RevStart, promoted by Ishan Singh and a leading co-working and incubation centre based out of Noida will be organizing Techstars Start-up Weekend Noida - a 54 hours Start-up weekend, from March 8 to 10, where participants will learn from mentors how to take an idea to a business and get funded.
TechStars Start-up Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can validate their start-up ideas and learn to turn them into a real business. On an average, half of Start-up Weekend’s attendees have technical or design backgrounds, the other half have business backgrounds. It’s a great opportunity for those looking for co-founders or to work in a start-up. At Revstart’s event, mentors have been curated to include subject matter experts, recently funded founders and experienced investors.
Happening on 8 – 10th March’19, the event kicks off at 5 pm on Friday with a Keynote by Mr. Sanjiv Bikchandani, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in India founder of Info Edge (the first Dot Com IPO) sharing his journey as an entrepreneur and a successful investor. This will be followed by open mic pitches, where attendees get one minute to introduce themselves, pitch their idea and name their ask. On Saturday teams will start working with mentors on their business plan, validating their ideas, practicing Lean Start-up Methodologies and building a minimal viable product. On Sunday there will be a Pitch Clinic to prepare for the final presentations. Participants will present the plan to marquee judges like Mr. Girish Shivani-Yournest, Ms. Padmaja Ruparel-IAN and Mr. Shailesh Vikram-Massive Fund, receiving valuable feedback, potential funding which can also include access to RevStart’s Incubation Programme.
Ishan Singh- Founder, Revstart Incubation Center says “I have been a part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem since 1998, built and exited from businesses in India and the US. Techstars have given us a globally recognised format to organize Start-up weekend Noida and I am grateful to my friends from the ecosystem like Mr. Ashish Kashyap- Ex-GoIbibo, Mr. Abhinav Mathur- Founder, Million Sparks Foundation, Ajay Rajgarhia- APM Fininvest, Anisha Singh- MyDala, Deep Bajaj- PeeBuddy / Sirona, Digvijay Singh- IAN, Pankaj Agrawal- Ex-CIO, CISO, Rahul Agarwala- Knimbus, Rahul Singh- The Beer Café,
Rohit Pateria- Placio, Rohan Mahajan- LawRato, Sanjiv Bajaj- Bajaj Capital, Saurabh Arora- University Living, Siddharth Vij- ShoeKonnect, Shikha Mehra- Mainchain, Vikas Kuthiala- Parriez, Vivek Agarwal- CEO, Liqvid and Yogesh Bansal- Angel Investor, who are participating in this event as mentors. Thank you for the support form partners like Indian Angel Network, Miraaya Ventures, MyHQ, Startup Delhi and TiE New Delhi.
About Techstars
Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Techstars founders connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporations to grow their companies. Techstars operates three divisions: Techstars Start-up Programs, Techstars. Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs, and Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships. Techstars accelerator portfolio includes more than 1,400 companies with a market cap of $15.9 Billion.
About RevStart
RevStart, Co-work. Incubate. Accelerate, is an ecosystem to support entrepreneurs, Start-ups and small business by quality services like co-working, incubation and acceleration. It is a brand founded & promoted by Mr. Ishan Singh, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor. In his personal capacity, through our investment arm, Re Capital.
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