
Pentathlon Ventures in association with AIC Shiv Nadar University presents a curated platform for B2B founders, operators and investors to share insights and network. Make real connections and gain insights from operators and founders who have successfully navigated the B2B product journey. Join us for a panel discussion on Building B2B Products: Customisation to Scale. Catch our speakers Madhukar Bhatia, Managing Partner Pentathlon Ventures; Mayank Gupta, Co-founder, Zopper; and Sanjay Varnwal, CEO and Co-founder of Spyne.ai talk about what it takes to build and scale B2B products. This will be followed by networking. Venue: HCL, Sector 3, Noida Date : 02/05/26

A curated room of founders sharing what is actually working. No fluff. No surface level conversations. Just real insights. This edition brings together a focused panel featuring Rahul Jha, founder of Sampark.me and seen on Shark Tank. The conversation will be grounded in what is actually happening in the market right now. Date : 2nd May 2026 Venue: 3rd Floor, Dt Mega Mall, Golf Course Rd, A Block, DLF Phase 1, Gurugram, Haryana 122002

About Startup Saturday @ MIJ Startup Saturday is a weekly founder-focused community initiative hosted by Made in JIS (MIJ) in Kolkata. The platform brings together student entrepreneurs, early-stage founders, builders, and startup enthusiasts for open conversations with founders who are actively building. This Week’s Session Guest: Harshad Lalwani — Founder & CEO, Hummsa Biotech Hummsa Biotech is a Kolkata-based deep-tech company developing a next-generation oral obesity therapeutic focused on fat loss without appetite suppression, aiming for improved muscle preservation and long-term outcomes. The company is backed by 100X.VC and Dholakia Ventures , with a globally experienced scientific team and advisors. Event Details Date: 2nd May 2026 Time: 3:00 PM Location: MIJ, Austin Tower, Newtown, Kolkata

InvestPro Egypt Cairo 2026 The first annual international business conference InvestPro in Cairo! Join top global investors, corporate service providers, wealth managers, and international entrepreneurs at InvestPro Egypt Cairo 2026 — the must-attend platform for cross-border business, investment migration, and wealth preservation solutions. ✔️B2C (70% local audience) ✔️1-Day Conference + Exhibition ✔️15+ Presentations, 15+ Partners ✔️Consultations from Sponsors and Partners ✔️300+ Delegates from 30+ countries ✔️Coffee breaks, lunch, evening cocktail ✔️Working language: EN Discover opportunities in real estate, second citizenship, private banking, fintech, and investment funds from Europe, the UAE, the Caribbean, and beyond. Connect with leading experts who can guide your global expansion, asset protection, and tax optimization strategies. ✔️ Gain insights into banking, investments, real estate, and private capital management, including citizenship by investment and cross-border wealth protection. ✔️ Explore strategies for international corporate structuring, tax and compliance optimization, and global mobility solutions. ✔️ Connect directly with global experts, sponsors, and peers who can provide actionable guidance and support tailored to your business realities.

GITEX AI Kazakhstan is the region’s largest inaugural event for tech, startups, and digital investment—hosted by the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in partnership with Astana Hub and Akimat of the City of Almaty, and accelerated by GITEX—the world’s largest and most trusted tech ecosystem.

The Smart Journalist course aims to equip journalists and media professionals with the skills needed to effectively use artificial intelligence and modern digital tools in daily journalistic work. The course focuses on enhancing speed, accuracy, and content quality while maintaining professional standards and media ethics.

GISEC Global 2026 will raise the bar with an expanded programme of hands-on workshops, live cyber drills, and a multi-stage conference agenda.

The ME-TECH in Dubai, UAE is one of the most important technical refining and petrochemical conference in the GCC region. It takes place from May 5-7, 2026. The Middle East Technology Forum for Refining & Petrochemicals this year focuses on empowering the future of the downstream sector. It brings together refining and petrochemical producers and experts to discuss trends, challenges and innovations.

