TiE Announces Its First Ever 'Global Summit' in India
Sunnyvale, California, August 25, 2016 (Newswire.com) - TIE ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST EVER ‘GLOBAL SUMMIT’ IN INDIA
- Aims at bringing 25 + Indian and South East Asian Chapters under one roof
- Renowned global entrepreneurs and investors will be Marquee speakers at TGS
TiE, the world’s largest network of successful entrepreneurs and professionals is all set to host its first ever Global Summit in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on December 16-17, 2016. The TiE Global Summit is aimed at entrepreneurs based out of the South Asia region and has been designed to be India’s largest conference for all the key stakeholders including seasoned and serial entrepreneurs, investors and sponsors. The event will give entrepreneurs an opportunity to network, interact, and share ideas with successful entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world and investors access to the most innovative and brightest minds working on scalable and profitable business ideas in the country.
"As the world's largest network of entrepreneurs, we understand the needs of investors and entrepreneurs. The TiE Global Summit is our new initiative, aimed at bringing together marquee speakers from around the world and from the TiE network in India and other parts of the world to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging markets. The Summit will focus on promoting collaboration between Indian startups and successful start-ups in the USA, Europe and Asia especially China and sharing best practices from these markets."
Venktesh Shukla, Chairman, TiE Global
Started in the year 1992 in Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs, TiE has completed 25 years of fostering entrepreneurship across the world. Today TiE has a network of 61 chapters in 18 countries and 13,000 members around the world.
Speaking on the announcement, Venktesh Shukla, Chairman TiE Global said, “As the world’s largest network of entrepreneurs, we understand the needs of investors and entrepreneurs. The TiE Global Summit is our new initiative, aimed at bringing together marquee speakers from around the world and from the TiE network in India and other parts of the world to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging markets. The Summit will focus on promoting collaboration between Indian startups and successful start-ups in the USA, Europe and Asia especially China and sharing best practices from these markets. Initiatives like ‘Startup India’ reflect the maturing of the Indian ecosystem and there is a need to provide access to global resources to take it to the next level.”
Said Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman Emeritus of TIE Delhi-NCR and former TIE Global Board Member “India is fast emerging as the new Start Up Nation of the world. It has 20,000 start ups with innovative solutions in IT, healthcare, education, fintech, agritech and a host of sectors in the enterprise and consumer space. Driven by a strong government focus on start ups, a rapidly expanding Indian Consumer base and a vast market abroad, the best of Indian brains are becoming entrepreneurs. The TiE Global Summit is just what the doctor ordered. It will bring together successful entrepreneurs, mentors and savvy investors from India, Asia, the US and around the world , providing an invaluable opportunity for networking, sharing ideas and opportunities fo collaboration between the best minds in India and abroad.”
The two-day mega event will be packed with enlightening and informative sessions and will see marquee speakers who are iconic entrepreneurs, global investors and upcoming successful entrepreneurs who share their experiences and challenges. The TiE Global Summit 2016 will provide an opportunity for Entrepreneurs to learn from the stellar line-up of speakers, meet the exhibitors and very efficiently and effectively connect with the funding sources with new program like VC Connect, which has been created to connect entrepreneurs with multiple venture capitalists at a rapid pace.
The event will also, witness an unveiling of the new brand identity for TiE. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary, TiE has undergone a brand refresh, and the new look represents the global, diverse, youthful, vibrant and contemporary brand of TiE.
For more information about TiE Global Summit and TiE Global please visit tie.org
About TiE Global
TiE Global, is a not for profit organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship around the World. TiE strives to inspire entrepreneurs through mentoring, networking, education, incubating and funding programs and activities. With nearly 2000+ events held each year, TiE brings together the entrepreneurial community to learn from local leaders, as well as each other. For more information, please visit our website at tie.org
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Rani Goel
VP Corporate Communications
TiE Global
(408) 250-8576
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Source: TiE Global
