REC@NNECT Nepal Brochure

Inspired by the GIST Initiative, REC@NNECT is a partnership between CRDF Global and the U.S. Department of State.
www.reconnectsca.org
BOOT CAMP
May 5-6, 2014 NEPAL
DEMO DAY
May 7, 2014 NEPAL
REC@NNECT Nepal Boot Camp is organized in partnership with the ACE Institute of Management and MIcrosoft Nepal.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Boot Camp
May 5-6, 2014
NEPAL
Demo Day
May 7, 2014
Agenda 2 CRDF Global & U.S. Department of State 4 ACE & Microsoft 5 REC@nnect Nepal Boot Camp & DEMO Day Flyers 6 REC@nnect Program Flyer 10 Boot Camp Profiles 11 Speakers, Mentors & Judges 49 REC@nnect Team 61 MIC Team 65 Partners 68
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8:15 9:15 9:15 - 9:45 9:45 10:45 10:45 - 11:30 11:30 - 12:15 12:15 - 13:30 Registration Welcoming Remarks & Introductions Business Model Canvas And International Customer Discovery Overview Learn how to create your dynamic roadmap to market validation and success. Chuck Eesley, Assistant Professor, Stanford University Workshop: Entrepreneurs work on their business canvases. Chuck Eesley, Assistant Professor, Stanford University Lunch
Boot Camp
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NEPAL
Demo Day
May 7, 2014
AGENDA
9:00 9:45
Boot Camp
May 5-6, 2014
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Demo Day
May 7, 2014
Day 1 Monday, May 5, 2014 Attendance by Invitation Only Location: ACE Institute of Management
Day 2 Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Attendance by Invitation Only Location: ACE Institute of Management
Global Networking & Partnership Formation Session Learn about the importance of networking, how to build a networking strategy for the long term, and approach individuals effectively. Ovidiu Bujorean, Senior Manager, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, CRDF Global Team Building This session will provide finalists valuable insights on how to recruit founders, advisory board members, and experts for their new ventures. Jim Hunt, Partner, The MITA Group Practical Tips for Intellectual Property Protection Learn how to identify patentable ideas, how to determine when and where to patent, and how to obtain a U.S. patent within a year. Doros Platika, Chairman, Cohera Medical Coffee Break Mentoring Of Top 15 With GIST Alumni & Mentors 15 entrepreneurs get one-on-one mentorship. Mentoring Of Top 15 With GIST Alumni & Mentors 15 entrepreneurs get one-on-one mentorship. Lunch Speed Pitching 15 entrepreneurs pitch for a total of 3 minutes (2 minute presentation and 1 minute of Q&A). Coffee Break Speed Pitching 15 entrepreneurs pitch for a total of 3 minutes (2 minute presentation and 1 minute of Q&A). Deliberation Judges deliberate and select 10 entrepreneurs to pitch at DEMO Day.
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10:30 11:15 11:15 - 11:30 11:30 12:30 12:30 13:30 13:30 14:30 14:30 15:15 15:15 15:30 15:30 16:15 16:15 17:15
Marketing For Your Venture Learn the fundamental concepts of marketing, which include: opportunity recognition and market analysis, customer orientation, marketing as a strategy to create demand. Jim Hunt, Partner, The MITA Group Developing Your Sales Strategy Learn how to design a sales strategy from generation of leads to closings and how to manage the selling effort of business-to-business and business-to-consumer capital goods and services. Jim Hunt, Partner, The MITA Group Determining Cost Structure & Revenue Streams Learn to identify what are the most important costs associated with your product or service are, how much and through which methods people are willing to pay for it. Chuck Eesley, Assistant Professor, Stanford University Coffee Break Building a Winning Team This session will provide entrepreneurs valuable insights on how to recruit founders, advisory board members, and experts for their new ventures. Doros Platika, Chairman, Cohera Medical Raising Capital: Securing Funding For Growth Determine if your venture is ready to raise money through angel and seed stage investors. Prashant K. Gulati, Founder, The Smart Start Fund Investor Pitching Session Learn how to tell your story and convince an investor to buy into your vision. Natalia Pipia, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, CRDF Global
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Day 3 Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Open to the Public Location: The Everest Hotel
9:00 10:00 10:00 - 10:30 10:30 11:15 11:15 - 13:00 Registration 40 entrepreneurs showcase their products and answer questions from investors, seasoned entrepreneurs and other distinguished guests. Welcoming Remarks Panel: TBD Investor Pitches 10 entrepreneurs pitch for a total of 10 minutes each (5 minute presentations and 5 minutes of Q&A). Networking Reception During the networking reception, 40 entrepreneurs will showcase their products and answer questions from investors, seasoned entrepreneurs and other distinguished guests. Judges Deliberation & Award Ceremony Awards will be presented to the top 5 startups.
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REC@NNECT Nepal Boot Camp is organized in partnership with the ACE Institute of Management and MIcrosoft Nepal. REC@NNECT Nepal Boot Camp is organized in partnership with the ACE Institute of Management and MIcrosoft Nepal.
BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS

in partnership with
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION PROGRAMS

CRDF Global is a private, non-governmental organization committed to promoting peace and prosperity through science and technology. Its innovation and entrepreneurship-focused programs develop technology commercialization capabilities and sustaining networks abroad. Domestically, CRDF Global helps to create more viable investment, partnership and collaborative opportunities for American businesses and scientists who gain access to top international research and expertise.
Core Program Beliefs Innovation. We believe strongly in the power of technology and innovation as drivers for sustainable growth. Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs transform innovation into enterprises that generate value and create jobs. Our programs are designed with the Innovation Ecosystem Development CRDF Global believes in the bottom-up approach in building the local ecosystems and supports local entrepreneurship initiatives by identifying leaders, existing programs and the gaps in the system. Assisting with the formation of new technology commercialization offices and incubators Strategic planning Management training and educational outreach Comprehensive programs designed to enhance entrepreneurship culture Assisting with investment capital infrastructure development
CRDF GLOBALS IMPACT

