designate, ITAAP, Murali Krishna, founder, Fluentgrid, and Prabhakar Jayakumar, country director, India, DigitalOcean among others. The application is free for BIGShift, Vizag.

Who Should Attend: Startup founders, entrepreneurs, investors, government officials

Date: October 4, 2019

Venue: AP Innovation Society (APIS), Vizag 

Founders Meetup By Inc42

After engaging over 30 startup founders in the last edition, Inc42 is all set to bring you the ninth edition of Delhi Chapter Founders Meetup and the first edition of Hyderabad Chapter founders meetup. As usual, the Founders Meetup is the place to engage with over 50 startup founders, entrepreneurs and investors for an evening of networking, sharing knowledge, discussing challenges, and interacting with peers.

Past editions of the Founders Meetup had hosted guest speakers such as Chaayos founder Nitin Saluja, Dineout cofounders Ankit Mehrotra, and Sahil Jain, Ibibo and INDwealth founder Ashish Kashyap, and POSist cofounder Ashish Tulsian among others. This edition of Founders Meetup in Delhi will host The Beer Cafe’s founder Rahul Singh and Hyderabad edition will host Vivek Kapoor of Dineout as the guest speaker. 

The upcoming edition of Founders Meetup, Delhi is supported by HDFC, AWS, NetApp, Times Internet and WeWork. Further, Hyderabad chapter of the Founders Meetup is supported by Dineout and Paytm.

Who Should Attend: Startup founders, entrepreneurs, investors

Date: October 3, 2019 and October 11, 2019

Venue: WeWork, Gurugram and Cowrks, Hyderabad

Future 2020 Conference, Mumbai  

Future 2020 Conference is curated to harness the growth developments of the SMEs (Small Medium Enterprises) and emerging businesses in India. With an expected attendance of over 200 business leaders from SME and mid-market organisations, this year’s agenda will focus on practical implications of implementing new technologies, and the revolutionary solutions that are transforming business productivity.

The event is supported by the Indian Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Khadi and Village Industries Commission, and National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), among others. 

 Who Should Attend: Startup founders, entrepreneurs

Date: September 23-24, 2019 

Venue: The Westin Mumbai Garden City, India

Pulse42, Mumbai 

Over the past five-plus years, Inc42 has brought the ecosystem under one roof for events of all scales and for businesses across the startup lifecycles – from early-stage founders to growth-stage startups and unicorns.

But even in this hyperconnected world, entrepreneurs and investors need a little break to unwind and take a breather from the frenetic action. Sometimes, all founders need is a break from the boardroom and a chance to unwind with their peers over drinks, music and exciting conversations. That’s why Inc42 is bringing Pulse42, The Pulse of Tech, back to the financial capital Mumbai.

Some of the notable past attendees of Pulse42 include founder and partner of 100x.VC, Sanjay Mehta; cofounder and managing Partner of Blume Ventures, Karthik Reddy; Managing Director of Sequoia India, Rajan Anandan; and founder of PeopleGroup, Anupam Mittal among others.

Who Should Attend: Startup founders, entrepreneurs

Date: October 16, 2019 

Venue: Dome, InterContinental, Mumbai

Huddle Kerala, Trivandrum

Huddle is known as the platform that startups can use to reach investors, customers and the media, and it also acts as a platform to promote entrepreneurship in students, which has been one of the pillars of the Kerala government’s startup policy. The two-day conference this year will see a number of side events and activities such as leadership talks, tech talks, fireside chats, as well as speed dating with investors on a boat, startup demos, and much more.

Organised by Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), Huddle Kerala will host speakers from various sectors and industries, including names such as, Dilip RS, India head for Alexa Skills, Amazon, Juergen Hase, CEO, Unlimit, a Reliance group company, Rahul Narvekar, founder of Scale Ventures Fund, India Network and Julie Chappell, managing director, international markets at London & Partners, among other luminaries.

The 2019 edition continues the focus of the last Huddle on the emerging innovation and the technology that will shape the future in India such as blockchain, IoT, artificial intelligence applications, big data, robotics, digital entertainment, AR/VR, drone tech, UI/UX, egovernance and more.

Who Should Attend: Startup founders, entrepreneurs

Date: September 27-28, 2019 

Venue: Leela Kovalam, Trivandrum

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