Mohali, 27 November 2022: Chandigarh Angels Network organized at Hotel Raddison Red, sector 66, Mohali, under its flagship annual event, CANNABLE 4.0 to help entrepreneurs learn from the serial entrepreneurs and pitch their ideas with the angel investors.

The event saw over 300 startups from tricity and even from various parts of the country who shared their ideas and some of the local entrepreneurs, shortlisted by CAN, got the opportunity to pitch their startup ideas before the investors, as well interact with them in a mentoring session.

In a session for the women entrepreneurs orqanised by the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology, some innovative business ideas were presented before a panel of experts and investors.

Though the the prospective angel investors would communicate with startups after sometime but the Punjab State Council of Science and Technology adjudged the best business pitches with Dr. Gowri Jayamurugan was declared the winner with a cash prize of Rs.25,000 while runners up were Saina, a student entrepreneur working on artificial intelligence, Anubhi, founder of Terafac working on industrial automation and Munna Bhattacharya working in the health and wellness sphere.

In his keynote address, Prashant Pitti, co-founder of the celebrated startup EaseMyTrip advised the budding entrepreneurs that good ideas can grow even without funding.

A number of serial entrepreneurs and angel investors presented insight into the funding process and addressed the fundamental concern of startups and the theme of CANNABLE4.0, ‘Demystifying Startup Funding”.