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Proto.in : Sixth edition coming up at Pune
The Sixth edition of India’s premier Start-up event “Proto.in” is happening on Saturday the 25th of July’09 at Dewang Mehta Auditorium, Persistent Systems in Pune.
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Witness India’s 15 most promising start-ups on showcase and be zapped in the brainstorming and networking at India’s premier start-up event.
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After its resounding successes in its past five editions across three different cities, Proto.in the India’s biggest and most awaited start-up event is back this time at Pune to continue strengthening and promoting the Indian Start-up Eco system. Proto.in has built an unmatched reputation of being the one event that the entire entrepreneurial ecosystem looks forward to, across the length and breadth of India.
About the Organizers:
The Knowledge Foundation (TKF) is a not-for-profit organization engendered by passionate individuals who are technologists or strategists or entrepreneurs or professionals or artisans or even all of these! These are individuals who are dedicated to promoting knowledge in all forms possible and organize world class conferences, seminars and workshops to aid the same. This foundation to its credit has organized several big events including BarCampChennai, BlogCamp, Proto.in, SearchCamp and WikiCamp.
What is special in this Sixth edition?
This edition of Proto.in intends to take a solid leap and focus on policies that support Start-ups both in IT and non-IT sectors. The start-up community at Proto.in will analyze and understand how best to leverage the existing policies and in what ways it can get involved with key stakeholders such as the government in strengthening the policies further.
Ganesh Natarajan (CEO – Zensar Technologies, Chairman - IT & ITES CII and Member - Chairmen’s Council NASSCOM) will deliver the keynote address to the community during this edition. For the first time, the audience will get an in-depth analysis on Intellectual Property rights and how it affects start ups by renowned experts. It will see the focus to move beyond dot com to non internet ventures and how to be a part of this space.
The story so far
Over the last five editions, Proto.in has showcased close to 100 start ups. Many have leveraged the platform to close funding, develop new business opportunities, create media traction and even connect with potential hires. Some of the Proto success stories –
· NextBiT Computing has closed several major deals post their proto.in showcase
· IXiGO.com was funded by BAF Spectrum in 2008
· Lucid Software was funded by Mercatus Capital in 2009
· Lifeblob was seed funded during 2008
· Yahoo acquired a stake in Tyroo
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received over 7 awards, including the woman entrepreneur of the year and has been angel funded.
Aloke Bajpai of iXiGO.com networking with the Start-up Community at Proto.in
“Showcasing at Proto.in built good credibility for my iXiGO.com in the start-up ecosystem in general and investors in particular. Proto.in kick started a lot of good things for us.” quips Aloke.
Entrepreneurs, experts, venture capitalists, students, start-up companies will all converge at Proto and as Kunal kashikar, part of the Proto.in volunteering team at Pune puts it, “You don’t want to miss Proto.in as it is one mega day of entrepreneurial activities unleashed!”
Arun Prabhudesai, co-founder of “Hover.in” a Pune based start-up and founder of one of the top Indian Business Blog “Trak.in”
“I think its high time Proto.in happened in Pune, especially because the startup community here is quite vibrant. Many startups have cropped up in Pune over last couple of years. So I think it is great to have Proto.in here.” Arun tells to Startupstory.in.
For buying tickets and registration visit http://www.proto.in/the-event/registrations/
For sponsorship opportunities shoot your email to sponsor@proto.in
Get updated of the buzz around Proto.in by joining the community mailing list at http://www.proto.in/reach/proto-talk/
Contact: Ravi Shankar, ravi@proto.in, +91 9444923443Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World rip
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