Ankit Machhar Email & Phone Number

Ahmedabad, Gj, In

India

# Co-designed and developed Liftoff Program – a 3 months acceleration program to enable support for early-stage startups to get funding-ready and pitch to investors to raise capital. Lead the scaled the Liftoff program from 0 to 3000+ Startups in 2.5 Years, working with 150+ Partners, 40+ Investors, 150+ Mentors, 15 Consultants, 20 Experts & Service Providers, spreading the program across 130 Cities and 18 states in India.# Responsible for Sourcing & Selection of Startups for Liftoff Program, bringing in MVP and Early Traction Stage Startups into the programs by building key partnerships with startup ecosystem stakeholders.# Partnered with 150+ Incubators/State Startup missions and launched acceleration programs (Liftoff) for 3000+ Startups. Partners such as Software and Technology Park of India (STPI); KSUM, iStart Rajasthan, StartinUP, Startup Tamil Nadu, WE-HUB Hyderabad, i-Hub Gujarat; Startup Odisha, ISB Hyderabad, TIH IIT Ropar, EIC IIM Lucknow, PIEDS, BITS Pilani, Atal Incubation Centers such as AIC GUSEC Ahmedabad, AIC GTU Ahmedabad, AIC MUJ Jaipur, AIC Raise Chennai, AIC Prestige Indore; Kashmir Angel Network, targeting startups of J&K; Smart-city Incubators such as B-Nest, B.Incube, G.Incube; And many Tier 2 and 3 Incubators across India.# Driving key partnerships with Startup Ecosystem Players such as Investors (Blume Ventures, Mumbai Angel, JITO, 100X.VC, Plug & Play, Antennae Ventures, DevX Ventures, Ninja Ventures, India Quotient, Huddle.Work, 3one4 Capital, Brim360, First Cheque, CIIE.CO, Hostel Fund, Campus Fund, IAN, etc), Accelerators (The GAIN, BSE Zone Startups), Startup Service Providers (AWS, PayU, PatTm for Startups, MSG91, Freshworks for Startups) and Corporates

Ahmedabad Area, India

#Responsible for on-boarding and engaging 250+ Startup Mentors and Advisors at a national level.#Building a largest one-touch entrepreneurship ecosystem platform;#Responsible for getting 20+ Ventures funded/incubated, raised a total of INR 13.5+ Million funding#25+ Ecosystem Partners - Investors, Incubators, Accelerators, Service Providers, Governments#Leading WF Startup Labs program – a 16 weeks structured program for early-stage (prototype ready) Ventures to take them from MVP to Market launch & scaled it to 15+ Incubators/Accelerators including some premier ones such as IIM Udaipur, IIT Goa, NID Ahmedabad, AIC GU, TIP NItro in the Philippines, with 150+ early-stage startups.#Leading the Ventures support programs: Venture Milestone Mapping process and dashboards, to track the milestone-wise journey of startups; Implementing Booster Workshops, Mentor Clinics, Investor Demo Days, Incubation Support and Pitching Bootcamps; RV Pitch Battle; E'ship Bootcamp with IIT Kanpur E-Cell – 20 ventures; Summer E'ship Program with IIT Kharagpur – 18 Ventures.#Implemented 360 Degrees Support initiatives: Open Pitch Days, Open House, Open Hours, CEOs Meetup, Panel Discussions;#CoRise Summit – a Global Startup Summit with eChai Networks - 50+ Global Speakers, 20+ Sessions, 5000+ Attendees, 50+ Global Partners, 25+ Global Cities. This was followed by SEA CoRise Summit – a south-east Asia focused startup summit.#Startup Alumni Councils initiative in collaboration with IvyCamp Platform (an initiative of IvyCap Ventures) to set-up and engage college alumni in NEN Partner Institutes#The Final Hurdle – a 60 days focused program in collaboration with Hostel Fund (an Angel Investment Platform) to make NEN Student Ventures fund-ready and raise external funding.#Working with WF Teams in Philippines, Indonesia and Mena Region for ecosystem development initiatives. Launched WF Startup Labs program at TIP NITRO in Philippines as well as setting up of Alumni Startup Council at TIP PHP.

Ahmedabad Area, India

Responsible for on-boarding Universities/Institutes & developing Campus Entrepreneurship Ecosystem at these campuses. On-boarded and operationalize 50+ Universities/Institutes in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, trained 80+ Faculties to become entrepreneurship educator and facilitate entrepreneurship in their respective campuses, trained 500+ E-leaders and operationalized Startup Clubs and E-Cells in these Institutes.Mainstreaming entrepreneurship education in the Top 100 Institutes across India and responsible for building the capacity of the Institution in entrepreneurship sector in the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Closely working with Institutes such as IIM A, IIT B, SPJIMR, NID, MICA, Nirma University, PDPU, Cummins, Fergusson, ICT Mumbai, TISS, NITIE, JBIMS, VJTI, etc.Setting up Entrepreneurship Centres in Colleges and Institutions and consult and train the management, faculties and students to run these centers.Currently mentoring 30 Start-ups and 20 Aspiring Entrepreneurs in a wide array of technology domains which include products as well as services.Arranging and conducting networking events to connect Investors (Angel Investors, HNIs, and VCs) and Startups to raise funds in their ventures.Manage and develop mentors, trainers and individual contributors as a top priority and focus in building the ecosystem.Working closely with Student Startups and Entrepreneurs to take their ventures to the next level.Working and engaging closely with government for policy interventions such as Gujarat Startup Policy and Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP); Corporate such as Claris Capital under their CSR umbrella and business leaders to facilitate the growth and competitiveness of local entrepreneurship and support in creating policies for startups.Networking and partnering with relevant startup community players and collaborate in the common objectives.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

CultureX is world's first Operating System for influencer marketing, that offers agencies a distinctive end-to-end technology stack, which is carefully tailored and white-labeled according to their needs. The vision is to spearhead a robust network of tech-driven agencies to organize and transform the creator economy in South Asia and effectively transform them into tech-driven influencer marketplaces.

