The Ideathon saw 5 startups, Frontier Markets, Aggois, Sama, FinanceKaart and Lakshya present their solutions & challenges to an expert panel comprising Sushma Kaushik (Partner, Aavishkaar Capital); Amitesh Sinha (Partner, SIMA Funds) and Abhishant Pant (Founder, The Fintech Meetup). Each startup had the opportunity to brainstorm with the expert panel on operational and strategic challenges, ranging across themes such as; adapting & pivoting their solutions and platforms in the light of the COVID crisis; scaling through the right partnerships at a reduced cost; experimenting with newer models across their customer segments and value chains. Also encouraging was the live ongoing Q&A directed at the Startups & the panelists, by a 120+ member audience- all looking to build organisational resilience, collaborations and systemic change.
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