Meet founders of Su-Kam, TutorVista, BharatMatrimony at SatrtupCity in Bangalore

By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 04:58 IST
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Bangalore: Ever dreamt of being Bill Gates or Steve Jobs? If you have the entrepreneurial bug in you, don't miss the biggest event for Startups - StartupCity. After a roaring success of the previous editions of the event across India, the biggest event for Startups is back in Bangalore on May 28th at the Nimhans Convention Center. At the event come, listen and meet these entrepreneurs. The Serial Entrepreneur: "You have to have not just passion, but foolish passion, to start a venture," says Krishnan Ganesh, Founder and Chairman- TutorVista, the serial entrepreneur, with 4 successful startups to his credit. Ganesh's first venture became one of India's top multivendor IT Service & Support companies with 400 employees and 16 offices which was later sold to iGate. He now heads TutorVista, a new age consumer Internet company in education services space that caters to over 20,000 students in U.S. and UK and employs over 3000 people across India. The man behind Su-Kam: Kunwer Sachdev From selling pens at an early age of 15 to building an 700 crore in revenue company, Kunwer Sachdev, CEO, Su-Kam is known for his ability to innovate. Meet the man who believed that reliable power back-up solution is a necessity, not a luxury in a country like India and set up one of India's first ever Real Indian MNC! His is a story if an extra ordinary journey of a very ordinary man but a man who made success of whatever he set out to do has redefined innovation in the inverter industry. Youngest CEO: Selling a product from India and Seed Funding expert! FusionCharts is the company that hired its first sales person after their 10,000th customers. How did they do it? Pallav Nadhani, the Co-Founder and CEO of FusionCharts started the company after class 12th. Now FusionCharts is the industry leading charting component, which has over 18,000 customers and 375,000 users across 110 countries, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies. The man who married more than two million people! Meet the brain behind the No. 1 Matrimonial Brand, 'Bharat Matrimony.com', Murugavel Janakiraman! Started off with a member base of 4000 in 1997, today the portal is recognized as the No.1 Indian Matrimonial Portal, with over 20 million members worldwide. This is just the tip of the ice berg, the other entrepreneurs and VCs present at the event are: Vani Kola, Managing Director, IndoUS Venture Partners; Alok Mittal, Managing Director, Canaan India; Samir Kumar, Managing Director - Inventus Capital; Kumar Shiralagi, Managing Director - IndoUS Ventures; Rahul Chowdri, Vice President - Helion Ventures; Sanjay Anandram, Managing Director - Jumpstart; Gaurav Saraf, Director- Epiphany Ventures; Shailesh Lakhani, Vice President- Sequoia Capital India; Bijul Somania, Managing Director - Light Speed ventures; Ranjit Menon, VP - IDG Ventures; Narendra Bhandari, Director, Intel Software and Services Group, Intel Asia Pacific; and Param Parameshwaran, Chairman, Sulekha.com. Exciting sessions and panel discussions on: Best Advice to get funded in the current environment; Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in the Products Space/Internet and Mobile Space/Services Space If you have the entrepreneurial bug in you, roll up your Sleeves, Come meet over 100 'cool startups' at the Startup City on May 28, 2011 at Nimhans Convention Center, Bangalore. You can meet founders & the star engineers from these startups and see how they built cutting edge products. Sponsors: Forum Nokia, Century, PubMatic,Aqualogic, Tally Solutions, Digital River, Wallsys, Century, Regus, Evoma, Net4, ZNet, SKODA, HopSim, 160 by 2, LiveWebcasting.in and Quick Heal. Hurry Up! Limited Seats Only! REGISTER FREE: http://www.startupcity.in See you at the event!