EV Startup Ecosystem - Role of Venture Capitalists, Incubators and Academic Institutions

Thursday, December 08, 2022
Time
11:45 am - 01:15 pm
Hall
Conference Area
Room
Conference Room II

The Electric Vehicle (EV) sector is teeming with entrepreneurial activity. Over the last few years, hundreds of startups across the entire value chain have ventured into seizing the opportunities in this sector.

In this section, we can look at the role of the startup ecosystem in the growth of Electric Vehicles market and we focus on

  • The role of Venture Capital funding in the sector
  • The role of Incubators and academic institutions in the growth of this sector. Ather is a good example of an EV startup that was incubated at an educational institution, IIT Madras in this case.

11:45 am - 11:50 amWelcome and Introduction

Madhavan Nampoothiri

Founder and Director

RESolve Energy Consultants

11:50 am - 01:15 pmEV Startup Ecosystem - Role of Venture Capitalists, Incubators and Academic Institutions

Simmi Sareen

Director

Unitus Capital

Anmol Singh Jaggi

Co-Founder

Blu Smart

Speakers

Speaker

Anmol Singh Jaggi, Blu Smart

Co-Founder

India

An alumnus of University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Mr. Anmol Jaggi is a first-generation entrepreneur and has founded multiple companies in the cleantech space along with his brother. He is the Co-Founder of BluSmart and the Founder of the Bombay Stock Exchange (SME) listed Gensol Group.

Speaker

Madhavan Nampoothiri, RESolve Energy Consultants

Founder and Director

India

Madhavan Nampoothiri is the founder and Director of RESolve Energy Consultants. He has a decade's experience in the Energy industry (Oil & Gas and Renewables) in Strategic Consulting, Marketing, Sales and Operations. Madhavan is well versed in international business, having lived and worked in India, China, USA and Switzerland. Madhavan is acknowledged as an expert on the Indian Solar sector and his views are sought by international and national media. He is regularly invited to speak at international conferences on renewable energy both in India and abroad. Madhavan regularly writes for global and Indian industry magazines. Some of the clients Madhavan has advised include World Bank and Vedanta Resources.

Speaker

Simmi Sareen, Unitus Capital

Director

India

Simmi is a chartered accountant and an MBA from London Business School with ~25 years of financial services experience. She is working on a series of interventions to champion financial inclusion and climate tech ecosystem in India. Simmi is a Director at Unitus Capital, where she leads the debt advisory practice and helps financial services firms, social enterprises and climate tech businesses get access to relevant, timely capital from a large network of domestic and international lenders. As co-founder of Climake, Simmi is building a growth platform for early stage climate tech startups to access markets and innovative financing options. Climake also publishes collaborative research on gaps and opportunities in climate finance.

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