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BOOT CAMPMay 5-6, 2014
NEPAL
DEMO DAYMay 7, 2014NEPAL
Inspi red by the GIST Init iative, REC@NNECT is a partnershipbetween CRDF Global and the U.S . Department of State.
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Boot CampMay 5-6, 2014
Demo DayMay 7, 2014
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Agenda 2
CRDF Global & U.S. Department of State 4
ACE & Microsoft 5
REC@nnect Nepal Boot Camp & DEMO Day Flyers 6
REC@nnect Program Flyer 10
Boot Camp Profiles 11
Speakers, Mentors & Judges 49
REC@nnect Team 61
MIC Team 65
Partners 68
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Day 1 Mo nd ay, Ma y 5 , 2014 At te nd an ce by In vita tion On ly Loc at io n: AC E Ins titu te of Ma na ge me nt Day 2 Tu es da y, Ma y 6 , 2014 At te nd an ce by In vita tion On ly Loc at io n: AC E Ins titu te of Ma na ge me nt
Day 3 Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Open to the Public Location: The Everest Hotel
8:15 9:15 Registration
9:15 - 9:45 Welcoming Remarks & Introductions
9:45 10:45Business Model Canvas And International Customer Discovery OverviewLearn how to create your dynamic roadmap to market validation and success.Chuck Eesley, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
10:45 - 11:30Workshop:Entrepreneurs work on their business canvases.
Chuck Eesley, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
11:30 - 12:15 Lunch
12:15 - 13:30
Marketing For Your VentureLearn the fundamental concepts of marketing, which include: opportunity recognition and market analysis, customer orientation, marketing as a strategy tocreate demand.
Jim Hunt, Partner, The MITA Group
13:30 - 14:30
Developing Your Sales StrategyLearn how to design a sales strategy from generation of leads to closings and how to manage the selling effort of business-to-business andbusiness-to-consumer capital goods and services.Jim Hunt, Partner, The MITA Group
14:30 - 15:15
Determining Cost Structure & Revenue StreamsLearn to identify what are the most important costs associated with your product or service are, how much and through which methods people are willing topay for it.Chuck Eesley, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:15Building a Winning TeamThis session will provide entrepreneurs valuable insights on how to recruit founders, advisory board members, and experts for their new ventures.
Doros Platika, Chairman, Cohera Medical
16:15 17:00Raising Capital: Securing Funding For GrowthDetermine if your venture is ready to raise money through angel and seed stage investors.Prashant K. Gulati, Founder, The Smart Start Fund
17:00 17:45Investor Pitching Session
Learn how to tell your story and convince an investor to buy into your vision.Natalia Pipia, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, CRDF Global
9:00 9:45Global Networking & Partnership Formation SessionLearn about the importance of networking, how to build a networking strategy for the long term, and approach individuals effectively.
Ovidiu Bujorean, Senior Manager, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, CRDF Global
9:45 10:30Team Building
This session will provide nalists valuable insights on how to recruit founders, advisory board members, and experts for their new ventures.
Jim Hunt, Partner, The MITA Group
10:30 11:15
Practical Tips for Intellectual Property Protection
Learn how to identify patentable ideas, how to determine when and where to patent, and how to obtain a U.S. patent within a year.Doros Platika, Chairman, Cohera Medical
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 12:30Mentoring Of Top 15 With GIST Alumni & Mentors15 entrepreneurs get one-on-one mentorship.
12:30 13:30Mentoring Of Top 15 With GIST Alumni & Mentors
15 entrepreneurs get one-on-one mentorship.
13:30 14:30 Lunch
14:30 15:15Speed Pitching15 entrepreneurs pitch for a total of 3 minutes (2 minute presentation and 1 minute of Q&A).
15:15 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 16:15Speed Pitching15 entrepreneurs pitch for a total of 3 minutes (2 minute presentation and 1 minute of Q&A).
16:15 17:15Deliberation
Judges deliberate and select 10 entrepreneurs to pitch at DEMO Day.
9:00 10:00Registration40 entrepreneurs showcase their products and answer questions from investors, seasoned entrepreneurs and other distinguished guests.
10:00 - 10:30 Welcoming Remarks
10:30 11:15 Panel: TBD
11:15 - 13:00Investor Pitches10 entrepreneurs pitch for a total of 10 minutes each (5 minute presentations and 5 minutes of Q&A).
13:00 - 14:00
Networking ReceptionDuring the networking reception, 40 entrepreneurs will showcase their products and answer questions from investors, seasoned entrepreneurs and otherdistinguished guests.Judges Deliberation & Award CeremonyAwards will be presented to the top 5 startups.
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Inspired by the GIST Initiative, REC@nnect is a partnership led by the CRDF Global and U.S . Department of State.
in partnership with
CRDF Global is a private, non-governmental organization
committed to promoting peace and prosperity through science
and technology. Its innovation and entrepreneurship-focused
programs develop technology commercialization capabilities and
sustaining networks abroad. Domestically, CRDF Global helps
to create more viable investment, partnership and collaborative
opportunities for American businesses and scientists who gain
access to top international research and expertise.
Core Program Beliefs
Innovation.We believe strongly in the power of technology and innovation
as drivers for sustainable growth.
Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs transform innovation into enterprises
that generate value and create jobs. Our programs are designed with the
individual in mind, as the nucleus and sole purpose of our mission.
Strategic partnerships. We partner with like-minded local and regional
organizations and corporations to leverage our resources and capabilities to build
capacity for greater impact and avoid redundancy.
Innovation Ecosystem Development
CRDF Global believes in the bottom-up approach in building the local
ecosystems and supports local entrepreneurship initiatives by identifying
leaders, existing programs and the gaps in the system.
Assisting with the formation of new technology commercialization
offices and incubators
Strategic planning
Management training and educational outreach
Comprehensive programs designed to enhance entrepreneurship culture
Assisting with investment capital infrastructure development
Startup Support
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of all economies and
the source of growth and dynamism. CRDF Global offers a comprehensive
suite of programs designed to nurture these early-stage companies.
Identifying promising business opportunities, funders, partners and
resources
Designing and executing acceleration programs
Comprehensive skill development training
Access to sources of funding
Technology Acceleration
CRDF Global promotes business growth by supporting students, researchers
and technology developers who believe that their product or service is viable
commercially. Programs guide them through the process of commercialization
by honing their skills and helping them to grow and realize their market
potential.
Identifying intellectual property with commercial potential in
universities and corporations
Hands-on training in technology transfer and intellectual property rights
Online technology commercialization courses
Technology valuation and market assessment
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMSENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION PROGRAMS
Inspired by the GIST Init iat ive, REC@nnect is a partnership led by the CRDF Global and U.S. Department of State.
Increasing Opportunities for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs
In the search for entrepreneurs with innovative technology ideas that can
address a problem affecting their country or region, the Global Innovation
through Science and Technology (GIST) Initiative has implemented
the GIST Tech-I Competition, attracting close to 200 teams from the
Middle East, Africa, and Central and South East Asia. Among them was
CardioDiagnostics, a Lebanese startup founded by Ziad Sankari. Ziad lost
his father at the age of 17 to a heart attack, which inspired him to create a
medical device that monitors cardiac patients outside the hospital around the
clock. This idea earned him a top prize of the competition awarded at the
Second Global Entrepreneurship Summit on December 3-5, 2011 in Istanbul,Turkey. CardioDiagnostics has been given a strong start for a global success
with $20,000 in seed funding, hands-on training with serial entrepreneurs
and business mentors, global media exposure by MSNBC and Wired
Magazine, on a trip to Silicon Valley and participation in the MIT Global
Startup Workshop.
