New Business Age Pvt Ltd, the publisher of Aarthik Abhiyan daily and New Business Age magazine, orgainzed “Kumari Bank NewBiz Startup Summit & Awards 2021” on November 25.

Upaya City Cargo Pvt Ltd bagged the ‘Best Startup of the Year 2021” award. Leaf Plus Pvt Ltd, won the “Second Best Startup of the Year 2021” while Aama Agro Products (P) Ltd was announced the “Third Best Startup of the Year 2021”.

The top five startups, selected from over 1,700 startups, had gone through an extensive selection process and were invited to the grand finale for their pitches before the jury and the audiences of the grand ceremony, according to the organizer.

Startups selected in various rounds had also received trainings in various stages.

Kumari Bank Limited was the title sponsor of "Newbiz Startup Summit and Awards 2021" while Garima Bikas Bank Ltd was the co-sponsor of the event. The Startup & Innovation Committee of the FNCCI, Nepalese Young Entrepreneurs’ Forum (NYEF) and Dish Home Fibernet were the associate partners. The summit and awards programme was supported by Citizen Life Insurance, IME, NLG Insurance Company Ltd and Byanjan. The infra partner of the programme was Mansiri Trading and the technical partner is Mango Tech.

Prior to the awards ceremony, a panel discussion was held where leading entrepreneurs, policymakers and business experts discussed challenges and opportunities facing the startup enterprises as well as policies to support their growth.

Presented here are the views of some of the stakeholders: