TiE-Boston is selectively inviting investment professionals to participate in the TiE-Boston VC Delegation to India. The goal is to take senior investment professionals to India to:
• Provide delegates with “hands-on” experience of the potential of doing business with India by exposing the delegates to key Indian entrepreneurs, politicians, government officials, industrialist, lawyers, accountants and other business ecosystem participants.
• Expose the delegates to individual investment opportunities to provide a sense of the quality and types of opportunities emanating from India.
• Lay the foundation for US investment and venture community to get further involved in investing in India.
• Allow participants to network with each other and introduce them to senior business professionals and entrepreneurs in the India.

Who should be interested?
The trip is targeted for senior investment professionals from the East Coast venture and private company investment community. We think it will be specially interesting to early and later stage venture capital firms, private equity firms, institutional investors of venture funds (eg: fund of funds, endowments, pension funds), and leading individual investors with strong interest in India.

Our plan is to have 20 senior VCs /Investors, accompanied by 5 TiE-Boston Charter members, to form the delegation. We expect the trip to be a sold-out event. We are proactively seeking the right mix of delegates to go on the trip and we hope you or a senior professional from your firm can participate.

Timing and Description of the Trip
We have put together 7-day trip from October 3, 2004 to October 9, 2004 where we will be visiting three key cities of India (Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi). We expect participants to arrive in Mumbai on October 2, 2004 and leave from Delhi on October 10, 2004. A preliminary agenda for the trip is provided below to give you a perspective about the trip. Prior to the trip, we will be having 1-2 information sessions for trip participants to provide further perspectives on India and the trip.

Date	Location	Activity
Monday, Oct 4	Mumbai	Morning: India Business & Capital Markets Overview (Keynote Speakers) Afternoon: VC Survey in India (VC Discussion Panel) Dinner: Networking Dinner
Tuesday, Oct 5	Mumbai	Morning: Regulatory Environment & Business Environment Overview Afternoon: Deal Flow Meetings (Review 5-15 screened business plans) Evening: Indian Film Industry – Dinner at Film Studio
Wednesday, Oct 6	Bangalore	Morning: Travel to Bangalore & lunch with TiE Bangalore CMs Afternoon: Company Visit to Infosys and BioCon Evening: Networking Dinner
Thursday, Oct 7	Bangalore	Morning: Company meetings with US Start-ups with operations in Bangalore Deal Flow Meetings (Review 5-15 screened business plans) Afternoon: Company Visit: Multinational Corporation doing business in India Evening: Travel to Delhi
Friday, Oct 8	Delhi	Morning: Indian Outsourcing Market Perspective Afternoon: VC Perception about Indian Entrepreneurs Evening: Visit with Prime Minister or the President of India
Saturday, Oct 9	Mumbai	Morning: India’s Science &Technology Policy Overview (CSIR) Afternoon: Networking Lunch Evening: Sightseeing & Travel to Agra
Sunday, Oct 10	Agra	Morning: Taj Mahal tour Afternoon: Return to Delhi. Fly out to US

Travel Costs
Cost per person is $3500 covers travel, lodging and meal costs in India for delegates. This cost DOES NOT include airfare travel to and from India. Delegates are requested to make their own airline travel plans to and from India. TiE will provide some recommendations and will facilitate in making reservations.

Decision Dates
As a number of people are interested in participating in the trip, we need trip invitees to confirm their participation in the trip by July 30, 2004. All checks should be made payable to TiE-Boston and should reach TiE-Boston offices no later than August 15, 2004.

Dates and Itinerary
Note: Delegates are responsible for making their own travel plans to and from India.

The tentative itinerary for the trip within India is as follows:

Contact Information
Please confirm your participation with individuals that have contacted you regarding the trip. To contact TiE-Boston offices please call Geetha Ramamurthy at 781-272-3875 or at geetha@tie-boston.org.

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