Kanara Entrepreneurs Ltd. (KEL) are pleased to announce their next Mentoring Session, open to budding and established entrepreneurs from the Kanara region. The workshop will lay emphasis on angel investors and venture capital funds for start-ups as well as existing companies. Hear from experienced Angel Investors and VCs on how they lend their funds to these entrepreneurs.
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The India Club, Dubai – Utsav Hall |
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May 24, 2006 (Wednesday) |
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6.30 PM |
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Topics |
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Angel Investors versus Venture Capital
Experience in dealing with Angel Investors and Venture Capitalist |
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Speakers |
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Hari Padmanabhan – Deputy Managing Director – 3i Infotech Ltd and
Founder President – TiE Dubai
Roshan D’Silva – Managing Director, One Nine Three
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Registration: |
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Register online to reserve your seat. Limited seats available.
KEL members free. Member spouses – AED 25/=.
Guests – AED 75/= (inclusive of dinner) |
Hari is currently the Deputy Managing Director of 3i Infotech Ltd and also the founder president of TiE Dubai.Hari set-up Insyst Technologies in Dubai in 1986 and pioneered development of IT solutions in the Middle East. Hari led Insyst with offices throughout the Middle East and also opened offices in North America and was ultimately acquired by 3i Infotech (then ICICI Infotech) in 2001. Hari has been a recipient of Angel Investment as well as Venture Capital while expanding on his strategy at Insyst and was part of the IPO of 3iInfotech last year. He has also invested in several start ups in the recent past. Hari will share his experience on achieving financial closure with Angel Investors as well as Venture Capitalists and differentiate between them.
"Roshan is the Managing Director of One Nine Three - a distributor of telecom products for the Middle East and India, a company he formed in late 2004. Roshan started his first company, Myzus in 2000 and the company has grown from a small angel funded startup to a 40 man profitable company over the past six years. Myzus develops subscriber portals for operators and has recently diversified into on phone enterprise applications by becoming a key partner for Symbian and Blackberry. Post starting Myzus, Roshan was involved with the restructuring and subsequent sale of two regional call center initiatives in the Middle East. Roshan grew up in Qatar and is a graduate of IIT Bombay."
KEL is a global, non-profit, mutual-benefit corporation founded by successful entrepreneurs to encourage, support and nurture entrepreneurship in individuals originating from the Kanara region. While fostering entrepreneurship amongst the expatriates from the Kanara region based in the UAE, KEL aims to expand its activities overseas through affiliations with individuals or associations with similar objectives.
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