Transforming Technology
CRDF Global has trained more than 300 technology transfer managers
managers and assisted eight leading research universities with
establishing technology transfer offices, which significantly contributed to
the establishment of the local innovation ecosystem. The Programs include
professional skills development seminars, workshops, academia and industry
international conferences, and site visits to the United States for technology
transfer professionals. Similar activities have strengthened the technology
commercialization capabilities of more than 20 research universities of the
Russian Federation.
Accessing U.S. Markets
Since 2005, CRDF Global has implemented more than 20 U.S. travel
programs for close to 90 participants representing dozens of universities,
research institutes and technology companies from Russia, Armenia and
Azerbaijan and collaborated with such prominent U.S. organizations as
MIT, Babson College, Garage Technology Ventures, Plug & Play Incubator,
CleanTech Open and others. Based on the scalable and highly customizable
format of the Innovation U.S. travel programs and existing cache of
experience, best practices and partners, CRDF Global is able to design and
implement results-oriented and cost-effective programs that perfectly fit the
objectives and needs of a diverse range of partner organizations in emerging
markets.
Building Institutional Capacity
Since 2005, CRDF Global has partnered with the Enterprise Incubator
Foundation (EIF), one of the most successful IT-focused technology business
incubators and consulting companies in the Caucasus region, to implement its
Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP). With co-funding
from the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, EIF implemented
more than 15 STEP activities including the Business Partnership Grant (BPG)
program, Innovation Forums, cluster seminars, business trainings for the science
community, legal and accounting seminars and matchmaking events. Through
its partnership with CRDF Global, EIF strengthened communication channels
between science and private sectors, gained broader access to the U.S.
business network and scaled up its outreach and programs to non-IT sectors
becoming one of the focal entrepreneurship-support organizations in Armenia
and in the region.
Providing Access to Capital
The ecoFridge, a revolutionary refrigeration system used to transport
perishable products, was developed by a team of Ukrainian scientists
with a U.S. business partner who participated in a CRDF Global research
and development grant competition. CRDF Global provided training and
mentorship to the team to prepare them to effectively pitch the ecoFridge at a
venture forum in Los Angeles, CA. As a result, the team obtained $2.2 million
of follow-on capital investment to develop their business, and EcoFridge is
now being adopted by companies around the world who appreciate its
environmental benefits and cost efficiency.
CRDF GLOBALS IMPACT
Ziad Sankari,CardioDiagnostics
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Organizational Introduction
Microsoft Innovation Center Nepal (hereinafter referred to as MIC Nepal) is a tech center which offers a comprehensive set of programs and services to
foster innovation and grow a s ustainable local software economy. Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC) is:
A facility for local software economy engagement, development and outreach, in partnership with and serving local industry, government and
academic constituencies. MIC Nepal creates an environment to give software developers, IT professionals, university students and faculty,
entrepreneurs and governments access to world-class resources. Our current global network of 110 worldwide MICs serves 48 nations includingone in Kathmandu, Nepal.
MIC content and services: While each Center tunes its programs to local needs, they all provide similar content and services designed to
accelerate technology advances and stimulate local software economies through skills building, local innovation and solutions building, and
business acceleration though industry partnerships. A standard list of MIC programs is lis ted below.
MIC offerings focus on at least two (and preferably all) of the following areas:
Building skills and intellectual capital through training courses, employment programs and mentoring experiences covering not only technical
skills but also business skills required to support local entrepreneurs and small ISVs.
Fostering local business growth thru industry partnerships programs on how to work successfully with Microsoft, as well as through the
cultivation of local and regional industry alliances; working with local incubators, technology parks and universities to support ISVs, System
Integrators and Startups on business development activities.
Increasing innovation at the local level through hands-on engagements, such as labs geared toward the interests of ISVs, startups, partners,
students and entrepreneurs (examples include proof of concept, scalability and architectural reviews, interoperability labs, etc.)
Ace Institute of Management is a contemporary, open-minded, conscientious learning centre where students rediscover themselves and learn to be
thoughtful and responsible managers and leaders. In its 15 year history, since its inception in 1999, Ace Institute has established itself as a leading
institution that is living its vision of enhancing capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal to contribute to the nations development.
Ace Institute broke new ground by launching the first Executive MBA program in Nepal in 1999, the year of its establishment. The Ace MBA program has
acquired a distinguished reputation of being the most rigorous and fulfilling experience. The undergraduate programs, BBA and BBA-BI, are considered
among some of the best in the co untry. Students completing the undergraduate programs at Ace are widely sought after in the employment market.
The higher secondary program of Ace Higher Secondary School, a spinoff of Ace Institute of Management, has established itself as students first choice
program in the management stream. In a short span of 6 years, Ace A-Level has distinguished itself from the crowd with its individual centered approach to
learning and focus on management and social sciences stream only.
Ace Institute currently has two campuses in Kathmandu, Nepal and runs six different programs: BBA, BBA-BI, MBA, MBA Evening, Executive MBA and A
level. Currently, it has over 1,400 students pursuing different programs.
Innovation Center Nepal
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LOCATION: TBD, NepalFor more information contact [email protected]
REC@nnect STARTUP BOOT CAMPGet the tools to become the next BIG Startup of South and Central Asia
Apply today:http://bit.ly/RECNepal
CHUCKEESLEYAssistantProfessor
StanfordUniversityin theDepartmentofManagement
ScienceandEngineering (MS&E)
JIM HUNTManaging Partner
Mita Group
PRASHANTGULATIFounderTheSmart StartFund
Only South and Central Asias top 40 Tech Startups will get selected to participate
in the regions most awaited Boot Camp & DEMO day in Nepal
FOR THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES VISIT: RECONNECTSCA.ORG
INVITED INTERNATIONAL MENTORS
Deadlineto
apply:
April7,2014
BootCampMay5-6,2014DEMODAY
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DEMO DAY10 SELECTED STARTUPS PITCH TO AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
COMMUNITY OF 200+
EXPANSION
AND SCALABILITY
FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
& MANAGEMENT
SALES AND
ADVERTISEMENTTRAINING
ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP WITH HIGH CALIBER GLOBAL
& LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND INVESTORS
MENTORSHIP
APPLY TODAY to REC@nnect STARTUP BOOT CAMPStartups will be selected on a rolling basis
Travel scholarships are available to those living outside of Nepal
@REC_SCA /REConnectSCA REConnectSCA.org
For more information contact [email protected]
INVITED INTERNATIONAL MENTORS
REGISTER TODAY to REC@nnect DEMO DAY
@REC_SCA /REConnectSCA REConnectSCA.org
REGISTER TODAYfor the REC@nnect DEMO Day that will rock your world
http://bit.ly/NepalDEmo
Meet the next BIG Startup of South & Central Asia
STEP 3
REC@nnect
DEMO DAY10 of the top up-and-coming
South & Central Asia Startups
showcase
200+ Guests
STEP 1Top 40 SCA Startups areselected
STEP 2Training & Mentorshipof 40 SCA Startups &selection of top 10
Keynote from HighProfile U.S.
Tech Entrepreneur
DATE: May 7, 2014TIME: 9:00-14:00
LOCATION: TBD, Nepal
CHUCKEESLEYAssistantProfessor
StanfordUniversityin theDepartmentofManagement
ScienceandEngineering (MS&E)
JIM HUNTManaging Partner
Mita Group
DR. DOROSPLATIKAChairmanof CoheraMedical, ZircLight Inc., andtheSuper-CentenarianResearch Foundation(SRF)
DR. DOROSPLATIKAChairmanof CoheraMedical, ZircLight Inc., andthe Super-CentenarianResearch Foundation(SRF)
PRASHANTGULATIFounderTheSmart StartFund
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who we are
Rec@nnect identifies the next generation of technologyentrepreneurs in South and Central Asia.
We support them through entrepreneurship capacity buildingactivities that provide:
-Skill development -Networking -Exposure -Capital
our activities
LEARN VIRTUALLY & LOCALLY
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Live video broadcast with seasonedentrepreneurs that provide tips to
improve startup venturesOn the ground hands-on
support for most promisingventures
Global competition to identifyand support most promising
technology and scienceentrepreneurs
local entrepreneurs in actionI would like to thank you for your valuable advice. We are now building on your ideas of how
to go about reaching out to the farmers of Pakistan with Ferculator.
MUHAMMAD
SAIMUM HOSSAIN
Co-FounderGreenovation TechnologiesBANGLADESH
MARIA UMAR
Founder & PresidentThe Digital LeaguePAKISTAN
DANIEL TONKOPIY
Founder & CEOX-RiftKAZAKHSTAN
AUGMENTED REALITY
GAME MASTERMIND
TeamNosir Amirkhoni
Chief Programming Officer
ADAD is a team of programmers and designers who develop software
for business automation. They have over 25 successful IT projects,
one of which is UNIBOX, an educational service for Asia. This unique
education and intellectual platform for students and teachers
encompasses an e-university, e-library, e-market, e-business and
an Asian social network. UNIBOX services aim to help students with
disabilities and the economically disadvantaged, by providing them
with an opportunity to pursue their academic endeavors through
online programs.
ADADwww.unibox.tj
TAJIKISTAN
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry: Education,Medicine,E-CommeceExpansion to other markets: Central Asia
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TeamAibek Sharshenbaev
Co-founder & [email protected]
AmanJet is a complex IT solution for day to day transport and
logistics. The unified platform offers a universal one-stop shop
solution for a majority of potential transportation problems.
It includes an information system for airport transfers, a
city passenger ride-sharing scheme, road traffic monitoring
service, and an automated courier delivery and taxi service.
AmanJetwww.amanjet.kg
@athamana
KYRGYZSTAN
Incorporated Company: Yes
Industry: ICTExpansion to other markets: Central Asia
TeamMohamed Shumais
Prdject manager
@maldivo
Athamana strives to provide high quality novel Maldivian
handicrafts and other products to domestic and international
markets by engaging and working with local communities. It
works to enhance sustainable development while promoting a
fair trade culture that encourages local and traditional artisans.
Athamanawww.athamana.com
@athamana
MALDIVES
Industry: ICT
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TeamMannem Sarita
Managing Director
V.M.Basha
CEO
NAVARATNAs product, BhoojeevanTM is a plant probiotic used
for bio-priming. It imparts strength to the plant and plays a key
role in stress & disease tolerance, increasing production and
plant health. This product works well in rain-fed agriculture andcan help crops withstand drought pressure for a few weeks.
Navaratna Cropscience developed this derivative product by
producing its own isolated micro-organism.
BhoojeevanTM(NAVARATNA CROPSCIENCE PVT.LTD.)
www.navaratnacropscience.com
INDIA
Incorporated company: YesIndustry: Agriculture
Expansion to other markets: Asia & Africa
TeamRoshan Karki
Co-Founder@rosnk
Anuj Mahat
Co-Founder
Birthday Forest is a service that plants trees on vacant lands
throughout the community. In particular, Birthday Forest will
plant trees on different occasions like birthdays, anniversaries,
or in memory. The team takes requests from individuals andcompanies through their online website and app. They then
plant the trees, take care of them, send yearly updates of these
trees, and provide GPS location on the specific tree to their
customers.
Birthday Forestwww.birthdayforest.org
NEPAL
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry: Agriculture
Expansion to other markets: SouthAsia
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TeamShirin Gurdova
Co-Founder and CEO
As college students, the team found that s tudents have little
time to cook for themselves and stay healthy. The idea was
to bring simple, fast and easy recipes together to share them
with students. She created Boiling Pot, a small food companythat teaches and shares simple recipes. Anyone can follow the
website and YouTube channel and learn to cook healthy and
tasty foods.
Boiling Point@BoilingPot
http://home.aubg.bg/students/BSA110/BoilingPot
TURKMENISTAN
Industry:Education,Food & beverage,Media
Expansion to other markets: Global
TeamNagendra Ghimire
The need for a quick, reliable, and complete database for
hospitals, doctors, and ambulances was absolutely essential
in Nepal. Negendra Ghimire recognized this need and
then created Hospitals Nepal. The organization is a mobileapplication that contains a database of information on
hospitals, doctors, and ambulances. This offline application is
meant for those who have a hard time locating or contacting a
medical professional or their services. The phone numbers of
hospitals and ambulances are even sensitive enough to call the
number just by touching it. Doctors can be searched via name,
location, or specialty. Additionally, Hospitals Nepal introduced
a feature that allows patients to schedule an appointment via
SMS.
Coding Himalayas,Hospitals Nepal
www.hospitalsnepal.com
NEPAL
Industry: Health & Medical DevicesExpansion to other markets:India and Africa
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TeamNirmal Sapkota
CEO
Bhupal Sapkota
CTO
@bhu1st
Bhupal Sapkota noticed that the daily operations of academic
institutions was fully manual and traditional. He and his team
thought that institutions could be more efficient, fully automated,
and could track the s tudents lifecycle over time; this is whenComplete Academic Management Solutions was created. Their
focus is to provide quantitative and qualitative analysis of records
to the management team, so that they can create strategies to build
quality control in their educational institution. Complete Academic
Management Solutions connect all aspects from students, teachers,
lecturers, and management to allow them to work independently or
collaboratively along with accessing student records from mobiles
devices at home.
Complete AcademicManagement
Solutionwww.camsedu.com
NEPAL
Industry: Education
Expansion to other markets: South and Central Asia
TeamBiswash Koirala
Co-Founder@BiswashKoirla
Shakar Shrestha
Co-Founder
@shakarstha
Many people in the city are facing different problems but they are
not getting the proper place to vocalize their views. Both residents
and tourists may find themselves unaware about the details of the
city theyre in or the neighborhood surrounding them. Some of these
details include: hotels, banks, hospitals, etc. However, EasySoft
addresses the citys and consumers needs by creating an app that
centralizes all of this i nformation. Biswash Koirala and his team
have focused their efforts on providing data about the city and the
properties within it. Additionally, the app provides a platform for
people to express their voice about the area as well. EasySoft aims to
bridge the area of uncertainty and fulfill the needs of its unique users.
EasySoft@easy_soft_sd
NEPAL
Industry: Other
Expansion to other markets: North America,Europe
and Asia
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TeamBhuwan K.C.
Founder & CEO
Nisha Taujale
COO
Ecoprise is an off-grid energy service providing technology that
is portable, efficient, and easy to repair. This startup looks to
thrive over the China made solar panel market, by establishing
small local production facilities in developing countries. Dueto the use of cost-effective and easy technology, people with
a basic education can assemble and repair these products,
thus reducing cost and providing after-sales services. These
products are diffused through a decentralized distribution
channel that involves community-based entrepreneurs trained
by Ecoprise on business management skills.
