Inviting Indian startups to SeedCamp, Europe’s YCombinator…

If you are an Indian startup that is wanting to gain exposure outside India (specially in Europe), this could interest you. SeedCamp (the YCombinator for Europe) is happening in mid Sep (15-19) in London. Interested first time entrepreneurs can apply here (last date is 10th Aug). Twenty startups will be selected from the initial lot and ...

Venture Capital Funding Pitch Deck 2.0….

I chanced across this really creative funding pitch deck from a Kolkata based event management company that is looking for potential investments. They uploaded this to SlideShare and have entered this in the World's Best Presentation Contest that we are currently running. Its a very well crafted and gets the message across straight and clear. Off ...

Confession: It’s official now! SlideShare loses its (financial) virginity

Just wanted to confess on this blog that my startup, SlideShare has now officially lost its bootstrapping (aka financial virginity) status. And we have entered into a serious relationship with one of those big venture firms in Silicon Valley. This was not an impulsive decision; the marriage was preceded by a courtship that lasted a ...