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Are you an aspiring or existing entrepreneur? Are you looking to raise money for your startup?
You may have heard of Flipkart, Ola, Oyo, Paytm, etc. who have all raised hundreds of millions of dollars at billion dollar valuations. But the one common thread is they all began somewhere small.
The October edition of Startup Saturday Bangalore looks to tackle the A to Z of funding with the theme ‘All About Funding’.
Term sheets, equity dilution, incubators, accelerators, venture debt, convertible debt, pitch decks, seed rounds, angel rounds, Series A rounds, funding trends… these are just a few of the topics we’ll be covering on October 13.
Some of the best investors in the country will be coming down to share their most valuable insights & help aspiring/existing entrepreneurs like yourself to understand the world of startup funding.
The tentative agenda for the day includes the following:
So, if you’re looking to raise money for your startup, Startup Saturday is where you need to be. Register now.
Also, if you want to:
Registration
Introduction to Headstart
What not to do while pitching to an investor - Sanjay Swamy, Managing Partner, PRIME Venture Partners
Decoding the term sheet - Satyasree Akella, Partner & Mayukh Datta, Principal Associate, Induslaw
How to build a pitch deck - Mohit Bansal, Founder & Creator, Deck Rooster
Venture Debt 101 for startups - Aakash Goel, Partner, Trifecta Capital
Partner and Experience Zone pitches
Tea break
Funding in the consumer product space - Kanwaljit Singh, Founder, Fireside Ventures
Funding in the B2C and B2B space - Parag Dhol, Managing Director, Inventus Capital India
Closing note
Networking Break
Parag Dhol
Speaker & Investor
Managing Director, Inventus Capital India
LinkedinA veteran in the Indian investment ecosystem, Parag Dhol started his career with ICICI Ventures in 1993 and went on to work with other established venture capitalist firms GE Equity and Intel Capital. Today, it’s been ten years with Inventus Capital where he has led investments in PolicyBazaar, redBus, HealthifyMe, Cbazaar, Savaari, Vizury, Truebil and Power2SME.
Under his leadership, the company has recently raised a fund of INR 200 CR to be invested in India. With an industry agnostic approach, Parag is willing to supports any business that have lived and breathed the problem they’re solving, and are genuinely interested in changing the lives of their customers.
Sanjay Swamy
Speaker & Investor
Managing Partner, PRIME Venture Partners
LinkedinFounding Managing Partner at Bangalore-based Prime Venture Partners.
Their portfolio includes ZipDial (acquired by Twitter), Ezetap, SmartOwner, HackerEarth, Happay, Synup, Nimble Wireless, Vidgyor, Quizizz, KredX, NiYO, Moneytap, Maya, Tracxn, AffordPlan, myGate and a few others in stealth.
Aakash Goel
Speaker & Investor
Partner, Trifecta Capital
LinkedinWith over 14 years of experience across investing, mentoring and management consulting, Aakash Goel, currently partner at Trifecta Capital has built a knack for identifying high potential growth startups. While at Bessemer Venture Partners, Aakash was a board member for LivSpace, BigBasket, UrbanClap, Perfios, Cashify and Hungama, to name a few, helping invest in these companies, and working with them to ensure growth and success. Prior to this, as an associate at Sequoia Capital Aakash got JustDial, Pine Labs, Citrus Payments, Mobikwik and UnitedLex onboard. On the whole, Aakash has been instrumental in investing over 250 million dollars across internet, payments, financial and healthcare businesses.
Mohit Bansal
Speaker & Investor
Founder & Creator, Deck Rooster
LinkedinMohit is a startup evangelist and extremely passionate about revenue generating product startups solving real problems for Consumers and Small Businesses with experience across a variety of businesses (from managing a Poultry Farm to setting up and running a Wire Manufacturing Unit, from setting up one of India’s first Co-working Space-cum-Startup Incubator to Heading Sales for one of the largest Digital Marketing Agencies in India)
Kanwaljit Singh
Speaker & Investor
Founder, Fireside Ventures
LinkedinDaring enough to look at a world outside tech, Kanwaljit Singh, founder of Fireside Ventures invests in early-stage consumer startups that offer urban-centric solutions. A marketing maestro from Unilever and Intel, and with over 10 yrs. of experience as Senior MD of Helion Ventures, Kanwaljit Singh brings to the table significant knowledge of building successful brands. Bombay Shaving Company, Samosa Singh, Boat Lifestyle, Mama Earth, Yoga Bar and Magic Crate are some of the closures led by him.
With a fund of INR 340 CR, he hopes to have at least 20 – 25 companies in his portfolio by the end of 2020. Having 50% of investments in domains like education, lifestyle, fashion and FMCG, Kanwaljit’s next focus in on health and wellness, personal care and beverages.
Satyasree Akella
Speaker
Startup Lawyer - Partner, Induslaw
LinkedinSatya has extensive experience in private equity and venture capital with a focus on representing entrepreneurs and businesses. Her clientele is varied and includes technology companies, microfinance companies, e-commerce companies, agri-based companies, and manufacturing companies.
She also specializes in corporate advisory matters, joint ventures, partnerships, acquisitions, and restructuring.
Satya leads the Hyderabad office, which was voted as the best law firm in Hyderabad by IFLR (International Financial Law Review) for the years three consecutive years.
Mayukh Datta
Speaker
Principal Associate, Induslaw
LinkedinMayukh specializes in private equity, venture capital and M&A.
He regularly advises a variety of domestic and international clients in the IT/ ITES, e-commerce, TMT, non-banking finance, education, hospitality, and F&B sectors, on fund raising, mergers and acquisitions, structuring, exits, and exchange control regulations.
In particular, he has experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of documentation relating to fund raising, acquisitions, business/ asset transfers and exits.