GOVX.0 Philippines is a mega-scale B2B platform driving the country’s digital governance transformation. As the nation accelerates toward a fully connected, data- driven public sector, the event brings together 600+ senior officials and decision- makers from National Government Agencies and Local Government Units. Organised by Tradepass, GOVX.0 offers national leaders expert insights into the evolving e-Governance landscape, enabling high-impact discussions, exploration of next-gen solutions, and the formation of strategic partnerships with technology providers. This year’s edition features: ✦ Insights from 70+ distinguished thought leaders shaping the nation’s digital transformation agenda ✦ Solutions from 30+ global innovators across e-Governance, cybersecurity, digital infrastructure & more ✦ Curated 1:1 expert sessions addressing key challenges Supported by: Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) | Presidential Communications Office (PCO) | Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) | Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) | Philippine National Police (PNP) | Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) | Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines

Event Overview Join a curated startup networking event designed for founders, entrepreneurs, investors, and senior professionals who value meaningful conversations over random networking. This is not a typical networking meetup. With limited seats and application-based entry, the focus is on high-quality interactions, relevant connections, and real business outcomes. If you’re looking for a startup networking event where you meet decision-makers, not spectators, this is for you. Who Should Attend: Founders, CXOs, and Directors Product-based companies: At MVP stage or beyond Service-based companies: Must have served at least a few clients Excluding Student Entrepreneurs Angel Investors & Senior Investment Analysts From VC firms, family offices, or private investment networks Ecosystem Leaders 18+ years of expertise in a domain or industry Country/Regional Heads (e.g., India Head, APAC Head, EMEA Head Senior professionals (Director, VP, AVP, Multi-State Head) at MNCs or large enterprises) Each application is reviewed to ensure alignment with the event’s objective, and only selected participants will be invited. Get a Glimpse: Watch the Sneak Peek ( https://youtu.be/lzZRU5t4LJ4 ) from past events to see the experience in action. Why Attend This Startup Networking Event? Curated, High Quality Connections – Meet only relevant entrepreneurs, founders, and decision-makers instead of random crowds. Real Collaboration Opportunities – Discover potential partners, co-founders, or collaborators who align with your goals. Actionable Conversations: Exchange practical insights on real business challenges — not surface-level talk. Long-Term Value – Build relationships that extend beyond the event into ongoing collaboration.. Post-Event Community: Gain lifetime access to a private group of 500+ validated leaders for ongoing collaboration. Explore Previous Attendees from our Past Mixers: https://bit.ly/m/Entrepreneurs-Arch What Makes This Different Most networking events are either overcrowded or ineffective. This one is built differently. Quality Over Quantity : Every attendee is pre-screened to ensure relevance. Meet handpicked founders —no juniors, no spectators. Build Relationships, Not Contacts : Forget fleeting exchanges. The intimate setup allows time to discuss ideas, challenges, and opportunities. Leave with 3-5 meaningful connections and clear next steps, not just business cards. Structured, Not Stiff: Guided icebreakers and peer introductions skip the awkwardness. Walk in as strangers, leave with collaborators. Safe, Non-Promotional Space – No spam, no hard selling—just meaningful business conversations. Agenda 5 PM: Rapid-Fire Introductions 5:45 PM: Collaborative Icebreakers (A light icebreaker to help initiate conversations) 6:15 PM : Focused Networking (Discussions over curated snacks & beverages) Registration Process: Submit your profile for a brief screening Only approved registrations will be able to make the payment. Date & Time: 09th May, 5 pm to 8 pm. Venue Location: Sindhu Bhavan Road, Ahmedabad
When a Credit Rating Tells the Story a Founder Won't: What ICRA's Ola Electric Downgrade Really Means Credit rating agencies are not known for drama. Their language is clinical, bureaucratic, occasionally impenetrable. Which is why, when ICRA files a downgrade and writes that a company's timeline to profitability has been "extended" due to "material underperformance," you need to translate that into plain language: something has gone badly wrong, and the reckoning is arriving on schedule.
