Your launchpad to better understand and connect with Bengaluru

About Us

UnboxingBLR Foundation is a collaborative not-for-profit focused on Bengaluru, India’s tech hub.
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We are on a mission to celebrate and document the city's journey, and help people experience and engage with the city better.

We are an enabler and catalyst working in the areas of heritage, music, art, literature, dance, cinema, theatre, sports, and many more. By breaking silos and rallying multiple stakeholders - government, corporates, philanthropists, and citizens - our vision is to make Bengaluru more liveable and vibrant.

Our
Initiatives

01

Unboxing Bengaluru

An authoritative contemporary biography of Bengaluru that takes a 360 degree grounds-up view of the city. It is a multi-layered exploration of how the city has transformed from a pensioner’s paradise to India’s tech capital, and its role in shaping India’s future.

02

BLR Hubba

A two-week, all-encompassing annual cultural festival organised in December where the city comes together to experience Bengaluru in all its fullness and richness.

03

Hubba in Your Park

An effort to rejuvenate and revitalise the city’s public parks, bring communities together, and make public spaces more liveable and vibrant.

04

From Code to Culture

A podcast series with engaging conversations featuring diverse voices from Bengaluru to offer a peek into the life, vibe and ethos of Bengaluru.

05

Data Report

How is Bengaluru changing? With data collected from multiple sources - government, regulatory, digital & satellite - our annual data report will offer a fact-based, rounded understanding of the city’s growth, challenges, and how it stacks up vis-a-vis other top Indian cities and global tech hubs.

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Docu Series

A multi-part docu-series aimed to explore and capture the multiple layers that have shaped Bengaluru.

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Museum

India's first Museum of Innovation, Startups & Tech. This space will explore groundbreaking ideas, cutting-edge technology, and inspiring success stories that have made Bengaluru and India a hub of innovation, technology and entrepreneurship.

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World Cities Culture Forum

In 2023, we helped Bengaluru become the first Indian city to join the World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF) - a global platform of 40 major global cities who have come together to exchange ideas and share best practices as they build culturally vibrant cities.

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‘Bengaluru is not just a city. It is an incubator of dreams and innovations. This deeply researched book is a colorful portrait of how Bengaluru has emerged as a magnet for entrepreneurs and top talent who are shaping India’s rise as a global tech powerhouse.’

Kunal Shah

Founder, CRED

Bangalore is a city of first generation entrepreneurs from MTR to Razorpay, HMT, ITI and BEL to Infosys, Wipro and Biocon, UB to Microbreweries. From a Pensioner's Paradise to a Startup Capital, we have evolved into a pluralistic liberal and futuristic city. This initiative is about branding our city as young, vibrant and futuristic.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Founder, Biocon

Great to see this new initiative to unleash Bangalore’s potential even further!

Nandan Nilekani

Chairman & Co-Founder, Infosys | Chairman, UIDAI

"Bengaluru has played a key role in the development of India. As the IT hub, it's the beating heart of the services sector. But Bangalore is not just IT, it's also the startup capital of India. There are thousands of startups that are working on making life easier for Indians and also tackling monumental challenges across everything from climate to finance. I'm really happy that UnboxingBLR is showcasing the story of namma Bengaluru."

Nithin Kamath

Founder & CEO, Zerodha

Over nearly 25 years of living in Bangalore I have seen the city evolve beyond recognition, in both positive and not so good ways. I am super proud of the city and look forward to understanding the underlying story accompanying this amazing transformation.

Meena Ganesh

Portea Medical

UnboxingBLR is a unique collaborative initiative. It has the power to not only tell the story of Bangalore to the world but also shape its future by the dialogues that this creates.

Kris Gopalakrishnan

Co-Founder, Infosys

An initiative that personifies the spirit of Bangalore, and has tremendous potential in setting off a chain reaction - that helps strengthen the entrepreneurial characteristics of Bangalore that make it the city it is!

Mekin Maheshwari

Udhyam

Bangalore is India's most global city and will play a crucial role in India's future in techade. UnboxingBLR is an important initiative to capture Bangalore's journey and its significance.

Atul Satija

Founder, The Nudge

Unboxing Bangalore is a great initiative which will bring out the best emotions of Bangalore from everyone who makes Bangalore what it is. Our city deserves nothing less than the best people putting in their heart and soul into expressing what Bangalore is all about.

Aprameya Radhakrishna

Co-Founder, Koo

UnboxingBLR is a fantastic new initiative to share the story of India's most exciting city - one built by and for passionate changemakers.

Ananth Narayanan

Founder, Mensa Brands

Bangalore is a magical place that is a world leader in technology, weather, inclusion, food and much more! UnboxingBLR is a fabulous initiative to document and highlight the wonders of the city that we gratefully call home.

Eric Savage

Co-Founder & CEO, Unitus Capital

Bangalore is a word that is synonymous for most with technology, start ups, innovation, greenery, lakes, education, an engaged citizenry, a welcoming cosmopolitan culture… all awesome attributes. It’s all that, home and more for me. But, unfortunately it’s also a city which desperately needs better public infra, better governance and to reconnect with its roots. UnboxingBLR is a tremendous initiative to put BLR on the map for all the right reasons. Here’s to bright new aspirations, dreams and beginnings for Blr, here’s to Blr #Unboxed

Nooraine Fazal

Founding Managing Trustee & CEO, Inventure Academy

What makes Bengaluru special? How has the city transformed to become India's tech capital? That story needs to be told. UnboxingBLR is a great initiative in that direction.

K Ganesh

Serial Entrepreneur and Promoter, BigBasket, Portea Medical, HomeLane, BlueStone

Many Congratulations to Unboxing BLR, for taking the first steps to connect and bring resonance to the positive energies that exist in the city today and work towards making Bengaluru a hub of inspiration, achievement and fulfillment.

Shibanee & Kamal Sagar

Total Environment

#UnboxingBlr is a welcome initiative to showcase the multiple hues of Bengaluru that make it special.

V Ravichandar

Hon Director, Bangalore International Centre

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Unboxing
Community

Words of support and encouragement from the leaders and change makers of Bangalore.

The City of New Beginnings

From a pensioner’s paradise the city has now transformed into a vibrant global tech hub where people move to build new startups, build their careers, build their networks and build their homes.
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It is today among the world’s fastest growing metropolis. As India’s tech capital, its journey also holds significance for the country’s future too.

Big cities are dynamic & they constantly evolve. The best ones work hard to document their journeys & build a new brand narrative.

Over four decades, Bangalore has transformed from a city for the retired to becoming The City of New Beginnings.

It is time to tell the story.

BLR Hubba 2023: Experience Bengaluru

Wall of Love

Bangalore is India’s

tech capital

80% India's MNC innovation centres
33% India's tech talent
34% India's global capability centres
40% India's unicorn startups
– (Zinnov)

With 4230+ startups & 40+ unicorns
- it is India’s tech capital
– Zinnov

Fastest growing

mature tech ecosystem

85+ startup accelerators & incubators
47+ innovation hubs
6+ centres of excellence
450+ research labs
– (Dealroom.co & L&P)

Bangalore is the world’s fastest growing mature tech ecosystem since 2016
– Dealroom.co & L&P

Top 5 in the world

Bangalore ranks 5^th in the world
on tech venture capital investment
– (Startup Genome)

Bangalore ranks 5th in the world on tech venture capital investment
– Startup Genome

Top 10 high-tech centres

Bangalore ranks 8^th on world’s
top 10 high-tech centres
– (KPMG)

Bangalore ranks 8th on world’s top 10 high-tech centres
– KPMG

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"Unboxing Bengaluru: The City of New Beginnings" by debut authors Malini Goyal and Prashanth Prakash, dives deep into Karnataka's capital city and unravels its journey and the ensuing social, behavioural, technological and consumptive changes.

"Unboxing Bengaluru: The City of New Beginnings" by debut authors Malini Goyal and Prashanth Prakash, dives deep into Karnataka's capital city and unravels its journey and the ensuing social, behavioural, technological and consumptive changes.

“The City of New Beginnings: Unboxing Bengaluru”, co-written by authors Malini Goyal and Prashanth Prakash, is scheduled to release next year, announced Penguin Random House India (PRHI) in a statement.

BENGALURU: India’s technology industry is today pegged at $227 billion plus. It is time the country — the world’s software capital — built its own technology and innovation museum. Unsurprisingly, the country’s tech epicentre Bengaluru is hosting the endeavour. The city will soon house the country’s first Technology & Innovation Museum of India.

In a first, Bengaluru, which is referred to as India’s tech capital, will build a Tech and Innovation Museum in a move to showcase the city's tech, startup and innovation landscape, said Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai while inaugurating the BLR Design Week on December 8 at Hotel Lalit Ashok.

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Unboxing Bengaluru

BLR Hubba

Hubba in Your Park

From Code to Culture

Data Report

Docu Series

Museum

World Cities Culture Forum

Unboxing
Community

The City of New Beginnings

Unboxing Bengaluru:
‍The City of New Beginnings

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BLR Hubba 2023: Experience Bengaluru

Wall of Love

AN OPEN AND PARTICIPATIVE PLATFORM. FOR YOU.

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