Welcome to
TiE Bangalore
Chapter

ABOUT TiE BANGALORE
• Founded 1999
• Over 800+ Associate Members and 100+ Charter
Members
• Experiencing rapid growth in activity and membership
• One of the five largest chapters in the TiE Global
network

Organization
Governing Body Members
President
Working Committee
Functional Chairpersons
President, Secretary, Treasurer
TiE Bangalore Centre
Executive Director & team

TiE Bangalore Governing Body Members
– Naganand Doraswamy
• Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, Span Infotech India Pvt Ltd
– Harihaharan Narayanaswamy- Independent Consultant
– R. Natarajan
• MD & CFO, Helion Ventures
• Ashok Das
– CEO, Sun Moksha
– Jawahar Bekay –Independent Consultant
• Kiranbir Nag
– Vice President-India Office, SVB India Advisors Pvt Ltd
• Madan Padaki
– Co-Founder & CEO , MeritTrac Services Pvt Limited

TiE Bangalore Governing Body Members
• Revathy Ashok
- Consultant
– S.R.Gopalan
• Founder & CEO,Dawn Consuting
– Samir Kumar
• Managing Director, Inventus Advisory Services India Pvt Ltd
– Sanjay Anandaram
• Managing Director , Jumpstartup Fund Advisors Pvt Limited
– Suryanarayana A
• Head of Operations, IIHS
• Tarun Hukku
– Head Support Services, Microland Limited
– Vaibhav Tewari
• CMO, Microland Ltd.

TiE Bangalore Executive Team
TiE Bangalore Working Committee
– Naganand Doraswamy, President
– Hariharan Narayanaswamy, Treasurer
– Natarajan R, Secretary

TiE Bangalore Team
Dhruv Washishth
Giedre Doliebaite

Activities
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Mentoring & Gurutalk
Monthly Networking Events
TiE Institute Workshops
Webinars
Special Interest Groups : Clean Tech, Education,
Women, Retail, Cloud, Social Entrepreneurship
TiE Mixers & Special Events
Deal Flow sessions & Investor Investee Meet
Seminars & Conferences
My Story Sessions
EAP (Entrepreneur Acceleration Program)
KBE (Kaun Banega Entrepreneur)

Mentoring
• Different Formats based on different needs
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Group Mentoring- One to Many Mentoring
Pitch to Mentors
One on One Mentoring Sessions
Gurutalk
Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program

TiE Institute
• Modelled on the lines of the TiE Silicon
Valley programme, envisioned to be
the entrepreneur’s university, based on
case-led, experiential executive
education
• Inaugurated December 2007
• Currently averaging two workshops per
month, with an average attendance of
35-40 attendees
• Instructors are TiE Charter Members
and industry leaders

Networking Events
• About 12-15 events in a year
– Focus on new emerging industry verticals and traditional
topics: Entrepreneurship, Technology, Retail, Real Estate,
Clean Tech, Media, HR are some examples
• Format:
– Typically an evening event, followed by dinner; we have
also hosted lunch meets, full-day conferences and other
formats
– Features a keynote speaker or panel discussion followed
by Q&A
• On an average event draws 80-200 participants

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
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TiE Members enjoy the following benefits:
Active Mentor Network
Special Interest Groups
Discounted Access to International Conferences
Interactive sessions, panel discussions and group
mentoring
TiE Partner Events
Business Pitches at TiE Networking Events
Stall space at Networking Events
Member Article in TiE Newsletter
A co-working space at the TiE Office – “Desk
Tripper”
TiE Health plan

What’s New at TiE?

• TiE Start-up Hire
TiE Bangalore and Employability Bridge
graduate hiring event, where our members
will have access to Colleges & Graduate
Students, based on their hiring criteria.

• Anthah Prerana
Recognized entrepreneur categories:
i) Social Enterprises focused on India
ii) Social Enterprises focused globally
iii) Commercial Enterprise focused on India
iv) Commercial Enterprise focused globally

• Student Membership

• Corporate Membership
Cultimates in building a
distinct and upbeat culture
of Intrapreneurship in your
organization

October Events @ TiE

TiE Associate Member Profile
No. of Entrepreneurs
Age of Company
Aspiring
14%
4%
9%
0-5
13%
5+ - 10
NO
20%
10+ - 15
YES
66%
74%
15+

TiE Associate Member Profile
Sector
Cleantech
9%
Consultancy
3%
Education
30%
5%
4%
HR
IT/Internet
Semi-Conductor
Software/ Soft Tech
3%
36%
7%
3%
Finanacial Services
Others

TiE Associate Membership Profile
Expectations of TiE
Bangalore Locations
North
Networking
5%
13%
54%
Advice
Seminars, Guru Talk
and Workshops
Marketing Help
3%
4%
Sharing of Ideas,
Experiences
Meeting with VCs
11%
12%
1%
South/South
East
1%
23%
27%
East
West
36%
Central
6%
4%
Satisfied/no
comments
Others
Mysore

TiE Associate Membership Profile
No. of Employees
Age of Member
5%
1%
6%
3%
0-50
9%
19%
20-30
51-100
31-40
30%
101-500
41-50
51-60
45%
61 +
82%
501 +

TiE Groups
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TiE Bangalore Google Group
SIG Clean-tech
SIG Retail
SIG Cloud
SIG Education
Linked in
SIG Social Entrepreneurship
Facebook Page
Please click on each bullet to join the
group

Social Media Connect
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TiE Bangalore - Annual Sponsors
TiE Bangalore – SIG Sponsors
TiE Bangalore – Associate Sponsors

For information on the Chapter and its activities contact:
Prarthana Patre
TiE Bangalore Chapter
3rd Floor, Block ‘A’, Divyasree Chambers
Langford Road, Bangalore- 560 025
prarthana.patre@tiebangalore.org
Phone: +91 80 4147 4567/ 69