Startup Events This Week: Pulse42 and Mixer By Inc42, Drone Festival

Last week, the Global Nagpur Summit was hosted by Nagpur First at Chitnavis Centre on December 22. The events focused on four sections of Nagpur’s startup ecosystem — women entrepreneurs, social startups, tech startups and taking the startups to an international forum.

The event hosted some eminent speakers like Tang Guocai, Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Mumbai; Anand Sancheti, managing director of SMS Limited; Jalen He, chief architect of Kavout Corporation and Dr Alex Li, Alibaba Cloud – GM, Alibaba Cloud South Asia.

Nagpur First, which was founded in 2006, is a group of stakeholders that want to be a catalyst towards making Nagpur a global city by 2020.

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

Mixer By Inc42

Mixer is Inc42’s signature #NoAgenda event, which allows important minds of the Indian startup ecosystem to come together and network. With the Mixer, Inc42 aims to bring together enablers and contributors to the Indian startup ecosystem, hoping for interesting collaborations and innovations in the future. Mixer is a relaxed evening to know each other better and catch up on what’s happening around them.

No appointments needed, Mixer by Inc42 is a platform that allows entrepreneurs, investors and founders to catch up with each other over great food and cocktails. The event is supported by annual partners—NetApp, AWS, Paytm, Times Internet and HSBC—the event will be held on January 9.

Who Should Attend: Startup founders, entrepreneurs, investors, work
Date: January 9, 2020
Venue: Delhi

Pulse42 By Inc42

Begin the new year with Inc42’e signature tech party Pulse42. This relaxing evening will connect the investor community and startups in an informal setting. Pulse42 is all about getting conversations going among stakeholders with a no-agenda approach. For 2020, Pulse42 is bringing ‘The Pulse of Tech’ outside monotonous meeting rooms in India’s startup capital, Bengaluru. The event is supported by annual partners—Times Internet, AWS, Paytm, HSBC and NetApp Excellerator, the party to bid adieu to the decade-gone-by is on January 23, 2020, at The Bier Library, Koramangala, Bengaluru.

Until last year, Pulse42 had been a closed-door event for the attendees, but with the ever-growing community and after doing 10 editions of Pulse42 and engaging over 1000 founders, investors and ecosystem enablers, it was time to give more people a chance to experience the same.

Who Should Attend: Investors, Startup founders
Date: January 23, 2020
Venue: The Bier Library, Koramangala, Bengaluru

Drone Festival of India

Indian government’s flagship Startup India, in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, is hosting the Drone Festival on January 6 and 7, 2020. The event will have keynotes and panel discussions dedicated to the drone policies of the world, the advancement of drone technology, operations, and traffic management in the drone ecosystem. Moreover, the event will also hold a session on the future of the drone industry.

The Drone Festival of India invites aviation regulators, drone manufacturers, drone service companies, drone software companies, flying training organisations and enthusiasts and consumers from both government and private enterprises.

Who Should Attend: Startups, drone manufacturers, drone service and software companies, Investors, Tech Enthusiasts, and other stakeholders
Date: January 6 and 7, 2020
Venue: Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

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