Increasing Opportunities for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs In the search for entrepreneurs with innovative technology ideas that can address a problem affecting their country or region, the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Initiative has implemented the GIST Tech-I Competition, attracting close to 200 teams from the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South East Asia. Among them was CardioDiagnostics, a Lebanese startup founded by Ziad Sankari. Ziad lost his father at the age of 17 to a heart attack, which inspired him to create a medical device that monitors cardiac patients outside the hospital around the clock. This idea earned him a top prize of the competition awarded at the Second Global Entrepreneurship Summit on December 3-5, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. CardioDiagnostics has been given a strong start for a global success with $20,000 in seed funding, hands-on training with serial entrepreneurs and business mentors, global media exposure by MSNBC and Wired Magazine, on a trip to Silicon Valley and participation in the MIT Global Startup Workshop. Accessing U.S. Markets Since 2005, CRDF Global has implemented more than 20 U.S. travel programs for close to 90 participants representing dozens of universities, research institutes and technology companies from Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan and collaborated with such prominent U.S. organizations as MIT, Babson College, Garage Technology Ventures, Plug & Play Incubator, CleanTech Open and others. Based on the scalable and highly customizable format of the Innovation U.S. travel programs and existing cache of experience, best practices and partners, CRDF Global is able to design and implement results-oriented and cost-effective programs that perfectly fit the objectives and needs of a diverse range of partner organizations in emerging markets. Building Institutional Capacity Since 2005, CRDF Global has partnered with the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), one of the most successful IT-focused technology business incubators and consulting companies in the Caucasus region, to implement its Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP). With co-funding from the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, EIF implemented more than 15 STEP activities including the Business Partnership Grant (BPG) program, Innovation Forums, cluster seminars, business trainings for the science community, legal and accounting seminars and matchmaking events. Through its partnership with CRDF Global, EIF strengthened communication channels between science and private sectors, gained broader access to the U.S. business network and scaled up its outreach and programs to non-IT sectors becoming one of the focal entrepreneurship-support organizations in Armenia and in the region. 9
Inspired by the GIST Initiative, REC@nnect is a partnership led by the CRDF Global and U.S. Department of State.
Transforming Technology CRDF Global has trained more than 300 technology transfer managers managers and assisted eight leading research universities with establishing technology transfer offices, which significantly contributed to the establishment of the local innovation ecosystem. The Programs include professional skills development seminars, workshops, academia and industry international conferences, and site visits to the United States for technology transfer professionals. Similar activities have strengthened the technology commercialization capabilities of more than 20 research universities of the Russian Federation.
individual in mind, as the nucleus and sole purpose of our mission. Strategic partnerships. We partner with like-minded local and regional organizations and corporations to leverage our resources and capabilities to build capacity for greater impact and avoid redundancy.
Startup Support Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of all economies and the source of growth and dynamism. CRDF Global offers a comprehensive suite of programs designed to nurture these early-stage companies. Identifying promising business opportunities, funders, partners and resources Designing and executing acceleration programs Comprehensive skill development training Access to sources of funding
Technology Acceleration CRDF Global promotes business growth by supporting students, researchers and technology developers who believe that their product or service is viable commercially. Programs guide them through the process of commercialization by honing their skills and helping them to grow and realize their market potential. Identifying intellectual property with commercial potential in universities and corporations Hands-on training in technology transfer and intellectual property rights Online technology commercialization courses Technology valuation and market assessment 8
Ziad Sankari, CardioDiagnostics
Providing Access to Capital The ecoFridge, a revolutionary refrigeration system used to transport perishable products, was developed by a team of Ukrainian scientists with a U.S. business partner who participated in a CRDF Global research and development grant competition. CRDF Global provided training and mentorship to the team to prepare them to effectively pitch the ecoFridge at a venture forum in Los Angeles, CA. As a result, the team obtained $2.2 million of follow-on capital investment to develop their business, and EcoFridge is now being adopted by companies around the world who appreciate its environmental benefits and cost efficiency.
Innovation Center Nepal

Ace Institute of Management is a contemporary, open-minded, conscientious learning centre where students rediscover themselves and learn to be thoughtful and responsible managers and leaders. In its 15 year history, since its inception in 1999, Ace Institute has established itself as a leading institution that is living its vision of enhancing capacity of individuals and institutions in Nepal to contribute to the nations development. Ace Institute broke new ground by launching the first Executive MBA program in Nepal in 1999, the year of its establishment. The Ace MBA program has acquired a distinguished reputation of being the most rigorous and fulfilling experience. The undergraduate programs, BBA and BBA-BI, are considered among some of the best in the country. Students completing the undergraduate programs at Ace are widely sought after in the employment market. The higher secondary program of Ace Higher Secondary School, a spinoff of Ace Institute of Management, has established itself as students first choice program in the management stream. In a short span of 6 years, Ace A-Level has distinguished itself from the crowd with its individual centered approach to learning and focus on management and social sciences stream only. Ace Institute currently has two campuses in Kathmandu, Nepal and runs six different programs: BBA, BBA-BI, MBA, MBA Evening, Executive MBA and A level. Currently, it has over 1,400 students pursuing different programs. Microsoft Innovation Center Nepal (hereinafter referred to as MIC Nepal) is a tech center which offers a comprehensive set of programs and services to foster innovation and grow a sustainable local software economy. Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC) is: A facility for local software economy engagement, development and outreach, in partnership with and serving local industry, government and academic constituencies. MIC Nepal creates an environment to give software developers, IT professionals, university students and faculty, one in Kathmandu, Nepal. MIC content and services: While each Center tunes its programs to local needs, they all provide similar content and services designed to accelerate technology advances and stimulate local software economies through skills building, local innovation and solutions building, and
Organizational Introduction
entrepreneurs and governments access to world-class resources. Our current global network of 110 worldwide MICs serves 48 nations including
business acceleration though industry partnerships. A standard list of MIC programs is listed below. MIC offerings focus on at least two (and preferably all) of the following areas: Building skills and intellectual capital through training courses, employment programs and mentoring experiences covering not only technical Fostering local business growth thru industry partnerships programs on how to work successfully with Microsoft, as well as through the cultivation of local and regional industry alliances; working with local incubators, technology parks and universities to support ISVs, System skills but also business skills required to support local entrepreneurs and small ISVs.
Integrators and Startups on business development activities. Increasing innovation at the local level through hands-on engagements, such as labs geared toward the interests of ISVs, startups, partners, students and entrepreneurs (examples include proof of concept, scalability and architectural reviews, interoperability labs, etc.)
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REC@nnect Nepal Boot Camp is put together in partnership with the ACE Institute of Management and MIcrosoft Nepal. REC@NNECT Nepal Boot Camp is organized in partnership with the ACE Institute of Management and MIcrosoft Nepal.
APPLY TODAY to REC@nnect STARTUP BOOT CAMP

Startups will be selected on a rolling basis Travel scholarships are available to those living outside of Nepal
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MENTORSHIP
ONE-ON-ONE MENTORSHIP WITH HIGH CALIBER GLOBAL & LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND INVESTORS
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TRAINING
SALES AND ADVERTISEMENT EXPANSION AND SCALABILITY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS & MANAGEMENT
Boot C May 5 amp -6, 2 DEMO 014 D May 7 AY , 2014
TIME: 9:00-14:00 LOCATION: TBD, Nepal
DATE: May 7, 2014
STEP 3 REC@nnect DEMO DAY

10 of the top up-and-coming South & Central Asia Startups showcase 200+ Guests
STEP 1 Top 40 SCA Startups are selected
10 SELECTED STARTUPS PITCH TO AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMUNITY OF 200+
DEMO DAY
Keynote from High Profile U.S. Tech Entrepreneur
STEP 2 Training & Mentorship of 40 SCA Startups & selection of top 10
Only South and Central Asias top 40 Tech Startups will get selected to participate in the regions most awaited Boot Camp & DEMO day in Nepal
FOR THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES VISIT: RECONNECTSCA.ORG
Meet the next BIG Startup of South & Central Asia INVITED INTERNATIONAL MENTORS
PRASHANT GULATI Founder The Smart Start Fund DR. DOROS PLATIKA Chairman of Cohera Medical, ZircLight Inc., and the Super-Centenarian Research Foundation (SRF) JIM HUNT Managing Partner Mita Group CHUCK EESLEY Assistant Professor Stanford University in the Department of Management Science and Engineering (MS&E)
INVITED INTERNATIONAL MENTORS

PRASHANT GULATI Founder The Smart Start Fund DR. DOROS PLATIKA Chairman of Cohera Medical, ZircLight Inc., and the Super-Centenarian Research Foundation (SRF) JIM HUNT Managing Partner Mita Group
CHUCK EESLEY Assistant Professor Stanford University in the Department of Management Science and Engineering (MS&E)
REC@nnect STARTUP BOOT CAMP

Get the tools to become the next BIG Startup of South and Central Asia Apply today: http://bit.ly/RECNepal LOCATION: TBD, Nepal For more information contact yacosta@crdfglobal.org
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REC@nnect Nepal Boot Camp is put together in partnership with the ACE Institute of Management and MIcrosoft Nepal.
for the REC@nnect DEMO Day that will rock your world http://bit.ly/NepalDEmo For more information contact yacosta@crdfglobal.org
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EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF EARLY STAGE ENTREPRENEURS
REC@nnect Boot Camp

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www.reconnectsca.org
who we are
Rec@nnect identifies the next generation of technology entrepreneurs in South and Central Asia. We support them through entrepreneurship capacity building activities that provide: -Skill development -Networking -Exposure -Capital
our impact
GLOBAL LIVE BROADCAST LOCAL
www.unibox.tj TAJIKISTAN Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Education, Medicine, E-Commece Expansion to other markets: Central Asia
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LEARN VIRTUALLY & LOCALLY Live video broadcast with seasoned entrepreneurs that provide tips to improve startup ventures
GET MENTORED On the ground hands-on support for most promising ventures COMPETE GLOBALLY Global competition to identify and support most promising technology and science entrepreneurs
local entrepreneurs in action

I would like to thank you for your valuable advice. We are now building on your ideas of how to go about reaching out to the farmers of Pakistan with Ferculator.
Nosir Amirkhoni Chief Programming Officer adad.tj@gmail.com
Team
ADAD is a team of programmers and designers who develop software for business automation. They have over 25 successful IT projects, one of which is UNIBOX, an educational service for Asia. This unique education and intellectual platform for students and teachers encompasses an e-university, e-library, e-market, e-business and an Asian social network. UNIBOX services aim to help students with disabilities and the economically disadvantaged, by providing them with an opportunity to pursue their academic endeavors through online programs.
MUHAMMAD SAIMUM HOSSAIN Co-Founder Greenovation Technologies BANGLADESH
MARIA UMAR Founder & President The Digital League PAKISTAN
DANIEL TONKOPIY Founder & CEO X-Rift KAZAKHSTAN AUGMENTED REALITY GAME MASTERMIND
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www.amanjet.kg @athamana KYRGYZSTAN Incorporated Company: Yes Industry: ICT Expansion to other markets: Central Asia
AmanJet
Athamana
www.athamana.com @athamana MALDIVES Industry: ICT
Aibek Sharshenbaev Co-founder & CFO aibekshar@gmail.com
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AmanJet is a complex IT solution for day to day transport and logistics. The unified platform offers a universal one-stop shop solution for a majority of potential transportation problems. It includes an information system for airport transfers, a city passenger ride-sharing scheme, road traffic monitoring service, and an automated courier delivery and taxi service.
Mohamed Shumais Prdject manager sales@athamana.com @maldivo
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Athamana strives to provide high quality novel Maldivian handicrafts and other products to domestic and international markets by engaging and working with local communities. It works to enhance sustainable development while promoting a fair trade culture that encourages local and traditional artisans.
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(NAVARATNA CROPSCIENCE PVT. LTD.) www.navaratnacropscience.com INDIA Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Agriculture Expansion to other markets: Asia & Africa
BhoojeevanTM
Birthday Forest
www.birthdayforest.org NEPAL Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Agriculture Expansion to other markets: South Asia
Mannem Sarita Managing Director navaratnacropscience@gmail.com V.M.Basha CEO
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NAVARATNAs product, BhoojeevanTM is a plant probiotic used for bio-priming. It imparts strength to the plant and plays a key role in stress & disease tolerance, increasing production and plant health. This product works well in rain-fed agriculture and can help crops withstand drought pressure for a few weeks. Navaratna Cropscience developed this derivative product by producing its own isolated micro-organism.
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birthdayforest@gmail.com
Birthday Forest is a service that plants trees on vacant lands throughout the community. In particular, Birthday Forest will plant trees on different occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, or in memory. The team takes requests from individuals and companies through their online website and app. They then plant the trees, take care of them, send yearly updates of these trees, and provide GPS location on the specific tree to their customers.
Roshan Karki Co-Founder @rosnk Anuj Mahat Co-Founder
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@BoilingPot http://home.aubg.bg/students/BSA110/BoilingPot TURKMENISTAN Industry: Education, Food & beverage, Media Expansion to other markets: Global
Boiling Point
Coding Himalayas, Hospitals Nepal

www.hospitalsnepal.com NEPAL Industry: Health & Medical Devices Expansion to other markets: India and Africa
Shirin Gurdova Co-Founder and CEO shiring22@gmail.com
Team
As college students, the team found that students have little time to cook for themselves and stay healthy. The idea was to bring simple, fast and easy recipes together to share them with students. She created Boiling Pot, a small food company that teaches and shares simple recipes. Anyone can follow the website and YouTube channel and learn to cook healthy and tasty foods.
Nagendra Ghimire Nagendra.ghi@gmail.com
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The need for a quick, reliable, and complete database for hospitals, doctors, and ambulances was absolutely essential in Nepal. Negendra Ghimire recognized this need and then created Hospitals Nepal. The organization is a mobile application that contains a database of information on hospitals, doctors, and ambulances. This offline application is meant for those who have a hard time locating or contacting a medical professional or their services. The phone numbers of hospitals and ambulances are even sensitive enough to call the number just by touching it. Doctors can be searched via name, location, or specialty. Additionally, Hospitals Nepal introduced a feature that allows patients to schedule an appointment via SMS.
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Complete Academic Management Solution
www.camsedu.com NEPAL Industry: Education Expansion to other markets: South and Central Asia
@easy_soft_sd NEPAL Industry: Other Expansion to other markets: North America, Europe and Asia
EasySoft
Nirmal Sapkota CEO Bhupal Sapkota CTO bhupal@semicolondev.com @bhu1st
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Bhupal Sapkota noticed that the daily operations of academic institutions was fully manual and traditional. He and his team thought that institutions could be more efficient, fully automated, and could track the students lifecycle over time; this is when Complete Academic Management Solutions was created. Their focus is to provide quantitative and qualitative analysis of records to the management team, so that they can create strategies to build quality control in their educational institution. Complete Academic Management Solutions connect all aspects from students, teachers, lecturers, and management to allow them to work independently or collaboratively along with accessing student records from mobiles devices at home.
Biswash Koirala Co-Founder @BiswashKoirla Shakar Shrestha Co-Founder @shakarstha Biswashkoirala3@hotmail.com
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Many people in the city are facing different problems but they are not getting the proper place to vocalize their views. Both residents and tourists may find themselves unaware about the details of the city theyre in or the neighborhood surrounding them. Some of these details include: hotels, banks, hospitals, etc. However, EasySoft addresses the citys and consumers needs by creating an app that centralizes all of this information. Biswash Koirala and his team have focused their efforts on providing data about the city and the properties within it. Additionally, the app provides a platform for people to express their voice about the area as well. EasySoft aims to bridge the area of uncertainty and fulfill the needs of its unique users.
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Ecoprise Bio-Solutions Private Limited

@ecoprise www.meroecoprise.org NEPAL Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Green tech, Energy Expansion to other markets: Afica and South Asia
Eminence Ways
@eminenceways www.eminenceways.com NEPAL Industry: ICT Expansion to other markets: Global
Bhuwan K.C. Founder & CEO Nisha Taujale COO info@meroecoprise.org
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Ecoprise is an off-grid energy service providing technology that is portable, efficient, and easy to repair. This startup looks to thrive over the China made solar panel market, by establishing small local production facilities in developing countries. Due to the use of cost-effective and easy technology, people with a basic education can assemble and repair these products, thus reducing cost and providing after-sales services. These products are diffused through a decentralized distribution channel that involves community-based entrepreneurs trained by Ecoprise on business management skills.
Narayan Koirala Founder, Director @narainko Radhika Bista Founder Software Analyst @BistaRadhika
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Eminence Ways is a unique information security solutions company aimed at minimizing costs associated with software development and maintenance. Services include Software Quality Assurance testing for development companies. They also provide vulnerability assessment and penetration testing as well as IS audits for Nepali corporations.
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F.G. Global Pvt. Ltd, Mini Tiller

