SMEs In Gujarat To Have Networking Portal

India Konnects (www.indiakonnects.com), a business networking portal, has announced its plans to start an online networking portal exclusively for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of Gujarat, in association with several chambers of commerce in the State. The portal would offer segmented business networking opportunities to several industries like diamond, textile and other small entrepreneurs in Gujarat.

Romit Dasgupta, director (technology), Globsyn Group and primary contact for India Konnects, said, “Gujarat is an enterprising state and a B2B site like ours will be very popular, especially among SMEs, who have a high level of networking need to make their presence felt in the industry and to increase exports. We will be holding talks with several chambers of commerce to grow our base.”

At a time when start-ups across sectors are trying to make their mark to attract venture capital and private equity funds, Dasgupta said the portal will be beneficial for their growth.

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“The success of customer communities has shown that business relationships can be created and developed on the Web. The nature of doing business, especially for entrepreneurs and start-ups will change for the better,” he added.

India Konnects is a business networking platform that enables users to establish and join distinct, self-governed networking communities based on shared professional interests and/or corporate affiliation. India Konnects communities are, in effect, stand-alone professional networks. They can be fully branded to match any look and feel and provide all the features of an online social networking business, including sections for classified advertising, interest groups, video news and discussion forums.

Community creators are provided with tools such as permission sets for managing their customer base, an analytics suite, and the ability to generate revenue from ads, subscriptions and other means. Features such as chat, VoIP and video conferencing facilitate meaningful and convenient interactions among India Konnects members. Regardless of the number of communities they create or join, members utilise the same profile for every Konnects community in which they participate.

With an aim to provide more such specialised services and build on its user base, the company will invest around $ 2 million for its expansion plans in the country.