The Journey of TotalStart and Its Ventures

Total Infosystems GmbH & TotalStart: A Journey of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2002 – Total Infosystems GmbH was incubated in StarterZentrum, University of Saarland, Germany

2002-2005 – Serial Investments in BPOZen (closed down), DigitalFuel (exit), EZLegacy (part exit)

2006 – Incubation of TotalinX India

2007 – Incubation of TotalPub (co-founding sustainable salaried employee with shareholding up to 50%  concept) (paused)

2008 – Investment in EZSource (on going till date)

2009- Incubation in TotalPress (co-founding sustainable salaried employee with shareholding up to 50%  concept) (on going)

2010 – Creation of TotalStart – A Startup Initiative of TotalinX to focus in Indian remote regions

2012 – Kickstarting the TotalStart Sikkim Innovation & Incubation Center at STPI Gangtok; Mentoring District Level Entrepreneurs with Sikkim Industry Department & IT Department

2012 – Adopting one of the first incubatee mentee Nalanda Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd. as an  impact enterprise

2013 – Incubating TotalAnima (an animation & game development company in Sikkim)

2013 – Setting up TotalStart Bengal Innovation & Incubation Center, Exploring Meghalaya & Bhutan for incubation. Kickstarting District Level Mentoring and discovering gems of Bengal

2014 – Legally forming TotalStart Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Developers as a section 25 company; Fanning out activities to Durgapur, Siliguri as incubators and exploring in Tripura, Jharkhand & Bihar

2015 – Launching TotalStart Sikkim & Bengal District Innovation & Incubation Units

2002-2005 – Mentored 10 startupreneurs and incubated 3 start-ups
2006-2010 – Incubated 4 start-ups and mentored 30 startupreneurs

2011-2013 – Incubated 3 start-ups and mentored 17 startupreneurs officially
2014-till date – Incubating 3 start-ups and mentored/(still mentoring some) 170 startupreneurs officially
for periods of 1 month to 12 months or more