NEPAL Industry: Agriculture
@flipkarma flipkarma.com NEPAL Industry: Education Expansion to other markets: India
FlipKarma
Bipin Laminchhane Director bipineta@gmail.com Ujjwal Wagle Manager @ujjwal_wagle
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Many Nepalese farmers have not shifted their traditional agricultural habits to a more modern one. The main issue is due to unavailability of service centers, lack of training, and skilled manpower. Bipin Laminchhane saw this as an opportunity to develop a product that addresses these needs. The Mini Tiller is a portable piece of tilling equipment that is used to till the field. It has a multi-function engine that can be used for different jobs like tilling, harvesting, threshing, etc. Because of its easy to use operating features, the product satisfies farmers needs in all aspects.
Sijan Bhandari CoFounder and CMO sijan@phunka.com @sijanonly Sudip Kafle CoFounder and CTO @kaflesudip sudip@phunka.com
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The issue of repetition of projects and plagiarism are both challenges that plague academia. Sudip Kafle aims to solve this issue by aiding students and their work. FlipKarma helps inspire college students and helps develop their own ideas and validate them. With this tool, students will have the ability to see which project and topics their peers have chosen. Using this methodology, students will have a way to be more original, standout, and bring something extra to the table when meeting with potential employers.
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Foam Glass for Heat Insulating Material
Health Concern
Kazakhstan Industry: Green Tech
www.healthcareconcern.org NEPAL Industry: Health & Medical Devices
Sarsenbek Montayev Project leader, Director of Production @SarsenbekMontay Nikolay Sprygin
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Montayev, a doctor and professor of engineering in Kazakhstan, has developed a construction material foamglass. This material comes in the form of granules and is applied as a bulk heat-insulating material for the design and construction of power effective buildings and constructions. It is applied at the foundations, walls, floors, interfloor overlappings and roof. This material operates at a wide range of temperatures and is safe and effective.
Dr. Subash Pyakurel Founder & CEO pyakurelsubash@gmail.com Mrs. Pabitra Ghimire Administrative Officer
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Health Concern is a venture that connects health providers and patients. The system has a number of features which include: connecting users and providers, making the treatment process more efficient and informed, creating appointments in one simple click, and much more. While Health Concern is a website for users, Dr. Pyakurel has also partnered up with Mr. Nagendra Ghimire in the mobile app called Hospitals Nepal. The two are very similar in nature and help create strong connections with hospitals and doctors both inside and outside of the country.
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Hipster Technologies
ICT For Agriculture

@ICT4Agriculture NEPAL Industry: Agriculture
www.hipstertechnologies.com @HipsterNepal NEPAL Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Education Expansion to other markets: Global
Jackson Subedi Founder & CEO @JacksonSubedi jacksonsubedi@gmail.com Sekhar Dahal Founder & General Manager @SekharDahal
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Jackson noticed an issue in his community; youth lacked information and motivational entrepreneurial stories. Incredible Entrepreneurs, a project with Hipster Technologies, inspires youth through the recorded interviews of successful entrepreneurs. Their website features audio podcasts that document both the success and failure stories of entrepreneurs. Available to listeners in any geographic location, Incredible Entrepreneurs aims to spark curiosity among youth along with providing easily accessible information on a platform for all stakeholders.
Er. Sibjan Chaulagain Founder and CEO @Sibjan Er. Avinash Jha, Founder and COO @aimavinash
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The team wanted to find a way to transform the traditional farming sector in Nepal. As a result, they developed ICT For Agriculture. ICT For Agriculture is a SMS based ICT system that aims to empower rural farmers from traditional ways of farming to the modern way. This is achieved through a common mobile based Information Sharing platform.
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www.ipay.com.np NEPAL Incorporated company: Yes Industry: E-Commerce
iPay
IT Ideas, LTD Rebus

www.itideas.tj @ITIdeasTJ TAJIKISTAN Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Financial Expansion to other markets: Asia
Amrit Tuladhar CEO amritt@gmail.com Subas Dhungana Genereral Manager
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iPay is an online payment gateway service that caters to various utility companies, airfare and travel companies, online shopping, newspaper subscription, and much more. With no additional charges per payment made on the service, iPay rewards customers each time they use the service to pay their bills.
Nuridin Zairov Project Manager @Nuridin_Zairov
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IT ideas (or Rebus) is a software that collects and disseminates information for credit bureaus. The software gathers both positive and negative data on the individuals activities and their legal entities that apply for loans. With Rebus, any citizen can access their credit history online while banks can do a personal study on the subject, create and change contracts, along with viewing the credit history on the individual as well.
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Karkhana Pvt. Ltd.
www.karkhana.asia @karkhanaN NEPAL Incorporated company: No Industry: Education Expansion to other markets: India
Leykha Mushroom Farm

BHUTAN Industry: Agriculture Expansion to other markets: India
Sunoj Das Sherstha Co-founder andHead of Karkhana Protolab Suresh Ghimire Co-founder and Head of Research and Development @surayshg
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Karkhana is an education company started by engineers. They design, develop and deliver classes on STEM subjects for sixth to ninth grade students and sell a project based curriculum that students and teachers can use inside the classroom. It is a learn-by-doing approach, providing contextual knowledge, projects and activities, as well as teaching and classroom management techniques. Their products include an eight week long arts heavy workshop, a 12 week student challenge to organize a school carnival, and a four week long robotics and design workshop.
Karma Penjore penjorekarma@yahoo.com
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Leykha Mushroom Farm is a more reliable and consistent method of producing synthetic logs to cultivate mushrooms. The production cycle is greatly reduced and the environment of the production house can be easily managed. The process is an efficient way to utilize agricultural and forest by-product, that otherwise would be thrown away to cultivate edible mushrooms. Bulk substrates like hard wood saw dust, straw and other agricultural wastes are supplemented with rice bran and sugar to prepare synthetic logs.
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www.lifebts.com @Lifebts KAZAKHSTAN Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Health & medical devices Expansion to other markets: Eastern Europe
Life.beats
www.lifeline.com.bd BANGLADESH Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Health & medical devices Expansion to other markets: South Asia and Africa
Lifeline
Aizhan Julanova CEO @DjaanJaan djaan@mail.ru
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Life.beats is a cross-platform web and mobile app that uses algorithms based on health related data to help people with chronic medical conditions. Data and statistics entered by user or connected wearable devices is analyzed to create personalized recommendations. Patients, caregivers and families receive push notifications in case of missing medication or activity. Algorithms can even estimate triggers and predict health conditions. Life.beats web service also provides visual analytics and reports for patients and caregivers, which can be shared with healthcare professionals.
Kazi Md Asif Co-founder Mohammad Iftekharul Islam Co-founder
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LIFELINE is a mobile app that helps people get information about blood availability in their location when they need it the most. No more running from pillar to post in search of the requisite blood group. By registering as a user, LIFELINE will send a notification to all the enlisted donors within a 5 KM radius. Using GPS, the app will show the shortest possible route to the victim to providing emergency blood transfusion. Donors can act immediately and save lives.
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Lunivatech Pvt.Ltd
www.lunivatech.com @LunivaTech NEPAL Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Health & medical devices Expansion to other markets: South Asia
www.mawongpa.com BHUTAN Industry: Green tech, Water Management Expansion to other markets: South Asia
Mawongpa
Nhurendra Shakya Co- Founder and DOE nhurenshakya@gmail.com @nhurendra Rajiv Shrestha Co-Founder and COO @rzshrestha rajivsh79@gmail.com
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Lunivatech is a complete package of telemedicine software that provides online and offline health services. Online mode allows for patients to receive treatment remotely from specialists at a referral hospital. Services include video conference for direct consultation, desktop sharing, exchange of educational material and an electronic stethoscope that can store and transmit data. Offline mode includes the generation and transmission of patients medical history, pathological records and prescriptions from the doctor.
Sonam Dorji sonamdorjii@hotmail.com
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Mawongpa Water Solutions machineries and equipment was established in 2010 with the intention to provide safe drinking water to the Bhutanese society. Additionally, they want to let Bhutanese people know that water they drink directly from tap contains sediments, farm chemicals, chlorine, rust from galvanized iron pipes and other microbes multiplied from various contaminations points. Mawongpa water solutions aims to reduce the spread of waterborne illnesses, limit the use of water bottles and improve local and international concerns about Bhutanese water quality. Products include affordable housing filters for common impurities, coagulation and flocculation treatment for governmental and industrial facilities. They also offer sand and activated carbon filters, membrane filters and UV sterilizers.
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Nexton Group
www.nextongroup.com PAKISTAN Industry: Entertainment & Media Expansion to other markets: Global
www.ontreat.com NEPAL Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Food & Beverage Expansion to other markets: North American, Europe, and East Asia
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Saad Asif CEO Saadasif17@hotmail.com
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The energy crisis in Pakistan is what inspired the Nexton Group and their venture. Made up of engineers and marketing graduates, the company decided to develop Solar Energy Systems. Saad Asif and his team manufacture a wide range of products for both domestic and commercial clients that work off of solar energy. These products include: solar pumps integration, solar inverters, solar lights, and solar fans.
Krishna Sunuwar Founder & CEO krish@ontreat.com @s2_krish Kishor Mahato Founder & Software Engineer kishor@ontreat.com @ kishor_14
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Over 5.7 million Nepalese people live abroad. Many cultural celebrations, festivals, weddings, and birthdays can be missed out on by those who live far from home. Ontreat solves this problem by bridging the gap and connecting friends and family who may be separated. Ontreat is an online restaurant booking and food delivery service that sends surprise gifts and treats to friends and family who are not able to experience the excitement from afar.
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devvx.pro ICT.kg @ProagroKg KYRGYZSTAN Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Education, Agriculture Expansion to other markets: Central Asia
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www.panacealive.com @panacealive BANGLADESH Industry: Anti-Counterfeit Expansion to other markets: South Asia and developing countries
Panacea
ProAgro.kg
Souvik Aswad CMO @souvikaswad souvikaswad@gmail.com
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Using their mobile app and SMS service, Panacea is a tech startup built to fight the US $130 million counterfeit medicine industry in Bangladesh. When partnered with pharmaceuticals, Panacea helps consumers verify the authenticity of that companys medicines. They print randomly generated unique codes on every medicine strip of their partner pharmaceuticals. When these medicines reach the consumers, they can send a verification request by inputting the code through SMS or their mobile app.
Ulukman Mamytov @UlukmanM ulukmanm@gmail.com
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ProAgro.kg aim to create new opportunities for Kyrgyzstans farmers. It is a web and mobile app connection platform for sellers and buyers of agro products. It contains a database of Kyrgyzstans farmers producing meat, fruit and vegetables for trading produce. ProAgro also provides local farmers with news and trends about the local agro industry, information on new technologies, tips and statistics.
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Praramva Biotech
facebook.com/praramvabiotech NEPAL Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Green tech, Agriculture Expansion to other markets: Middle East
PulzSolutions
www.panaceasjacket.tk SRI LANKA Industry: Medical Devices
Mr. Ashok Kumar Bhattarai Production Manager Ms. Asha Bhandari Quality Assurance Officer praramva.biotech@gmail.com
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BHU-DOC (the soil doctor) is a natural, organic, eco-friendly bio fertilizer rich in nutrients and beneficial microorganisms. Vermicompost is produced by natural processes and has been globally recognized as the best soil conditioner. Praramva Biotech uses earthworms to convert byproducts, such as cow dung and leaf litters into fine manure. BHU-DOC comes packaged in 2 kg and 5 kg recyclable bag.
Pramadhi Atapattu Arachchi pramadhi@pulzsolutions.com
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PulzSolutions product, Panaceas Jacket, is a system which is capable of continuously monitoring a human beings medical condition. The system consists of a jacket which is the hardware module, windows mobile application, and a web service. The jacket is capable of measuring ECG, pulse rate, temperature, respiratory rates and sweat analysis of a person. The Jacket can also track the physical location and the physical posture of the patient as well.
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www.repaperkz.wordpress.com KAZAKHSTAN Industry: Green tech Expansion to other markets: Central Asia
RePaper
Simple Networking Solutions

