I am super excited to introduce the PowerPlug contest, a unique contest targeted towards early stage startups in India. With PowerPlug contest, we wanted to bring out (and recognize) amazing Indian technology startups on a continuous basis. That is, go deep inside the rice fields & animal sheds of the startup farms. As part of […]
Canaan partners in “Pioneering Spirit”
Canaan is pleased to partner with Lufthansa in bringing the next edition of “Pioneering Spirit” – a unique television series around entrepreneurship. Apart from our involvement in the selection process, we will be extending a stay for winners at our offices, in order to have close range brainstorming on their business. We will also sponsor […]
India’s first-ever multi-city boot-camp by IAN
Indian Angel Network announces India’s first-ever multi-city start-up bootcamp. This event would give an opportunity to both budding as well as established entrepreneurs to gain access to IAN angel members as well as certain power-packed panel discussions on various fund-raising challenges. Further, to inspire entrepreneurism beyond the niche social circles – the event would also […]
5 Canaan companies in Top 50 Venture backed list
Venturesource has published its list of top 50 venture backed companies. Canaan is privileged to have partnered with great entrepreneurial talent behind 5 of these companies – Xirrus, The Active Network, Zoosk, Endogastric Solutions and Soasta. Congratulations to everyone who made the list! 0
Welcoming Rahul Khanna to Canaan
Happy to announce that Rahul Khanna will be joining Canaan as Managing Director. As many of you would know, Rahul was with Clearstone India till recently, and has had operating and startup experience before that. He has built a credible network in the Indian venture space, and has been at the center of some evolving […]
Entrepreneurship Week India from Feb 5th to 12th
From the 5th to the 12th February 2011, students of Entrepreneurship Cells (E Cells) at 30 NEN member academic institutes in Bangalore will engage in E Week India 2011 – the high energy week-long campaign to build awareness and inspire public support for entrepreneurship. A week of exciting and unusual activities will be conducted by […]
Speakers List at APEX ’11 PE/VC Summit; Feb.10, Mumbai
I am happy to announce the list of Investor and Entrepreneur speakers for APEX ’11, the annual conclave of the Indian Private Equity / Venture Capital industry, scheduled for February 10 at Mumbai. The event will have a special focus on Cleantech, Logistics and Real Estate. Private Equity: The Road Ahead Raja Kumar, Founder & […]
TiE Entrepreneurial Summit – Call to register
The largest entrepreneurship symposiums in Asia in its fifth year – TiE Entrepreneurial Summit (TES) 2010: “Enterprising India – Changing the Nation, Leading the Worldâ€, a 3 day mega event scheduled in Delhi from 21st – 23rd Dec 2010 that would focus on entrepreneurial opportunities in a wide range of domains; world renowned selection of […]
Businessworld Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2011
Inviting applications for the Businessworld Young Entrepreneurs Awards 2011. The last date for applications is December 15, 2010. Eligibility Criteria: All founders must be under 35 years old as on December 31, 2010. Companies must be at least 2 years old and less than 5 years old as on March 31, 2011. Five winners will […]
Dreaming a Startup? – Join us at NASSCOM Product Conclave 2010
Starting up is not easy. You have to wear a hundred different hats at the same time. Building team, product design, coding, testing, marketing, selling, finance, admin, HR and everything else that comes along the way (or in the way). Does the very thought of this deter you from setting off on your dream journey? […]
Deadlines – UnPluGGd Nomination and Attendee Registration
UnPluggd is scheduled for October 30th (Bangalore) and we will bring India’s most promising technology startups to the stage. But beyond that, the event will also bring in some of the most inspiring talks from entrepreneurs who have successfully managed to build a great technology business from India (for reference, take a look at the […]
Roar of the Cloud
Among a close group of friends in the Paas, SaaS and IaaS sector in India and a few members from the VC community, we have been talking for sometime about the need to come together to discover and support innovators working on new SaaS products/services. The challenge really is to democratize development and support the […]