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Idea Studio Season 2

Out of 600+ ideas gathered from all over the country; 60 were called for audition, out of which 25 were selected with 5 more ideas received through direct entry of KU Idea Hunt for a month long incubation.  Among the 30 best entrepreneurs; 8 of them dropped their ideas due to realization of the need to do more study before doing the business and market infeasibility.

Out of 22 ideas that made it till the end; 11 of them were either funded by the investors or provided with loan from Banks. 

Ratio of Funded teams by investors: 11/24 : 46%

geographical distribution of idea submitted idea studio

Geographical distribution idea submitted

sector wise classification of idea submitted idea studio

Ideators for Season 2

BUSINESS GURUS/PANELIST

ashok sherchan ceo prabhu bank idea studio business guru panelist

Ashok Sherchan

CEO Prabhu Bank

rajan singh bhandari ceo citizens bank idea studio business guru panelist

Rajan Singh Bhandari

CEO Citizens Bank

pradip k shrestha md panchakanya group idea studio business guru panelist

Pradip K. Shrestha

MD Panchakanya Group

himal karmacharya ceo leapfrog technology idea studio business guru panelist

Himal Karmacharya

CEO Leapfrog Technologies

rita bhandari president fwean idea studio business guru panelist

Rita Bhandari

President FWEAN

sanjay golccha md golccha group idea studio business guru panelist

Sanjay Golccha

MD Golchha Group

kreeti shakya cofounder kazi studio idea studio business guru panelist

Kreeti Shakya

Cofounder Kazi Studios

sushma sharma head retail nmb bank idea studio business guru panelist

Sushma Sharma

Head of Retail Banking, NMB Bank

head of mid corporate banking mega bank amit shrestha idea studio business guru panelist

Amit Shrestha

Head of Mid-Corporate Banking, Mega Bank

Ashish Shrestha

CEO Seed investment

Core Partners

Rural Access Program 3 (RAP3) is comprehensive poverty alleviation programme; funded by UK AID Nepal which works for improving asset management of the local road network (LRN) and economic infrastructure; short term employment creation and longer term income generation; capacity and institutional development; and disaster resilience)

Kathmandu University school of Management  is the no.1 business school in the country which believes in quality education.

Meeting point is an advertising agency with the expertise of television program production, media marketing, socio-commercial message development, audio-visual production and audio visual bank, publicity and media coordination.

Brand Champions