Scaling Up Your Startup

Building <div>Amit Panchal is a co-founder and the CEO of AllEvents, a leading event discovery platform. He founded AllEvents in 2011 right after graduating with a degree in computer engineering, with the aim of making event discovery easy and accessible for everyone.<br><br>In the early stages of the company, Amit personally oversaw the development of the website, and together with his co-founder Ruchit, they successfully scaled the platform to cover over 40,000 cities and attract millions of event seekers.<br><br>Currently, Amit is responsible for leading the Product, Marketing, and Sales teams at AllEvents. The platform has become one of the largest event discovery platforms in the world and boasts over 15 million active users who rely on it to find events of interest happening around the world.</div>

Ahmedabad

Jatin Chaudhary

CEO · eChai Ventures

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Co-founder, Bootstrapped and Profitable, in Media / creator.

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Ahmedabad

Nadeem Jafri

Founder · Heartymart

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Entrepreneur | Startup Mentor | IIMA Guest Speaker | Speaker.

Building <div>Insights and mental health. Skyquest One of the most innovative companies by Fast Company in 2017<br><br>Shriya Damani is a dynamic entrepreneur, trained technology research professional with optimal exposure to project management &amp; sound experience in market development for life-science companies. An M.Sc. in Biotechnology, she mentors the Skyquest team and is an internal quality champion for all the projects.<br><br></div><div>Shriya brings in ingenuity in her approach to problem-solving and has been instrumental in strategic growth of Skyquest and its clients. She has been part of over 30 technology licensing deals, and several research projects for global companies. Being a strong advocate of shared learning, she is frequently invited at various fora to speak on innovation &amp; entrepreneurship in India and abroad. Shriya has given more than 25 training sessions and presentations globally. She has also been course editor for technology management module—Agriculture Technology Management course run by National Academy of Agriculture Research &amp; Management (NAARM) and Hyderabad Central University.</div><div><br>She has also Co-Founded WaterQuest HydroResources Management India Pvt. Ltd.<br><br>.<br><br>Skyquest Technology Group is a Global Technology Aggregator &amp; Accelerator working in the areas of Agritech, Life Sciences, Nanotechnology and Cleantech, founded in 2006, providing Strategic Advisory services like:<br><br>a) Business Prospecting &amp; Facilitation, Deal-making and Technology Transfer &amp; Commercialization (Co-partnering, In-licensing, &amp; Out-Licensing).<br><br>b) Global Custom &amp; Proprietary Search, Evaluation and Acquisition of Technologies.<br><br>c) Technology or Product Specific Market Research, Business Partner screening.<br><br>d) New Market Entry, Expansion and Soft-landing support.<br><br>e) Collaborative &amp; Clinical Research Project Management.</div>

Building <div>Umesh, has close to 10 years of experience in IT &amp; Real Estate Industry and defines himself as a Strategic Thinker with a flair towards Marketing and Sales, a Startup Enthusiast and a passionate ENTREPRENEUR.<br><br>As Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer of Dev Accelerator (DevX), Umesh has a strong focus on strengthening Strategic Partnerships, designing long term Growth Strategies, along with heading the Panel for curating Technology Startups/SMEs for the Accelerator program. Also acting as a Board Member (Investor) and Mentor for multiple Portfolio Ventures in the domain of SaaS, Mobility, Cloud Kitchen, Media Tech and Lending.<br><br>He takes pride in co-owning Gujarat’s largest Co-working space.<br><br>The primary focus is heading the role of Sourcing, Negotiating and on-boarding Strategic Partners and even focusing on like-minded collaborations. The ultimate goal is to ensure that Commercialization of Products/Services leads to produce high-value offerings that generate strong bottom line benefits for the DevX, Portfolio Companies and the end clients.<br><br>Prior to launching Dev Accelerator, he worked with a 100 year old Manufacturing firm, based in Barnsley, United Kingdom, wherein he donned the hat of a result driven Marketing/Sales Consultant wherein Critical thinking and Communication skills, being one of his key strengths, supported him to devise appropriate strategies and communicate the same to the management team.<br><br>Umesh, has been an active Investor and Mentor in many Startups wherein his role was to ensure that they get a boost whilst moving from Ideation Stage to Growth stage.</div>

Ahmedabad

Yash Shah

Co-founder · Momentum91

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Founder, Profitable.

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