UZBEKISTAN Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Entertainment & Media
Tastanbekov Dias Co-founder dtastanbekov@nu.edu.kz @Diasyes
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Ecologic and economic considerations require us to review our attitude towards paper consumption and develop fresh ideas to recycle it. RePaper is a combination and slight alteration of existing technologies to produce innovative paper with superior properties such as selective solubility, extended durability and resistance to water or fire. This paper can be easily solved, de-inked, and resynthesized in localized compact process lines giving this product high commercialization potential.
Farkhod Fayzullaev farkhod@fayzullaev.com
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After noticing that a majority of websites in Uzbekistan were in Russian, Farkhod began working on and developing many websites. These ventures included everything from social networks, online newspapers, to weather tools. His latest venture, Simple Networking Solutions is a byproduct of these ventures. They key thing that connects these projects to his latest is the language. Through Simple Networking Solutions, Farkhod wants to provide the best services to people speaking in Uzbek and become the portal for the Uzbek-speaking audience.
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www.simplify360.com @simplify360 INDIA Incorporated company: Yes Industry: ICT Expansion to other markets: North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Simplify360
www.smartsurgisol.com PAKISTAN Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Health & medical devices Expansion to other markets: North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Smart SurgiSol
Deep Sherchan CMO, Co-Founder deep@simplify360.com Bhupendra Khanal CEO & Co-Founder @leplan
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Simplify360, is a leading social business intelligence firm. Simplify360 is an integrated enterprise solutions provider; offering Social Marketing Suite for agencies, Social Contact Center for BPOs and Social Command Center for Enterprises. They enable businesses to perform Online Reputation Management, Customer Service, Community Management, Social Media Research & Brand Auditing, Online Sales Lead Generation, and Consumer Sentiment Analysis. Simplify360 has already provided solutions through their tool for industry leaders like Wipro, Coffee Day, Star TV, Hero Motors, Ogilvy, Mahindra Retail and ITC Foods. Simplify360 also works with top media agency groups in the world like WPP and Publicis.
Syed Yasir Hassan Vice President of Corporate Affairs @SyedYHassan yasir.hassan@smartsurgisol.com
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With the introduction of Minimal Invasive Surgery (MIS) in Pakistan, the need for providing training to surgeons was widely felt. However, the training ended up being extremely costly. That is when engineers from The National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) developed a cost effective training solution. Syed Yasir Hassan being the business graduate on the team, Syed took the challenge of commercializing this research outcome. Smart SurgiSol provides surgical simulators for both conventional and robotics assisted MIS. The two products that Smart SurgiSol offer include the SMART-Sim Virtual Reality Simulator (for pin-hole surgery training) and the SurgBot Robotic Trainer (for robotic assisted surgery).
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TAJIKISTAN Industry: Food and Pharmaceutical Expansion to other markets: Central Asia
Techno Prize
WindPower Nepal Pvt
www.windpowernepal.com @windpowernepal NEPAL Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Green tech, Energy Expansion to other markets: India
Farukh Sharopov shfarukh@mail.ru
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Tajikistan is known for being a mountainous country that is rich in herbs and aromatic plants. Manyofthese plantshave beenusedsince ancient times. Techno Prize develops and produces bio-products by using environmentally friendly technologies. Phytochemicals from Techno Prize uses phytochemicals from Tajikistans flora and turns them into bio-products and additives to supply.
Kushal Gurung CEO @kushal_977 kushal@windpowernepal.com
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With the demand for electricity rapidly growing, WindPower Nepal steps in to help fulfill this demand for their customers. Vayu 100, a stand-alone wind turbine system developed by the company can generate and store up to 8kWhr (kilowats per hour) of electricity daily. This alone is enough to power up a small business and household in off-grid locations. The company installs and commissions each system, such that it will become as easy for the clients to use any other plug and play system.
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Yellow Nepal Pvt. Ltd

