Wednesday, 26 August 2020

India’s Biggest Virtual Marketplace & Summit for Start-ups – ‘SOW from Home’ on October 22&23, 2020


Targets virtually 500+ investors, 3,000+ start-ups, 10,000+ attendees and 400+ virtual booths covering23+ industries

Mumbai, 26thAugust, 2020: Mumbai-based leading event manager, VEON Events, is organising the country’s first and the biggest virtual summit for start-ups called SOW from Home Start-up Summit (SOW Summit), on October 22&23, 2020.  The summit brings together start-ups, investors and entrepreneurial brains creating an ideal ecosystem for all the stakeholders to benefit from each other. The summitprovides a 3D virtual lobby where the attendees can meet and communicate with others by choosing the exhibition hall, meeting rooms or auditoriums without stepping outside their houses. The attendees can quickly check who is in the present in the same location and strike a conversation.This is a great platform where one can connect with like-minded individuals and take home many new ideas.
“Through this summit we would like to give right opportunities to potential Indian start-ups to find the right investors. Post Covid crisis, Indian start-ups were among the most impacted by liquidity problems, lack of investors or an opportunity to meet them. SOW Summit has been designed as a remedy to these start-up concerns. The start-up participants will be purely 100% Indian as we would like to support our Prime Minister’s objective of creating an Atmanirbhar Bharat by promoting initiatives such as ‘Make In India’ and ‘Startup India.,’’ said Vipul Vikamsey, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder SOW Summit. Vipul Vikamsey brings with him a 20+ years experience in the Events industry. 
“India is the home to world’s third largest start-up ecosystem which needs the right tools to flourish in the existing pandemic times. SOW from Home has been designed keeping this objective in mind. Post Covid crisis when people find it difficult to meet in congregations, this summit will ensure all stakeholders – be it Venture Capitalists, PE Funds, and early stage start-up founders or global experts – find and secure what they are looking for at the comforts of their homes,” said Murtuza Kutianawalla, Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, SOW Summit. Murtuza is a known actor having made his mark by acting in Disney Shows such as Best of Luck Nikki and Big Bada Boom. Murtuza is an entrepreneur running a media/animation studio.
The summit showcases some interesting panel discussions on brand building, digital transformation, future of investments in start-ups, e-commerce, etc. in India and gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to network with other start-up founders, seek advice from leading professionals in their industries and pitch to venture capitalists.
There are going to be many talented and recognized speakers. Some of the key names  include Sarbvir Singh, CEO, Policybazaar.com; Sunil Lulla, CEO, BARC India; David Meltzer, Speaker, Author & Entrepreneur and Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing; Jeffrey Potvin, Early Stage Investor and Founder of  Open People Network; Arun Raman, CIO, Grey Group India; Sagi Haviv, Successful Designer and Partner in the Branding & Design firm Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv; Akshay Gurnani, CEO & Co-Founder Schbang Studios; Matan Hazanov, Vice President, Verstra Ventures; Vikash Mittersain, Chairman & Managing Director, Nazara Techologies; Mukesh Kalra, Founder & CEO, ETMoney, Ambuj Chandna, President-Consumer Assets, Kotak Mahindra Bank; Raj Deepak Das, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett; Ketan Desai, COO, Grey Group India; Mohd. Shadab Siddiqui, Head Information Security, Privacy & Trust, Disney Hotstar, Mehekka Oberoi, Senior Strategy Manager, IIFL , Vinay Bansal, Founder & CEO, Inflection Point Ventures; Richard Rothmann, Founder & Managing Director, OpenMind Consultancy; Rajesh Sehgal, Founder & Managing Partner, Equanimity Investments; Marcos Stubrin, Co-Founder & CEO, MateCaps; Neeraj Gupta, CEO, PolicyBazaar.ae; Vatsal Kanakiya, CTO, 100X VC; Vikas Sarda, CFO, Unitus Capital & Unitus Seed Fund; Maneesh Vallurupalli, Founder, The Enterprist; Sheena Kapoor, Head-Corporate Marketing, Edelweiss Financial Services; Riya Mehta, Co-Founder, Futureshot Factory; Maneck  Mulla, Founder & Managing Partner, M Mulla Associates; Nishir Gordhandas, CEO, NWDCo; Sahil Vaidya, Co-Founder, Director, The Minimalist; Kalpesh Doshi, Chief Information Security Officer, FIS Global; Senthil Kumar, Co-Founder and Board Member, Qube Cinema; Josh Sadowski, CEO, Sadowski Enterprises LLC; Anil Srivatsa, CEO, Mediawalla Inc.; Avijit Arya, Chief Mogul, Internet Moguls; Basesh Gala, Founder & Chairman, 39Solutions; Kiran Kumar, Founder, Digital Dynamo amongst others who will share their journey and ideas with the attendees.
SOW from Home Summit is the story of three generations of entrepreneurs coming together with one common vision to support Indian start-ups.The promoters of the SOW Summit Murtuza Kutianawalla, Vipul and Nirmit Vikamsey come from varying backgrounds. The third Co-Founder Nirmit Vikamsey is a young, talented lad, also winner of International Award For Young People.
About SOW:VEON Events presents India’s first and biggest online virtual business summit for Startups “from home”.India is today home to the third largest startup ecosystem, behind only the US and China. The SOW Mission is to help build a positive, effective ecosystem in the country, turning business ideas into a reality for a flourishing startup environment. Its Vision is to create the largest and most effective virtual marketplace for Startups and Investors in India. Its focus will always be startups. For more information or registration details, SOW could be reached on www.sowsummit.co

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