Meeting with Dr. Ravi, a Great Global Mentor with a Mission!! Human-led learning makes everyone a mentor. It’s my privilege to be in touch with him. He visited my office. California-based Dr. Ravi is building an AI-powered peer-to-peer learning and mentoring platform. He has been featured for his vision and his work on mentoring in …
Build Customer Centric Business and Scale, says Rakesh Sidana at NASSCOM DeepTech Master Class at The Changemakers Confluence 2025
The Changemakers’ Confluence 2025 concluded on an inspiring note, bringing together 100+ delegates, 9 VC firms, 14 corporates, and 12 impactful speakers. Nasscom hosted this one-of-a-kind confluence dedicated to accelerating women founders in technology. Rakesh Sidana took Master Class with subject Growth Architecture: Systems, Team and Scale.He explained about how business can scale by providing …
Every connection is wealth. Build Trusted Connections, says Rakesh Sidana at SIDANA VENTURES Japanese Investor Meet
SIDANA VENTURES invited Japanese Guests and organized an exclusive FIRST event for selected portfolio startups. Within just less than a year Sidana Ventures accomplished milestone with 500+ Investors, 80+ Startups, and 20+ categories, we are helping founders raise capital from our Global Network of Investors. This event was getting insight into startup investments in Japan …
Transforming monetization strategies : Rakesh Sidana at ceremony to unveil Trophy at IFES World Esports Cup
Hosted a panel of eSports Founders. The global esports merchandise market is expected to reach $20 billion by 2025. I was hosting a panel on The Future of Monetization of Escorts at a ceremony organized by IFES and AICRA. The event was to unveil the Trophy 🏆 for The World Esports Cup in India. The esports …
Global Investors Meet : Rising Rajasthan Global Investment Summit
The Government of Rajasthan organized the ‘Rising Rajasthan’ Global Investment Summit 2024 from 9th-11th December, 2024 in JECC, Jaipur, Rajasthan. SIDANA VENTURES partcipated in the Global Summit. The company has a strong global presence, with key partners in the USA, UK, Europe, Japan, and Australia. Beyond facilitating fundraising, Rakesh Sidana’s company actively contribute to the …
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 …