As the world continues to witness India’s ascent on the worldwide stage, the story of India’s startup ecosystem continues to be written, one transformative concept at a time. Celebrating this narrative, Conquest, BITS Pilani not too long ago hosted the second version of The India Portfolio, a two-day digital summit. Building upon the achievements of the earlier yr’s version, which traced the evolutionary journey of India’s startup ecosystem, this version centred across the theme of “Blitzscaling India” and the boundless alternatives for the thriving startup ecosystem. It emphasised the affect of current technological improvements, showcasing the speedy development of Indian companies, and offered an inspiring narrative of India’s potential for innovation and development shortly.
The summit commenced with Aastha Grover, Head of Startup India, offering a complete overview of the present state of the Indian startup ecosystem and speaking concerning the authorities’s initiatives aimed toward fostering and supporting rising ventures. This was adopted by panel discussions delving into developments within the agri-tech and health-tech sectors. Leading founders of the area, reminiscent of Sanjay Dasari of MeansCool Foods, Sharath Loganathan of Ninjacart, Rizwan Koita of CitiusTech, and Harsimarbir Singh of Pristyn Care, shared their beneficial insights throughout these periods.
The summit additionally hosted Amit Jain, co-founder and CEO at CarDekho Group, and a Shark at Shark Tank India, who shared his journey of elevating the corporate to a number one trade participant. Divya Gokulnath, the co-founder at BYJU’S, talked concerning the speedy future development of the EdTech trade in India. With the corporate’s complete spending on acquisitions nearing $3 Billion, she additionally mentioned plans for offline growth. The first day of the summit ended with Sandeep Aggarwal, the mind behind ShopClues and Droom, sharing his journey to creating a number of unicorns and the way forward for the Indian startup ecosystem, claiming that, “by 2032, India will be the world’s leading startup hub.”
The second day was kicked off by Tanuj Shori (Co-founder, Square Yards) and Divyanshu Sharma (Co-founder, Officebanao), as they dived into the rising proptech sector. The summit additionally featured Nilesh Patel, co-founder and CEO of a SaaS-based unicorn, LeadSquared. With SaaS being one of many fastest-growing sectors in India and projected to be price $50 Billion by 2030, Nilesh shared the challenges he confronted whereas scaling the corporate and the way he plans to combine AI into the platform.
Day 2 additionally noticed periods by Naiyya Saggi (Co-Founder, The Good Glamm Group), Ankit Agrawal (Founder & CEO, InsuranceDekho), Vishesh Khurana (Co-Founder, Shiprocket), and Amarinder Dhaliwal (Business Head, IndiaMART), amongst others, every sharing insights into various sectors of the ecosystem. The whole summit could be considered on YouTube utilizing the next hyperlinks:
Next at Conquest, a cohort of twenty-two startups, chosen from a pool of 2000+ registrations, will embark on an in depth 7-week hybrid accelerator program that may embody customized mentoring, workshops led by trade specialists, and fireplace chats with main figures of the ecosystem. The program will culminate in Bangalore’s most anticipated startup occasion, the Demo Day, which is able to function an array of insightful panel discussions, keynote addresses, and the distribution of equity-free grants after a Shark Tank-style pitching session.
