Entrepreneurship Cell, FMS

Entrepreneurship Cell, FMS proudly presents Basecamp'22. Calling all entrepreneurs looking for opportunities to realize their start-up potential. Investment opportunities are up for grabs and you get a chance to build connections, find the missing ingredient (if any) in your start-up, and live your dreams!

Register -> Pitch -> Get Funded

Shape, Analyse, Validate, and Execute your startup ideas under many well-renowned Entrepreneurs and Investors in the Basecamp, E-Summit '22.

Event Structure:

The Basecamp'22 event consists of two stages:

Stage 1

The participants are required to register online.
Submit your business idea. A 5-slide presentation business plan that describes your start-up.

Shortlisted teams make it to the next round.

Last Date for Registration - 21st February 2022
Deadline for Submission of Presentation - 21st February 2022

Stage 2​

Shortlisted teams will present their plan in front of a panel of judges at FMS.
A panel consisting of investors, accelerators, and other partners to judge the ventures.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A round by judges.
Time Limit: 10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A with the panel

Rules:
The competition is open for students from both undergraduate and postgraduate courses and entrepreneurs.
The team can comprise participants from different institutes/organizations.
In the case of plagiarism, late submission or unavailability during the presentation will lead to disqualification.
The final decision lies with the organizers and by participating you confirm to abide by the rules of the competition and the decision of the organizing team.

REGISTER HERE:
https://forms.gle/e8ZxDErRJYVpqrXn9

For this week we take a look at Unacademy, one of India's largest learning platforms.

It is an Indian multinational educational platform, based in Bangalore. Originally created as a YouTube channel in 2010 by Gaurav Munjal, the company was founded in 2015 by Munjal, Roman Saini, and Hemesh Singh.

Its motive is to build the world’s largest online knowledge repository for multilingual education. The company uses the latest technology to empower great educators and create a community of self-learners.

Having the largest distribution of free educational videos, and more than 100 Million views every month, the company is working towards creating videos in multiple languages to facilitate students globally, include worthy content and test preparation modules for all possible competitive examinations, and affiliate with great minds to build powerful student network.

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This week we have Sriharsha Majety, Co-Founder and CEO of Swiggy as our Entrepreneur of the week.

In 2013 He and Nandan Reddy, designed an e-commerce website called Bundl to facilitate courier service and shipping within India. Bundl was halted and was rebranded to enter the food delivery market. They along with Rahul Jaimini founded Swiggy and the parent holding company Bundl Technologies in 2013.

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For the last post of the year from Ecell, we take a look at Meesho, one of the fastest-growing e-commerce platforms in recent times.

Meesho was founded by IIT Delhi graduates Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal in December 2015 and is an Indian social e-commerce company, headquartered in Bangalore. Meesho, short for "meri eshop" (My E-Shop), is an app that enables physical stores to take their inventory online and sell through social channels. It is the first Indian startup to receive investment from Facebook. It achieved unicorn status in April 2021 with a valuation of $2.1 Billion and more than doubling its valuation to $4.9 billion in just five months.

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This week we have Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder and CEO of Paytm as our Entrepreneur of the week.

He was always an entrepreneur and in 1997, while still in college, he started the website indiasite.net and sold it two years later for $1 million. In 2000, he started One97 Communications which offered mobile content including news, cricket scores, ringtones, jokes, and exam results. One97 is the parent company of Paytm, which was launched by Sharma in 2010.

Coming from a humble background, he taught himself English by memorizing rock songs and simultaneously reading translated textbooks in English and Hindi. Now he is a success story and inspiration to many and a real-life example that dreams do come true.

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Ecell of FMS is proud to start a new series to look at various startups and their storied journey to success.

We are kicking it off with BlinkIt formerly known as Grofers. It was founded by IIT Graduates Albinder Dhindhsa and Saurabh Kumar in 2013 in Gurugram and is based on an online grocery delivery business. It provides a platform to its customers to facilitate their online grocery shopping. It had already raised approximately $827 million from investors like Softbank, sequoia capital, and tiger global. It has an app user base of 10 million+ and delivers more than 1.25 lakh orders every day.

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Ecell of FMS is proud to start a new series to delve into the new-age entrepreneurs making it big and inspiring a generation to chase their dreams.

We are kicking it off with Ritesh Agarwal a 25-year-old billionaire who is the founder and CEO of the world's most affordable hotel chain, OYO. He began his adventure at the age of 20 with the intention of establishing a solution for individuals seeking economical hotels all over the world, and he is well on his way to accomplishing that goal. Ritesh has been a tech nerd since he was ten years old, and he began coding at the age of ten. Traveling throughout the world was another of his passions. As he travels across India, he realizes that there is a need for reasonably priced hotels that provide adequate service which motivated him to start OYO.

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Confluentis 2021 | Interactive session with Mr. Sayan Ghosh

We at Entrepreneurship Cell FMS Delhi conducted a virtual interaction with Mr. Sayan Ghosh . He is an Associate Investment Officer at the International Finance Corporation. He is also a Venture Capitalist and an active investor in multiple startups.

The session provided great insights into entrepreneurship. We would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Sayan for his invaluable time.

Confluentis 2021 | Interactive session with Mr. Nikhil Aggarwal

We at Entrepreneurship Cell FMS Delhi conducted a virtual interaction with Mr. Nikhil Aggarwal. He is the CEO and Founder at Grip Invest. GRIP offers investment opportunities to invest in physical assets leased to corporates, to earn monthly fixed returns.

The session provided great insights into entrepreneurship. We would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Nikhil for his invaluable time.

Confluentis 2021 | Interactive session with Mr. Rakesh Routhu

We at Entrepreneurship Cell FMS Delhi conducted a virtual interaction with Mr. Rakesh Routhu. He is the COO and Co-Founder at Aerologix. Aerologic is a company that connects drone pilots with customers using smartphone technology and purpose-built apps.

The session was a great source of learning for the students. We would like to thank Mr. Rakesh for his invaluable time.

LAST DAY TO APPLY

Please fill the interest form below to express your interest in the program. (Before 25th August EOD)
https://forms.gle/G8B7oumtwW3iE3Gk6

We hope you make the best of this opportunity to kickstart under the guidance of our stellar entrepreneur alumni. We also request you to acknowledge the fact that the alumni are helping us pro bono and will be taking out their time to guide us through the process. We request you to only fill the form after due-deliberation.
(For more information contact Manohar Hosmani: 9769968978; Arun Shivdas: 78385 68078)

FMS Launchpad|| E-Cell Deadline: 25th August 2021

We present to you 'FMS Launchpad', a unique mentorship program exclusively for FMS students. A group of 30+ FMS alumni entrepreneurs and investors have come forward to extend their support and mould your entrepreneurial journey.

FMS launchpad can help you in the following ways:
1. Mentorship by our alumni
2. Funding and connecting with non-alumni investors
3. Market Linkages/Business Connections

Please fill the interest form below to express your interest in the program. (Before 25th August EOD)
https://forms.gle/G8B7oumtwW3iE3Gk6

We hope you make the best of this opportunity to kickstart under the guidance of our stellar entrepreneur alumni. We also request you to acknowledge the fact that the alumni are helping us pro bono and will be taking out their time to guide us through the process. We request you to only fill the form after due-deliberation.
(For more information contact Manohar Hosmani: 9769968978; Arun Shivdas: 78385 68078)