VCCircle Entrepreneur & Angel Investor Forum 2011
We are proud to announce India's first entrepreneur and angel investor forum, a unique platform for early stage entrepreneurs, angel investors and other seed stage investing groups. The objective of the event is to bring together the angel and seed stage investors and entrepreneurs cutting across various industry sectors, help them share ideas, connect and network.
The early stage investing is gaining momentum in India. It's not just organised angel groups that are driving this trend, but there are hundreds of successful entrepreneurs, professionals and high net worth individuals who have got into the early stage investment action. There are several sources of capital for an entrepreneur. But angels find it difficult to get dealflow and entrepreneurs find it tough to get through to suitable investors. There has not been an independent forum that brought together these investors and entrepreneurs on a single platform, and help them get to know each other, and discuss key issues in investment at this stage.
At the full day forum, you will get:
- To meet top angels, super angels, and seed investors in India
- Learn how angel and early stage deals are done in India
- Learn how angel investments can be made more successful
- Learn what do investors look for in companies, founders and teams
- What are the exit opportunities for angels
- How to land a Series A after an angel round
- How to structure your board composition in your startup
- Managing an angel funded company
- How to successfully raise VC after an angel round
Plus:
VCCircle Lounge: A speed dating event where 20 hot companies will get to meet 20 angels/angel groups.
PLUS PLUS: Workshops for entrepreneurs on:
- Scaling up a business (Mentoring session by experienced business coaches)
- Finance for startups
- Legal workshop for entrepreneurs
- Hiring strategy for startups
8:00am - 8:30am
Tea & Registration
8:30am - 8:40am
Introduction Note
8:40am - 9:30am
Fireside chat
Moderator: Praveen Chakravarty, Angel Investor (Consultant, UIADI)
Ashish Gupta, Angel investor, backed Daksh as angel (Day job: Managing Director, Helion Advisors)
Deep Kalra, Founder & CEO, MakeMyTrip
9:30am – 11:00am
Panel I: Angel investing ecosystem in India: Have we entered the golden era?
Angel investing in India is at a take off stage. There is a need for risk capital at the very early stage of a business and that gap hasn't been filled till recently. Many successful entrepreneurs, high networth individuals and top corporate executives have recognised this sweet spot. It’s not charity funding. It’s a considered investment decision, although risky, and the investors are looking at high returns. The fact is now there are hundreds of angel investors who are willing to back good startups and there are thousands of entrepreneurs with good startup businesses. This panel will look at:
- Growth drivers for angel investing
- A look at the Indian Angel investing mindset in India
- It is a relationship, not a financing business.
- Are institution led angels proving to be useful?
- What sectors do angels like the most.
Moderator: Sanjay Bansal, Angel investor (Day job: Managing Director, Ambit Corporate Finance)
Deepak I. Shahdadpuri, Angel investor (Day job: Founder and Managing Director of BCP Advisors)
Sunil Kalra, Angel investor
Sasha Mirchandani, Angel investor (Day job: Managing Director, BRV India and Head of Corporate Affairs at Deeya Energy)
Bejul Somaia, MD,Lightspeed Venture Partners
11:00am - 11:30am
Tea & networking
11:30am - 12:30pm
Panel II: Raising your Angel Money: How and from whom?
Top angel investors and entrepreneurs share their views on how to choose your angel investor and what to look for.
- How to select your angel investor
- Finding a lead investor
- Putting together a syndicate
- Valuations, terms and negotiations
- Managing your angels and board
Moderator: Kunal Bahl, CEO, Jasper Infotech (Snapdeal.com)
Vikram Upadhyaya, Co- Founder, Team India Group of Companies, MERINEWS & TiE Tokyo Chapter
Mukund Mohan, Angel investor (Day job: Founder, Buzzgain).com
Rehan Yar Khan, Angel investor (Day job: Founder, Flora2000 Inc.)
12:30pm – 1:30pm
LUNCH
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Entrepreneur session: Is Fundraising A Time Sink? Focus On Building Business, Money Will Find You.
-A contrarian’s view on fund raising. Isn’t it more prudent to generate buzz with your success and traction, and let the investors come to you?
-Lessons learnt from the Madhouse Media experience
By Sameer Guglani, Raised angel funds for DVD rental company Madhouse, currently fulltime startup evangelist and startup incubator (Official role: Partner, Morpheus Venture Partners)
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Panel III: Raising Money For the First Time: An Entrepreneur’s Live Guide
It takes much longer than what one imagines, things usually start falling in once you get a lead investor. How does one get there? Also, how to make sure that the valuation is one that can get a 2-3x step up on if you hit your milestones. The live experiences of angel-funded entrepreneurs.
- Should you raise an angel round or an institutional round?
- How do you find a lead investor?
- How to raise money with no lead ?
- Should you shop around?
- How to negotiate?
Moderator: Upal Basu, MD, Nokia Growth Partners
Harpreet S Grover, Raised angel money, then institutional round (Co-Founder and CEO, Cocubes)
Dr. Dhiraj Kacker, CEO & Co-Founder, Canvera
Dinesh Agarwal - Founder and CEO, IndiaMart.com
Sunjay Guleria, CEO,Exclusively.in
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Panel IV: Getting your first round of early stage institutional capital
There are several early stage funds who are competing with angels and super angels. Should you look at these institutional funding sources to raise capital?
Moderator: Shailesh Lakhani, Associate, Sequoia Capital India
Manoj Gupta, leads Nexus Seed Initiative (Day job: Principal, Nexus Venture Partners)
Anand Daniel, Day job: Principal, Accel Partners
Karthee Madasamy, MD, Qualcomm Ventures
Gaurav Saraf, Director, Epiphany Ventures
Manik Arora Founder & MD, IDG Ventures India
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Workshop 1: Structuring ESOPS in a startup
- Rewarding your early team with options
- How to structure it
- Legal and entrepreneur view points and practices
Ankur Singla, Corporate Lawyer (Day job: Founder, Akosha)
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Workshop 2: Legal session for entrepreneurs
-How to negotiate your term sheet
-Terms, managing investor expectations, and milestones
Anand S. Jha, Partner, ASJ Law Associates
5:00pm - 6:00pm
VCCircle Lounge: 20 select companies meet with 20 investors on a one-on-one basis at a separate Lounge.
6:00pm onwards
VCCircle Unwind: Terrace, 6th Floor, Delhi 'O' Delhi Restaurant, IHC
VCCircle introduces Unwind, an informal networking zone over cocktails.
Founded in 1983, Accel Partners has had a long history of excellence and innovation in the venture capital business and is dedicated to partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs and management teams to build world-class businesses. Accel today invests globally using dedicated teams and market-specific strategies for local geographies, with offices in Palo Alto, California, London, UK, and Bangalore, India as well as in China via the IDG-Accel Partnership.
With over $6 billion under management, Accel has helped entrepreneurs build over 300 successful companies, many of which have defined their categories including Actuate, Acopia, Agile Software, Alfresco, AMCC, Arrowpoint, BBN, Brightcove, ComScore, Etsy, Facebook, Foundry Networks, GlamMedia, Imperva, Infinera, Interwoven, JBoss, Kayak, Macromedia, Maven Networks, metroPCS, Polycom/PictureTel, Portal Software, QlikTech, Rapt, Real Networks, Redback Networks, Riverbed, UUNet, Veritas, Walmart.com, Webroot, Wily Technology, XenSource and Zimbra. Accel India has invested in many early stage companies such as Flipkart, Chakpak, HolidayIQ, Inbiopro, Kaati Zone, Kirusa, MuSigma, Myntra, Perfint, etc. For more information, please visit the Accel Partners web site at www.accel.com.
The One97 Mobility Fund(OMF) is a $100 million fund set up to support entrepreneurs who are building game changing companies in the mobile ecosystem. OMF aims to accelerate the growth and dynamics of the mobile universe and make it easier for the entrepreneurs who are starting out.
OMF is a commitment to translate opportunities in the mobile VAS and allied sectors into relevant and scalable businesses by working closely with entrepreneurs and industry stakeholders. OMF extends capital along with operating experience, go to market strategies, mentorship, resources and relationships to portfolio companies and assists in building strong teams. Visit us at www.one97mobilityfund.com
If you are interested to setup such a meeting for yourself, please email at contact@one97mobilityfund.com with few lines on your business and contact details.
Established in 1972, Unitech is amongst India’s leading real estate and infrastructure conglomerates, with an outstanding track record in large scale, integrated, real-estate development.
The first real estate developer to be awaded the ISO 9001:2000 certificate in North India, we are India’s most geographically diversified developer. Our land reserves of thousands of acres are spread across all major hubs of economic activity in the country. Our strong engineering heritage allows us to successfully address the enormous potential of the infrastructure sector.
Millions of people live in a Unitech Home, work from a Unitech Office, and shop in a Unitech Mall.
Awards & Certifications
First Real Estate Developers to have been certified ISO 9001:200 Certificate in North India
Declared a Superbrand by Superbrand India, October 2007
One of India’s top 10 builders : CW Architect & Builders Awards, 2008
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