India Network and Canada Based Bay Street Diary Announces Strategic JV to Act as Bridge Between Canada and India
Mumbai: The India Network, a platform for people from across the start-up spectrum to connect, collaborate and co-create, today announced that it has inked a one-of-a-kind strategic partnership with Bay Street Diary further advancing its strategy to expand and connect with entrepreneurs and mentors across India and Canada.
The India Network, a platform for people from across the start-up spectrum to connect, collaborate and co-create, today announced that it has inked a one-of-a-kind strategic partnership with Bay Street Diary further advancing its strategy to expand and connect with entrepreneurs and mentors across India and Canada. Bay Street Diary has been on the forefront helping businesses and entrepreneurs to succeed by sharing their abundance of knowledge accumulated from seasoned and successful entrepreneurs through video & podcast interviews, blogs and partnership opportunities. This will facilitate India Network’s belief that ‘Geography must not be a constraint for anyone to succeed and grow’.
The agreement between India Network & Bay Street Diary entails the following scope of work:
Connecting entrepreneurs and business owners to opportunities and mentors in India and Canada
Partnering with like-minded individuals, organizations, companies and campuses and Governments.
Exploring and setting up specific themed incubators and accelerator programs and connect relevant folks in both countries
Setting up an Indo-Canadian immersion program for students, entrepreneurs, investors and government folks for them to get a broad overview with specific learnings on a planned trip in limited groups
Exploring options of helping companies and start-ups find JV partners
Provide internships or educational trips to either of the partnership countries for entrepreneurs and students looking to explore and build on international markets
Build an Indo-Canadian network of angel investors & mentors, enabling business owners and entrepreneurs to pitch their business plans and achievements for the purpose of raising growth capital and business development
Suneet Oberoi, Co-founder, Bay Street Diary said, “Through this JV between Bay Street Diary and India Network, we plan to open a box full of opportunities for entrepreneurs and business owners in Canada and India.”
He furthered, “Being an entrepreneur, (who is) well versed with the Indian and North American geographies, I believe there is an opportunity and potential between Canadian and Indian businesses, partnering on different fronts. This is exactly what our Joint Venture with India Network aims to achieve. We will work together in connecting like-minded entrepreneurs, businesses, investors, mentors, and in turn, create an ecosystem for the Indo-Canadian entrepreneurial community.”
Rahul Narvekar – Founder & CEO, India Network stated, “Happy to work with Suneet in building this Network on the ground in Bharat and Canada at the same time. I believe both countries can benefit from this partnership and I hope post pandemic we can take lots of young startup founders to Canada for a learning experience.”
Both parties are excited about this new partnership and the potential benefits it provides to the growing entrepreneurial community.
About India Network
The India Network spearheaded by Rahul Narvekar with Angel Investors like Narendra Firodia & Jital Shah – is a platform for people from across the Start-up spectrum to connect, with high focus on tier 2/ 3/ 4 /5 cities. A network where you can connect, collaborate and co-create, for we believe ‘Geography and language must not be a constraint for anyone to succeed and grow’. And not just entrepreneurs, this platform is also for mavericks, aspiring entrepreneurs, freelancers, artisans and students. Enabling the Start-up ecosystem as we connect them to Mentors and Investors across the country as also hosting business owners and influencers forming an integral part of our dynamic community. As a curated community of people who are positive, hungry for learning, helping the community, and wanting to make a dent in the universe.
The India Network has recently launched Startup Studio – India’s first local language incubator and accelerator programme as also India Angel Fund with specific focus on funding Women led startups. Within 30 days of launch they have invested in 3 women led startups: WYN Studio led by Souniya Khurana, IPHM led by Sneh Kulkarni and GOD Cafe led by Sheetal Bhatt.