As the participants in the Startup ecosystem entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, private equity investors, investment bankers, mentors, angels and others congregate at Bangalore today to celebrate entrepreneurship at the ETStartupAwards, here is a small poem as a tribute to the ever vibrant, never giving up Startup ecosystem
Startup Ecosystem in India
In the land where the Ganges flows,
A new dawn breaks, and ambition grows,
From bustling streets to tech-laden dreams,
India’s start-up scene brightly gleams.
In cities where the old meets new,
Start-ups rise with a vibrant hue,
From Bangalore’s tech hubs to Delhi’s beat, Innovation’s pulse in every street.
Young minds spark with ideas grand,
Fueling dreams with a guiding hand,
In the heart of chaos, visions take flight,
Turning dark nights into brilliant light.
With courage as their guiding star,
They navigate where challenges are,
Building bridges across the unknown,
Crafting futures from seeds they’ve sown.
Investors gather with hopeful eyes,
Seeing promise in ambitious skies,
As venture capital flows like streams,
Empowering bold and daring dreams.
Incubators, mentors, networks vast,
Support systems for the future cast,
Each pitch a story, each product a quest,
In this ecosystem, they strive for the best.
From fintech wizards to green-tech knights,
Creating waves, reaching new heights,
The spirit of change is in the air,
A testament to the will to dare.
In this vibrant mosaic, rich and vast,
The start-up dreams are built to last,
India’s stage is set anew,
For the next big thing to breakthrough.
So let the banners of hope unfurl,
In this dynamic, entrepreneurial world,
Where every challenge, bold and bright,
Is met with innovation’s might.
co-created by TCM Sundaram with ChatGPT
Wishing all the Winners and nominees of ETStartupAwards 2024, especially Peyush Bansal co-founder & CEO of Lenskart.com Geetansh Bamania Founder of RentoMojo and Khet Singh Rajpurohit & Ajit Kumar Patel of ClaimBuddy backed by Chiratae Ventures in early stages and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem to thrive more and contribute to the journey of ViksitBharath by 2047 !!
I am proud and honoured to have been an enthusiastic participant as a Venture Capitalist over the past 25 years since my initial stint as a VC in 1999, along with my co-founder at Chiratae Ventures Sudhir Sethi and other partners, Ranjith Menon and Venkatesh Peddi our CFO, Swaminathan Shankar and a fabulous leadership team of Anoop N Amish Dedhia Mandeep Julka, CFA Ritu Bansal Abhishek Raj Amritha Salian Vinutha Kadayam Venkataraman and a strong investment and support team of Chandraneel Polavarapu Thejeswi Ramesh Sarthak Biswas Naimil Shah Vikram Singh Pavan Balakrishna Jeevanandam N Yukti Jain, CFA Vineetha S. Tanvi Dubey Shalini Basu Ankita Yadav Raghunatha Rao Vaibhav Modi Fawzi Elaheebaccus Suma NS Sahana Sanil and the entrepreneurs of 136 startups backed by Chiratae Ventures
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