Ecoprise Bio-SolutionsPrivate Limited
@ecoprise
www.meroecoprise.org
NEPAL
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry: Green tech,Energy
Expansion to other markets: Afica and South Asia
TeamNarayan Koirala
Founder,Direct or@narainko
Radhika Bista
Founder Software Analyst
@BistaRadhika
Eminence Ways is a unique information security solutions company
aimed at minimizing costs associated with software development and
maintenance. Services include Software Quality Assurance testing for
development companies. They also provide vulnerability assessment
and penetration testing as well as IS audits for Nepali corporations.
Eminence Ways@eminenceways
www.eminenceways.com
NEPAL
Industry: ICT
Expansion to other markets: Global
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TeamBipin Laminchhane
Director
Ujjwal Wagle
Manager
@ujjwal_wagle
Many Nepalese farmers have not shifted their traditional
agricultural habits to a more modern one. The main issue is due
to unavailability of service centers, lack of training, and skilled
manpower. Bipin Laminchhane saw this as an opportunity todevelop a product that addresses these needs. The Mini Tiller is
a portable piece of tilling equipment that is used to till the field.
It has a multi-function engine that can be used for different jobs
like tilling, harvesting, threshing, etc. Because of its easy to use
operating features, the product satisfies farmers needs in all
aspects.
F.G. Global Pvt. Ltd,Mini Tiller
NEPAL
Industry: Agriculture
TeamSijan Bhandari
CoFounder and [email protected]
@sijanonly
Sudip Kafle
CoFounder and CTO
@kaflesudip
The issue of repetition of projects and plagiarism are both challenges
that plague academia. Sudip Kafle aims to solve this issue by aiding
students and their work. FlipKarma helps inspire college students
and helps develop their own ideas and validate them. With this tool,
students will have the ability to see which project and topics their
peers have chosen. Using this methodology, students will have a way
to be more original, standout, and bring something extra to the table
when meeting with potential employers.
FlipKarma@flipkarma
flipkarma.com
NEPAL
Industry: Education
Expansion to other markets: India
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TeamSarsenbek Montayev
Project leader,Director of Production@SarsenbekMontay
Nikolay Sprygin
Montayev, a doctor and professor of engineering in
Kazakhstan, has developed a construction material foamglass.
This material comes in the form of granules and is applied as a
bulk heat-insulating material for the design and construction of
power effective buildings and constructions. It is applied at the
foundations, walls, floors, interfloor overlappings and roof. This
material operates at a wide r ange of temperatures and is safe
and effective.
Foam Glass for HeatInsulating Material
Kazakhstan
Industry: Green Tech
TeamDr. Subash Pyakurel
Founder & [email protected]
Mrs. Pabitra Ghimire
Administrative Officer
Health Concern is a venture that connects health providers and
patients. The system has a number of features which include:
connecting users and providers, making the treatment process
more efficient and informed, creating appointments in one
simple click, and much more. While Health Concern is a website
for users, Dr. P yakurel has also partnered up with Mr. Nagendra
Ghimire in the mobile app called Hospitals Nepal. The two are
very similar in nature and help create strong connections with
hospitals and doctors both inside and outside of the country.
Health Concernwww.healthcareconcern.org
NEPAL
Industry:Health & Medical Devices
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TeamJackson Subedi
Founder & CEO @JacksonSubedi
Sekhar Dahal
Founder & General Manager
@SekharDahal
Jackson noticed an issue in his community; youth lacked information
and motivational entrepreneurial stories. Incredible Entrepreneurs,
a project with Hipster Technologies, inspires youth through the
recorded interviews of successful entrepreneurs. Their website
features audio podcasts that document both the success and failure
stories of entrepreneurs. Available to listeners in any geographic
location, Incredible Entrepreneurs aims to spark curiosity among
youth along with providing easily accessible information on a platform
for all stakeholders.
Hipster Technologieswww.hipstertechnologies.com
@HipsterNepal
NEPAL
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry: EducationExpansion to other markets: Global
TeamEr. Sibjan Chaulagain
Founder and CEO@Sibjan
Er. Avinash Jha,
Founder and COO
@aimavinash
The team wanted to find a way to transform the traditional
farming sector in Nepal. As a result, they developed ICT For
Agriculture. ICT For Agriculture is a SMS based ICT system
that aims to empower rural farmers from traditional ways of
farming to the modern way. This is achieved through a common
mobile based Information Sharing platform.
ICT For Agriculture@ICT4Agriculture
NEPAL
Industry: Agriculture
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TeamAmrit Tuladhar
Subas Dhungana
Genereral Manager
iPay is an online payment gateway service that caters to various utility
companies, airfare and travel companies, online shopping, newspaper
subscription, and much more. With no additional charges per payment
made on the service, iPay rewards customers each time they use the
service to pay their bills.
iPaywww.ipay.com.np
NEPAL
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry: E-Commerce
TeamNuridin Zairov
Project Manager
@Nuridin_Zairov
IT ideas (or Rebus) is a software that collects and disseminates
information for credit bureaus. The software gathers both
positive and negative data on the individuals activities and
their legal entities that apply for loans. With Rebus, any citizencan access their credit history online while banks can do a
personal study on the subject, create and change contracts,
along with viewing the credit history on the individual as well.
IT Ideas, LTD Rebuswww.itideas.tj
@ITIdeasTJ
TAJIKISTAN
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry: FinancialExpansion to other markets: Asia
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TeamSunoj Das Sherstha
Co-founder and Head of Karkhana ProtolabSuresh Ghimire
Co-founder and Head of Research and
Development
@surayshg
Karkhana is an education company started by engineers. They
design, develop and deliver classes on STEM subjects for sixth
to ninth grade students and sell a project based curriculum
that students and teachers can use inside the classroom. It is
a learn-by-doing approach, providing contextual knowledge,
projects and activities, as well as teaching and classroom
management techniques. Their products include an eight
week long arts heavy workshop, a 12 week student challenge to
organize a school carnival, and a four week long robotics and
design workshop.
Karkhana Pvt. Ltd.www.karkhana.asia
@karkhanaN
NEPAL
Incorporated company: No
Industry: Education
Expansion to other markets: India
TeamKarma Penjore
Leykha Mushroom Farm is a more reliable and consistent
method of producing synthetic logs to cultivate mushrooms.
The production cycle is greatly reduced and the environment
of the production house can be easily managed. The process
is an efficient way to utilize agricultural and forest by-product,
that otherwise would be thrown away to cultivate edible
mushrooms. Bulk substrates like hard wood saw dust, straw
and other agricultural wastes are supplemented with rice bran
and sugar to prepare synthetic logs.
Leykha MushroomFarm
BHUTAN
Industry:Agriculture
Expansion to other markets: India
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TeamAizhan Julanova
CEO@DjaanJaan
Life.beats is a cross-platform web and mobile app that uses
algorithms based on health related data to help people with
chronic medical conditions. Data and statistics entered by user
or connected wearable devices is analyzed to create personalized
recommendations. Patients, caregivers and families receive push
notifications in case of missing medication or activity. Algorithms can
even estimate triggers and predict health conditions. Life.beats web
service also provides visual analytics and reports for patients and
caregivers, which can be shared with healthcare professionals.
Life.beatswww.lifebts.com
@Lifebts
KAZAKHSTAN
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry:Health & medical devicesExpansion to other markets:Eastern Europe
TeamKazi Md Asif
Co-founderMohammad Iftekharul Islam
Co-founder
LIFELINE is a mobile app that helps people get information
about blood availability in their location when they need it
the most. No more running from pillar to pos t in search of the
requisite blood group. By registering as a user, LIFELINE will
send a notification to all the enlisted donors within a 5 KM
radius. Using GPS, the app will show the shortest possible route
to the victim to providing emergency blood transfusion. Donors
can act immediately and save lives.
