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startup city
March 20, 2010 Chennai
AFTER THE PHENOMENAL SUCCESS OF THREE EDITIONS OF SILICONINDIA
STARTUP CITY, WHEREIN THERE WERE 12000 QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS,
200 STARTUP BOOTHS AND PRESENTATIONS AND 1400 ENTREPRENEURS
WE ARE BACK AGAIN! THIS YEAR'S EDITION IS BEING
HELD ON MARCH 20, 2010 AT IMAGE AUDITORIUM IN CHENNAI
siliconindia Startup City 2010 is a technology
showcase event
This is a great opportunity for you to find investors, technology partners,
resellers and potential customers. By participating on the siliconindia
platform you are very much building your brand and raising the profile of
your company.
siliconindia
startup city
March 20, 2010 Chennai
MEET THE VCs: Several venture capitalists will be available for VCs who participated in our previous
interaction. Entrepreneurs can meet them to discuss about their ventures.
VCs will also share with you about their fund and areas in which they are
StartupCity:
currently investing. They will also talk about strategies for investing in
early stage ventures, strategies on how to find & access capital, the kinds
of companies they find most attractive, and the do's and don'ts in structur-
ing deals. There will also be a structured Company presentation to the VCs
during afternoon session.
Company Presentation
We will have 'Company Presentation in 4 parallel tracks -
Mobile, Internet, Services, Software Products.
Kindly note that your deck should not exceed four slides. You need to
send us your presentation by Wednesday noon March 18th.
If your company does not fall in the categories of Mobile, Internet,
Services or Software Products, please check back with us for custom
options.
siliconindia
startup city There is no place/event where you can meet
March 20, 2010 Chennai so many of them on a single day!
CEO CONCLAVE: This is a close-door CEO discussion, which will
be attended by CEOs and Managing Directors of over 500 startups. The
roundtable will facilitate an informal discussion amongst the senior man-
agement about the best practices of building a technology company in
India, what works, what doesn’t work, potential pitfalls and other chal-
lenges.
siliconindia
startup city
March 20, 2010 Chennai
PARTNERSHIP: Startups and emerging product companies can
accelerate their product evolution and market penetration significantly by
partnering with large companies who can help them in Go-to-market
strategies, pilot lead generation, product functional packaging, refine their
product definition, solution approaches, among others.
In previous Startup City events, several of the startups have been able to
start partership negotiations with some of these multinational companies.
Upcoming Event
http://www.siliconindia.com/events/startupcity_2010/index.php
siliconindia
startup city
March 20, 2010 Chennai
ATTENDEES: Our previous StartupCity events was attended by
12000 qualified professionals, over 50 investors, over 200 technology
leaders and 1400 entrepreneurs.
siliconindia
startup city
March 20, 2010 Chennai
AGENDA
8.30 to 8.50 AM: Registration, Conversations & Connections
8.50 AM: Welcome
9.00 to 9.30 AM: Inaugural Keynote
9.30 to 10.30 AM: Panel Discussion
10.30 to 11.00 AM: Sponsor Talk 1
11.00 to 11.30 AM: Sponsor Talk 2
11.30 to 12:00 Noon: Closing Keynote
1 PM to 4 PM: Presentations by startup companies in
various tracks:
Internet/ Mobile/ Software/ Services
4.00 to 5.30 PM: CEO Conclave
5.30 to 5.45 PM: Award Ceremony
5.45 to 5.55 PM: Concluding Remarks.
PREVIOUS SPONSORS:
siliconindia
startup city
March 20, 2010 Chennai
This is undoubtedly the biggest event for startups. If you can
confirm now, we can start to promote your company/ product on the site. This you
would agree will be a great publicity for the next two months as we roll out our
marketing campaign. We will receive thousands of pre-registrations for the show via
the website every week. Provided you confirm early, you will be able to benefit from
all the branding exercise that we undertake.
The cost of attending siliconindia Startup City is very reasonable. We are offering
you the following benefits at Rs 15,000. (Please note this is non-negotiable cost. We
would like to be fair to all the participating startups.)
BENEFITS:
1) Booth: 3x1 mtr HURRY
2) 8 Minutes company presentation time (VCs, Corporate This offer is made to only selected
Investors and senior management of various technology Startups. Our review team has short-
listed your company to be invited for
companies will be present)
this edition of Startup City.
3) One invitation for round table lunch with investors and To ensure that we deliver value, we
leaders of technology giants. accept only 50 startup exhibitors and
company presentations.
4) Two Special invites for the CEO Roundtable discussion
As a result, in our previous three
5) Visibility on the website for one month events, we had to turn down several
6) Opportunity to meet investors startups who were keen to exhibit
and present.
7) All PR and Marketing activities related to event promotions
will carry your Company name
siliconindia
startup city
March 20, 2010 Chennai
WHAT PREVIOUS EXHIBITORS SAID BRANDING :
We have put in place a brand campaign plan, which ensures greater visibil-
"SiliconIndia Startup City 2009 was conducted in a professional way and was ity. Here are the branding exercise we are undertaking:
wonderfully organized. The catch of the event is the stalls held by respec-
tive partners. It was very helpful to reach the target audience. We would 1) An integrated email campaign over the two months leading up to the
like to shake hands with you for all events in future." exhibition and targeted specifically to the demographics of start-ups/
potential customers/ partners.
Bala Murugan V, CFO,Cogzidel Consultancy Services
2) A concerted online campaign
3) Print advertisement
4) Partnering with other Associations & Technology groups
"A must for every current or a future startup, tech enthusiast, Entre-
preneur and VC. The only event that gives the 'complete picture' of siliconindia
startup city
the startup scenario in India in a single day. Take away form this
event for LyteCube has been invaluable"
Our India magazine, The Smart Techie, published from Bangalore, empow-
ers technology leaders for tomorrow. Its mission is to update its readers on
the latest developments in technology and how these developments will
impact them. The magazine aims to capture insights from the experiences of
technology leaders from across the globe.
Over the last one decade, SiliconIndia.com has emerged as the most trusted
source for news and information for professionals. The portal has a global
ranking of No.4 in the IT News & Media category. With over 3 million
registered users, SiliconIndia.com is the fastest growing portal and is ranked
among the top 120 websites most trafficked from India.
siliconindia
startup city
March 20, 2010 Chennai
the kind of support towards our community really helped us Applications’ in Technology by Dr. Y.L.R. Moorthi,
to grow faster and groom the awareness within the society,” Professor, IIM Bangalore, Bharath Chinamanthur, Director,
reckons S.Kaliyan of BangaloreITpro. Amazon IDC, Suresh Vedula, Head-Business Mobility,
Moreover, it was a unique opportunity for over 6,000 Nokia India, and Paul Murphy, Director of Innovation,
EMPOWERING TECHNOLOGY LEADERS OF TOMORROW technology enthusiasts to recharge their entrepreneurial spir- Microsoft India gave an overview of how to build the brand.
June 2008 thesmarttechie.com
its. Sandeep Lodha, Vice President, Netweb Technologies, Dr. Moorthi, moderator in the panel, emphasized that the
an exhibitor said, “It is interesting to see so many techies entrepreneurs should find innovative ways apart from direct