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Pune-based Oxygenta Healthcare will host The Startup Conference 2018 on September 22

IndianStartups is organising the September edition of its Co-founder Meet on the 18th

GOQii CEO Vishal Gondal said during Inc42 AMA that the "couch” is the fitness technology startup's biggest competitor

In the 22nd episode of Inc42’s Ask Me Anything (AMA), we hosted serial entrepreneur and founder of GOQii, Vishal Gondal

Gondal said 99% people fail at their goals while using fitness and weight loss apps because they lack human motivation

Gondal shared that his favourite entrepreneur in the Indian startup ecosystem is Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma

In the 22nd episode of Inc42 Ask Me Anything on September 12, we will host Vishal Gondal, the Founder and CEO of GOQii

Slush is being organised at Singapore on September 14, 2018

VC101 is visiting Gurugram in order to initiate conversations with leading venture capitalists in the country on September 12

Inc42, in its 21st episode of Ask Me Anything (AMA), hosted Siddharth Talwar, co-founder and partner of VC firm Lightbox

Talwar was the founder of Evolv, a vocational training company sold to NIIT in 2007; he launched Lightbox Ventures in 2014

Talwar says that all the Lightbox partners are ex-entrepreneurs, which helps them bring tremendous value to the startups in their portfolio

Inc42, in its 21st episode of Ask Me Anything (AMA), hosted Siddharth Talwar, co-founder and partner of Venture capital firm Lightbox

Lightbox has a fund corpus of $232 Mn and has invested in startups such as Faasos, Droom etc

Sid Talwar says he looks for companies that are thinking about solving problems that are fundamentally a big deal in India

In the 21st episode of Inc42 Ask Me Anything (AMA), we will host Siddharth Talwar, co-founder and partner at Lightbox Ventures on August 29, 2018

VC Dinner by Inc42 in association with AWS will be attended by partners from VC funds, family offices, HNIs, Super Angels etc on August 30, 2018

Punjab Chamber of Commerce and Industries is organising the Punjab startup Summit on August 31, 2018

Freshworks raised $100 Mn in funding from Sequoia, Accel Partners, and CapitalG at a valuation of $1.5 Bn to join the much-coveted unicorn club

Girish Mathrubootham said he doesn't believe in celebrating the unicorn status

He added that for the company, the newly achieved status raises the bar even as they are stronger and more excited than ever before

Freshworks recently joined India’s unicorn club at a $1.5 Bn valuation, after raising $100 Mn funding

Girish believes the SaaS market is big enough for competitors like Zoho and Freshworks to co-exist

Girish says he started Freshworks to make a good product and keep customers happy; everything else is a byproduct of it

Inc42 will host Girish Mathrubootham of Freshworks on Ask Me Anything on August 23

Gastrotope and Omnivore are hosting a panel discussion as part of a series of events under the Fortissimo Acceleration Programme on August 23

Niti Aayog will host Move Hack, a global mobility hackathon inviting solutions to address mobility challenges faced by India, on September 7-8

During Inc42 Facebook Live AMA, Vijay Shekhar Sharma Said Fundraise Depends On Opportunity You Are Addressing

- During Inc42 Ask Me Anything (AMA), Times Internet chief Gautam Sinha said artificial intelligence will have a direct impact on the media industry
- Sinha said he is a proponent of efficiency and automation, and AI fits very well in driving efficiencies
- He added that Times Internet has been focusing on enabling personalisation and how content is consumed and delivered

- From a dream of earning just $1,000 to building a company with an $18 Mn ARR, Wingify's Paras Chopra has had an interesting journey
- "You realise you are an entrepreneur when you become an entrepreneur," says Paras Chopra
- His philosophy is that he doesn’t want to be in places where things can be better without him