At RizingTV, the goal has always been to bolster India’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, while, also, taking women founders and MSMEs to the next level. That’s why we’ve endeavoured to have meaningful events across India to give aspiring and established entrepreneurs the knowledge and networking opportunities they need to thrive.
And how has it gone so far?
The Rizing Equality Summit 2024 in Mumbai: February 2024
This event was held in partnership with the British High Commission in India, Khaitan & Co, Federal Bank and Bandhan AMC. The event brought together aspiring and current women leaders, entrepreneurs, experts, professionals, investors and more to help women entrepreneurs elevate the success they already have, going beyond just carving out a niche for themselves to infuse entrepreneurship with fresh perspectives.
Speakers included:
Manisha Girotra, CEO at Moelis India
Shivani Bhasin Sachdeva, Founder & CEO at India Alternatives
Lathika Pai – Country Head, Venture Capital & Private Equity Partnerships at Microsoft
Ashwani Singh – Managing Partner at 35North Ventures
Rahul Gupta – Founder & Managing Partner at ValuAble
Sonam Srivastava, Founder & CEO at Wright Research
Smita Jha, Partner at Khaitan & Co
Ketul Acharya, President at GAME (Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship)
Harneet Hariharan – Chairperson & Managing Director at Pace Setters Business Solutions
Bijal Ajinkya – Partner at Khaitan & Co
Jignesh Dawda of Bandhan Mutual Fund
Garima Bharadwaj, Co-Founder at Enlite
Rathna Mala L V – Senior Vice President & Zonal Head, Corporate and Institutional Banking at Federal Bank
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The Rizing Equality Entrepreneurship Forum – The Delhi Chapter: July 2024
This event was held in partnership with the CGTMSE and supported by IDBI Bank and Qila. The event brought together current and aspiring MSME professionals, investors and other stakeholders, allowing RizingTV to bring forth its smart and engaging conversations to India’s capital city.
Speakers included:
Akshar Shah, Founder & CEO – Fixerra
Siddharth Ugrankar, CEO – Qila
Shiva Shanker, Partner – Ankur Capital
Vidushi Kapoor, Co-Founder – Process9
Vijay Singh Rathore, Co-Founder & CEO – Soonicorn Ventures
Anuj Nevatia, Co-Founder – Bacca Bucci
Himanshu Agarwal, Co-Founder – Deyor
Prayag Mohanty, Principal – Fireside Ventures
Shaloo Naugain, P&L Manager – ZYOD
Sandeep Varma, CEO – CGTMSE
Suresh S, General Manager – IDBI Bank
Ajay Mittal, General Partner & Investment Manager – ValuAble
Atul Akash, CFO – GetVantage
Pradhuman Kheechi, Associate Partner – LexStart Partners
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The Rizing Equality Entrepreneurship Forum – The Hyderabad Chapter: October 2024
This event was held in partnership with the CGTMSE and was supported by Khaitan & Co. This brought together current and aspiring startup/MSME professionals, investors and other stakeholders in a place aspiring to become the AI capital of India.
Speakers included:
Suresh Kumar Singhal, President – FTCCI
Deepak MV, CEO – OpenPlay Technologies (Part of Nazara Technologies)
Ashwani Singh, Managing Partner – 35North Ventures
Namit Agarwal, Senior Vice President of Digital Transformation – Omega Healthcare Management Services
Anupam Pandey, Manager – Investments & Programs at Anthill Ventures
Harish Chandra, Founder of SarvM.AI
Monu Mahali, Head Of AI & Data Science at SmatBot
Raj Samala, Founder of Pushpak.ai
Saurabh Gupta, CEO & Co-Founder of VeriSmart.ai
Anil Kumar Siddu, Angel Investor at Inflection Point Ventures
Arvind Modi, Partner at Sathguru Catalysers
MSRK Murthy, Assistant General Manager at CGTMSE-India
Shreekant Mandke, Angel Investor at SucSEED Ventures
Udayarkar Rangarajan, Partner at Khaitan & Co
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The MSME Vikas Utsav 2025 – The Gurugram Chapter: January 2025
This event was held in partnership with the CGTMSE. The event aimed to enable the ecosystem of small businesses in India.
Speakers included:
Shri Dhiraj Kumar, DGM – CGTMSE
Agam Gupta, Principal – Seafund Ventures
Dimple Mirchandani, Principal – Inflection Point Ventures
Himanshu Adlakha, Co-Founder – Winston Electronics
Tushar Suhalka, Founder – Regrip
Nitin Pandey, Founder – Parentune
Vijay Singh Rathore, Co-Founder & CEO – Soonicorn Ventures
Srishti Arora, Lead Corporate Innovation – India Accelerator
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The MSME Vikas Utsav 2025 – The Kolkata Chapter: February 2025
This event was held in partnership with the CGTMSE. This brought together current and aspiring MSME/startup professionals, investors and other stakeholders.
Speakers included:
Richa Choudhary, Manager at CGTMSE
Chiranjit Mandal, AGM – SIDBI
Shourya Sengupta, Partner of Corporate & Commercial Practice – Khaitan & Co
Aaquib Hussain, Founding Partner at Freeflow Venture Builders
Agni Mitra, Founder & Director- Amwoodo
Mayank Bhawsinghka, Founder- Nirmaan
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The Equality Summit 2025 in Delhi: March 2025
This event was held in partnership with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and supported by DSP Mutual Fund and IDFC First Bank. This was a women founders and women investors cohort that explored how to build businesses, scale operations, raise capital and achieve success & the role that one’s womanhood has played in shaping all of those.
Speakers included:
Rahul Bhasin, Founder and Managing Partner – Baring Private Equity Partners India
Nidhi Khurana, SIDBI Venture Capital Fund of Funds
Rahul Gupta, Founder & Managing Partner – ValuAble
Ritika Rathi, Partner – Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
NIRAJ SINHA, Co-Founder – Digital Ledger Solutions
Kalyani R Kunche, founder of Ambaram.ai
Ashish Giri, Senior Manager- DSP Mutual Fund
Yashika Kothari, Founder & CEO – Anantya.ai
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Here’s to celebrating India’s next wave of entrepreneurship!
