The presentation talks about the different community initiatives - meet ups, prototyping events, Co-Working spaces, Maker communities, Angel Groups and Events being hosted in Chennai to support the startup Ecosystem. This presentation was presented at Barclays Centre in Chennai. Feel free to reach out to author for corrections, comments and feedback.

1. Chennai Startup
Ecosystem
Nivas Ravichandran
Startup Enthusiast | Product Marketing
IEEE Volunteer | Blogger | Social Media savvy

2. Community Meet-ups
• Chennai Open Coffee Club
• Chennai Geeks
• Madrasters (Designers)
• Pecha Kucha Night
• Filter Kaapi Mafia

3. Chennai Open Coffee Club
First Saturday | The Startup Centre | FB Group

4. Chennai Geeks - Geek Night
Last Thursday | Thoughtworks | FB Group

5. Madrasters - Design
IIT Madras Research Park | FB Group | FB Page

6. Pecha Kucha Chennai
The Startup Centre | FB Page

7. Filter Kaapi Mafia
Hangout Spots/Coffee Places | FB Group

8. Hackathons / Prototyping Events
• Startup Weekend
• In50Hrs
• Angel Hack Chennai
• SaveTheHacker

9. Startup Weekend
54 Hours | FB Page | Prototyping Event

10. In50Hrs
50 Hours | FB Page | Prototyping Event

11. Angel Hack
Prototyping Event | 2 Days

12. Save The Hacker

13. CoWorking spaces
• IIT Madras Research Park
• The Startup Centre
• TheWorks@
Maker Communities
• Centre for Innovation (CFI IIT Madras)
• Makerspace Chennai

14. IIT Madras Research Park

15. The Startup Centre

16. TheWorks@

17. Centre for Innovation

18. Makerspace Chennai

19. Community Initiatives
• Startup Leadership Program
• Startup Walk
• www.madrasmade.net
Angel Groups
• Chennai Angels

20. Startup Leadership Program
August | Classes : September | 6 months

21. Startup Walk
4 Routes | 21 Startups | 185 Participants

22. madrasmade.net
Startups | Incubators | Coworking | Investors | Hangouts

23. The Chennai Angels

24. Events
• TieCon
• Nasscom Emerge
• Startup Grind
• TedX
• Yourstory Meetups
• IEEE Young Professionals
• iSPIRT

25. TieCon
30, 31st October 2015 | ITC Grand Chola

26. Nasscom Product Conclave

27. Startup Grind

28. TedX

29. Yourstory Meetups

30. IEEE Young Professionals

31. Incubators
• IIT Madras Incubation Cell
• IIT Madras Rural Technology Business Incubator
• Villgro
• VIT Technology Business Incubator
• Paypal’s Incubator - Start Tank

32. India Level Events
• Yourstory Techsparks
• NextBigWhat Unplugged
• The Goa Project
• Nasscom Product Conclave
• Yourstory Mobisparks
• Social Media Week

33. Thank You
@nivasravi
nivasravichandran@gmail.com