The year has begun positively for Mangaluru’s startup ecosystem. Following the success of Emerge-2024, organised as part of the Tapasya Beach Festival, Mangaluru city is now preparing for the upcoming event, ‘Build From Mangaluru’. Anup Pai, founder of eSamudaay, a network of software nodes connected on the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) protocol said ‘Build from Mangaluru’ is a unique local-first startup accelerator programme on the District Digital Economy Network or DISDECO.