The much awaited International Startup Festival (ISF) is back. The ISF has grown bigger with every passing year. The second edition of ISF, which was held in Bangalore last year, witnessed participation of more than 30 speakers, 500 venture capitalists, HNIs, angel investors, over 100 CEOs and CXOs, and 10,000 startups. The third edition, scheduled to be held during September 26-28, 2024, in Hyderabad, is going to attract 50,000 startups, 2,000 exhibitors, 250 CXOs, 300 VCs, 800 global angels, and 5,000 delegates from 15 countries.
ISF-2024, organised by International Startup Foundation, is the brainchild of a visionary leader, serial entrepreneur and a multifaceted person, JA Chowdary. He has successfully helmed vital roles including that of Founding Director of Software Technologies Parks of India, Chief Architect of Hi-Tec City in Hyderabad, Founding member of PortalPlayer, Co-founder of TalentSprint, and Chairman of India Blockchain Technology Standards Committee. In an interview, JA Chowdary, well known as JA, shares insights about the changing technology landscape and India’s thriving startup ecosystem.
Last year’s International Startup Festival focused on rural economy as we had noticed that startups have wide scope in solving real problems of rural India. This year’s conference is focused on how AI can be useful for startups to come up with new products or solutions quickly. Earlier, in the absence of AI tools developing a solution would take lot of time. Today with a prompting technology, developing a solution, time to market, idea to realisation gets fastracked which increases chances of survival of the startup. Hence, this year, ISF will focus on three Ms, which is, money, mentorship and marketing for early and growth stage startups. This year, 50,000 startups have registered of which 150 will participate in the Demo Day. These startups will be segregated based on the sector they operate in for networking with those sector specific investors. Out of the 150, 15 to 20 startups will be selected to present their solution and pain-points in front of ISF’s network of 550 global investors and mentors from North America, Europe, Singapore and India, every Saturday. During last year’s edition held in Bangalore, investors signed 150 term sheets. We do not want to put a tab on the number of term sheets that will be signed this year, but what I can say is that today, ISF angels have already committed Rs250 crore.
Source: Hans India
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ISF-2024, organised by International Startup Foundation, is the brainchild of a visionary leader, serial entrepreneur and a multifaceted person, JA Chowdary. He has successfully helmed vital roles including that of Founding Director of Software Technologies Parks of India, Chief Architect of Hi-Tec City in Hyderabad, Founding member of PortalPlayer, Co-founder of TalentSprint, and Chairman of India Blockchain Technology Standards Committee. In an interview, JA Chowdary, well known as JA, shares insights about the changing technology landscape and India’s thriving startup ecosystem.
Last year’s International Startup Festival focused on rural economy as we had noticed that startups have wide scope in solving real problems of rural India. This year’s conference is focused on how AI can be useful for startups to come up with new products or solutions quickly. Earlier, in the absence of AI tools developing a solution would take lot of time. Today with a prompting technology, developing a solution, time to market, idea to realisation gets fastracked which increases chances of survival of the startup. Hence, this year, ISF will focus on three Ms, which is, money, mentorship and marketing for early and growth stage startups. This year, 50,000 startups have registered of which 150 will participate in the Demo Day. These startups will be segregated based on the sector they operate in for networking with those sector specific investors. Out of the 150, 15 to 20 startups will be selected to present their solution and pain-points in front of ISF’s network of 550 global investors and mentors from North America, Europe, Singapore and India, every Saturday. During last year’s edition held in Bangalore, investors signed 150 term sheets. We do not want to put a tab on the number of term sheets that will be signed this year, but what I can say is that today, ISF angels have already committed Rs250 crore.
Source: Hans India
#healthcarestartup #startup
The much awaited International Startup Festival (ISF) is back. The ISF has grown bigger with every passing year. The second edition of ISF, which was held in Bangalore last year, witnessed participation of more than 30 speakers, 500 venture capitalists, HNIs, angel investors, over 100 CEOs and CXOs, and 10,000 startups. The third edition, scheduled to be held during September 26-28, 2024, in Hyderabad, is going to attract 50,000 startups, 2,000 exhibitors, 250 CXOs, 300 VCs, 800 global angels, and 5,000 delegates from 15 countries.
ISF-2024, organised by International Startup Foundation, is the brainchild of a visionary leader, serial entrepreneur and a multifaceted person, JA Chowdary. He has successfully helmed vital roles including that of Founding Director of Software Technologies Parks of India, Chief Architect of Hi-Tec City in Hyderabad, Founding member of PortalPlayer, Co-founder of TalentSprint, and Chairman of India Blockchain Technology Standards Committee. In an interview, JA Chowdary, well known as JA, shares insights about the changing technology landscape and India’s thriving startup ecosystem.
Last year’s International Startup Festival focused on rural economy as we had noticed that startups have wide scope in solving real problems of rural India. This year’s conference is focused on how AI can be useful for startups to come up with new products or solutions quickly. Earlier, in the absence of AI tools developing a solution would take lot of time. Today with a prompting technology, developing a solution, time to market, idea to realisation gets fastracked which increases chances of survival of the startup. Hence, this year, ISF will focus on three Ms, which is, money, mentorship and marketing for early and growth stage startups. This year, 50,000 startups have registered of which 150 will participate in the Demo Day. These startups will be segregated based on the sector they operate in for networking with those sector specific investors. Out of the 150, 15 to 20 startups will be selected to present their solution and pain-points in front of ISF’s network of 550 global investors and mentors from North America, Europe, Singapore and India, every Saturday. During last year’s edition held in Bangalore, investors signed 150 term sheets. We do not want to put a tab on the number of term sheets that will be signed this year, but what I can say is that today, ISF angels have already committed Rs250 crore.
Source: Hans India
#healthcarestartup #startup
