SIDBI has been at the forefront of the Venture Capital industry in India, being one of the largest Institutional LPs with more than 100 funds under its portfolio. Currently we are managing two funds on behalf of Government of India, one of these being a fund of fund for start-ups with a corpus of about $1.5Bn . Apart from helping the ecosystem through the supply side, it has been SIDBI’s effort to strengthen the overall ecosystem through various initiatives.

As part of such initiatives, SIDBI is planning to host a Global Summit ‘Lets Partner’ on June 01-02, 2020 at New Delhi. This will be the biggest ever start-up summit in India with over 500 start-ups and 150 Funds (both domestic as well as global) attending the event. Besides, Government of India Officials, various industry bodies, large corporates, successful start-ups will also be participating in the programme. EMPEA, Invest India, IVCA and NASSCOM, are the ecosystem partners while 100 Open Startups is the Global Strategic Partner for the event.

Applications are invited from the startups for the pitching sessions to be held at the event. Startups can apply until March 31, 2020. The shortlisted startups will get an opportunity to present in front of a jury and investors present at the event and the top startups will be felicitated in the end. Investors will set up one on one meetings with startups they are interested in funding.

Note:
1. Startups must have been in operation for at least 6 months and should not have exceeded ten years.
2. You should be willing to travel to New Delhi in case your startup is shortlisted.

Startups can apply at http://www.letspartner.in/startup-apply

For enquiries on sponsorship or partnership opportunities, please contact us at +91 22 6753 1204 or write to us letspartner@sidbi.in