NITN | @notintownlive | 18 Aug 2018, 11:26 am
New Delhi, Aug 18 (NITN): Mentorship-driven accelerator Techstars has appointed Ray Newal as MD to support emerging markets entrepreneurs.
The Canada born and raised Newal is no stranger to building a startup in India. In 2009, he left a career in corporate tech in North America to build a mobile video company in India.
His startup Jigsee went on to become one of the top apps on Nokia feature phones and streamed entertainment content to millions of first time Internet users. It was his passion to bring disruptive and democratizing technologies to market that led Newal to found Jigsee, which he exited in 2015.
On his appointment as Managing Director of Techstars India Ray said, “It’s my passion and purpose to find and support these brilliant entrepreneurs by helping them to connect with mentors with the ability to bring step change improvements to their startup journeys.”
Techstars Mentorship-driven Accelerators are not new to Indian entrepreneurs. Just ask the founders of ClassPass, Kinetic, and Stasis Labs. In fact, almost 5 percent of applicants to any of the 40+ Techstars programs around the world hail from India.
The Techstars community now includes more than 10,000 mentors, and through its mentorship-driven accelerators, has invested in nearly 1400 companies from more than 40 countries.
Newal will be hosting a fireside chat in Delhi on August 20, 2018 at CoWrks Gurgaon to meet founders and provide more information regarding the program. Tickets to the event are available here: http://bit.ly/tsdelhi
- Sona College of Technology Fashion Technology students win Ministry of Textiles' Design Innovation Hackathon
- Reliance Industries posts record quarterly revenue of ₹3.4 lakh crore, Jio IPO on the horizon
- Prabha Khaitan Foundation, French Embassy explore deeper Indo-French cultural collaboration
- World Music Day 2026 Concert Writes a New Chapter in Kolkata's Cultural Soul
- Big boost for UPI: India’s digital payment system expands to Cambodia
- India at Cannes 2026: Glitter on the Croisette, But Where Is the Cinema?
- Sona College announces admissions to BTech in Computer Science, IT, AI-ML & Data Science
- NEET-UG to shift to Computer-Based test mode from 2027, says Dharmendra Pradhan; experts welcome move
- Sona College of Technology launches ‘Sona ChipIN Centre’ with latest semiconductor EDA tools
- Parampara founder Debabrata Sen brings Ayurveda to Gen Z with interactive session at Kolkata school
Tata-owned Air India, India’s leading global airline, and Saudia, the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand strategic cooperation between the two airlines.
JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), the company selected by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey to build and operate John F. Kennedy International Airport’s new world-class Terminal 6 (JFK T6), and Air India on Tueday announced that the airline has chosen T6 for its operations beginning in 2028.
Emirates has introduced a new flexible payment solution for customers in India, allowing travellers to book flights across its global network and pay through affordable monthly instalments.