Yellownepal.co NEPAL Incorporated company: Yes Industry: Food & Beverage Expansion to other markets: Asia
Chuck Eesley, Assistant Professor, Stanford University in the Department of Management Science and Engineering (MS&E)
Chuck Eesleys research and teaching interests are institutions and technology entrepreneurship. His studies aim to identify the individual attributes, strategies and institutional arrangements that optimally drive high-growth entrepreneurship and economic growth. His work has been funded by Sequoia Capital, the Kauffman Foundation, the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, and Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP).
Prashant K. (PK) Gulati, Founder, The Smart Start Fund; Trustee, The Indus Entrepreneurs Global (TiE)
PK is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor, idea accelerator, and writer with interests in innovation, startups, entrepreneurship, technology, mobility, wireless, intelligent buildings, online media and more. He considers himself an international citizen, living in Dubai and traveling often to India, the Middle East, the US, and other countries. PK has served in numerous leadership capacities including as CEO of Optimistix Ventures, Dubai, Chairman of GulfCom Group, UAE-India, Chairman of ProKraft Group, India, and Board Member of Fame Eduserve Pvt. Ltd.
Jim Hunt, Managing Partner, Mita Group
Anish Shrestha Er.anishshrestha@gmail.com
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Yellow solves the recurrent problem of Foodies, discount hunters, and the event freaks. The Kathmandu based startup is an app that uses local search services for nearby restaurants, discounts, and events. Not only does Yellow solve problems for its users but it also helps out the restaurant owners by providing valid metrics for their businesses.
Jim has served as the past President of Cap Gemini Technologies, LLC and as Founder, President and CEO of Ernst & Young Technologies. He currently sits on the boards of six technology companies. Jim has extensive experience in building technology companies and angel investing. He has invested in and assisted with the start-up of over two dozen companies over the past twenty years. As Managing Partner at the Mita Group, he advises both small and large companies. He works on strategic and tactical planning ranging from market penetration and expansion to cost reduction and restructuring. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Georgetown University.
Dr. Doros Platika, Chairman of Cohera Medical, ZircLight Inc., and the Super-Centenarian Research Foundation (SRF)
As an entrepreneur, he has founded and ran start-up technology companies that have raised over $500 million of investment capital. The companies have created multi-billion dollars in shareholder and product value including initial public offerings (IPOs), product launch and commercialization, product licensing and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) with multinational companies in Asia, Europe and North America. As an executive at a $2.5 Billion venture fund and as a manager of a $120 Million economic development and investment fund, he has personally mentored over 40 entrepreneurs to help start more than 39 new high tech companies.
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Ranjit Acharaya, CEO, Prisma Advertising

Ranjit Acharya is the founder, owner, and CEO of Prisma Advertising, a leading advertising firm located in Nepal. He has over two decades of experience and has worked with clients such as Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Samsung, and more. He also serves as the Director of Media Hub and Managing Director of Neel Barahi Films.
Soham Dhakal, Entrepreneur, Neolinx Pvt. Ltd.

Soham has over 16 years of experience in the Information Technology and Services industry. Prior to Neolinx, 8 of these years were spent in the US working as a Sr. Project Leader/Architect at Cerner Corporation. Soham holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Central Oklahoma and an MA in Computer Information and Resource Management from Webster University.
Amit Agrawal, CEO, Janaki Technology Pvt. Ltd

Leveraging viral marketing power Amit has years of experience working in the IT sector filling a variety of roles. Starting out as a Support Engineer with Subisu, Amit went on to Janaki Technology to serve as the companies Director of Business Development. He also founded and became the Director of Social Aves, a social media marketing agency based in Kathmandu. Driven by the passion to promote tech-entrepreneurship and startups in the country, Amit and his team undertook many initiatives and projects through Janaki Technology Pvt. Ltd. It is now one of the leading VAS Provider and Social Media Product company in Nepal.
Sanjay Golchha, Director, Golchha Organisation

After receiving his MBA in 1995, Sanjay founded the Golchha Organisation and currently serves as its Director. He went on and founded Neoteric Nepal and IT Nepal shortly after. Both of which are now Nepals leading IT companies. He is also serves as a founding member of Nepals Entrepreneurs Organization.
Sanjib Raj Bhandari, CEO, Mercantile

In his 26 years of experience in the IT sector, Sanjib has founded over a half dozen IT and communication companies. He currently serves as the CEO of Mercantile Office Systems, one of the largest hardware and software vendors in Nepal. He is also the Chairman and CEO of Mercantile Communications, Nepals first and largest Internet Service Provider with point of presence in Kathmandu and 12 cities around Nepal. Besides these, Rajbhandari is also the Founder/ Director of Serving Minds Pvt. Ltd and several media houses like Himal Media Pvt. Ltd., HITS Nepal Pvt. Ltd., Nepalnews.com, to name a few. He has also diversified his portfolio to the hydro power sector with the opening of Shangrila Energy Ltd. (Butwal Power Co. Ltd.).
Manish Jha, General Manager, FACTS Research & Analytics Manish is currently a student of masters in Sociology too. In 2004, same time he contributed as a co-founder to establish a Youth Organization HRIDAYA GROUP and started his career also as a Youth activist & same time he established www.nepalifootball.com as a co-founder in 2005. He has worked for Multinational Advertising Agency (JWT Worldwide) as a Client Servicing Executive & in MoneyPlay LLC (USA) as a Business Executive. He promotes ideas about market based economy and democratic practice with individual liberty. He is faculty member in KINGs college in Kathmandu. He believes being positive can change the world but for that we need to stop complaining and start contributing. Brijendra (Rochan) Joshi Brijendra has been working in service industry and entrepreneurial ventures for the last ten years. He specializes in project management and community mobilization. He is the co-organizer of the Startup Weekend in Nepal and currently the COO at Rooster Logic, a tech startups which works on Big Data Management in Nepal.
Karmath Dangol, Vice President of Engineering, CloudFactory.com A unique balance of business acumen and technical skills
CloudFactory is a crowdsourcing company based in Nepal working towards creating work for a million people. While living in the U.S., he was an Engineering Contractor for the Quantitative Marketing team at Google Inc. and has also worked at eBay Inc. as Senior Manager of Internet Marketing Solutions. When he returned to Nepal, before joining CloudFactory, Karmath held leadership positions at two of the top local software outsourcing companies. Beside this he was a co-founder of NextAction.net (now datalogix.com), a direct marketing company that provides a cooperative database for acquisition marketing to over 700 catalogs.
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Gaurub Pandey, CEO, Bajra Technologies

Gaurub holds a BS in Computer Science from Brown University. He worked for Cisco Systems for two years as a Software Engineer until he decided to move back to Kathmandu in 2010. For a short while he was the Senior Software Engineer at Deerwalk Inc. After this brief stint, he went on and founded Bajra Technologies, where he is their current CEO.
Anil Shah, CEO, Mega Bank Ltd

Anil Shah began his career as bank teller at Standard Charted. After rapidly advancing in his career he rose to become the General Manager of the bank and in 2004, he was appointed as CEO of Nabil Bank the first Nepali CEO of a joint venture bank in Nepal. While at the Nabil Bank, he doubled the amount of loans and deposits, making it the largest bank in Nepal. Afterwards, he went on to start a new venture called the Mega Bank, of which he is the CEO. Anil Shah holds a BBA from George Washington University and an MBA from Faculty Management Studies Delhi.
Vidhan Rana, Founder & Managing Partner, Biruwa Ventures

Vidhan completed a bachelors degree in Business Management and Economics from Hope College in Michigan, USA. After graduation, he joined Whittaker Associates Inc., a market research firm. There, he worked with several state and local economic development agencies and provided guidance and support to small and medium sized businesses on issues of employment generation. Vidhan established a research division for Whittaker Associates in Nepal and founded Biruwa Ventures in July 2011 to support aspiring entrepreneurs. Through Biruwa, Vidhan has mentored over 100 entrepreneurs and invested in three startups.
Suman Shakya, Managing Director, One Planet Solutions

Suman is the Past President of Everest Toastmasters Club, an important hub of a global network that trains people to become better communicators and leaders. Suman is also the Co-organizer of Startup Weekend Kathmandu, a global grass root movement promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. Suman is the current Director of Rooster Logic and is associated with bitarak.com, Digitainment. He is also doing business consultancy and training through Tangent Waves. Suman completed his Diploma in Foreign Trade and MBA from Calcutta, India, and is he is currently an adjunct faculty of Marketing at Ace Institute of Management and South Asian Institute of Management.
Saanjib Subba, CEO, National Banking Training Institute

Sanjib has over 20 years of experience as a banker and international trainer. He holds an MBA from Webster University and has received executive education from both the World Bank Institute and Stanford Universitys Graduate School of Business. Sanjib started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank and later moved to Bangkok where he was the Executive Director for Webster University Managing MBA and other Masters level programs. Over the years, Sanjib has designed and delivered several training programs for the Government of Bhutan, Nepal, Vietnam, as well as NGOs and corporations in Thailand and Afghanistan.
Sramanendra Shrestha, Executive Director, Business Advantage Ltd.

