BarCamp Mumbai 5

BarCamp Mumbai has moved out of the IIT campus. The fifth edition will be held at the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute in Matunga (East). There isn’t much information up yet on the sessions planned. The event is slated for February 1. Proto.in’s fifth edition is coming up this weekend, January 23-24, in Bangalore. What’s interesting? Definitely Startup Disco at Club99…

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Proto.in trackback: Tyroo, DeskAway, Buzzworks

Here’s the second batch of six companies tracked down after their showcases at Proto.in: Tyroo Founder (s): Manish Vij, Harish Bahl, Mahendra Swaroop, Aditya Khanna HQ: Gurgaon Sector: Consumer Internet Tyroo is an online advertising network which employs 45 people. It was incubated by Smile Interactive with $1 million angel funding. Raised an undiclosed Series A funding from Yahoo! in…

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Cleantech VC deals double

Almost All Sectors Will See Revenue Stress; Sequoia Capital India (Mint) Cleantech VC Investments Double to Nearly $8 billion in 2008, But Could Drop in ’09 (Mercury News) Ashish Gupta of Helion on Processes, Execution and Organization Structure in Startups (Medianama) Dandelife’s Struggles Offer Lessons for Startups (ReadWriteWeb) Getting Attention (and Cash) From VCs and Angel Investors (Examiner)

Proto.in trackback: Vembu, Novatium, Inasra

Last month, I embarked on a project to track down the many startups who have been showcased at Proto.in since its inception. I met with limited success. Many of the emails sent to people listed as ‘contacts’ on Proto.in’s website bounced back and some did not write back. Still, I managed to get a few responses and those were pretty…

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Tech startups: get used to competing with the kirana

The poor kirana got the stick from Sloka Telecom co-founder Sujai Karampuri at HeadStart’s Entrepreneur RoundTable in Bangalore today.”They (VCs) would rather have 60% in a kirana store than have 1% of Google…The sad reality is that Indian tech companies are not getting funding,” Karampuri said at the session. Read more here. It seems that at the root of his…

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