| Mission: To
be the foremost facilitating & value creating technology incubator in the
South Asian Region. Overview
The ConceptNursery is an initiative backed and financed by three principal investors
synonymous with the IT and the financial industry in Sri Lanka. All shareholders
are also Directors of the ConceptNursery Board.
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Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology - www.sliit.lk
>> People's Venture Investment Company
(Pvt) Ltd - www.nextvc.com
>> Prudential Holdings (Pte) Ltd. - www.prudentiallk.com
Board
of Directors/advisors Message
Prof. Lalith Gamage - Chief Executive
Officer, SLIIT
The existence of a technology
incubator is a very significant milestone in the annals of Sri Lankan Information
Technology. The focus is helping start ups succeed. Technology Incubators are
a vital resource for start up businesses and entrepreneurs as they provide infrastructure
and value added services to companies wanting to get off the ground. By utilizing
the services offered by ConceptNursery, new start up companies in the technology
sector can reduce costs by about 70 percent as opposed to obtaining such services
on a standalone basis.
Our expertise allows us to identify
and refine internet business models and work with management to transform those
ideas into commercial online success. We will support technology centric start
ups, entrepreneurs, dot.com spin-offs of brick and mortar corporations as well
as providing technical and management expertise to late stage companies.
gamage@conceptnursery.com
Harsha N. de Silva - Chief Executive Officer, NextVentures Limited.
The
attraction to a start-up company would be the ability to deploy resources at a
substantially lower cost compared to starting on their own. This concession is
however not provided through a subsidy available to the incubator, but through
shared resources. The incubator can provide early stage funding for IT companies
and it seeks to achieve substantial long-term capital gains through a versified
portfolio of equity investments in privately held companies where there is potential
for significant growth in revenue and profitability. The incubator's focus will
be on IT companies that have the potential to become a significant force in the
market place and for companies that have and will continue to maintain a competitive
advantage.
harsha@conceptnursery.com
H.D Gunawardana - Chairman, Prudential Holdings
The importance of science and technology to the nation is a 'no brainer.' The
ConceptNursery is set up in similar means to technology incubators in the US.
The concept of Technology Incubators allows communities and nations to grow and
prosper. Our mission is to provide business resources and professional services
that assist its technology start ups to compete in the global marketplace. To
realize this vision, the ConceptNursery will combine technology, entrepreneurship
and education to improve Sri Lanka by creating wealth and sharing prosperity.
hdg@conceptnursery.com
Our
Staff
Mohamed Azmeer
- Projects Manager
Dr.ECS Waidyasekara - Executive Director
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