Global Startup Summit 2025 Bengaluru

Name: Global Startup Summit 2025 Bengaluru
Start: 2025-04-12T03:00:00+05:30
Location: The Chancery Pavilion: Bengaluru

Schedule

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025 at 03:00 am

UTC+05:30

Location

The Chancery Pavilion: Bengaluru | Bangalore, KA

Global Startup Summit - Bengaluru is an initiative to connect the startup community for collective networking and progress. It is a platform to encourage the Indian startup ecosystem and an initiative to bridge the gap between startups and investors. Past Agenda 1. Registration: Timing: 8:30 - 09.30am: (GSS Main Room) REGISTRATION Timing: 09.30 - 09.40am: (GSS Main Room) Welcome Address 2. Networking Activity: Timing: 09.40 - 09.50am 3. Keynote Address: Mohit Sureka - Founder & CEO Global Startups Club & Mojo Capital Timing: 09.50 - 10.10am 4. Panel Discussion #1: Timing: 10.10am - 10.40am: Elevating Customer Experience: The Key to Successful Branding Session Speakers: Sriharsha Nallamilli - Manager - Strategic Partnerships Wadhwani foundation Shashi Kumar - Founder & CEO Akshayakalpa Organic Ravi Teja Akondi - Co-Founder & CEO iMumz Prakash Nimbalkar - Startup Mentor & Advisor Shivam Kumar Dang - Partnerships & Head of Startup Ecosystem Simpl (Moderator) 5. Panel Discussion #2: Timing: 11.00am - 11.40am: Tech Trends: Exploring Future of Real Estate Session Speakers: Anand Narayan KB - Founder Alt Realtech Pvt Ltd CA Amit Kumar Kedia - Director Kedia Corporate Advisors Pvt Ltd Ajay Kumar - Co-Founder & CEO Monk Tech Labs Manisheel Gautam - Co-Founder Inventorey Sangeet Hemant Kumar - Founder SHK Global Ventures & WealthiGO (Moderator) 6. Panel Discussion #3: Timing: 11.40am - 12.20pm: Startup Agility in Product / Platform Development: Session Speakers: Ashish Sanganeria - Senior Partner TRANSEARCH Devashish Fuloria - CEO GeoIQ Atish Shelar - COO Techfini Piyush Peshwani - Co-Founder OnGrid Mr. Pratik Kapasi - Founder HeyCoach Rohit C. - Founding Partner Advoke Law LLP (Moderator) 1A. Global Startup Battles (Side Room) #2: Timing: 10.00 - 1pm: 20 Startup Founders pitching in GLOBAL STARTUP BATTLES Judges Pankaj Gupta - Managing Partner EthAum Ventures Vittal Ramakrishnan - Founder & CEO POD Sudharsan Venkatakrishnan - Senior Vice President Klub Madhu Gupta - Managing Partner EthAum Ventures Sumit Dutta - IIM Calcutta-Venture Advisor Ex NASSCOM & Flipkart Lalit Singla - Founder & CEO Steerx Innovations Rachit Poddar - Co-Founder & Director IVY Growth Associates Babji VS - Startup Connect The Gain Kamini Shivalkar - Associate Vice President Gemba Capital P. Mohan - Founder & CEO SEEDICON Samit Khanna - Co-Founder & Partner Signal Ventures Narendra Bhandari - General Partner Seafund 7. Panel Discussion #B1 Timing: 2.00pm - 2.40pm Predicting the Future: Branding on LinkedIn Session Speakers: Muskan Agrawal - LinkedIn Top Voice Abhijeet Mutha - Co-Founder Mentoverse CA Rahul Arora - Linkedin Creator | 40k+ followers | 10 Mn+ Annual impressions Rachna Lulla - HR Director Arintra Yogesh Agarwal - Founder: Revamp Tribe | Public Speaker | Corporate Trainer Ajita Dash - Founding Partner Advoke Law LLP (Moderator) 8. Panel Discussion #B2 Timing: 2.40pm - 3.20pm Predicting the Future: Forecasting Unicorn Startups and predict scaling Analysis of market trends Session Speakers: Ashis Nayak - Founding Partner Partner Shastra VC Narendra Bhandari - General Partner Seafund Mittu Tigi - CEO AICIIITK Rachit Poddar - Co-Founder & Director IVY Growth Associates (Moderator) 9. Panel Discussion #B3 Timing: 3.20pm - 4.00 pm From Seed to Series A: Understanding the Evolution of Startup Funding Rounds Session Speakers: Babji VS - Startup Connect The Gain Samit Khanna - Co-Founder & Partner Signal Ventures Madhu Gupta - Managing Partner EthAum Ventures Sumit Dutta - IIM Calcutta - Venture Advisor Ex NASSCOM & Flipkart Vishnu Chaitanya - Head of Strategic Marketing Neutrodev (Moderator) 10. Panel Discussion #A4: Timing: 12.20pm - 01.00pm: From Local to Global: Scaling Cultural Brands in a Global Marketplace Session Speakers: Sripal Jain - CA & CPA Simandhar Education Smitha Hemmigae - Head of Marketing ANSR Akshita Sachdeva - Co-Founder Trestle Labs Madhwesh K Practising Company Secretary (Moderator) 11. LUNCH & Networking #2: Timing: 1 - 2 pm: 12. Panel Discussion #A5: Timing: 2pm - 2.40pm: Investing in Startups Balancing Risk and Reward: Session Speakers: Vittal Ramakrishna - Founder & CEO POD Subhashish Bhadra - Head of Corporate Development Klub Ashwin Raguraman - Co-Founder & Partner Bharat Innovation Fund Lalit Singla - Founder & CEO SteerX Innovations Mohan P. - Founder & CEO SEEDICON Pavithra P. - Accrescent Managed Services (Moderator) 13. Panel Discussion #A6: Timing: 2:40pm - 3:20pm: From Bootstrapping to Breakthrough: Navigating Funding Challenges Session Speakers: Jugul Thachery - Founder & CEO HOGR Ashish Khandelwal - Founder & CEO ANQ Meenu Sasikumar - Founder & CEO AMG Invest Suraj Palled - Founder & CEO Bright Accounts (Moderator) 14. Panel Discussion #A7: Timing: 3:20pm - 4.00pm: Beyond Capital: The Value-Add of Strategic Investors Session Speakers: Pankaj Gupta - Managing Partner EthAum Venture Partners Aravin G Namdev - Venture Partner ah! Ventures Sudharsan Venkatakrishnan - Senior Vice President Klub Divya Chandrasekaran - Founder iPact Legal (Moderator) 15. Global Startups Battle: Finale Timing: 4:00pm - 4:30pm Remaining Judges: 16. Panel Discussion #A8: Timing: 4:30pm - 5.10pm: Exploring Specialized Investment Verticals Session Speakers: Vinod Keni - Managing Partner Peachtree Capital Ventures Shyam Menon - Co-Founder & Partner Bharat Innovation Fund Rachit Poddar - Co-Founder & Director IVY Growth Associates Ritesh Chandra - Founding Partner Vidhikrit Legal (Moderator) 17. Tea Break & Networking #2: Timing: 4:30pm - 5.00pm 18. GSS Awards + Power startup recognition #: Timing: 5.10 - 5:30pm Session Highlights: Recognition & Awards for: Top 20 Creators | Top 20 Startups | Winner of GSS Startup Battle Muskan Agrawal - Dynamic LinkedIn Creator of the Year | Finance Yogesh Agarwal - LinkedIn Rising Creator of the Year | Business & Branding Sripal Jain - Iconic Creator of the Year | Finance Rahul Arora - LinkedIn Innovative Creator of the Year | Business & Finance Abhijeet Mutha - LinkedIn Insightful Creator of the year | Finance Surprise to be announced - Best Supporting Member of the Year