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TiE Chennai

TiE Chennai is part of the prestigious TiE global network of entrepreneurs, professionals and business leaders. Our mission to foster innovation & entrepreneurship has created real value in building new enterprises around the world. We promote Talent, Ideas and Enterprise through regular events where we bring together Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders, SMEs, VCs, Institutional Leaders and deliver programs such as Mentoring, Education and Networking on a non-profit basis. On an average we hold about 4 events a month. For a list of our current events till date, visit: www.chennai.tie.org

 

The Chennai Fund

The Chennai Fund is a fund facilitated to help and encourage Chennai based entrepreneurs in early stage funding and mentoring. Currently the fund has 11 investors. Entrepreneurs submit their business plans that get screened and selected applicants are mentored and seed funding is provided. More details can be found on http://www.chennaifund.com

 

Villgro (Formerly Rural Innovations Network)

Villgro started its operations in 2000. Villgro operates in the space to empower rural development by actively identifying and incubating innovations that positively impact the rural poor to see the light of day.
Over these 9 years, Villgro has grown from mere sponsors of innovation to a community that understands the rural people, its environment & its willingness to take technology to the rural users.
With Villgro's support, the rural population has seen technological advancement and development processes that have been profitable along with empowering them. In its 9th year of impacting rural life, Villgro looks at social entrepreneurship and works with different stakeholders like The Lemelson Foundation (USA), Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, IIT Madras, HIVOS, Rockefeller Foundation and many others to support innovations and bring them to fructification.

 

Venturewoods

Venturewoods is the largest community in startup space in India, bringing various constituents together, including entrepreneurs themselves, venture capital firms, angel funds, lawyers, recruiters, investment bankers, incubation cells and so on.

 

Pagalguy

PaGaLGuY.com is India's biggest and most trusted MBA preparatory resources website, used by over 500,000 MBA applicants every month to:

 

1. Seek help to prepare for MBA entrance exams such as the CAT, XAT, SNAP, JMET, CET (India) and GMAT, TOEFL, IELTS (International) and related admission interviews.
2. Make smart and informed decisions about joining business school in India and abroad.

 

Since it started in 2002, PaGaLGuY.com follows an online community approach to create smart and useful products to make MBA applicants’ lives easier. You might have heard people say: 'PaGaLGuY.com is among the handful of websites that pioneered true and robust online communities in India.' We started with the PaGaLGuY.com MBA Forums in 2002, which now have 1.57 million discussion posts written by over 320,000 users solely on MBA preparation and admissions. We have also built trend-setting services for MBA aspirants that combine technology and community to empower the MBA aspirant community.

 

 

NASSCOM

NASSCOM is the premier trade body and the chamber of commerce of the IT-BPO industries in India. NASSCOM is a global trade body with more than 1200 members, which include both Indian and multinational companies that have a presence in India. NASSCOM's member and associate member companies are broadly in the business of software development, software services, software products, consulting services, BPO services, e-commerce & web services, engineering services offshoring and animation and gaming. NASSCOM’s membership base constitutes over 95% of the industry revenues in India and employs over 2.24 million professionals.
NASSCOM was set up in 1988, at Mumbai to facilitate business and trade in software and services and to encourage advancement of research in software technology. It is a not-for-profit organization, registered under the Indian Societies Act, 1860. Currently, NASSCOM is headquartered in New Delhi, India with regional offices in the cities of Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata and Pune.

 

Proto.in

Proto.in is the biggest event in the Start-up Calendar where experts from across the country choose 15 of India's hottest start-ups from across sectors. These 15 start-ups are provided with a platform to showcase themselves to an audience which comprises of investors, corporates and entrepreneurs alike. The event is attended by over 400 people and has seen 7 editions - in Chennai, Delhi, Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai. Apart from the event, Proto.in has also sparked of other initiatives like Open Coffee Club - an open forum where entrepreneurs come together to discuss burning issues, Startup Jobs - a forum for recruiting employees to start-ups and Startup Chat - an online chat where start-ups come together to network.

 

Mumbai Angels

Started in November 2006, the Mumbai Angels is a unique forum where its members may interact and exchange ideas and knowledge. The Mumbai Angels provides a unique platform to start up and very early stage companies by bringing them face to face with successful entrepreneurs, professionals and executives who are interested in and have the funds available to invest in start up companies.
Many members of Mumbai Angels have prior Silicon Valley experience. In addition to the capital of its members, the Mumbai Angels provides access to high quality mentoring, vast networks in India and abroad and inputs on strategy as well as execution.

 

Indian Angel Network

Indian Angel Network is a network of Angel investors keen to invest in early stage businesses which have potential to create disproportionate value. The members of the Network are leaders in the Entrepreneurial Eco-System as they have had strong operational experience as CEOs or a background of creating new and successful ventures. They share a passion to create scale and value for startup ventures.
Indian Angel Network believes that early stage businesses require more than just money to succeed. They require close mentoring and inputs on strategy as well as execution. The Network aims at enhancing the success rate of early stage businesses significantly through high quality mentoring, vast networks and inputs on strategy as well as execution. The Network enables members, to come together and use their experience and their exceptional set skill to, are better able to assess the potential and identify risks at an early stage.

