They came & left: Entrepreneurs unable to find keen investors at GES Summit

BS speaks to new, old investors of the mega event, which is being organised in India this year

Aditi Balbir, founder of resort management company V Resorts, was keen to meet Kalaari Capital managing director Vani Kola at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad. Balbir, whose company has so far raised $7 million, sat through the Wednesday session where Kola was a panelist.

"The investors came and left. There was no way to talk to them. Some of them got busy with media interactions after their sessions. The Summit did not have a format where start-ups could connect with the investors," said Balbir, who manages 100 resorts.

Apart from Kalaari, some of the prominent investors whose representatives attended