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Re: [gaia] Fwd: Cisco to Invest $40mn in Indian Startups;

Arjuna Sathiaseelan <arjuna.sathiaseelan@cl.cam.ac.uk> Tue, 24 June 2014 06:37 UTC

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Subject: Re: [gaia] Fwd: Cisco to Invest $40mn in Indian Startups;
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another possible way could be to apply for a research grant via DST to
setup a deployment and proposing to study some behaviour (usage for
instance and deciphering new sustainable models for e.g.) -

you could probably talk to Prof HS Jamadagni from Indian Institute of
Science for advice about this - he is in the GAIA list.

Regards

On 24 June 2014 05:01, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Arjuna
>
> I agree that multinational corporations don't make good partners
>
> I am thinnking of a sustainable social enterprise (here in India) with
> no  uprfont startup capital
> using/testing/prototyping the models in the draft being circulated
>
> but a grant  to help us set ups shop would be good
>
> any social capital investors  on this list interested in chipping in,
> also as advisors
> please ping :-)
>
> (anyone else from this list is in Ladakh this month, lets connect :-)
>
>
> PDM
>
> On 6/24/14, Arjuna Sathiaseelan <arjuna.sathiaseelan@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> not sure - but my thinking would be this is Cisco Investments - so the aim
>> would be to make profits on their investments. For a community wifi startup
>> type project, probably best to look for ISOC community grants:
>> http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-awards/community-grants
>>
>> Google.org may also be an option. There are folks here who have received
>> grants from Google.org (for e.g the denovogroup).
>>
>> You could also ask Jim Forster for suggestions.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> On 23 June 2014 13:47, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> wondering if Cisco would invest in a community wifi start up project
>>> thoughts?
>>>
>>>       Cisco Investments Allocates $40 mn to Back Indian Product Startups;
>>> Covacsis, Mobstack Get Funded
>>> <http://mailer.nextbigwhat.com/l/GStdMuY2QhGP892P6XHD1zvg/ZziT8vS892lLeGb72grhyh3w/hTs7vVIJDoeT8XLdEskH763A>
>>>      [image: Cisco Investments Allocates $40 mn to Back Indian Product
>>> Startups; Covacsis, Mobstack Get Funded]
>>> <http://mailer.nextbigwhat.com/l/GStdMuY2QhGP892P6XHD1zvg/ZziT8vS892lLeGb72grhyh3w/hTs7vVIJDoeT8XLdEskH763A>
>>>
>>> Cisco investments, the venture capital arm of Cisco today announced the
>>> allocation of $40 mn to fund early-stage firms in India.
>>>
>>>
>>> <http://mailer.nextbigwhat.com/l/GStdMuY2QhGP892P6XHD1zvg/ZziT8vS892lLeGb72grhyh3w/hTs7vVIJDoeT8XLdEskH763A>
>>>
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