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<strong>PUNE</strong> ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM<br />
- SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS<br />
TiE Pune<br />
Part of the global TiE worldwide community of entrepreneurs, TiE Pune Chapter won the ‘Best Turnaround’ award at the TiE<br />
Annual Global Retreat 2013 in Athens, Greece. They competed with 61 chapters globally, and were selected from 5<br />
finalists.<br />
TiE Pune’s typical annual calendar consists of approximately 20 ‘My Story’ Sessions (where successful entrepreneurs<br />
talk about their startup story), 20 ‘Breakfast with TiE’ sessions – morning mee ngs with a discussion around a theme,<br />
20 half/full day workshops on various topics related to startups, ‘Stree Shak ’ fellowships and two, 6month long<br />
‘Nurture’ programs for early stage startups. This is apart from the flagship event TiECon<br />
So ware Exporters Associa on of Pune (SEAP)<br />
The So ware Exporters Associa on of Pune established in 1998, started out as government liaison for member<br />
so ware companies se ng up opera ons in the city. It now represents over 125 so ware and manufacturing<br />
companies based in the city for greater collabora on with the focus to foster a vibrant ecosystem in Pune that enables<br />
business and social growth through hightech products and services<br />
A er 3 successful years, PuneConnect has quickly become one of Pune’s most important events for startups. The idea<br />
behind the event is to allow the best startups in Pune, a pla orm where they can find customers, mentors, business<br />
partners, affiliates, and investors amongst Pune’s large established companies IT/ITES, R&D, Manufacturing,<br />
Automo ve etc. PuneConnect represents a oneofitskind ac vity that bridges the gap between the new companies<br />
and the established ones. Last year it a racted an audience of 1000+<br />
Pune OpenCoffee Club (POCC)<br />
Part of the global OpenCoffee Club network, POCC boasts of 12000+ online users, perhaps the largest in the world. A<br />
number of startup clubs are hosted by POCC under a single umbrella – punestartups.org<br />
Since 2008, the online forum and Google mailing list has complemented offline events and regular gatherings. Startup<br />
enthusiasts meet every first Saturday of the month to organise realworld, community driven, informal meetups to<br />
share, network and grow with over 100 entrepreneurs a ending<br />
THINK <strong>PUNE</strong> REPORT 2014<br />
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