While were busy busy tracking Headstart, which was a huge success — more at the official blog, the January edition of Proto.in came to an end as well over the weekend. This was a special edition for Chennai, Proto’s birthplace. Just a year after the showcase was born it is now going national. The next edition will be held in New Delhi on July 18-19.
So what happened at Proto.in January 2008? Vijay Anand, serial entrepreneur and one of the architects of Proto.in, has put down a few notes at the forum’s blog. He has also put up a list of the 17 start-ups who made it to the final shortlists for this edition. These companies were chosen out of a total of 300-plus applications.
The Proto.in movement, as it moves out of Chennai, is poised for bigger things. You will know more in a few months. Anand is talking about taking it to Singapore. But that’s just a fraction of what he and fellow organizers have up their sleeves. As he put it, it does promise to be a fantastic year ahead and for now, the startups sure are winning.
Hi Singdha, I’ve rounded up some more coverage of Proto.in on my blog here – http://siddhi.blogspot.com/2008/01/protoin-2008-roundup.html