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Proto IV… India’s best startup showcase event comes to Delhi this weekend

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Proto is happening in Delhi this weekend. Scheduled for the 18th & 19th of July, this is the fourth edition for the event and the first time it is happening outside Chennai. The event will feature a medley of startups, entrepreneurs, technologists, bloggers, media, investors etc. The first day is dedicated for the ‘The Startup School‘, a collection of experience sharing sessions. The second day is reserved for the showcase itself and on display will be a battery of 15 startups which will take the stage to tell the audience what they are building.

Check out this promotional video that the Proto team has put together –

A large number of VC firms & angel networks have confirmed their participation for the event- Ventureast, ClearStone Ventures, Canaan Partners, Sequoia Capital, Nexus India Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Helion Ventures, LightSpeed Ventures, Ojas Ventures, Bluerun Ventures. Mentor Partners, Siemens, Upstream Ventures, BAF Spectrum, Band of Angels, Inventus Capital, FootPrint Ventures, Erasmic Ventures, NEA Indo US Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Matrix Partners, Mercatus Capital, TVS Capital Fund, Intel Capital, SeedFund, Capital18, Mumbai Angels.

The sponsors for the event include are Rediff, Webex, IAMAI & Intel Capital.

It must be said that of all the startup showcase events in India, Proto was the first and it has the largest mindshare. The Proto team has worked very hard to make this a regular event. And having this in different Indian cities gives it a pan Indian character.

I was personally involved with Proto’s first edition but have had to pull back my participation due to my own work commitments. Check out the startups that were featured in the first & second edition in the decks below…

Startups that showcased at Proto II

Startups that showcased at Proto I

If you are in Delhi, I’d look forward to meeting you there… and kudos to the Proto team for bringing this to the nation’s capital.

StartupLunch…. startup hiring a la speed dating style

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Main Page - Startup Lunch_1206209471560.png The team behind Proto has come up with a useful idea… it’s called Startuplunch and it’s meant to help startups & job seekers serenade each other before tying themselves into a hiring relationship. How is this supposed to work? Check out this excerpt from their website “…….the principle is roughly the same as the SpeedDating concept. The startup founders are seated on one side and the candidates get to say hello and have a quick conversation to talk about what the background of the founder is, why he started the company and what sort of person he is looking for, while asking questions to the candidate about the reason to join a startup and what his/her passions are and ten minutes later the same process continues with the next founder. Within an hour, you would have met/spoken to most of the startups, and by the end of the day would know whom to get in touch with for your first/next job….“. Just for clarity’s sake, this is not the job interview itself, rather a precursor to that.

And within a week of launching the initiative, the concept seems to have found quite a few takers. Check out the registrations in various cities – Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Delhi. The date & locations are yet to be announced.

I’d look forward to see how this actually blossoms out. The concept is somewhat similar to the job fairs that are organised by the job portals (naukri, timesjob) , except that it’s startup focused.

And oh yes! Something that’s missing from the website is the menu to be served at the lunch-:)