Lifelinewww.lifeline.com.bd
BANGLADESH
Incorporated company:Yes
Industry:Health & medical devices
Expansion to other markets: South Asia and Africa
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TeamNhurendra Shakya
Co- Founder and DOE
@nhurendra
Rajiv Shrestha
Co-Founder and COO
@rzshrestha
Lunivatech is a complete package of telemedicine software that
provides online and offline health services. Online mode allows
for patients to receive treatment remotely from specialists
at a referral hospital. Services include video conference for
direct consultation, desktop sharing, exchange of educationalmaterial and an electronic stethoscope that can store and
transmit data. Offline mode includes the generation and
transmission of patients medical history, pathological records
and prescriptions from the doctor.
Lunivatech Pvt.Ltdwww.lunivatech.com
@LunivaTech
NEPAL
Incorporated company:Yes
Industry: Health & medical devicesExpansion to other markets:South Asia
TeamSonam Dorji
Mawongpa Water Solutions machineries and equipment was
established in 2010 with the intention to provide safe drinking water to
the Bhutanese society. Additionally, they want to let Bhutanese people
know that water they drink directly from tap contains sediments,
farm chemicals, chlorine, rust from galvanized iron pipes and othermicrobes multiplied from various contaminations points. Mawongpa
water solutions aims to reduce the spread of waterborne illnesses,
limit the use of water bottles and improve local and international
concerns about Bhutanese water quality. Products include affordable
housing filters for common impurities, coagulation and flocculation
treatment for governmental and industrial facilities. They also offer
sand and activated carbon filters, membrane filters and UV sterilizers.
Mawongpawww.mawongpa.com
BHUTAN
Industry:Green tech,Water Management
Expansion to other markets: South Asia
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TeamSaad Asif
The energy crisis in Pakistan is what inspired the Nexton
Group and their venture. Made up of engineers and marketing
graduates, the company decided to develop Solar Energy
Systems. Saad Asif and his team manufacture a wide range
of products for both domestic and commercial clients that
work off of solar energy. These products include: solar pumps
integration, solar inverters, solar lights, and solar fans.
Nexton Groupwww.nextongroup.com
PAKISTAN
Industry:Entertainment & Media
Expansion to other markets:Global
TeamKrishna Sunuwar
Founder & [email protected]
@s2_krish
Kishor Mahato
Founder & Software Engineer
@ kishor_14
Over 5.7 million Nepalese people live abroad. Many cultural
celebrations, festivals, weddings, and birthdays can be missed out
on by those who live far from home. Ontreat solves this problem
by bridging the gap and connecting friends and family who may be
separated. Ontreat is an online restaurant booking and food delivery
service that sends surprise gifts and treats to friends and family who
are not able to experience the excitement from afar.
Ontreatwww.ontreat.com
NEPAL
Incorporated company:Yes
Industry: Food & Beverage
Expansion to other markets: North American,Europe,and East Asia
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TeamSouvik Aswad
CMO@souvikaswad
Using their mobile app and SMS service, Panacea is a tech
startup built to fight the US $130 million counterfeit medicine
industry in Bangladesh. When partnered with pharmaceuticals,
Panacea helps consumers verify the authenticity of that
companys medicines. They print randomly generated
unique codes on every medicine strip of their partner
pharmaceuticals. When these medicines reach the consumers,
they can send a verification request by inputting the code
through SMS or their mobile app.
Panaceawww.panacealive.com
@panacealive
BANGLADESH
Industry: Anti-Counterfeit
Expansion to other markets: South Asiaand developing countries
TeamUlukman Mamytov
ProAgro.kg aim to create new oppor tunities for Kyrgyzstans
farmers. It is a web and mobile app connection platform for
sellers and buyers of agro products. It contains a database of
Kyrgyzstans farmers producing meat, fruit and vegetables for
trading produce. ProAgro also provides local farmers with news
and trends about the local agro industry, information on new
technologies, tips and statistics.
ProAgro.kgdevvx.pro
ICT.kg
@ProagroKg
KYRGYZSTAN
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry: Education,AgricultureExpansion to other markets: Central Asia
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TeamPramadhi Atapattu Arachchi
PulzSolutions product, Panaceas Jacket, is a system which is
capable of continuously monitoring a human beings medical
condition. The system consists of a jacket which is the hardware
module, windows mobile application, and a web service. The jacket is
capable of measuring ECG, pulse rate, temperature, respiratory rates
and sweat analysis of a person. The Jacket can also track the physical
location and the physical posture of the patient as well.
PulzSolutionswww.panaceasjacket.tk
SRI LANKA
Industry: Medical Devices
TeamMr. Ashok Kumar Bhattarai
Production ManagerMs. Asha Bhandari
Quality Assurance Officer
BHU-DOC (the soil doctor) is a natural, organic, eco-friendly
bio fertilizer rich in nutrients and beneficial microorganisms.
Vermicompost is produced by natural processes and has been
globally recognized as the best soil conditioner. Praramva
Biotech uses earthworms to convert byproducts, such as
cow dung and leaf litters into fine manure. BHU-DOC comes
packaged in 2 kg and 5 kg recyclable bag.
Praramva Biotechfacebook.com/praramvabiotech
NEPAL
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry: Green tech, Agriculture
Expansion to other markets: Middle East
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TeamTastanbekov Dias
Co-founder
@Diasyes
Ecologic and economic considerations require us to review our
attitude towards paper consumption and develop fresh ideas to
recycle it. RePaper is a combination and slight alteration of existing
technologies to produce innovative paper with superior properties
such as selective solubility, extended durability and resistanceto water or fire. This paper can be easily solved, de-inked, and
resynthesized in localized compact process lines giving this product
high commercialization potential.
RePaperwww.repaperkz.wordpress.com
KAZAKHSTAN
Industry: Green tech
Expansion to other markets: Central Asia
TeamFarkhod Fayzullaev
After noticing that a majority of websites in Uzbekistan were
in Russian, Farkhod began working on and developing many
websites. These ventures included everything from social
networks, online newspapers, to weather tools. His latest
venture, Simple Networking Solutions is a byproduct of theseventures. They key thing that connects these projects to his
latest is the language. Through Simple Networking Solutions,
Farkhod wants to provide the best services to people speaking
in Uzbek and become the portal for the Uzbek-speaking
audience.
Simple NetworkingSolutions
UZBEKISTAN
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry:Entertainment & Media
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TeamDeep Sherchan
CMO, [email protected]
Bhupendra Khanal
CEO & Co-Founder
@leplan
Simplify360www.simplify360.com
@simplify360
INDIA
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry:ICTExpansion to other markets: North America, Europe,
Africa and the Middle East
Simplify360, is a leading social business intelligence firm. Simplify360
is an integrated enterprise solutions provider; offering Social
Marketing Suite for agencies, Social Contact Center for BPOs and
Social Command Center for Enterprises. They enable businesses
to perform Online Reputation Management, Customer Service,Community Management, Social Media Research & Brand Auditing,
Online Sales Lead Generation, and Consumer Sentiment Analysis.
Simplify360 has already provided solutions through their tool for
industry leaders like Wipro, Coffee Day, Star TV, Hero Motors, Ogilvy,
Mahindra Retail and ITC Foods. Simplify360 also works with top media
agency groups in the world like WPP and Publicis.
