Event: UIncept Expert Hours Series
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UIncept is India's leading EdTech accelerator supporting EdTech startups in their entrepreneurial journey right from the idea, to building the most successful business possible!
We are pleased to announce our Expert Hour Series - a deep-dive series featuring industry leaders, mentors, venture capitalists, and CXOs offering actionable insights to startups to help them accelerate their business.
27th November 2021 (11m – 5 Pm)
UIncept Campus, Gurugram
Expert Hours have been conceptualised to deliver personalized coaching experiences to our startup’s founders on business growth and the real-world challenges. It is also a platform for mentors and investors to share their learnings, case studies and give away certain tools and templates to these startups in scaling up their businesses.
These Expert Talks sessions are free to attend for the EdTech community - offering the opportunity to learn from and engage with expert speakers through panel discussions and Q&A sessions.
The event will cover topics such as Investments, Pitch & Storytelling, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Business Financials & Projections.
Attendees: Investors, Mentors, Founders, Entrepreneurs, and Students
Following are the confirmed experts for the workshop:
Session 1
- Investment, Pitch and Storytelling (11am: 01:00 Pm)
Speakers:
Mr. Shiva Shanker
V.P. Portfolio Ankur Capital
Shiva is an expert advisor for portfolio management and also provides strategic support to early stage Startups. He has worked for 5 years with grassroots business funds, investment management and portfolio supervision roles across India, Indonesia & Africa.
Focus Points:
- Specific aspects that start-up should be tracking at an early stage
- Due Diligence templates and checklists for documents required for fund raising
Mr. Addison Appu
VP – Investments (Early Stage VC) ThinKuvate
Has experience in mergers & acquisitions, advisory, private equity infusion & valuation within the diversified sectors. Previously involved in Investment banking, including M&A, IPO, private equity deals.
Addison will talk about effective Investor Pitch, Storytelling and Funding lifecycle of a startup.
Session II
2) Customer Relationship Management (1:15 PM – 2:15 PM)
Speaker
Mr. Arif Amirani
Co-Founder and CTO – MetroGuild
- Hands-on technologist
- Certified Solutions Architect (AWS)
- Product ideation/stakeholder management
- Delivered many software products and services from concept to market across domains
The success of Edtech Startups largely depends on how they manage relationships and communicate with the key stakeholders/end users. It takes a robust data management capability to organize information and make it easily accessible.
Arif will talk about CRM solutions offering fully customizable integrated sales, marketing, and service suite that automates lead generation and support for growing businesses.
LUNCH BREAK – 2:15 pm - 2:45Pm
Session III
- Business Financials and Valuations (2:45pm- 5:00 pm)
Speakers
Mr. Ankur Goel
Founder and CEO - Skwerup Capital Partners
Ankur has an expertise in Startup Investments. He has advised over 100 startups (ideation/early/growth stages) across industries & verticals, in making their business foundation & growth plans. He has worked with various Investment Bankers & conducted business valuations for over 100 SMEs.
Ankur will talk about the Curative Investment Process from Initial screening to closing and funding (SHAs, Agreements and Term Sheets etc.)
Ms. Sonal Bali Agarwal
Co-Founder - Meteor Venture
Meteor Venture is a seed fund & incubation firm focused on tech startups in India & South Asia. It empowers entrepreneurs with various accelerator programs such as raise capital, idea to product, business growth & virtual CFO.
Sonal will talk about startup valuation, smart goals and Do's & Don'ts in investment negotiations.
Networking & Interactions: 5:00 – 6:00 pm
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UIncept invites founders, investors, mentors, and other stakeholders of the Ed-Tech ecosystem to come under one roof, to learn and reap the fruits of mentorship and explore business and investment opportunities.
The event will also attend by members and select students of ‘MoE’s Innovation Cell (MIC) Govt of India, Institution’s innovation council (Ministry of HRD Initiative) and JIMS, Rohini, Sector- 5 Delhi.