 

Smart Techie

The Smart Techie empowers technology leaders for tomorrow. Its mission is to update its readers on the latest developments in technology and how these developments will impact them. The magazine aims to capture insights from the experiences of senior technology professionals and experts from across the globe.
The Smart Techie magazine gets published in Bangalore and reaches out to 96000 experienced technology professionals in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune & Delhi.

 

New Ventures India

New Ventures India, a joint initiative of CII- Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Hyderabad and the World Resources Institute, Washington D.C., aims to be the premier business accelerator in the Green Business Space. The initiative was established and supported by USAID under the Global Development Alliance. The programme is currently supported by British High Commission under the Strategic Programme Fund (SPF), USDoS under the Asia Pacific Partnership (APP) programme and Citi Foundation. Our mission is to match scalable green business opportunities with skills, talent, technology, markets and money. The focus areas include Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Clean Technology, Sustainable Agriculture, Green Building Materials, Recycling, Water Technologies and Eco Tourism.

 

Junior Achievement

JA India is a member of Junior Achievement Worldwide. Making its beginning in September 2006, JA India commenced classroom operations in January 2007. Since then, it is growing stronger each day, and is already present in more than 200 institutions reaching out to more than 30,000 students in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chandigarh.
In partnership with businesses and educators, JA brings the real world to students, opening their minds to their potential and providing a proven bridge between education and business. Through age-appropriate curricula, JA programs teach students how they can impact the world around them as individuals, workers and consumers. JA Worldwide appreciates the commitment shown by its volunteers and teachers to make this program a success.

 

DARE

DARE is a media platform for the Indian Entrepreneur and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. Dare IS NOT just a business magazine. It is an interactive platform for enabling entrepreneurs to start and run their own business. It analyses what businesses (and those who want to start their own) need to do, rather than report on what businesses are doing. It identifies business opportunities and success mantras for others to follow.
Dare seeks to enable aspiring entrepreneurs to start their own businesses, and enable the established entrepreneurs to take their business to the next level. Dare also seeks to enhance intrapreneurship among senior managers in large organizations. DARE is published by CyberMedia.

 

Open Coffee Club Bangalore

OCC bangalore is an open forum for Entrepreneurs, VC's and budding Entrepreneurs to come together and connect with each other at the grass root level. The group holds its meetings every alternate Sunday.

 

Chennai Open Coffee Club

The Chennai OpenCoffee Club is a place for people involved in the startup ecosystem to meet in an informal setting. Anyone involved with startups - entrepreneurs, developers, lawyers, investors - is invited to come and join the conversation.

 

Cool Avenues

CoolAvenues, India largest MBA community portal, presents Job Zone: A job database exclusive for MBAs. For once you can be sure that your job of choice won't be buried under the listings for accountants and sales representative. Job Zone has all jobs exclusive for MBAs and from best of the employers and filters away postings accordingly.

 

EDI (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India)

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), a wholly autonomous and not-for-profit institute, set up in 1983, is sponsored by apex financial institutions; the IDBI Bank Ltd., IFCI Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd. and State Bank of India (SBI). The Government of Gujarat pledged twenty-three acres of land on which stands the majestic and sprawling EDI campus.
EDI's pioneering activities in entrepreneurship development training have established that people from all walks of life can become business owners. It has demolished the myth that entrepreneurs are born, and cannot be made. Through well-conceived training interventions and capacity building activities, over last 25 years, EDI has equipped thousands of people with entrepreneurial skills. To pursue its mission further, EDI has helped set up twelve state-level exclusive entrepreneurship development centres and institutes.

 

Headstart

The HeadStart Network is a not-for-profit organization run by volunteers and full time professionals to create and promote the innovation ecosystem in India. We define the innovation ecosystem as consisting of entrepreneurs and startups, researchers in academia and industry, adopters of new technology and products, and investors.
Headquartered in Bangalore but carrying out activities in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Delhi (with Pune, Kolkata, Chennai to be added in 2009), the HeadStart Network is led by a team of 16 founders who are a mix of entrepreneurs, academics and industry professionals.

 

Watblog

WATBlog.com our premiere digital media blog is widely read and plays the thought leadership role in analyzing the digital media space in India and giving deep insights on its ever changing landscape. WATBlog is a platform for several interesting discussions as we encourage our readers to be vocal and take their feedback, suggestions and analysis very seriously.

 

JAM

JAM (Just Another Magazine) is India's most loved youth magazine since 1995. Published every fortnight, JAM covers campuses, music, fashion, careers, movies and of course, regularly dishes out its signature doses of humour and satire in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Chennai and all over India.