This Thursday on 8th July, we’ll be hanging out in Chennai @ High-on-Caffeine (Mitsubishi Showroom, LB Road, Adyar) 6p onwards.
No Agenda required. If you want to have a 30 mins 1:1 chat then drop a note below, otherwise just be there.
In the summer of 2007, the moment Sameer & Nandini’s last startup Madhouse got acquired, another one started brewing in their heads. This time the plan was bigger and the idea was beyond running a startup, but kick-starting several of them. One year later after the acquisition, Morpheus was born with Instablogs as the first company in the portfolio, with other kick-ass companies being added to the “gang” in the subsequent 18 months.
Aptly Morpheus was named after the greek god of dreams; to a more real (fictional to some) world captain of Nebuchadnezzar who brings the dreams back to the residents of the last human city.
Then in the 2009 summer, I joined. This summer we are adding another 7-8 startups (names to be announced on 10th June) which brings further variety in our portfolio from automotive, eco-textile, health-care to touch computing.
This weekend from 10th – 13th we are doing our 1st ever startup gurukul on the outskirts of Bangalore, where we are bringing the founders of our portfolio companies under one roof and kicking it off with “Apuroop” — a demo day. At Apuroop, Morpheus companies will be doing 5 minutes show & tell to investors & media.
We are also delighted to partner with Sequoia Capital who are supporting us in our initiative and sponsoring the gurukul.
We have come a long way since our nimble start where we were doing just mentorship to now where we are also investing a small amount of INR 5 Lakhs in each of the startups. There are more exciting things coming out of our bag, controlling my excitement, we would unravel them as time passes.
Thanks for participating with us!
- Indus Khaitan
From the time we officially called for Batch 4 application, we’ve seen a constant inflow of application from various corners of the country and some from outside India. So, thanks all for the over-whelming response.
We’ve been constantly interacting with new, young & not so young but passionate entrepreneurs the past 2 months and we’ve loved every moment of the same.
25th March 2010 was the last day for applying to our Business Acceleration Program (BAP). Around 20 applications came in during the final few hrs 
And So, Applications for Batch 4 of the BAP are now officially closed!
Thanks to all the teams that have shown interest in our program and have taken the time to apply. We value your time and intent. Currently we are in the process of going through each of your applications and will be setting up calls with teams that are shortlisted. You will hear back from us by 31st March. (Okay, in case you do not hear from us for whatever reason by 31st, do ping us!)
Off to reading more applications! There’s a flood, a flood of applications @ the morpheus
Update (Apr 1, 10:01p): We are still heads down into the applications. Give us few more days!
Clarification (Apr 6, 08:59p): There is no announcement of results on the basis of applications as it is a continuous process. We have been sending 1:1 emails to companies who have moved to the next step of “dating” (con-calls/face-to-face) and we have already engaged with some of them. We have also communicated to companies where we can’t add any significant value. If you are feeling impatient and haven’t heard from us even now, then drop us an email!
The Morpheus is organizing the first “Chandigarh Startup Meetup”, in partnership with Lpad (school for entrepreneurs). We would like to invite startup folks and folks who are interested in startups to join us on 21 March, 2010 @ Lpad Campus in Zirakpur.
The meet has no set agenda:
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Please spread the word
Email is overloaded. Too many emails, too little time. We still consume email as if it is 1995! I am personally averaging two apologies per week to people whom I have failed to respond in time. 
Gmail has solved spam issues to a large extent for it’s users, other email providers are still struggling with spam.
More than spam, it’s missing of legit emails which is bothersome.
We at Morpheus have some ideas and are looking for a few smart techies to solve a few problems around reducing the email overload.
Do you think you can solve a few? Then apply to The Morpheus program. You must be a guru in all of the following POP, IMAP, Hypertable/BigTable, Javascript, Java, PHP, and you walk on HTTP, web security standards, Firefox/Chrome Plugins, REST-ful APIs in your dream. Send some cool code of problems you have solved in the past and your vision around solving some of the issues related to user experience, information overload, organization, closing the loop, etc. and we may work with you in the next 4 months (and also put some money) to bring the product to life for the global technology market.
Are you game? Come discuss with us.
Update : It is the company we help you build. You are the founder/CEO whatever. Thought we should clarify that we are not looking for someone to just “code”.
This Sunday on 21st March, we will be hanging out @ Mocha, Churchgate, Mumbai between 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. Just come over if you would like to chat with us.
To help us manage the time please drop a comment below with your preferred time slot in chunks of 30 mins.
B-plans not required
This Saturday on 20th March, we will be hanging out at Grubshup, Rachana Trade Estate, Intersection of Law College Road and Canal Road,
(Near Film and Television Institute of India) Pune between 10:00 am – 3:00 pm.
Just come over if you would like to chat with us. To help us manage the time please drop a comment below with your preferred time slot.
B-plans not required
25 Mar, 2010. Yup. Apply here.
See you in Pune (20th Mar) & Mumbai (21st Mar). Details coming soon.
Calling all entrepreneurs to meet The Morpheus team. This Thursday we will be hanging out at the Cha Bar, inside Oxford bookstore, New Statesman house, Barakhamba Road, CP, New Delhi. If You would like to meet with us just drop for a chat and some Chai between 12 noon and 6pm!
Please drop your name and preferred time slot in the comments, that would help manage everyone’s time. Also check the comments for time slots already taken.
See ya! business plans not required
Update: Morpheus team is hanging around late — just show up!
Calling all entrepreneurs to meet The Morpheus team. This Saturday we will be hanging out @ Java City, Church Street, Bangalore, 1200 pm – 0600 pm.
Just come over for a coffee if you would like to chat with us. To help us manage the time please drop a comment below with your preffered time slot.
Look forward to seeing you. B-plans not required