Beginning on November 16, Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) will play host to the largest beachfront startup gathering in India, the fifth edition of Huddle Global.
The three-day conference, which will include 15,000 participants, will be inaugurated by Hon. Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan at 10 a.m. at the picturesque Adimalathura beach near Vizhinjam, according to KSUM CEO Shri Anoop Ambika during a news conference held.
The event, organised in partnership with Startup India, Headstart, TiE Kerala, GTech, Startup Middle East, Habitat for Humanity and Technopark Today, will see the participation of more than 5,000 startups, 400 HNIs, 300 mentors, 200 corporates, 150 investors and speakers.
The opening ceremony will be presided over by Smt. Tinku Biswal I.A.S., Principal Secretary, Department of Revenue and Housing.
The inaugural speakers will be Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP; Mr. Didier Vanderhasselt, Belgium’s ambassador to India; Ms. Catherine Gallagher, Minister of Commerce and Head of Austrade South Asia; and Mr. Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Deputy Managing Director (Transaction Banking & New Initiatives) of SBI.
More than a hundred startup businesses will have the chance to showcase their goods at an event held in conjunction with Huddle Global. In order to get guidance on investment opportunities, they can also consult with industry and technological specialists, he added.
A vast array of environmentally friendly and high-quality products manufactured from fruits, crops, and millets will be on show at the conference as well.
As per the KSUM, Huddle Global will feature keynote sessions, leadership talks, tech talks, and panel discussions with international embassies, industry experts, investors, venture capitalists and corporate leaders. It will bring immense opportunities for startups to get mentored by industry leaders with an in-depth understanding of various aspects of products, services, design, marketing strategies, capital structuring, fundraising and business development.
KSUM, the nodal agency of the Kerala Government for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities in the state, has been organising ‘Huddle Kerala’ since 2018.
More than 5,000 startups from across the country had attended the previous editions of the event, including investors, government officials, members of academia and the business community.