TeamSyed Yasir Hassan
Vice President of Corporate Affairs
@SyedYHassan
With the introduction of Minimal Invasive Surgery (MIS) in Pakistan,
the need for providing training to surgeons was widely felt. However,
the training ended up being extremely costly. That is when engineers
from The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)
developed a cost effective training solution. Syed Yasir Hassanbeing the business graduate on the team, Syed took the challenge
of commercializing this research outcome. Smart SurgiSol provides
surgical simulators for both conventional and robotics assisted MIS.
The two products that Smart SurgiSol offer include the SMART-Sim
Virtual Reality Simulator (for pin-hole surgery training) and the
SurgBot Robotic Trainer (for robotic assisted surgery).
Smart SurgiSolwww.smartsurgisol.com
PAKISTAN
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry:Health & medical devices
Expansion to other markets: North America,Europe,Africa
and the Middle East
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TeamKushal Gurung
CEO
@kushal_977
With the demand for electricity rapidly growing, WindPower Nepal
steps in to help fulfill this demand for their customers. Vayu 100, a
stand-alone wind turbine system developed by the company can
generate and store up to 8kWhr (kilowats per hour) of electricity daily.
This alone is enough to power up a small business and householdin off-grid locations. The company installs and commissions each
system, such that it will become as easy for the clients to use any
other plug and play system.
TeamFarukh Sharopov
Tajikistan is known for being a mountainous country that is
rich in herbs and aromatic plants. Many of these plants have
been used since ancient times. Techno Prize develops and produces
bio-products by using environmentally friendly technologies.
Phytochemicals from Techno Prize uses phytochemicals fromTajikistans flora and turns them into bio-products and additives to
supply.
Techno PrizeTAJIKISTAN
Industry: Food and Pharmaceutical
Expansion to other markets: Central Asia
WindPower Nepal Pvtwww.windpowernepal.com
@windpowernepal
NEPAL
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry: Green tech,EnergyExpansion to other markets: India
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Chuck Eesley, Assistant Professor, Stanford University in the Department of ManagementScience and Engineering (MS&E)Chuck Eesleys research and teaching interests are institutions and technology entrepreneurship. His
studies aim to identify the individual attributes, strategies and institutional arrangements that optimally
drive high-growth entrepreneurship and economic growth. His work has been funded by
Sequoia Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, and Stanford Technology
Ventures Program (STVP).
Dr. Doros Platika, Chairman of Cohera Medical, ZircLight Inc., and the Super-Centenarian ResearchFoundation (SRF)As an entrepreneur, he has founded and ran start-up technology companies that have raised over $500 million of
investment capital. The companies have created multi-billion dollars in shareholder and product value including initial
public offerings (IPOs), product launch and commercialization, product licensing and mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
with multinational companies in Asia, Europe and North America. As an executive at a $2.5 Billion venture fund and
as a manager of a $120 Million economic development and investment fund, he has personally mentored over 40
entrepreneurs to help start more than 39 new high tech companies.
Jim Hunt, Managing Partner, Mita GroupJim has served as the past President of Cap Gemini Technologies, LLC and as Founder, President and CEO of Ernst
& Young Technologies. He currently sits on the boards of six technology companies. Jim has extensive experience in
building technology companies and angel investing. He has invested in and assisted with the start-up of over two
dozen companies over the past twenty years. As Managing Partner at the Mita Group, he advises both small and large
companies. He works on strategic and tactical planning ranging from market penetration and expansion to cost reduction
and restructuring. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University.
Prashant K. (PK) Gulati, Founder, The Smart Start Fund; Trustee, The Indus Entrepreneurs Global (TiE)PK is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, idea accelerator, and writer with interests in innovation, startups,
entrepreneurship, technology, mobility, wireless, intelligent buildings, online media and more. He considers himself an
international citizen, living in Dubai and traveling often to India, the Middle East, the US, and other countries. PK has
served in numerous leadership capacities including as CEO of Optimistix Ventures, Dubai, Chairman of GulfCom Group,
UAE-India, Chairman of ProKraft Group, India, and Board Member of Fame Eduserve Pvt. Ltd.
TeamAnish Shrestha
Yellow solves the recurrent problem of Foodies, discount hunters, and
the event freaks. The Kathmandu based startup is an app that uses
local search services for nearby restaurants, discounts, and events.
Not only does Yellow solve problems for its users but it also helps out
the restaurant owners by providing valid metrics for their businesses.
Yellow Nepal Pvt. LtdYellownepal.co
NEPAL
Incorporated company: Yes
Industry:Food & Beverage
Expansion to other markets: Asia
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Sanjib Raj Bhandari, CEO, MercantileIn his 26 years of experience in the IT sector, Sanjib has founded over a half dozen IT and communication companies. He
currently serves as the CEO of Mercantile Office Systems, one of the largest hardware and software vendors in Nepal.
He is also the Chairman and CEO of Mercantile Communications, Nepals first and largest Internet Service Provider with
point of presence in Kathmandu and 12 cities around Nepal. Besides these, Rajbhandari is also the Founder/ Director of
Serving Minds Pvt. Ltd and several media houses like Himal Media Pvt. Ltd., HITS Nepal Pvt. Ltd., Nepalnews.com, to
name a few. He has also diversified his portfolio to the hydro power sector with the opening of Shangrila Energy Ltd.
(Butwal Power Co. Ltd.).
Amit Agrawal, CEO, Janaki Technology Pvt. LtdLeveraging viral marketing power
Amit has years of experience working in the IT sector filling a variety of roles. Starting out as a Support Engineer with
Subisu, Amit went on to Janaki Technology to serve as the companies Director of Business Development. He also
founded and became the Director of Social Aves, a social media marketing agency based in Kathmandu. Driven by the
passion to promote tech-entrepreneurship and startups in the country, Amit and his team undertook many initiatives
and projects through Janaki Technology Pvt. Ltd. It is now one of the leading VAS Provider and Social Media Product
company in Nepal.
Karmath Dangol, Vice President of Engineering, CloudFactory.comA unique balance of business acumen and technical skills
CloudFactory is a crowdsourcing company based in Nepal working towards creating work for a million people. While
living in the U.S., he was an Engineering Contractor for the Quantitative Marketing team at Google Inc. and has also
worked at eBay Inc. as Senior Manager of Internet Marketing Solutions. When he returned to Nepal, before joining
CloudFactory, Karmath held leadership positions at two of the top local software outsourcing companies. Beside this
he was a co-founder of NextAction.net (now datalogix.com), a direct marketing company that provides a cooperative database for acquisition marketing to over 700 catalogs.
Ranjit Acharaya, CEO, Prisma AdvertisingRanjit Acharya is the founder, owner, and CEO of Prisma Advertising, a leading advertising firm located in Nepal. He has
over two decades of experience and has worked with clients such as Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Samsung, and more.
He also serves as the Director of Media Hub and Managing Director of Neel Barahi Films.
Sanjay Golchha, Director, Golchha OrganisationAfter receiving his MBA in 1995, Sanjay founded the Golchha Organisation and currently serves as its Director. He went
on and founded Neoteric Nepal and IT Nepal shortly after. Both of which are now Nepals leading IT companies. He is
also serves as a founding member of Nepals Entrepreneurs Organization.
Soham Dhakal, Entrepreneur, Neolinx Pvt. Ltd.Soham has over 16 years of experience in the Information Technology and Services industry. Prior to Neolinx, 8 of these
years were spent in the US working as a Sr. Project Leader/Architect at Cerner Corporation. Soham holds a Bachelor
of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Central Oklahoma and an MA in Computer
Information and Resource Management from Webster University.