AutoR is an End-to End Integrated digital platform specifically designed to empower automobile dealers in optimizing customer retention, enhancing customer engagements and boosting customer referrals. The platform offers dynamic customer journey mapping, enabling dealerships to visualize and optimize the entire customer lifecycle.

Academix is an Ed-tech startup helping students build 21st-Century Skills and Become Employable. The programs help students to build technical and cognitive skills that can boost their employability. Some of the key initiatives are Hustle Studio, Leadership Studio, Career Talks, Night Learning Workshops. The startup has been covered by Media Publications such as YourStory, Yahoo Finance, JaiHind Publication, Telegraph India, and Daily Hunt. We're supported by Adani Group, AIC GUSEC - Gujarat University, CIIE.CO-IIM Ahmedabad, E-Cell IIT Bombay, NXG Ventures, Wadhwani Foundation - National Entrepreneurship Network

Ahmedabad Area, India

Mentor at Startup India Hub, a one of its kind online platform for all stakeholders of the startup ecosystem in India, developed under Startup India, the flagship initiative of Government of India. Hub is hosted under Invest India – the national investment promotion and facilitation agency of India that also hosts the ‘Make in India’ campaign.

Ahmedabad Area, India

Selected as Mentor of Change under Atal Innovation Mission, Government of India, to help guide students of Atal Tinkering Labs.

Ahmedabad Area, India

Serving as Startup Mentor and Anchor for Business Clinics for Startups at CIIE – an incubator of IIM Ahmedabad, under their program – Innocity.Conducted 10 Startup Clinics with different startupsConducted various Diagnostic Panels to understand the issues and challenges with the Startups.Being part of Judging Panels to screen and select Startups for funding under Innocity Program.

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Invited as Startup Mentor by iB Hubs as part of their Global Mentor Community initiative.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Invited and nominated to be part of Alumni Board representing FB&E at Institute of Management, Nirma University.

Ahmedabad

Involved in:Managing Spark-Up Idea Fund program designed for aspiring student entrepreneurs;Entrepreneurial Ecosystem development activities;Building Funnel of aspiring/existing entrepreneurs for Incubation;Branding & promotion of icreate;Setting/establishing Incubation Centers/E-Cells in Institutions and Colleges;Managing and conducting large scale ecosystem development initiatives like reachouts, entrepreneurship orientation seminars & workshops, international conferences;Working closely with Government organisations;Strengthening the value proposition by creating partnerships with various institutions, corporate, and academia.

Ahmedabad

Involved in setting-up Incubation Space and processes, putting up monitoring and reporting mechanism for Startups.Establish and maintain cooperative interpersonal relationships with different stakeholders in the Entrepreneurial community through various mentoring programs, meet-ups, roundtables, events.Conceptualized and revitalized, Spark-Up Idea Fund program – a special funding program for Student Entrepreneurs:Conceptualized, execute, manage, and monitor the entire process – from scouting to awarding the completed and successful projects.Took the total funded projects from 0 to 30 in 2.5 yearsDeveloped marketing collateral and executed branding strategy for the programIdentified and nurtured strategic partnerships for the programCollaborated with Institution/Universities to promote the program among the studentsEntrepreneurship Orientation Seminar - Conceptualized, designed and executed over 80 seminars in cities across India (Delhi, NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Rajkot, Baroda, Nadiad, Anand, Mehsana, Navsari, Junagadh, etc). Reached out directly to 15,000+ students, motivating them to take up next gen entrepreneurship as a viable career option.Entrepreneurship Workshops - Conducted various workshops/Bootcamps/Hackathons among students and aspiring entrepreneurs.Part of Jury and Panel Discussion at various B-Plan competitions, events, open house, project fairs and startup programs.Participated in Gujarat State Startup Policy, GTU Student Startup Policy, Gujarat Startup Mission round table meetings.Spearheaded various ecosystem building activities – whatnext, Start-Up Fair, Round Tables, Conferences, Networking Meets/Dinners, Exhibitions, etcStrengthened the value proposition of the organization by creating partnerships with various institutions, colleges and academia.Lead public appearances and developed objectives and strategies to increase visibility and awareness about icreate.

Ahmedabad

Member of the Co-Design Team of Action Seminar on 'Startups, Innovation and Entrepreneurship' during Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017.

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Lead the E-Cell of Institute of Management, Nirma University, and conducted various events and workshops to evangelize about startup and entrepreneurship on the Campus.

Analyzed the gaps in the market and carried market research to gauge customer interest in the installation of roof-top solar power systems at residential and commercial buildings.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Worked as trainee in core electronics - SCADA and PLC projects

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Family Business And Entrepreneurship, Gold Medalist (Highest Cgpa)

Activities and Societies: President, SWAYAM-The Entrepreneurship Club; NICOM-13 Core Committee Member, CoreComm, Entrepreneurship.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electronics And Tele-Communication, First Division

Xii, Science

X, Science