Engage and Enlighten Yourself!! SIDANA VENTURES wishes you a Bright & Luminous Happy Diwali. Just Few Quick Thoughts for You!! Mind is an asset, protect it. Wealth includes relationships not just material assets. Perfection is nothing but doing same thing with improvement at every failure. Success is defined by you, others are talking about their …
If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk with others – Mr. Ratan Tata
Mr. Ratan Tata was a very rare personality with a combination of “Visionary”, “Patriotic”, and “Philanthropists”. He built large unique businesses from scratch and acquired international enterprises to scale. He invested “empathetically” into over 30 founders and helped them build sustainable and profitable “trusted” businesses. Every founder had a dream to get investments from him …
Urja Saathi to impact solar expansion as India’s power demand set to surge by 80GW by 2027
India’s power demand reached 250 GW (May 2024) increase of 46 GW in just two years, and an additional rise of 50-80 GW by 2027. India’s electricity demand is expected to quadruple by 2047. Renewable energy and storage as critical to powering the nation’s economic growth sustainably, presenting a unique opportunity for India to lead in clean energy transition …
SME is becoming wiser and sustainable after surge in SME IPO
Concluded amazing session “SME’s Growth and Funding Challenges” at B.H.A.R.A.T (Business Hub of Accessible Retail & Trade). Concluding Remarks were :“Startups and SMEs are becoming wiser and sustainable now after the wave of unicorns and surge in SME IPOs” by Prashant Narang “Cash Burn exists in SMEs just because of Credit Driven Small Businesses, we …
Commercialization of innovation from labs are great change in India (at BITS BioCyTiH Foundation)
Rakesh Sidana was invited as Investor Jury at an event by a forum for faculty and scientist which is supported BITS BioCyTiH Foundation. India’s research output ranks third globally, with over 3,00,000 publications with 30,490 patents granted in 2022. India’s total investment in R&D reached USD 17.2 billion in 2020-21. Happy to see scientists pitching …
“Explore All Options of Funding, not just equity” says Rakesh Sidana, Investor Jury at Startup Dangal
Startup Dangal was debut event at Startup Mahakumbh, Asia’s Largest Startup Event, organized by Government supported AICRA – All India Council for Robotics & Automation in New Delhi on 28th June-30th June 2024. Startup Dangal was 3 days event where founders have to pitch before investors jury. 1000+ startups participated in Startup Mahakumbh and 50 …
Entrepreneurs are born to solve the problems of the world
Convert your problems to a Solution, then build a Startup to solve for others Startup born out of solving your problems. If you are happy-go-lucky and are satisfied with your life, you never be an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs keep finding solutions to their problems and when they know others having the same problem, they build the …
“India ab rukne wala nahin hai” says Rakesh Sidana (commenting after election results)
General elections were held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 4 June to form the 18th Lok Sabha India ab rukne wala nahin hai says Rakesh Sidana In his Linkedin Post …
Be Ready!! Startup Mahakumbh by AICRA
Be Ready!!! Startup ka Mahakumbh 2024. IndiaFirst Startups Conclave.Happening in June 28th-29th-30th at Delhi. Asia’s biggest event with participation from 50 countries. ConferenceRoundtablesExhibitionAwards I am privileged to be a part of Startup Mahakumbh 2024 Team. We are collaborating, inviting startups across 50 countries. I met representatives from other countries at the road show in Delhi. …
I respect entrepreneurs more than investors – says Sanjeev Bikhchandani at FounderX Convocation
There are few visionaries who changed the landscape of startup ecosystem in India. Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani is one of them. He is an Indian businessman, who is the founder and executive vice chairman of Info Edge which owns Naukri.com, a job portal, as well as the co-founder of Ashoka University. He was honored with the …