Brijendra (Rochan) JoshiBrijendra has been working in service industry and entrepreneurial ventures for the last ten years. He
specializes in project management and community mobilization. He is the co-organizer of the Startup
Weekend in Nepal and currently the COO at Rooster Logic, a tech startups which works on Big Data
Management in Nepal.
Manish Jha, General Manager, FACTS Research & AnalyticsManish is currently a student of masters in Sociology too. In 2004, same time he contributed as a co-founder
to establish a Youth Organization HRIDAYA GROUP and started his career also as a Youth activist & same
time he established www.nepalifootball.com as a co-founder in 2005. He has worked for Multinational
Advertising Agency (JWT Worldwide) as a Client Servicing Executive & in MoneyPlay LLC (USA) as a
Business Executive. He promotes ideas about market based economy and democratic practice with individual
liberty. He is faculty member in KINGs college in Kathmandu. He believes being positive can change theworld but for that we need to stop complaining and start contributing.
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Vidhan Rana, Founder & Managing Partner, Biruwa VenturesVidhan completed a bachelors degree in Business Management and Economics from Hope College in Michigan, USA.
After graduation, he joined Whittaker Associates Inc., a market research firm. There, he worked with several state
and local economic development agencies and provided guidance and support to small and medium sized businesses
on issues of employment generation. Vidhan established a research division for Whittaker Associates in Nepal and
founded Biruwa Ventures in July 2011 to support aspiring entrepreneurs. Through Biruwa, Vidhan has mentored over 100
entrepreneurs and invested in three startups.
Saanjib Subba, CEO, National Banking Training InstituteSanjib has over 20 years of experience as a banker and international trainer. He holds an MBA from Webster University
and has received executive education from both the World Bank Institute and Stanford Universitys Graduate School of
Business. Sanjib started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank and later moved to Bangkok where he was the Executive
Director for Webster University Managing MBA and other Masters level programs. Over the years, Sanjib has
designed and delivered several training programs for the Government of Bhutan, Nepal, Vietnam, as well as NGOs and
corporations in Thailand and Afghanistan.
Anil Shah, CEO, Mega Bank LtdAnil Shah began his career as bank teller at Standard Charted. After rapidly advancing in his career he rose to become
the General Manager of the bank and in 2004, he was appointed as CEO of Nabil Bank the first Nepali CEO of a joint
venture bank in Nepal. While at the Nabil Bank, he doubled the amount of loans and deposits, making it the largest bank
in Nepal. Afterwards, he went on to start a new venture called the Mega Bank, of which he is the CEO. Anil Shah holds a
BBA from George Washington University and an MBA from Faculty Management Studies Delhi.
Sanjay Shah, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Finaccess Pvt. Ltd.Sanjay was trained as an engineer in Electronics and Communications and received an MBA in Human Resources
Management from the University of Dallas. He formerly served as Chairman of the Bank of Kathmandu. Nepals decade
long armed conflict, its root causes and the resulting impact on the nation inspired him to co-found Finaccess Hello
Paisa, an innovative interoperable mobile financial services platform in Nepal. Sanjay strongly believes that the private
sector should have a role in working towards reducing poverty and his company works to provide people with tools and
services that can help them achieve their dreams and ambitions.
Suman Shakya, Managing Director, One Planet SolutionsSuman is the Past President of Everest Toastmasters Club, an important hub of a global network that trains people to
become better communicators and leaders. Suman is also the Co-organizer of Startup Weekend Kathmandu, a global
grass root movement promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. Suman is the current Director of Rooster Logic and is
associated with bitarak.com, Digitainment. He is also doing business consultancy and training through Tangent Waves.
Suman completed his Diploma in Foreign Trade and MBA from Calcutta, India, and is he is currently an adjunct faculty of
Marketing at Ace Institute of Management and South Asian Institute of Management.
Sanjib Subba, CEO, National Banking Training InstituteSanjib has over 20 years of experience as a banker and international trainer. He holds an MBA from Webster University
and has received executive education from both the World Bank Institute and Stanford Universitys Graduate School of
Business. Sanjib started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank and later moved to Bangkok where he was the Executive
Director for Webster University Managing MBA and other Masters level programs.
Sramanendra Shrestha, Executive Director, Business Advantage Ltd.Subu is an MBA graduate from Kathmandu University. Having completed his MBA he joined Buddha Air as Assistant
Manager for Corporate Affairs, where he was responsible for laying the foundation and undertaking Buddha Airs overall
marketing and promotions. At Business Advantage, he heads the Creative Department and supports Client Servicing
and Business Development. Since 1998, Subu has worked with a variety of clients that include; BMW, Hyundai, Toyota,
Yamaha, Philips, Tuborg Beer, Carlsberg Bee r, Jolly Shandy/Lemonade, Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Hotel Yak n Yeti, The
Himalayan Times, Annapurna Post, Nepal Tourism Board, UNICEF. Subu has also won the title of Copywriter of the Year
at Crity Awards 2006 - Nepals highest advertising awards ceremony.
Gaurub Pandey, CEO, Bajra TechnologiesGaurub holds a BS in Computer Science from Brown University. He worked for Cisco Systems for two years as a Software
Engineer until he decided to move back to Kathmandu in 2010. For a short while he was the Senior Software Engineer at
Deerwalk Inc. After this brief stint, he went on and founded Bajra Technologies, where he is their current CEO.
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NATALIA PIPIA
Associate Director, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, CRDF GlobalNatalia Pipia develops and oversees Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programs at CRDF Global. She expands and
generates new opportunities with the private sector, foundations, and international organizations that share CRDF
Globals mission of advancing technology entrepreneurship in emerging economies. A critical part of her current position
is developing vision and outreach strategies as well as overseeing a portfolio of programs that source and provide
support to tech companies. She executes several programs, including GIST and VentureOut Initiative, that support
hundreds of early stage entrepreneurs in the Middle East, Africa, Eurasia, South East Asia, and the Caribbean regions by
providing education, technical skills, seed funding, and U.S. market access to entrepreneurs. Natalia advises on policy
and programs that promote all aspects of entrepreneurial ecosystem building. She holds a M.A. in International Relationsfrom the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies ( SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.
YURITZI ACOSTA
Associate Program Manager, CRDF Global
Yuritzi Acosta has over five years of experience in international program management. For the last two years, she hasbeen actively engaged in implementing programs focused on entrepreneurship support and working with a diverse
group of entrepreneurs and startups from all over the world. She has helped develop a network of entrepreneurs, angel
and venture investors, incubators, business accelerators, universities and other stakeholders to support these aspiring
entrepreneurs. She has coordinated a number of programs funded by local and international agencies, and has lived in
countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
OVIDIU BUJOREAN
Senior Manager, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, CRDF GlobalOvidiu Bujorean manages The GIST Initiative, a global enterprise that builds dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems in
54 countries across the Middle East, Turkey, Africa and Asia. Since 2011, GIST has built an online global community of
200k entrepreneurs, trained more than 3k entrepreneurs, vetted and mentored fast growing tech entrepreneurs who
raised $21M+ in funding and generated 800 jobs and $15M in revenue. Ovidiu built a network of global partnerships
with likeminded organizations such as MIT Enterprise Forum, Star tup Malaysia, TOBB/ Tepav, Infodev and Microsoft
as well as attracted the support of globally recognized entrepreneurs and investors such as Jeff Hoffman, Co-founder
and Former CEO of Priceline, Nolan Bushnell Co-founder of Atari and Ali Sabanc, Chairman of Pegasus Airlines. He was
Senior Associate at Rudyard Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in consumer technologies. Mr. Bujorean
serves as Chairman of the Board of Advisors of AIESEC DC and Vice-Chairman of MIT Enterprise Forum DC.
