βETA START

Previously known as LST – Lock Stock Trade

Beta Start is SPJIMR’s marquee event dedicated to great ideas and
amazing possibilities that you and I think of, dream of and hope to build
one day, some day.

9 February 2019

Projects and Consulting

Committee - 18
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 Beta Start
A flagship event of SPJIMR where budding start-ups
meet Venture Capitalists (VCs), Industry Experts,
World Renowned Mentors and a Vibrant B-School
audience and pitch their business ideas and get
instant recognition all over the country. 10 minute
video
entries

The event was started in 2004 by SPJIMR in

association with the National Entrepreneurship
Network (NEN). Prominent start-ups like Local 20 Start-Ups
and Ideas
Baniya, Faasos, Grofers and Gamiana have
participated in the event.
Top 3 start-ups
to win Grand
Prizes*
✓ Opportunity to pitch in front of clever people
✓ Select few experts who can mentor, guide, advise
✓ Panelists includes mix of Investors, Industry
Experts, Professors and Alumina

* Ranging about 1 Lakh rupees.

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 SPJIMR
S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) is a leading B-school in the heart of
India’s financial center, Mumbai. SPJIMR is a part of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and functions
as an autonomous institute with entrepreneurial agility. It consistently ranks amongst the top
ten management institutes in India.

SPJIMR’s mission is to Influence Practice and Promote Value-based Growth. It builds on this
mission through pedagogic innovations and pioneering programs, carving a distinctive path in
management education. More than 1,000 participants from diverse backgrounds are enrolled
at any given time across a range of management programs offered by SPJIMR.

SPJIMR programs have been awarded accreditation by the prestigious AACSB International,
(AICTE), (AMBA), UK and National Board of Accreditation (NBA).

To equip its participants with a diverse understanding across national and cultural boundaries,
SPJIMR has collaborated with some of the best business schools and universities around the
world like Michigan State University (Eli Broad College of Business), Cornell University
(Johnson School of Management), Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper School of Business)
and schools in Europe and Asia.
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What Beta Start is about!

✓ Bringing commitment, passion & sense!

✓ Brand, Logic, Discipline - we are old school who
love new ideas
✓ We are not Shark Tank or any other battle arena
✓ We like Media & Promotions - so whether you win
or not, you are sure to win attention & hearts
✓ We will let some of you demonstrate your crazy
ideas, set up stalls, do demos - are you ready?

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 Beta Start – The Event Format
Submit Elevator Pitch in video formats
A Panel consisting of Investors, Faculties and Industry Experts will shortlist 20
startups

The D-Day starts with a Keynote address by Marquee Celebrity Entrepreneur

Panel Discussion with eminent personalities from the Start-Up fraternity

15-mins presentations by shortlisted startups

Networking meet post the presentations over Gala Dinner

Audience
All-Day Kiosks for all the participating Panelist Consisting
consisting of
of VCs, Industry
students from Start-ups to display their ideas and Experts and College
SPJIMR and other engage with the attendees Faculties
B-Schools
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 Recap *earlier known as LST

Start-Ups Keynote Speaker

Mr. Varun Sheth | Founder and CEO, Ketto.

Ketto- Asia's largest crowdfunding platform, Forbes 30
under 30, 2017, Fortune 40 under 40, 2018

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 Panel Members in last edition

Mr. Avinash Kalia Mr. Saket Agarwal

Founder/Managing Partner Managing Partner at Onnivation,
of Crucible Investment Advisors Head of Business Development-
Spotinst, India

Mr. Abhay Tandon

Mr. Amit Mehra Sr. Manager - Innovation and New
Principal, Unicorn India Ventures Capabilities at Anheuser-Busch
InBev

Mr. Pranay Gupta

Mr. Pranav Marwah
Entrepreneur, Startup Enthusiast Co Founder at thinQbate
at 91springboard

Mr. Nischal Kapadia

Mr. Uday Wankawala
Strategy & Projects - Office of
Start-up Ecosystem, Education
Deputy CEO for Global Wealth &
Evangelist, Govt. Projects Asset Management

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 Testimonials
Dilip Thosar ’Thanks, Shirish, for inviting me to your wonderful event (LST). Yes, it was worth it coming
CEO, SCEI from Pune just for that’

Apurva Damani Thank you so much for having me there! It was a very well organized event. I was
Artha Ventures impressed at how the students were keeping strict track of time with the buzzers - I'm
going to user this going forward for any pitches i hear

Bikram Mahajan Many many thanks to inviting me to LST and congratulations once again on its success.
SBI Capital Overall it was a wonderfull experience, the highlight being the quality of startups that
presented

Firstly - thank you for inviting me to the event - it was great to be there my compliments to
Avinash Kalia the entire team for organising it so well. Secondly, I think the entire exercise was personally
Founder- enriching as we got to meet so many new teams with such vibrant ideas. I wish the event
Crucible Fund continues and grown in vibrancy

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 Beta Start Team
Faculty Members
Prof. Abbasali Gabula Mr. Kaustav Majumdar
Associate Director, External Head of Start-ups and
Relations, SPJIMR Incubation Centre, SPJIMR

Prof. Ananth Narayan Prof. Shailaja Jha

Associate Professor (Finance), Associate Professor
SPJIMR (Information Management),
SPJIMR

Prof. R Jayaraman
Professor (Operations), SPJIMR

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 Beta Start Team
Student Members
Investors Team Startups Team Sponsorship Team
PR Team
Sumit Agrawal Utkarsh Masakara Sandeep Asudani
Vignesh R
Eshita Vyas Prabash Rath Meghna Koul
Ambika
Kirti Ahuja Sumeet Shivpuje Priyanka Gaikwad

For any queries please connect to -

• Sumit Agrawal (+91)7588733889

• Utkarsh Maskara (+91)9971727454
• Prabash Rath (+91)9666854044
• Sumeet Shivpuje (+91)8605009348

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Come, Learn, Spread the Word
at

βETA START
Connect with us at
betastart@spjimr.org
projectscom@spjimr.org

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 Projects and Consulting Committee -18
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research
Bhavan's Campus
Munshi Nagar | Dadabhai Road,
Andheri West | Mumbai - 400 058, India ‘The best project you can work on is YOU!! ‘
Tel:+91-22-2623-0396/ 2401
+91-22-2623-7454
Fax:+91-22-26237042 projectscom@spjimr.org
www.spjimr.org

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