Best Startup Awards:

Startup City had 60 promising startups present their companies in the ‘Elevator Pitch Competition' to bag the prestigious ‘Best Startup Award 2013' under four different categories: Internet, Services, Products and Mobile. The jury comprising of VCs, Angel Investors and eminent Corporate investors evaluated the presentations by startups based on business and strategic elements like company overview, market opportunity, the team, solution value proposition, competitive positioning, growth plans, go-to-market plan, current status and investment prospects that determined the prospective future of an enterprise.

The winners were Sharemojo.com in internet space, Mahalife in mobile space, SkipTask in product space, Intelligence Node in solutions space and BlobCity in services space.

CEO Conclave:

'Best Practices of building technology companies in India’ facilitated an informal discussion amongst the panelists about what works, what doesn't work, potential pitfalls and other challenges for startups. The panel moderated by Shoaib Ahmed, President of Tally Solutions had eminent speakers like Edwin Kolen, COO, CtrlS Datacenters, Sanjay Nayak, CEO & MD, Tejas Networks, P. Srikar Reddy, MD & CEO, Sonata Software, Satish Kumar, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Glopore IMS and Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Founder, & CEO, Nanobi Analytics.

The exhibit area had about 70 booths showcasing live product demos, best-of-breed solutions showcased at the stalls which implemented cutting edge technologies. The booths proved to be the perfect technology transfer and a ‘mingle box’ to get the startup ideas across to the interested attendees.

The event supported by multi nationals like Tally Solutions, Intuit, .net (Verisign), CtrlS, Blackberry, Amazon Web services, EMC2, Incub@Te (A TATA ELXSI Initiative), eBay, Godrej Properties, Renault and BookMyTrainings.com was a platform which helped yield some powerful results in terms of deal closures, recognition of Best Startups and bridging the gap between aspiring entrepreneurs and potential investors.

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