The Consulting and Entrepreneurship Club IIM Raipur
Conducted #Kickstart Raipur in Association with 36inc and Headstart on Jan 13th
2018. Kickstart is an event where
startups pitch their ideas to a panel of judges and battle it out to show that
they're the best of the best. The Event was conducted in the Conference room at IIM Raipur. This is the first time such an event has been
organised in Chattisgarh, and we are very proud to have been associated with
the same. Winners from this event will compete in the All India Finals happening
at Bangalore in February.
The Jury consisted
of esteemed guests like Neha Tandon Sharma (Founder and Partner at Aeterno
Partners), Bharat Kapoor (Investor With 50K Ventures), Ashutosh Tripathi
(Executive Director of Krishna Public School), Anshul Dave (CEO & Partner
at Oceans Bridge), Satish Premchandani (Owner of Homewalks Realtors), Arun Patro (Chief ministers fellow – CS
Office), Gaurav Agrawal (Director at 50K Ventures), Manish Agrawal (Founder &
CEO of Techment Technology), Manish Mohta (Director of Learning Spiral Pvt Ltd)
and Ranjan Kotnala (Senior Consultant).
After inviting applications from across the state of chattisgarh, startups were shortlisted to the final round after careful scrutiny. 2 Wildcard entries were also taken from the student community of IIM Raipur. The Startups were from various sectors like Education and Ed.Tech, Drone Technologies, Additive Manufacturing Technologies, Employment platforms, HealthTech, Building Solutions, Hyperlocal Groceries, Analytics and Tech.
These teams
battled it out in a fiery closed door pitch session to ask the investors for
funds and support. 5 mins were given to each team for the pitch and another 5
minutes for the Q&A session. The Questioning round itself was an eye opener
to all the aspiring entrepreneurs on how they need to prepare for a session
like this and from what all angles the investors look at a project. The event
was a great opportunity for exposure, experience and learning for both the
student and the startup community.
The CEC club took
immense pleasure to host the event, serving as a platform for the students, entrepreneurs
and the investor community to connect. It is our mission to do everything in
our capacity to encourage, foster, & provide students with the resources
and network to grow and develop their entrepreneurial drives. In this
direction, we consider this event as a footstep in building stronger
associations and widen our network in the startup ecosystem of Raipur.
