About
TiE U
TiE U is a comprehensive ecosystem that nurtures start-ups run by college/ university students. It achieves this objective by creating events and engagements that bring together start-ups, TiE members, external mentors, coaches, and ecosystem partners. The key outcome is to enable campus ideas/start-ups to transform into viable businesses.
Mentoring – the magic mantra
Our ecosystem centers around the pivotal role of mentoring. All activities of TiE U foster relationship-building between mentors and start-ups.
FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS
GLOBAL PITCH COMPETITION
Is a global business plan competition. It involves a regional round and a global round. It attracts 1500 + Startups from 45 + cities and 400 + Colleges to vie for equity free prize money of $100,000. Participants are locally mentored after which they are provided boot camps, workshops and one on one mentoring by global mentors. read more…
INVESTOR DEMO DAY
Early stage startups pitch their ideas to a panel of experienced investors to raise equity investments. read more…
FLAGSHIP ACTIVITIES
ALUMNI COMMUNITY
A facebook like platform that provides a meeting ground for 24/7 networking and mentoring opportunity. Student start ups and founders can interact with peers, mentors and thought leaders in a virtual setting. It also acts as a collaborative platform.
UNIVCORN
Tie-U entrepreneurship conference. A global event held in silicon valley that brings together winning startups and founders from regional events.
CHAPTER EVENTS
Diverse activities as the local chapter (TiE branches in cities) including speaker sessions, networking events, entrepreneurship conferences etc.
TiE U FOOTPRINT
TiE U JOURNEY
| Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Total students engaged | 1500+ | 2500+ | 4750 | 7500+ | 1400+ | 1400+ |
| Countries involved | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 7 |
| Chapters Involved | 18 | 13 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
| Total prize money | $20K | $25K | $76K | $100K | $120K | $25K+ |
IMPACT SO FAR
5000
ALUMNI
300+
COLLEGES INVOLVED
500+
MENTORS
75+
WORKSHOPS
$200,000
WORTH AWARDS
50+
CITIES
1500+
MENTORING HOURS
1M+
AUDIENCE AT EVENTS
TEAM
Global Board of Trustees
Santosh
Huralikoppi
TiE Hubli
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CO-LEADS
TiE Global East
Ramesh
Mirakhur
TiE Pune
Co-Chair (East)
TiE Global West
Suhas
Apte
TiE Tampa
Co-Chair (West)
Ravi
Brahmbhatt
TiE Houston
Co-Chair (West)
TiE GLOBAL TEAM
Vijay
Menon
TiE Global
TiE Global Executive Director
Garima
Bhilwara
TiE Global
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OUR SPONSORS & PARTNERS
ANNUAL PLATINUM SPONSOR
GOLD PARTNER
SILVER PARTNER
BRONZE PARTNER
ECOSYSTEM PARTNER
