 "UpGrad, LetsVenture partner to design angel investment plan")
Online education start-up UpGrad, co-founded by entrepreneur and private investor Ronnie Screwvala, has tied up with online deal-making platform LetsVenture to jointly design a four- to six-week online angel investment programme that aims to reach over 2,500 individuals over the next two years.
The programme, which is slated to commence in July 2016 in India, will also be launched in select international markets to give international investors access to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India and in the respective country.
It will comprise a mixture of interactive content and lectures from the world's leading angel investors as well as high-end offline meet-ups for networking opportunities giving individuals looking to become investors an unmatched access to the startup ecosystem of the country.
"Our programme is designed to satisfy the increasing demands of individuals to be educated in the area of angel investing, driven by the strong growth in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India and great developments in the funding landscape. LetsVenture has had huge impact on the positive development in the country and we are extremely excited to partner up with them to educate the next set of investors," UpGrad co-founder Ronnie Screwvala said in a statement.
"Ever since we started LetsVenture, we have seen a significant demand of new angel investors to get trained and educated in some of the key areas of angel investing. We have done smaller training workshops throughout the years, but we want to make this available to the many more individuals who want to step into this exciting field of investments. We want to make angel investing more accessible to investors living outside of Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. That's why we have partnered with UpGrad to create a first-class program for the next generation of angel investors," said Shanti Mohan, co-founder and CEO of LetsVenture.
The programme, which is slated to commence in July 2016 in India, will also be launched in select international markets to give international investors access to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India and in the respective country.
It will comprise a mixture of interactive content and lectures from the world's leading angel investors as well as high-end offline meet-ups for networking opportunities giving individuals looking to become investors an unmatched access to the startup ecosystem of the country.
"Our programme is designed to satisfy the increasing demands of individuals to be educated in the area of angel investing, driven by the strong growth in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India and great developments in the funding landscape. LetsVenture has had huge impact on the positive development in the country and we are extremely excited to partner up with them to educate the next set of investors," UpGrad co-founder Ronnie Screwvala said in a statement.
"Ever since we started LetsVenture, we have seen a significant demand of new angel investors to get trained and educated in some of the key areas of angel investing. We have done smaller training workshops throughout the years, but we want to make this available to the many more individuals who want to step into this exciting field of investments. We want to make angel investing more accessible to investors living outside of Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. That's why we have partnered with UpGrad to create a first-class program for the next generation of angel investors," said Shanti Mohan, co-founder and CEO of LetsVenture.
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