Ctruh Just Raised $2.5M to Make Enterprise XR Stop Being a Rich Man's Game There's a quiet absurdity sitting at the heart of the extended reality industry that nobody talks about loudly enough: for all the breathless forecasting about spatial computing and immersive commerce, the practical reality for most businesses has been exactly the same for a decade — hire expensive specialists, buy proprietary hardware, integrate bloated SDKs, and pray the 3D render doesn't crash someone's browser. The technology has advanced. The accessibility hasn't.
YouTube's Goodwill Gesture to the World Is a Calculated Squeeze on Its Own Revenue Free picture-in-picture for non-Premium iPhone users outside the US sounds like a handout. It's actually a data play, a competitive hedge, and a quiet admission that $62 billion in annual revenue still isn't enough engagement to sleep on.
How Does Google Grow Search Revenue 19% While Making Search Worth Less to Everyone Else? Alphabet posted $60.4 billion in Search revenue and queries at an all-time high. The founders winning here aren't the ones still optimizing for clicks
Profitable, But Barely: What Smartworks Posts ₹17 Cr Profit Actually Proves Revenue crossed ₹500 crore. Losses flipped to gains. A year ago, none of this seemed certain. But the real story isn't the numbers — it's the structural bet Smartworks is winning.
Meesho's ₹1,500 Crore Tax Fight Is About More Than One Bill India's income tax department just handed the country's newest publicly listed e-commerce company a ₹1,499.73 crore demand notice. Meesho says it's wrong. The real question is what it means for every Indian marketplace that came after it.
The Fee That Wouldn't Die: What Epic Games' Latest Court Win Really Settles Apple spent five years arguing it was a fair toll-keeper. A federal appeals court just said, again, that it isn't — and now the question isn't whether Apple can charge a fee, but who gets to name the price.
There's a version of this story where three senior exits in eight weeks at a company preparing to go public looks like a crisis. That version has been doing the rounds on LinkedIn and in WhatsApp groups of investors. It's not the right read.
Three individuals were arrested by Ukrainian police in Lviv after compromising more than 610,000 Roblox gaming accounts and selling access to them for a total profit of $225,000. The ringleader was 19 years old. He was from Drohobych — a mid-sized city in western Ukraine — and he didn't use anything close to sophisticated nation-state tooling. He used stolen cookie files: technical data that remembers a user in a system and allows logging into an account without re-entering a password. Bleeping ComputerMezha
Oolka, a Bengaluru-based fintech startup, has raised ₹130 crore — roughly $14 million — in a Series A led by Accel India, with existing backers Lightspeed and Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners) also doubling down. The round values the company at approximately $87.6 million post-money, a meaningful step-up from its $7 million seed round, which closed in September 2025. Meesho co-founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal also participated personally. Entrackr + 2
Three people were shot dead at a bar called Buford's on West Sixth Street in Austin, Texas. Paramedics were on scene within 57 seconds. And standing between them and the victims was a Waymo robotaxi that had stopped in the middle of the road and wouldn't move.
There's a courtroom in Oakland, California where the future of artificial intelligence is currently being decided by a nine-person jury that, as of last Monday, had been carefully selected for their neutral opinions about Elon Musk and AI. That detail alone tells you something about how strange and consequential this moment is.
Five years ago, Tata Electronics barely existed. It was incorporated in April 2020, a vehicle without a clear purpose in the Tata Group's vast portfolio, generating negligible revenue. Today it's a ₹66,601 crore ($8 billion) business adding 15,000 workers at a single plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu — and it's arguably the most strategically positioned contract manufacturer on Earth.
India's insurance penetration sits at roughly 3.7% of GDP. The global average is more than double that. For a country of 1.4 billion people, that gap represents one of the most structurally compelling investment theses in emerging markets — and it's the exact number Acko has been selling to investors since Varun Dua and Ruchi Deepak founded the company in 2016. Nine years later, Acko is trying to sell that story to public markets. Insurance Journal
Dan Shapero had been LinkedIn's CEO for approximately one week when Reuters caught up with him on April 29. What he chose to say in that first major public statement is instructive. He didn't talk about product vision. He didn't talk about the company's 1.3 billion members. He talked about a revenue number — a specific, unprecedented one that Microsoft has never disclosed for any LinkedIn product line in the company's history.