Subu is an MBA graduate from Kathmandu University. Having completed his MBA he joined Buddha Air as Assistant Manager for Corporate Affairs, where he was responsible for laying the foundation and undertaking Buddha Airs overall marketing and promotions. At Business Advantage, he heads the Creative Department and supports Client Servicing and Business Development. Since 1998, Subu has worked with a variety of clients that include; BMW, Hyundai, Toyota, Yamaha, Philips, Tuborg Beer, Carlsberg Beer, Jolly Shandy/Lemonade, Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Hotel Yak n Yeti, The Himalayan Times, Annapurna Post, Nepal Tourism Board, UNICEF. Subu has also won the title of Copywriter of the Year at Crity Awards 2006 - Nepals highest advertising awards ceremony. Sanjib Subba, CEO, National Banking Training Institute Sanjib has over 20 years of experience as a banker and international trainer. He holds an MBA from Webster University and has received executive education from both the World Bank Institute and Stanford Universitys Graduate School of Business. Sanjib started his career with ANZ Grindlays Bank and later moved to Bangkok where he was the Executive Director for Webster University Managing MBA and other Masters level programs.
Sanjay Shah, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Finaccess Pvt. Ltd.

Sanjay was trained as an engineer in Electronics and Communications and received an MBA in Human Resources Management from the University of Dallas. He formerly served as Chairman of the Bank of Kathmandu. Nepals decade long armed conflict, its root causes and the resulting impact on the nation inspired him to co-found Finaccess Hello Paisa, an innovative interoperable mobile financial services platform in Nepal. Sanjay strongly believes that the private sector should have a role in working towards reducing poverty and his company works to provide people with tools and services that can help them achieve their dreams and ambitions.
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Dr, Jyoti Tandukar, CEO, Alternative Technology Dr. Tandukar also serves as a tenured Associate Professor at the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University. He has been a member of the International Advisory Board of Asia Pacific Symposium on Information and Telecommunication Technologies. Jyoti is also the Vice President of the IT Professional Forum, a non-governmental organization founded with a vision of ICT development in Nepal. For a small country like Nepal, he believes that the mantra for success is innovation in a service oriented niche market where large companies cannot enter.
NATALIA PIPIA Associate Director, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, CRDF Global

Natalia Pipia develops and oversees Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programs at CRDF Global. She expands and generates new opportunities with the private sector, foundations, and international organizations that share CRDF Globals mission of advancing technology entrepreneurship in emerging economies. A critical part of her current position is developing vision and outreach strategies as well as overseeing a portfolio of programs that source and provide support to tech companies. She executes several programs, including GIST and VentureOut Initiative, that support hundreds of early stage entrepreneurs in the Middle East, Africa, Eurasia, South East Asia, and the Caribbean regions by providing education, technical skills, seed funding, and U.S. market access to entrepreneurs. Natalia advises on policy and programs that promote all aspects of entrepreneurial ecosystem building. She holds a M.A. in International Relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.
Ujwal Thapa, Co-Founder, Entrepreneurs for Nepal

Ujwal is a farmer, activist, and entrepreneur who is not afraid to fail. He is one of the founders of Entrepreneurs for Nepal, a 23,000+ strong vibrant platform that builds entrepreneurs in and for Nepal. He has experimented in ventures that include everything from travel portals, job search sites, news, IT, and more.
OVIDIU BUJOREAN Senior Manager, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, CRDF Global

Ovidiu Bujorean manages The GIST Initiative, a global enterprise that builds dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems in 54 countries across the Middle East, Turkey, Africa and Asia. Since 2011, GIST has built an online global community of 200k entrepreneurs, trained more than 3k entrepreneurs, vetted and mentored fast growing tech entrepreneurs who raised $21M+ in funding and generated 800 jobs and $15M in revenue. Ovidiu built a network of global partnerships with likeminded organizations such as MIT Enterprise Forum, Startup Malaysia, TOBB/ Tepav, Infodev and Microsoft as well as attracted the support of globally recognized entrepreneurs and investors such as Jeff Hoffman, Co-founder and Former CEO of Priceline, Nolan Bushnell Co-founder of Atari and Ali Sabanc, Chairman of Pegasus Airlines. He was Senior Associate at Rudyard Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in consumer technologies. Mr. Bujorean serves as Chairman of the Board of Advisors of AIESEC DC and Vice-Chairman of MIT Enterprise Forum DC.
YURITZI ACOSTA Associate Program Manager, CRDF Global

Yuritzi Acosta has over five years of experience in international program management. For the last two years, she has been actively engaged in implementing programs focused on entrepreneurship support and working with a diverse group of entrepreneurs and startups from all over the world. She has helped develop a network of entrepreneurs, angel and venture investors, incubators, business accelerators, universities and other stakeholders to support these aspiring entrepreneurs. She has coordinated a number of programs funded by local and international agencies, and has lived in countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
Ujwal Thapa, Co-Founder, Entrepreneurs for Nepal

