UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) India and iSPIRT announce the winners of the Great Tech Rocketships Initiative 2016 (GTRS) The 6 winners are: Wigzo – A machine learning engine that understands user attributes, and allows marketeers to personalise and engage each user 1:1 onsite, and on communications Tydy – Employee Onboarding & Engagement Software. With automated & paperless...
Tech Startups: Here Is A Chance To Take Your Rocketships To The UK
The Great Tech Rocketships Initiative (GTRS) 2016 is back again – only bigger and better. It is all set to introduce high-potential tech companies from India to the best in the UK. The initiative was started last year with the intent to provide a platform to startups with innovative and disruptive ideas that have the potential to scale up globally. If you think you have the potential to grow...
iSPIRT announces the launch of InnoFest 2015
A ‘first of its kind’ marquee event to kick-start the next innovation wave in India, where Bengaluru takes the lead in showcasing Public-Private Partnership. With iSPIRT, we are happy to announce the launch of InnoFest – a day long Innovation festival jointly organized and sponsored by Public and Private Enterprise. The event, to be held at the Indian Institute of...
The Entrepreneur’s Guide To Estimating Market Size For It’s Startup
Note: Before I begin, I would like to clarify the difference between market potential and revenue estimate. I have often seen entrepreneurs use the two terms interchangeably. Market Potential Market Potential is about estimating the size of the overall market opportunity. It is a sum total of the potential revenues of all players who are addressing that opportunity, if all the potential customers...
Great Tech Rocketships (GTRS) to the UK – a UKTI, Tech Hub UK and iSPIRT initiative
Great Tech Rocketships to the UK is an initiative by UKTI to assist companies from India that would like to do business in, with or from the UK. (UKTI, or UK Trade & Investment, is a UK Government department whose mandate is to assist UK based businesses in their overseas expansion, and also encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.) UKTI chose...
"Be Prepared to Move Very Fast" Mukund Mudras, CEO & Co-Founder of Heckyl #IfNotNowThenWhen
In conversation with Mukund Mudras – CEO and Co-Founder of Heckyl – winners of the UKTI ‘India’s Most Innovative Companies To Work With The Best of UK’ 2013. A brief about the company – Heckyl is a real time data analytics company that brings news, price and fundamental analytics through a single platform called FIND (Financial in News and Data). FIND can be used by a researcher, trader...
A startup going global has to be stronger, better, faster than others – Bhanu Chopra #ifnotnowthenwhen
Cue in to what Bhanu Chopra, Founder & CEO at RateGain, has to say about going global… Why do you encourage Indian companies to go global? Since the evolution of modern trade, commercial activities between countries and across the seas have been an integral part of our society. While earlier, it was all about access to spices, cotton and precious minerals, today it is primarily about getting...
Fingerprint entry into cars? Read what this venture is doing…
Great Tech Rocketships to the UK is a unique initiative to fast-track India’s most promising tech companies and talent to global success. Read more. Tell us about your venture – what problem are you solving, and why do you think it is an important problem to be solved? Identisafe is a biometric company and our product, Identisafe-09 helps to start and secure your car with your fingerprint...
Are you an Indian Tech company, looking to go global? Apply now for our Great Tech Rocketships initiative.
“Great Tech Rocketships to the UK” is a unique initiative to fast-track India’s most promising Tech Companies. Winners of this competition will receive a one-week guided UK experience tour, including advice & mentoring from specialists, interactions with investors, accelerators, and incubators. The initiative will also take the shortlisted companies to Tech City – the most...
Why entrepreneurs should watch MasterChef Australia
This article is not about cooking or opportunities in the F&B sector. Instead, it is about the importance of design, presentation quality, and visual appeal. And the impact it can have on your business, including your ability to attract employees, mentors/advisors, suppliers, and investors. MasterChef Australia to me is an excellent reminder that producing a great product is not enough...