When a Credit Rating Tells the Story a Founder Won't: What ICRA's Ola Electric Downgrade Really Means Credit rating agencies are not known for drama. Their language is clinical, bureaucratic, occasionally impenetrable. Which is why, when ICRA files a downgrade and writes that a company's timeline to profitability has been "extended" due to "material underperformance," you need to translate that into plain language: something has gone badly wrong, and the reckoning is arriving on schedule.
Ctruh Just Raised $2.5M to Make Enterprise XR Stop Being a Rich Man's Game There's a quiet absurdity sitting at the heart of the extended reality industry that nobody talks about loudly enough: for all the breathless forecasting about spatial computing and immersive commerce, the practical reality for most businesses has been exactly the same for a decade — hire expensive specialists, buy proprietary hardware, integrate bloated SDKs, and pray the 3D render doesn't crash someone's browser. The technology has advanced. The accessibility hasn't.
YouTube's Goodwill Gesture to the World Is a Calculated Squeeze on Its Own Revenue Free picture-in-picture for non-Premium iPhone users outside the US sounds like a handout. It's actually a data play, a competitive hedge, and a quiet admission that $62 billion in annual revenue still isn't enough engagement to sleep on.
How Does Google Grow Search Revenue 19% While Making Search Worth Less to Everyone Else? Alphabet posted $60.4 billion in Search revenue and queries at an all-time high. The founders winning here aren't the ones still optimizing for clicks
Profitable, But Barely: What Smartworks Posts ₹17 Cr Profit Actually Proves Revenue crossed ₹500 crore. Losses flipped to gains. A year ago, none of this seemed certain. But the real story isn't the numbers — it's the structural bet Smartworks is winning.
Meesho's ₹1,500 Crore Tax Fight Is About More Than One Bill India's income tax department just handed the country's newest publicly listed e-commerce company a ₹1,499.73 crore demand notice. Meesho says it's wrong. The real question is what it means for every Indian marketplace that came after it.
The Fee That Wouldn't Die: What Epic Games' Latest Court Win Really Settles Apple spent five years arguing it was a fair toll-keeper. A federal appeals court just said, again, that it isn't — and now the question isn't whether Apple can charge a fee, but who gets to name the price.
There's a version of this story where three senior exits in eight weeks at a company preparing to go public looks like a crisis. That version has been doing the rounds on LinkedIn and in WhatsApp groups of investors. It's not the right read.
Three individuals were arrested by Ukrainian police in Lviv after compromising more than 610,000 Roblox gaming accounts and selling access to them for a total profit of $225,000. The ringleader was 19 years old. He was from Drohobych — a mid-sized city in western Ukraine — and he didn't use anything close to sophisticated nation-state tooling. He used stolen cookie files: technical data that remembers a user in a system and allows logging into an account without re-entering a password. Bleeping ComputerMezha
Oolka, a Bengaluru-based fintech startup, has raised ₹130 crore — roughly $14 million — in a Series A led by Accel India, with existing backers Lightspeed and Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners) also doubling down. The round values the company at approximately $87.6 million post-money, a meaningful step-up from its $7 million seed round, which closed in September 2025. Meesho co-founders Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal also participated personally. Entrackr + 2
Three people were shot dead at a bar called Buford's on West Sixth Street in Austin, Texas. Paramedics were on scene within 57 seconds. And standing between them and the victims was a Waymo robotaxi that had stopped in the middle of the road and wouldn't move.
There's a courtroom in Oakland, California where the future of artificial intelligence is currently being decided by a nine-person jury that, as of last Monday, had been carefully selected for their neutral opinions about Elon Musk and AI. That detail alone tells you something about how strange and consequential this moment is.
Five years ago, Tata Electronics barely existed. It was incorporated in April 2020, a vehicle without a clear purpose in the Tata Group's vast portfolio, generating negligible revenue. Today it's a ₹66,601 crore ($8 billion) business adding 15,000 workers at a single plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu — and it's arguably the most strategically positioned contract manufacturer on Earth.
India's insurance penetration sits at roughly 3.7% of GDP. The global average is more than double that. For a country of 1.4 billion people, that gap represents one of the most structurally compelling investment theses in emerging markets — and it's the exact number Acko has been selling to investors since Varun Dua and Ruchi Deepak founded the company in 2016. Nine years later, Acko is trying to sell that story to public markets. Insurance Journal
Dan Shapero had been LinkedIn's CEO for approximately one week when Reuters caught up with him on April 29. What he chose to say in that first major public statement is instructive. He didn't talk about product vision. He didn't talk about the company's 1.3 billion members. He talked about a revenue number — a specific, unprecedented one that Microsoft has never disclosed for any LinkedIn product line in the company's history.