TiE Colombo – TiE colombo

ABOUT TiE

Since 1992, TiE has been supporting entrepreneurs by offering education, mentorship, networking and funding opportunities. The mission of TiE is to foster entrepreneurship globally through its 5 pillars : Mentoring, Networking and Education, Funding and Incubation. Dedicated to the virtuous cycle of wealth creation and giving back to the community.

TiE Colombo Chapter

TiE Colombo is a dynamic community of entrepreneurs, professionals, and thought leaders dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and innovation in Sri Lanka. As part of TiE Global, we provide a collaborative platform for networking, mentorship, and access to resources that empower individuals to grow their businesses. Through impactful events, programs, and partnerships, TiE Colombo supports both emerging and established entrepreneurs to succeed locally and globally.

TiE COLOMBO PROGRAM & INITIATIVE

PILLARS OF TiE

Since 1992. TiE has been supporting entrepreneurs by offering education, mentorship, networking and funding opportunities. The mission of TiE remains to foster entrepreneurship globally through funding, mentoring, networking and education.

Mentoring

TiE is known for mentoring education and networking to help entrepreneurs and those starting new businesses. Every day, someone is mentored with the TiE ecosystem and guided towards the right path to achieve great heights. Besides creating wealth the organisation also work to alleviate poverty and unemployment by fostering entrepreneurship worldwide.

Education

TiE signature programs include the TiE Young Entrepreneurship (TYE), which fosters entrepreneurship and education in high school level students, the TiE International Start-up Competition (TISC) which aims to nurture college-level students and young start-ups TiE Women’s Forum which empowers women entrepreneurs throughout our network and numerous large scale conferences such as TiECon and TiE Global Summit.

Networking

TiE conference attendees span the spectrum from successful founders of mature companies, entrepreneurs creating new companies, professionals from top corporations leading venture capital firms to thought leaders to senior executives and technology professionals

Incubation

TiE Chapters often assist start-ups by offering those incubators space or subsidized services by Sponsor and partners.

Investing

Several start-ups have received funding and investment from TiE Angel groups in the Network or from Angel Investors. TiE’s success stems from the cycle where chapter members assist younger entrepreneurs with mentoring Investments, networking etc and foster the success of younger start-ups in the community.