SPEAKERS, MENTORS & JUDGES
Dr, Jyoti Tandukar, CEO, Alternative Technology
Dr. Tandukar also serves as a tenured Associate Professor at the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University. He has
been a member of the International Advisory Board of Asia Pacific Symposium on Information and Telecommunication
Technologies. Jyoti is also the Vice President of the IT Professional Forum, a non-governmental organization founded
with a vision of ICT development in Nepal. For a small country like Nepal, he believes that the mantra for success is
innovation in a service oriented niche market where large companies cannot enter.
Ujwal Thapa, Co-Founder, Entrepreneurs for NepalUjwal is a farmer, activist, and entrepreneur who is not afraid to fail. He is one of the founders of Entrepreneurs for
Nepal, a 23,000+ strong vibrant platform that builds entrepreneurs in and for Nepal. He has experimented in ventures
that include everything from travel portals, job search sites, news, IT, and more.
Ujwal Thapa, Co-Founder, Entrepreneurs for NepalUjwal is a farmer, activist, and entrepreneur who is not afraid to fail. He is one of the founders of Entrepreneurs for
Nepal, a 23,000+ strong vibrant platform that builds entrepreneurs in and for Nepal. He has experimented in ventures
that include everything from travel portals, job search sites, news, IT, and more.
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Rupesh Krishna Shrestha, Kathmandu University School of ManagementPrior to the current position, Rupesh consulted, researched, and trained for small and medium enterprises,
was a visiting faculty for marketing and entrepreneurship at various business schools in Nepal and had
several years of experience in tradin business. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from the
University of Nebraska, as well as a Masters in General Management from KUSOM.
Sohan Khatri, CEO, Three H ManagementSohan is a Licensed International Financial Analyst (LIFA) charterholder, an MBA in Finance and Marketing
from Bangalore University and also a civil engineer from the Institute of Engineering (IOE) , Pulchowk. He
has more than 10 years of experince as visiting faculties is some of the renowned business and engineering
colleges in Nepal. He is as an independent director at DCBL bank limited and is also a technical advisor and
consultant at a number of national and international non for profit organizations and engineering projects.
Samar Basnet, Chief Software Architect and Partner, AvionteAvionte is a US based software company that develops ERP solutions for staffing industry. As an architect,
Samar designs and develops the blueprint and defines system qualities and technical standards of the
software. He also coordinates programming projects between the U.S. and Nepal teams. Samar grew up
in Kathmandu and now lives in MInnesota. He earned his Bachelors desgree in statistics, with a minor in
information systesm from St. Cloud State University. Prior to joining Avionte, Samar worked as a Senior
Software Analyst for another software technology provider. He developed an in-depth knowledge of ERP
systems specific to the staffing industry.
Sakar Pudasaini, Founder, KarkhanaSakar is a technologist and an educator. He is the founder of Karthana, a markerspace and education company
based in Kathmandu. The technologist in him sees that the world he lives in is malleable, both in the material
and cultural sensesr to the current position, Rupesh consulted, researched, and trained for small and medium
enterprises, was a visiting faculty for marketing and entrepreneurship at various business schools in Nepal
and had several years of experience in tradin business. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from the
University of Nebraska, as well as a Masters in General Management from KUSOM.
Anand Tuladhar, Owner, The Bluestar Complex
Having traversed the entrepreneurial journey for over 30 years building successful businesses like the Blue-
star and the Bluebird groups today lifes calling is mentoring and training the new generation of Nepalese
youth the many facets of entrepreneurial and management skills. With the experience of establishing and
managing own businesses and a strong governance, leadership, management and contingency skills has built
relationships and applied contemporary management practices to a wide range of organizations. Has been
teaching and training the younger generation for almost a decade in entrepreneurship skills and preparing
the young start ups to embark on the journey of success.
Shailendra Raj Giri, Owner, Real Solutions
Shailendra has more than 12 years of experience as a Human Resource Consultant and founded Real Solu-
tions, a leading rm in the industry. He is a founding member and vice president of the Human Resource Soci-
ety Nepal and has a vast knowledge of the Nepalese Job Market. He founded meroJob.com and rojgari.com.
Today, meroJob.com is Nepals number one job site for white color job and Rojgari.com is a unique job portal
for blue color job. Beyond consulting, Shailendra is also a lecturer, trainer, consular, coach and motivational
speaker. He believes that believe that learning at the different stage of life empowers one to climb the
ladder of success and achieve the goal of life and career.
Er. Alok (Kumar) Panday, Director, Strategic Product Development, Braindigit IT SolutionsPandey first started as a developer at Braindigit IT Solutions, one of the major contributors to the global
market in Business Application Development, Enterprise Content Management, Mobile Apps Development
and Collaborative eCommerce Solution. He now works as the Director of strategic product development and
has since successfully executed the launches of SageFrame and AspxCommerce. He is also the president at
AspNetCommunity, an online community bringing people from different sectors together. There, he manages
all local events and strategic growth.
Narendra Prajapati, CEO, Bhote Koshi Power Company Pvt. Ltd.Mr. Prajapati is currently the CEO of Bhote Koshi Power Company that operates Upper Bhote Koshi HEP
under the BOOT Agreement with the Government of Nepal. He is also the Treasurer of Independent Power
Producer Association of Nepal. Before moving to hydropower, Narendra was spearheading a real-estate
development unit of the Bhote Koshi Power Company. He has extensive experience in Project Management
of 5 Star Deluxe properties in Nepal. Mr. Prajapati holds an MBA in Finance from TU, Nepal and is a diploma
holder of Architectural Engineering.
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Associate Program Manager, GIST InitiativeFidan Karimova joined the CRDF Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation team in October 2012, focusing on media
messaging and communications, but she has been on staff at CRDF Global for three years already, working on client
relationship management, website development, and promotional materials. Fidan has traveled extensively, including living
abroad in China, Italy, and Spain and working for a summer at the UN in Azerbaijan. She also brings her entrepreneurial
spirit to GIST, having started her own painting business and dabbled in environmental fashion design in college.
AMANDA GANT
Associate Program Manager, GIST InitiativeAmanda Gant joined CRDF Global in March 2012, working with international partners to organize startup boot camps
and virtual mentorship programs. Amanda has long had the entrepreneurship bug, selling bracelets on the beach of her
hometown since middle school, an experience that inspired her to study international development with the hope of
empowering others to realize their dreams by starting their own businesses. Amanda supports her local community by
organizing the annual Glover Park Day, which showcases local area businesses and non-profits; she also leads service-
oriented ecotourism trips to Nicaragua to promote travel and cultural exchange.
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Mr. Allen Bailochan Tuladhar, CEO, Unlimited Technologies Pvt Ltd.For the past 18 years, Allen has held a number of roles while working in the field of local language computing in the
ICT sector of Nepal. He has contributed to many organizations, including being a representative of Nepal for 10 years
to the Asian Forum for Information Technology. Currently, he is the CEO of Unlimited Technologies and has been
instrumental in driving the Microsoft BizSpark program for Nepal.
Ms. Denil Bhandari, Program Manager, BizSparkAfter receiving an MBA from the Ace Institute of Managament, Denil went to work with a number of organizations
and on various projects. She has lots of experience with localization of technology and has worked with the Ministry
of Health, Cyber Kosh, Unlimited Technologies, Microsoft, and many more. Denil currently serves as