Startups @ Proto

January 25, 2009

By sinha

List of startups that showcased their products @ Proto:

Lords Automotives: has developed LPG fuel kit for 2-wheelers.
We profiled them a year back – read the detailed writeup on Lords Automotives.
Inkfruit – enables people to submit, discover and buy custom t-shirt designs created by designers.
[they have interesting design challenges going on.]
Kaasu Info Ventures
Product: Mosambe, a platform to bring employers and employees on a social/scalable platform
I-Flapp builds portable solution for flash media
Uniphore/Noddler: builds voice based services for mobile subscribers with an aim to enable information access and transactions in local languages.(our earlier coverage)
LifeMojo: is into healthcare. (part of MVP’s second batch of startups).
Ooha Services: Advertisers can advertise at Ooha’s kiosk (to be installed in over 50 locations in Chennai, including shopping malls/multiplexes etc.).
Remindo: is into collaboration space. (Remindo Review)
Fachak- is a multi-format , multi-source content Sharing Platform [Fachak Review]
IndiaKhelo – provides solution for school and corporates to keep players active and enhance work productivity.
Planettutor – is into online education.
ArtinDynamics: offers products in AI space.
Astuon/Yoplr: is into trip planning (Yoplr Review]
Taroby is web 2.0 based messaging and collaboration suite that enables sharing of email accounts among team members. [Taroby Review]
Kadambari Consultants: is into cleantech (product: Nualgi).

Share your opinion on startups that were showcased @ Proto. In general, what’s your take on the event?

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A VC on January 25, 2009 at 5:00 pm

Honestly, Proto this time was more of hype than anything else.
I mean, what this paper planes etc?

Most of these startups were already there @ headstart..but i believe..this wasn’t the best proto i attended..way too noisy..especially those discussions (i mean everytime you have topics on web2.0 etc etc…come on guys, grow up. And you don’t need to have namesake sessions..which i believe were fillers..

anyways, the gist is that proto is losing it’s appeal..and is becoming another TiE.
Or just another networking event.

All the best.

sampath kumar on January 26, 2009 at 8:17 am

Repetitions are bound to be there in any event.. It is also important not to take life too seriously that would increase your stress levels. This is where some amount of fun and participation comes in. When there is audience involvement you will have noise. All innovations are incremental knowledge and they are visible for the keen observers. All presenters have really worked hard and tried to portray their best abilities. The talk and discussion sessions were excellent. My best wishes to Proto.

Sameer on January 26, 2009 at 1:45 pm

This time, Proto was more like Barcamp.

Hope they try to make it better next time.

Manoj on January 26, 2009 at 3:04 pm

Does Proto authenticate numbers in terms of achieved revenue of any presenting start-up? Make start-ups present fake revenues to get traction.

Naveen on January 27, 2009 at 4:46 pm

It was my first startup event and i am very much thankful to Ashish for free passes..

It was awesome to meet and interact with so many entreprenuers with the zeal in them to create something and stand on their own..

The best part of the event was the talk by Bob Young Co founder of RedHat Software. It was amazing to hear him speaking about his experience on the how diffcult it was for the industry to digest the concept of “Open Source”.

The depressing part was tht, out of 12 Case presented in PROTO, almost 80% of them was based on Web and IT. Its the right time for Proto to diversify and concentrate on other markets too..

A good new for Ashish – People were able to recognize me because of the Name ” Pluggd.in” in my ID Card.. This rates your Marketing and Branding Skills.. I have taken some Pics and will be sending you through Mail.. Pls Keep me updated with the next upcoming events and All the Best !!!

Naveen