"I have a prototype of my product offering; I have my team of technical experts in place; I even have a few angel investors to fund my idea; I have rented my friend's garage to set up our new office; but I am really petrified about jumping into the ocean of entrepreneurship! Is there an ecosystem where I can find support from mentors and find partners among similar ventures?"

These worries sound familiar, isn't it... not to worry, Proto.in is back to put the right ecosystem in place that can nurture budding entrepreneurs. Proto.in is a national level start-up summit which gives entrepreneurs a platform to showcase their imagination with a working prototype and interact with venture capitalists to explore possibilities.

Fortunately, Proto.in has now become one of the most sought after event in the VC calendar. The world's leading VCs such as Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Ventures, NEA Ventures, Venture East, Google Ventures, Reliance Ventures,

DFJ Ventures, have shown interest. This time as the event moves its venue to New Delhi on 18-19 July 2008, India's top VCs are expected to be present in full attendance.

Apart from the VCs, top entrepreneurs are expected to be presenting their experience as key note speakers. In the last edition, Vishal Gondal spoke on ‘From Nothing to Something'; Rajesh Jain spoke of ‘Disruptive technologies'; Samir Sood from Google provided a venture capitalist's perspective. Further, there were representatives from Open Social who spoke of the new Open Social ecosystem.

Any start-up promotion event invariably focuses on the evergreen hot sectors - Telecom and Information Technology. Fortunately, in the latest New Delhi edition, Proto.in's focus is on covering the various aspects of the latest business trends in Clean Energy technologies, Web 3.0 emergence, Mobile and Internet Media,.

With so much of hectic activity happening, it is obvious that budding start-ups will be eager to participate in Proto.in, which is hosted by Vijayanand and his passionate team. So to facilitate the best imaginative ideas to get hog the spotlight, Proto.in has a detailed selection process. To begin with, there is a self nomination by the start-up, followed by validation by a subject matter expert. Then the short-listed concepts are meticulously scrutinized by the validation by a entrepreneur committee. This year, out of the 120 start-ups nominated, 25 concepts have made it to the final cut.

Hopefully, this is year as well Proto.in will enable collaborative concepts and networking opportunities between entrepreneurs, VCs and Private Equity players. 

Roving Reporter - Levine Lawrence

Issue BG87 Jun 08

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