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MUMBAI: ET NOW, 24-hr English business news channel launches ?Super Angels?, a path breaking series which will witness start-ups raising funds on national television, for the first time. The show will feature 20 of India?s most innovative start-ups and 4 of India?s most influential investors along with a national audience who will choose India?s next ?Super Entrepreneur?.
The 4 Super Angels on the show are Mahesh Murthy, Managing partner; Seed Fund, Vishal Gondal, Founder; Indiagames, Harshal Shah, Founder; Reliance Ventures and Sanjay Parthasarthy; Entrepreneur and Angel investor. The show will be anchored by Sudhir Syal, Editor; ?Starting Up?.
Every week one start-up will make a pitch to an investor; the TV audience will then be given a chance to vote for the pitch through SMS, email and Facebook. Five months, after the completion of 20 start-up pitches, the audience votes and the investor?s votes will be collated to choose the final 8 Start-Ups, which will then make their pitch in the grand finale. These finalists will have the opportunity to raise funds between Rs.50 Lakhs & Rs. 2 Crores on the show live. During the 5 month period, the start-ups will be mentored by entrepreneurs handpicked by the show?s Mentoring Partners ? ?TIE?.
The series premiers on 10th May at 10:30 PM and will be aired every Tuesday at 10:30 PM with repeats on Saturdays at 10:30 PM and Sundays at 10:00 AM.
