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Network of early stage startups Headstart Network Foundation in association with startup
Oasis organised Startup Funding and Pitching event – PitchCity on 8 October and 9
October to encourage startups in the state as part of Rajasthan Startup Fest.
The PitchCity Jaipur is a national level event where startups, mentors & investors came
together to be a part of the growing ecosystem of Rajasthan & to celebrate
entrepreneurship.
More than 100 startups, 20 angel and venture capital investors, 30 mentors and startup
coaches and speakers came together on one platform of high energy interactions and
exciting sessions that saw a total participation of more than 400 people.
The event was planned as a culmination of multiple tracks of scouting, incubation and
acceleration of start-ups across multiple sectors.
Product Demo, Pitches and Product Launches took place interspersed with high energy
interactions, talks, panel discussions and mentoring sessions.
Investors from all over India honoured the event with their presence. The event was
dedicated to live/video Pitching to top rated investors from India and Abroad.
Top 50 startups out of all the applications were selected and 25 worthy startups out of
the showcase were shortlisted who got an opportunity to pitch live at the Boot camp and
got free entry to the Rajasthan Startup Fest and 7 most worthy startups will get to do the
second round of Pitching "The Pitch" today at Rajasthan Startup Fest event to investors
and get funded.
Top 25 worthy startups shortlisted were Bull Bear Device, Courierwalaz , MyCityApp ,
Truelancer, Shishugram, Video cv’s & profiles, Living Green Organics, Kitki, eBZaar.com,
Wholesale Box , mVikarsha, MeraFoodChoice , Corporate Buddy , IC Labs, Mobien
Technologies, iData Sciences, Frogo, Gamezop, Cloudrino, KiviHealth, MerryTrips,
tapNget, Callthedoc, PuraniMachines, MotoMistri.
“India is full of innovative, interesting and creative start-ups. To celebrate this and to
ensure that all start-ups get the recognition they deserve, we organized the PitchCity
event to encourage the budding innovators and entrepreneurs of India” said, Arpit
Agarwal, Director, Headstart Network.
“We believe you can take any leap and face any challenge with the right support and
Headstart Organises Startup Funding,Pitching Event
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connections.” said Paresh Gupta, Country Lead, Headstart Network.'
India has the fastest growing start-up ecosystem in the world and the total number of
technology product/digital start-ups is projected to be 11,500 by 2020, employing over
2.5 lakh people from just 65,000-75,000 in 2014.
India is right now at a threshold of startup boom, as we are world’s 3rd fastest growing
startup eco-system. With 3100 startups, India is closely behind UK with 4000 startups
and catching up to US which has 41,500 startups.
(BW Online Bureau)
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