The Colombo Tech Startup Seminar 2017 will be held at the BMICH in Colombo on May 2 from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The event aimed at taking Lankan startups to the global market place, will be an eye-opener for those who own a start-up, are working on or with a start-up, have an idea or prototype, wish to know what investors look for in a start-up, looking to network with investors or simply curious about the startup ecosystem.
The forum with access to investors and global tech leaders, to sessions on the latest trends and tools to accelerate your idea to market, will be a one-stop shop for everything and everyone related to tech start-ups.
The speakers include Agile guru and ex-Vice President of Yahoo Pete Deemer who possesses over two decades of experience in building up winning products and teams in Silicon Valley and Asia; Co-Founder and CEO of the premier Norwegian startup incubator StartupLabs Alexander Woxen who works with over 65 tech start-ups to help them gain access to support, global contacts and importantly, financing; Chairman of Driw AS and WindSim AS, and former CEO of Making Waves Dag Honningsvåg, a serial entrepreneur who has headed multimillion dollar European tech companies and currently chairs numerous boards of tech companies; and Former CEO of Etisalat Dumindra Ratnayaka, a pioneer in the mobile telco space and an active figure in the local Angel Investor ecosystem.
Topics that will be tackled at the seminar will address some of the most pressing issues faced by Sri Lankan startups today.
The speakers will talk about many aspects that help shape the trajectory of a start-up, while sharing their hands-on experiences that will be invaluable to budding entrepreneurs in building better products and making improved decisions.
Some of the areas that will be covered include Lean Startup – the methodology embraced world over for developing businesses and products, utilizing the global startup ecosystem to go international, embarking on your startup journey, insights into what angel investors look for when deciding whether to finance products, and more.
This one-of-a-kind event is powered by StartupX Foundry, an up-and-coming player in the local ecosystem that as a start-up incubator, focuses on connecting Sri Lankan start-ups with the global start-up ecosystem. It is supported by a number of partners, including the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) as the National Partner, Start-up Sri Lanka as the Industry Partner, ReadMe as the Media Partner and Tickets.lk as the ticketing partner.