Proto.in: Showcasing India's Best Startup Product Companies
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Proto.in is a bi-annual event in India that showcases technology start-up companies and innovative products.
Organised by The Knowledge Foundation, a national network of entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts, the second edition will see participation from 23 startup companies carefully chosen from a list of 120 nominations. Each startup will get exactly 6 minutes of stage time to demostrate their product to a select group of venture capitalists, angel investors, technology influencers and media professionals.
The event has attracted 22 venture capitalist firms, including Canaan Partners, Reliance Technology, Greylock Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Clearstone Ventures and others representing over $1.5 billion in fund size for India investments.
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (), The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), and TeNeT of IIT Madras are supporting the event.
The second edition of the event takes place at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras on July 21 and 22, 2007.
In this episode, Vijay Anand, one of the organizers of the event, talks about Proto’s objectives and its future plans.
Disclosure: I’m one the co-founders of The Knowledge Foundation, the parent group that runs Proto.in. I’m on the core organizing committee of Proto.
Tags: Proto.in, The Knowledge Foundation, entrepreneurs, NASSCOM, IAMAI, TiE, TeNeT, Vijay Anand
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July 20th, 2007 at 6:30 am
[…] If you are new to Proto.in and want to know its objective and its future plans, listening to this podcast would be a good idea. […]
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Hi Kiruba, Vijay,
Was good meeting you at the event.
Speaking of Proto.in, the next round, I was thinking it would be good to create a showcase/profile pages on your site for the startups that were selected.
The Feedback and Contact forms could be taken online, on the Profile page. And feedback could be opened up to the general public, as I’m sure there were a lot more people who wanted to get a look at the startups, but missed the event.
Also, do check out www.eIndiaReview.com - Pallav Sharda is trying in his own way to create a Indian startup Directory, but its one person, so he can’t cover everything.
It would be a handy shopping list for investors, people seeking partners, and employees looking for startup jobs, not to mention people like us always looking for cool new solutions.
Aparna
(I was the one with the ’social networking’ questions :-))