Dream Startup Challenge 2025 - Orientation Session & Session on Fundraising Fundamentals: How to Get Investor Ready

AIC-RNTU conducted the Dream Startup Challenge 2025 – Orientation Session, featuring an insightful address by Dr. Siddharth Chaturvedi, who highlighted the vision of the challenge and encouraged startups to pursue innovation and growth. The session also included a powerful talk by Ms. Bina Trivedi, PE & VC Professional, on “Fundraising Fundamentals: How to Get Investor Ready.” She shared the impactful insight that “marriages can be dissolved easily, but giving exit to an investor is hard,” stressing the need for founders to ensure alignment with investors from the start. She further emphasized the importance of co-creating a two-year exit strategy with investors to build trust, clarity, and long-term partnership readiness.

Date and Venue:2025-11-15 - Zoom

Objectives in Brief: To orient and inspire aspiring entrepreneurs by providing strategic insights into innovation, startup growth, and investor readiness—while equipping participants with a clear understanding of fundraising fundamentals, the importance of founder–investor alignment, and the need for structured exit planning to build sustainable and trustworthy startup ventures.

Key Speaker: Ms. Bina Trivedi, PE & VC Professional

Organizers/Co-Organizers: AIC-RNTU Foundation