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Testimonials
The following are the testimonials quoted by various VCs, Entrepreneurs and students who have actively participated in the VCIC competition.
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Venture Capitalists
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“VCIC has been a very good experience. For entrepreneurs, this in all sorts has been a good dry run, helping them prepare well and fine tune their plan to meet the standards of venture capitalists. For the students, the exposure provided by the competition has been tremendous. The ISB students put up a great show and I have tremendous respect for them. I see a lot of potential here. This is an excellent platform for the students as VCs could be looking out for recruitment opportunities amongst the brains which compete in the competition. For VCs, in a way they are helping the ecosystem. It is good to listen to different viewpoints and view the picture through the student’s perspective."
- Sateesh Andra, Venture Partner, DFJ
“VCIC at ISB was conducted extremely professionally and some of the ISB teams were as good as professionals.”
- Vani Kola, Managing Director, NEA-Indo US Ventures
“VCIC is a great competition for helping students and entrepreneurs understand our space, and it is a fun programme for the investment community as well.”
-Sameer Mehta, Founding Partner, Atlas Advisory
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“This has been a very good experience. We received fresh insights into our own business model, as there were many points which we had not looked into which the students pointed out.
-Entrepreneur Ramesh Prabhu, SocioEnviro Solutions
"This was our first attempt at connecting with venture funds - and the platform provided an excellent opportunity to interact with a bunch of top-notch funds in a matter of a few hours. We have seen some strong initial interest from a couple of investors and will be following up with them. In addition, we have come out from the event with a couple of business leads as well!”
-Shameek Chakravarty, Founder, Ohana Media
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“I’d like to say, it was a one-of-a-kind experience not only to interact with real life entrepreneurs but also sit on the same side as real life VCs.”
-Pankaj Poddar, Class of 2010, ISB
"The VCIC competition was amongst the most intellectually stimulating experience I have ever had. The thrill to analyse actual - ready to take-off - business plans and opportunity to interact with seasoned VC’s was really awesome. Kudos to the ISB EVC club who took so much pain and effort to make this competition a reality.“
-Vinit Garg, Class of 2010, ISB |
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