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MULTIPLE STARTUPS... ONE EXCLUSIVE PLATFORM

EDII takes the credit of placing many a startups on a high growth trajectory. Ranked No. 1 in Non-Technical
category under Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) – 2021, EDII has been ably
supporting New Enterprise Creation and startup growth under a variety of initiatives, including Post Graduate
Diploma in Management – Entrepreneurship, and incubation of startups under the aegis of the Technology
Business Incubator (Centre for Advancing and Launching Enterprises) hosted at EDII Campus.

Empresario Startup Summit is an exclusive platform for Startups, new age Entrepreneurs, industry mentors,
investors and the student community to meet, share their entrepreneurial experiences, gain amazing new
insights, and pledge to become an invaluable part of the ever- ourishing start-up ecosystem. Empresario, a rst
of-its-kind platform was introduced in 2012 and has since become one of the largest entrepreneurship fests.

Empresario Startup Summit 2021 was the 10th Annual Flagship Event held on December 03 & 04, 2021 on EDII
Campus. The focus was on fostering the startup ecosystem of Gujarat as well as India. This was brought into
action by supporting and collaborating with promising ideas and high-performing startups, investors and
individuals who are delivering solutions with market-oriented approaches for global development.

The summit included a big pitch round aimed at garnering investments for viable ideas. This year, Empresario
received rave responses from Mr. Sparsh Kumar of Investment Associate at Unicorn India Ventures, Mr. Devesh
Chawla, Founder & CEO, Chatur Ideas, Ms. Krishna Handa, Founder of Claris Capital Ltd, Mr. Vikrant Potnis,
Director, Fortemagna Advisors, Mr. Vivek Gupta-Director & Co-Founder, Digital Futurists Angel Pvt Ltd, YES Bank
and IDBI Bank. The two-day event was marked by participation of more than 200 participants across the country.

60 startups were allocated exhibition stalls to reach out to the audience and display their products and services.
Startups of the Centre for Advancing and Launching Enterprises (CrAdLE), the Technology Business Incubator
at EDII also participated and benetted from the event.

Elaborating on the scope of the event, Dr. Satya Ranjan Acharya, Professor and Director, Department of
Entrepreneurship Education, said, “ This platform brings startups, innovators and entrepreneurs together and
inspires several more to adopt entrepreneurship by sending out the lesson that with proper planning and
approach, entrepreneurship can be pursued like any other discipline.”

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