Six-day KSUM event on, all eyes on Oct. 31 summit on women-led start-ups

Our Correspondent

As Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) began its six-day programme that aims to boost female presence in entrepreneurial ventures, the October 31 ‘Women Startup Summit 2020’ gained key focus as a culminating event providing tips for success in businesses.

The month-end summit will feature speeches by corporate captains, marking the highlight of the KSUM initiative that is part of the state government’s dynamic measures to promote women-ledindustry ventures.

Registrations for the October 31 event, which is part of KSUM-led programmes such as She Loves Tech, Why Hack – Hackathon, WE Start Bootcamp, EDP and Investor Café, can be made at https://startupmission.in/womensummit/.

The summit, which features a startup competition named ‘She Loves Tech India 2020’, is being co-organised by Startup India, TiE Kerala and Indian Women Network of Confederation of Indian Industry.
KSUM, while pointing out that Kerala currently had below-par women participation in the start-up ecosystem, said the phenomenon was still weaker in thespace of technology.

On Monday (October 26), the programme began with a Hackathon Orientation. Titled ‘InnovatHer’, it was led by KSUM, ICFOSS & TCS. Subsequently, Anterprise Network co-founder Robert Lobo led a session on ‘Decoding Investor Mindset’. This was followed by ‘She Loves Tech India 2020’ a pitch workshop for startups.

Going ahead, the programme will announce the winners of She Loves Tech India 2020, Best Inclusive Incubator, Best Inclusive Start-up and Best inclusive IEDC. It will showcase the National Grand Challenge featuring start-ups with women founders/products positively impacting the lives of women shortlisted from the ‘She Loves Tech India 2020’.

On Tuesday, a bootcamp for women freelancers began even as Deloitte Director (Valuations) Kapil Bellubi carried out a session ‘Valuation For Startups’. On Wednesday, there will be an Investor Café, which is a pre-registered one-to-one meet between investors and start-ups.

Thursday’s highlight will be a session on ‘Intellectual Property for Women Start-ups’ by Vivek Singh, Head (IP Filing & Prosecution Practice) of Sagacious IP. The next day will see a panel discussion on ‘Women & Technology’.

KSUM is the State government’s nodal agency for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities.