The stock markets are at a three-year low. The US and European markets have been in a turmoil, and the global economy is feared to moving into a recession. There is a liquidity crunch so much so that even banks are borrowing at exorbitant rates. Companies are looking at cutting costs. Some have begun downsizing. The policymakers world over are on an action drive. There have been concerted moves from central banks of all major countries to cut interest rates. The governments have come up with bailouts of billions of dollars to save their financial institutions. In short, the economy has got everyone down in the dumps.
It's not. It's just that you need to respond to the changing market realities appropriately. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has already said the government would spend on infrastructure to step up the economic growth. Remember, what Golden Quadrilateral roads project did to the Indian economy five years ago.
Reserve Bank of India has already cut cash reserve ratio and Repo rates to infuse liquidity into the market. It has taken steps to make the market attractive to the foreign institutional investors. Some of the FDI policies are under review to welcome foreign capital.
Fund raising in the current environment has gotten only tough, but not impossible. The deals may have come down, but they are indeed happening. There are funds still sitting with cash and looking for deals in this downmarket.
So it's not the time for inaction, but action. It's not the end of the road, but just a sharp turn which you need to navigate carefully.
VCCircle is organising its third investment forum in Hyderabad with the theme "Investing In A Perfect Storm", which will discuss all this and much more. The event will see more than 15 speakers sharing their views on the current environment and on the way out of the crisis.
Find out what the brightest minds in Indian private equity and business have to say about deal making in a downturn. How long will the slowdown last? Does that mean a slowdown in deals? Is enough capital available for India Inc? How do companies raise capital to roll out their products or expand their businesses so they are ready to take advantage of an upturn? What are the innovative financing and deal making models available in the current environment?
The Hyderabad forum will be attended by managing directors of leading private equity funds, venture capital investors/PE professionals/Entrepreneurs/late stage, growth capital & large companies/investment bankers & advisers/corporate professionals/policy makers/firms seeking capital.
| 9.00 a.m to 9.40 a.m | Registration |
| 9.50 a.m | Welcome & Introductory Remarks |
| 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m |
Investing In A Perfect Storm - An overview of the financial crisis and its impact on the Indian Gopal Srinivasan - Chairman, TVS Shriram Growth Fund |
| 11.30 a.m to 12.00 p.m | Tea & Networking |
| 12.00 p.m to 1:30 p.m |
From Infrastructure Providers To Infrastructure Enablers - What justifies the rush of infrastructure-focused funds? Shailesh Pathak - Senior Director, ICICI Venture Abhijit Roy - COO, Totem Infrastructure (Moderator) |
| 1:30 p.m to 2:30 p.m | Lunch & Networking |
| 2:30 p.m to 3:45 p.m |
Healthcare - How defensive is healthcare Healthcare track Vikram Hosangady - Executive Director, KPMG India (Chair) |
| 3: 45 p.m to 4: 00 p.m | Tea break |
| 4:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m |
Education track Cyrus Driver - Director, Helix Investments |
| 5:00 p.m to 5:10 p.m |
Concluding Remarks George Thomas - Partner, India Value Fund
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| 6 pm to 7.30 pm | Cocktails & Networking |
TVS Capital Funds Limited was founded in September 2007, by Gopal Srinivasan of TVS Group, who brings over twenty five years of entrepreneurial and operational experience. TCF limited works closely with enterpreneurs with management capability and capital during the investment horizon.
TVS Capital Funds Ltd manages the TVS Shriram Growth Fund which has more than INR 1,100 Cr AUM domestic rupee fund across two Schemes - 1A and 1B. The Fund is established with a vision to develop and nurture India's mid-cap businesses into world class companies. The fund is targeting investments across consumer driven opportunities such as food & agro, retail, healthcare, education, FMCG, media & entertainment, facilities management and so on. The fund has completely deployed Fund 1A and investment in Fund 1B is going on in full swing. TVS Shriram Growth Fund is registered with SEBI under the Venture Capital Funds regulations.
The sponsors of the fund are the TVS Group and Shriram Group. TVS and Shriram Groups bring a proven business culture, infrastructure, and a wide network of relationships across several sectors and geographical regions to the nextgen entrepreneurs of India. TVS Group and Shriram Group bring a vast ecosystem of relationships and strong connections with the SME community, which are leveraged to identify attractive investment opportunities. In addition, the senior partners in their individual capacities bring many relationships in industry, the banking eco-system, and with industry, functional and domain experts amongst others. This network not only enables us to source proprietary deals, it also enables us to add value to portfolio companies.
o3 Capital is a mid-market investment bank, providing financial and strategic advice to clients. The company is built on two core businesses – Corporate Finance and Alternate Asset Management.
o3 Capital serves a wide range of clients including cutting-edge start-ups, established market leaders, private equity houses and large global corporate entities, across select verticals - Consumer, Healthcare, Industrials, Financial services, Technology and Digital. o3 Capital has successfully consummated 110+transactions in the last 9 years aggregating to over USD 4.5 bn in transaction value.
Mint, a business paper from Hindustan Times in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal was launched in Delhi & Mumbai on 1st feb 2007. Available 6 days a week in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh &Pune Mint gives you clear, relevant & well-analyzed Indian as well as international business news. Mint has made rapid strides since its launch. Over the last year, Mint has endeavored to deliver 'Clarity in Business News' - a need clearly articulated by discerning business news readers in India.
Mint is a differentiated product offering, not just in terms of editorial content but also in design &format. Mint journalists have been rewarded by peers globally with awards such as the CNN Young Journalist Award; however a larger reward is the impact that Mint has started making on government policy already. The association with WSJ enables us to tap into the global news resources of WSJ to bring out international news relevant to Indian consumers and business. No wonder that a majority of Mint readers are decision makers in business and policy.
While the brand started its journey in the 2 formats of a newspaper and the website Livemint.com, it has since added two more platforms with event under the "Clarity through Debate"seminar series and Livemint.com on mobile seminar series and Livemint.com on mobile.
Mint, a business paper from Hindustan Times in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal was launched in Delhi & Mumbai on 1st feb 2007. Available 6 days a week in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh &Pune Mint gives you clear, relevant & well-analyzed Indian as well as international business news. Mint has made rapid strides since its launch. Over the last year, Mint has endeavored to deliver 'Clarity in Business News' - a need clearly articulated by discerning business news readers in India.
Mint is a differentiated product offering, not just in terms of editorial content but also in design &format. Mint journalists have been rewarded by peers globally with awards such as the CNN Young Journalist Award; however a larger reward is the impact that Mint has started making on government policy already. The association with WSJ enables us to tap into the global news resources of WSJ to bring out international news relevant to Indian consumers and business. No wonder that a majority of Mint readers are decision makers in business and policy.
While the brand started its journey in the 2 formats of a newspaper and the website Livemint.com, it has since added two more platforms with event under the "Clarity through Debate"seminar series and Livemint.com on mobile seminar series and Livemint.com on mobile.
RCS Advisors is a leading strategy and investment advisory firm that provides a wide range of services to clients in India and abroad that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The firm specializes in cross-border & domestic mergers & acquisitions, private equity and market entry advisory. RCS Advisors has a presence in Pune, Bangalore and New Delhi in India, with partner offices in Shanghai and Tianjin in China, New York and Detroit in North America, Munich and Stockholm.
RCS Advisors is a leading strategy and investment advisory firm that provides a wide range of services to clients in India and abroad that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. The firm specializes in cross-border & domestic mergers & acquisitions, private equity and market entry advisory. RCS Advisors has a presence in Pune, Bangalore and New Delhi in India, with partner offices in Shanghai and Tianjin in China, New York and Detroit in North America, Munich and Stockholm.
Evolvence India Life Sciences Fund is a Mauritius-based Private Equity fund established to provide growth capital to companies operating in the Indian healthcare sector.
EILSF invests in small to mid-sized pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical device, contract R&D, and healthcare services companies which are either located in India or which derive significant competitive advantage from operations located in India. Examples of investments include providing capital for capacity expansion, development of generic versions of drugs facing patent expiry, domestic and international acquisitions, and for up-grading existing infrastructure to emerge as 'partner of choice' for contract R&D and manufacturing activities.
India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA) was established in 1999 with a focus on investing in and transforming mid-sized profitable businesses into world-class industry leaders, built on the strong foundation of IVFA Values. Steered since its inception by Vishal Nevatia, IVFA has built deep knowledge and skills in the Indian markets and has successfully launched five separate investment funds with a combined corpus of over US$ 1.8 billion. Currently, IVFA is investing out of IVF - V, which has a corpus of US$ 682 million.
IVFA follows either ‘Buy and Build' or ‘Invest and Build' business model. In ‘Buy and Build’, IVFA acquires majority equity stakes, partners with high quality management teams and entrepreneurs to build scale and profitability. On the other hand, in ‘Invest and Build', IVFA acquires significant minority equity stakes and plays a supportive role to existing entrepreneurs in transforming businesses. Over 70% of all capital invested by IVFA till date is under Buy and Build model.
IVFA’s insights and understanding of India has been sharpened over the last 16 years by investing over US$ 1 billion in more than 40 Indian businesses. It has successfully guided these companies in making the transition into well established and large businesses that are valuable, enduring, socially responsible and are creating immense wealth for all stakeholders. Although sector agnostic, IVFA has built strong understanding of sectors like Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Logistics, Supply Chain & Retailing, Infrastructure Services, Education and Clean Energy.
The IVFA team has been structured with a balanced mix of 9 Investment and 16 Business Managers, who bring with them several hundred man-years of industry experience to achieve the above objective.
IVFA truly values its relationships with investors, entrepreneurs and management teams. It is also very conscious of its fiduciary duty towards the capital under management. This capital has been contributed by over 35 high quality international institutions with a combined investible capital base of over US$ 1 trillion. For more information on IVFA, we request you to please visit http://www.ivfa.com.
UTI Ventures is a leading Indian private equity firm. Focused on growth capital, they propel the ambitions of passionate Indian entrepreneurs, while unlocking superior returns for their investors. Their demonstrated track record of successful investments, led by an experienced management team, positions their funds among top performers in India.
Their influential and proprietary network of corporates, business leaders and capital market participants provides them access to quality deals and enables them to conclude investments in a highly competitive environment. It also facilitates successful liquidity events for their portfolio companies. Theirs is a proactive team with unmatched local insight. With over 75 years of collective experience in Indian capital markets, the skill sets of each team member are both diverse and complimentary. Their knowledge of domestic regulatory frameworks and cultural sensitivities gives them a distinctive edge among private equity firms in India.
UTI Ventures follows an entrepreneur-centric investment approach. They actively seek out promising Indian companies driven by visionary leadership. Their constant endeavour is to complement the strengths of the teams they back. Placing complete confidence in the ability of their partner entrepreneurs to build and manage their companies, they play an active role in scaling the enterprise.
IDG Ventures India is a US$150 Million early-stage venture capital fund investing in technology-related product and services companies. The fund is part of IDG Ventures, a global network of technology venture funds with over $3.7 billion under management, over 220 investee companies and 10 offices across Asia and North America. IDG Ventures makes investments on behalf of its Limited Partners, including its principal investor and sponsor, International Data Group (IDG), the world's largest IT media company. By combining the IDG platform - an unparalleled combination of global publishing, market research (IDC), and conferences and exhibition resources - with years of hands-on experience in early-stage company building, IDG Ventures helps its investee companies understand their markets better and penetrate them faster than their competition.
Leading technology companies that IDG Ventures has invested in include BabyCenter, F5 Networks, Netscape, Service Metrics and VA Linux in North America and Baidu, Ctrip, Sohu, Tencent and VinaGame in Asia.
Our India portfolio consists of 3D Solid Compression, Agile, Apalya, Aujas Networks, ConnectM, iCreate, iProf, iViZ, Kreeda, Manthan Systems, Myntra, Ozone Media, Perfint, Sourcebits and Vserv.
For more information, please visit www.idgvcindia.com
VCC Events opens up the avenues for participation. Join hands to be a part of India’s largest gathering of alternative investments leaders, industry stakeholders and Asia’s influential limited partners, general partners and marquee advisors. Your chance to actively participate and augment yourself as thought leaders.
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