Mentoring start-ups in India

A bunch of experienced entrepreneurs and corporate honchos now want to become the backbone for start-ups in India.  Here, Rajesh Sawhney (sitting), founder of Global Super Angels, at an event in Gurgaon to support entrepreneurs.

Harsh Mariwala, founder of consumer goods company Marico, has rolled out a programme to help growth-stage entrepreneurs to scale up.

BPO entrepreneur Raman Roy (seated) co-founded the Indian Angel Network in 2006. The network made its first investment the same year, in KnowCross Solutions, founded by Nikhil Nath (in front).

Sunil Goyal (left), former CEO of Bharti Teletech, quit the corporate world to set up YourNest Angel Fund. The fund invested in start-ups such as www.mycity4kids.com, an online marketplace for kids-related services founded by Vishal Gupta (right).