Ujwal is a farmer, activist, and entrepreneur who is not afraid to fail. He is one of the founders of Entrepreneurs for Nepal, a 23,000+ strong vibrant platform that builds entrepreneurs in and for Nepal. He has experimented in ventures that include everything from travel portals, job search sites, news, IT, and more.
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Samar Basnet, Chief Software Architect and Partner, Avionte Avionte is a US based software company that develops ERP solutions for staffing industry. As an architect, Samar designs and develops the blueprint and defines system qualities and technical standards of the software. He also coordinates programming projects between the U.S. and Nepal teams. Samar grew up in Kathmandu and now lives in MInnesota. He earned his Bachelors desgree in statistics, with a minor in information systesm from St. Cloud State University. Prior to joining Avionte, Samar worked as a Senior Software Analyst for another software technology provider. He developed an in-depth knowledge of ERP systems specific to the staffing industry. Shailendra Raj Giri, Owner, Real Solutions Shailendra has more than 12 years of experience as a Human Resource Consultant and founded Real Solutions, a leading firm in the industry. He is a founding member and vice president of the Human Resource Society Nepal and has a vast knowledge of the Nepalese Job Market. He founded meroJob.com and rojgari.com. Today, meroJob.com is Nepals number one job site for white color job and Rojgari.com is a unique job portal for blue color job. Beyond consulting, Shailendra is also a lecturer, trainer, consular, coach and motivational speaker. He believes that believe that learning at the different stage of life empowers one to climb the ladder of success and achieve the goal of life and career. Sohan Khatri, CEO, Three H Management Sohan is a Licensed International Financial Analyst (LIFA) charterholder, an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Bangalore University and also a civil engineer from the Institute of Engineering (IOE) , Pulchowk. He has more than 10 years of experince as visiting faculties is some of the renowned business and engineering colleges in Nepal. He is as an independent director at DCBL bank limited and is also a technical advisor and consultant at a number of national and international non for profit organizations and engineering projects.
Narendra Prajapati, CEO, Bhote Koshi Power Company Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Prajapati is currently the CEO of Bhote Koshi Power Company that operates Upper Bhote Koshi HEP under the BOOT Agreement with the Government of Nepal. He is also the Treasurer of Independent Power Producer Association of Nepal. Before moving to hydropower, Narendra was spearheading a real-estate development unit of the Bhote Koshi Power Company. He has extensive experience in Project Management of 5 Star Deluxe properties in Nepal. Mr. Prajapati holds an MBA in Finance from TU, Nepal and is a diploma holder of Architectural Engineering.
Sakar Pudasaini, Founder, Karkhana Sakar is a technologist and an educator. He is the founder of Karthana, a markerspace and education company based in Kathmandu. The technologist in him sees that the world he lives in is malleable, both in the material and cultural sensesr to the current position, Rupesh consulted, researched, and trained for small and medium enterprises, was a visiting faculty for marketing and entrepreneurship at various business schools in Nepal and had several years of experience in tradin business. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska, as well as a Masters in General Management from KUSOM.
Rupesh Krishna Shrestha, Kathmandu University School of Management Prior to the current position, Rupesh consulted, researched, and trained for small and medium enterprises, was a visiting faculty for marketing and entrepreneurship at various business schools in Nepal and had several years of experience in tradin business. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska, as well as a Masters in General Management from KUSOM.
Er. Alok (Kumar) Panday, Director, Strategic Product Development, Braindigit IT Solutions Pandey first started as a developer at Braindigit IT Solutions, one of the major contributors to the global market in Business Application Development, Enterprise Content Management, Mobile Apps Development and Collaborative eCommerce Solution. He now works as the Director of strategic product development and has since successfully executed the launches of SageFrame and AspxCommerce. He is also the president at AspNetCommunity, an online community bringing people from different sectors together. There, he manages all local events and strategic growth.
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Anand Tuladhar, Owner, The Bluestar Complex Having traversed the entrepreneurial journey for over 30 years building successful businesses like the Bluestar and the Bluebird groups today lifes calling is mentoring and training the new generation of Nepalese youth the many facets of entrepreneurial and management skills. With the experience of establishing and managing own businesses and a strong governance, leadership, management and contingency skills has built relationships and applied contemporary management practices to a wide range of organizations. Has been teaching and training the younger generation for almost a decade in entrepreneurship skills and preparing the young start ups to embark on the journey of success.
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FIDAN KARIMOVA Associate Program Manager, GIST Initiative
Boot Camp
May 5-6, 2014
NEPAL
Demo Day
May 7, 2014
MIC TEAM
Boot Camp
May 5-6, 2014
NEPAL
Demo Day
May 7, 2014
Fidan Karimova joined the CRDF Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation team in October 2012, focusing on media messaging and communications, but she has been on staff at CRDF Global for three years already, working on client relationship management, website development, and promotional materials. Fidan has traveled extensively, including living abroad in China, Italy, and Spain and working for a summer at the UN in Azerbaijan. She also brings her entrepreneurial spirit to GIST, having started her own painting business and dabbled in environmental fashion design in college.
Mr. Allen Bailochan Tuladhar, CEO, Unlimited Technologies Pvt Ltd.

For the past 18 years, Allen has held a number of roles while working in the field of local language computing in the ICT sector of Nepal. He has contributed to many organizations, including being a representative of Nepal for 10 years to the Asian Forum for Information Technology. Currently, he is the CEO of Unlimited Technologies and has been instrumental in driving the Microsoft BizSpark program for Nepal.
AMANDA GANT Associate Program Manager, GIST Initiative

Amanda Gant joined CRDF Global in March 2012, working with international partners to organize startup boot camps and virtual mentorship programs. Amanda has long had the entrepreneurship bug, selling bracelets on the beach of her hometown since middle school, an experience that inspired her to study international development with the hope of empowering others to realize their dreams by starting their own businesses. Amanda supports her local community by organizing the annual Glover Park Day, which showcases local area businesses and non-profits; she also leads serviceoriented ecotourism trips to Nicaragua to promote travel and cultural exchange.
Ms. Denil Bhandari, Program Manager, BizSpark

After receiving an MBA from the Ace Institute of Managament, Denil went to work with a number of organizations and on various projects. She has lots of experience with localization of technology and has worked with the Ministry of Health, Cyber Kosh, Unlimited Technologies, Microsoft, and many more. Denil currently serves as the Program Manager of BizSparks Nepal program. This a free software for startups that was created by Microsoft.
Pradeep Kandel, Technical Evangelist and Program Manager, Microsoft Innovation Center Nepal
Pradeep holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Tribhuvan University. He has over 4 years of experience in the IT industry in Nepal and has led many projects for Microsoft, including the Microsoft Student Partners Program, Microsoft Faculty Program, along with many other IT Services projects for Microsoft and other organizations. In his current role, Pradeep provides technology support to various startups and entrepreneurs to ensure that the technology they use is sound and future-proof.
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Boot Camp
May 5-6, 2014
NEPAL
Demo Day
May 7, 2014
RESOURCES
General Resources
Entrepreneur www.entrepreneur.com Inc.com www.inc.com Red Herring www.redherring.com VentureBeat www.venturebeat.com Afriqueitnews - www.afriqueitnews.com Fast Company - www.fastcompany.com Cnet - www.cnet.com TechCrunch - www.techcrunch.com Tech Cocktail - www.tech.co Satanford Online - online.stanford.edu Udacity - www.udacity.com
Boot Camp
May 5-6, 2014
NEPAL
Demo Day
May 7, 2014
Ajay Ghimire, Chairman, Ace Institute of Management & Chairman- Avant Ventures
A recipient of Fulbright scholarship and management graduate of MIT Sloan School of Management, USA, Ajay also received his education from Panjab University (Chandigarh, India), Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California at Berkeley (USA) and Oxford University (UK). He is the founder and chairman of Ace Institute of Management, Ace Higher Secondary School, Ace School, and a newly established Avant Ventures. He also established Ace Finance Company (now Ace Development Bank) and Vibor Bikas Bank and served as their founder CEO. He is also one of the founders of Niti Foundation and serves on its Board as the Chairman. He has also served on the Board of Nepal Investment Bank and on the Senate of Pokhara University.
Ashish Tiwari, Principal/Director, Ace Institute of Management

An MBA graduate from KIIT School of Management, Bhubaneshwar, India, Ashish has over 16 years of experience in the field of marketing, education and education management. Currently the Principal and Director at Ace Institute of Management, he also serves on the Board of Ace Higher Secondary School and Ace School. His area of expertise include marketing, strategic management, branding, teaching, training and facilitation.
Non-Government Programs
Entrepreneur Week - www.entrepreneurweek.net Entrepreneur Meetup - entrepreneur.meetup.com Global Community for Advancing Studies on Entrepreneurship - www.gcase.org 10,000 Women Initiative - www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000women/ Global Entrepreneurship Leadership Symposium - entrepreneurship.intel.com/community/gels-community Global Entrepreneurship Week - www.unleashingideas.org Microsoft BizSpark - www.mitef.org OPEC Fund for International Development - www.ofid.org
Kumar Thapa,Program Director-MBA, Ace Institute of Management

An avid educationist, Kumar has his M Ed and MBA from Tribhuvan University and Pokhara University respectively. He currently heads the MBA at Ace Institute of Management. With his expertise and interest in co-curricular activities, Kumar has the experience of managing various inter and intra-college events. He also is the faculty of Services Marketing and Managerial Communication at Ace Institute of Management.
Global Student Entrepreneur Awards - www.gsea.org YoungEntrepreneur.com - www.youngentrepreneur.com/about-us
U.S. Government Programs

A New Beginning: Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation anewbeginning.eonetwork.org Youth Livelihoods Alliance - www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/10/198490.htm TechGirls - exchanges.state.gov/non-us/program/techgirls TechWomen - www.techwomen.org The Global Entrepreneurship Program - www.state.gov/e/eb/cba/entrepreneurship/gep/index.htm Partners for a New Beginning - www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/new-beginning Global Womens Mentorship Program - exchanges.state.gov/citizens/professionals/fortunepartnership.html Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development - www.ceed-global.org/web/default.aspx The Entrepreneurship Toolkit - egateg.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/USAID_State%20Entrepreneurship%20Toolkit_0.pdf
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May 7, 2014
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