30th September 2026
GERMAN-INDIAN
STARTUP CONNECTOR
In partnership with Start2 Group and Plug and Play, a selected cohort of the top category-defining Series A and B ventures across Defence & Aerospace, Applied AI & Robotics, New Energy & Environment, and HealthTech will engage directly with institutional investors and corporate leaders to unlock funding, pilots, procurement and cross-border expansion.
ENABLING THE GERMAN-INDIAN
INNOVATION LANDSCAPE
A curated platform connecting the people and organisations driving entrepreneurship, investment and innovation across two of the world's fastest-growing startup ecosystems.
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SPEAKERS
Shwetank Verma
Co-Founder & Managing Partner,
Leo Capital
Carolin Wais
VC Partner,
Plug and Play Tech Center
Dr. Jubin Shah
Chief Startup Coordinator,
German India Business Forum
Success Stories
Florian Schimandl
Co-Founder,
Smartlane GmbH
Swapnil Jain
Co-Founder,
Ather Energy
Andreas Koenig
CEO,
ProGlove
Josef Süss
Co-Founder,
BlinkIN
Carman Kobza
Founder,
LadyBWell
Korbinian Spann
CEO,
Insaas
Ranjit Maddipatla
Founder and Director,
Tudubuddy Ltd.
Prateek Mahalwar
Co-Founder,
Cellulosic Technologies
Rajarshi Sahai
Chief Business Officer,
ACM- Adaptive City Mobility
Lukas Meilhammer
Co-Founder,
Eagle AI GmbH
Apoorv Shankar
Founder and CEO,
Lazy Design Pvt. Ltd.
Arunima Singh
Head of Impact,
Yunus Social Business
Navratan Katariya
Director Startups,
NASSCOM CoE-IoT Startup
Varad Rajan Krishna
Co-Founder and MD - Asia & MENA,
100 Open Startups
Dr. Carsten Rudolph
CEO,
BayStartUP, Germany
Dr. Andreas Wagner
Head of Startup & Succession, UniCredit, Germany
Lakshmi Potluri
CEO,
DCF Ventures
Vivek Boray
Founder,
Inventus Law
Vivek Bhatia
CEO,
ThyssenKrupp Industries India
Oliver Hehl
Business Angel & Startup Mentor,
Ahanya Ventures Global
Investor & Expert Panelists
