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Sagoon

A gateway to Connect, Share and Earn. It helps you build true connections, share useful experiences and earn while you socialize. Sagoon enables you to share secret messages, strengthen your relations with family & friends and express your emotional state clearly. Following the social path Connect. Share. Earn, it intends to transform negative experiences on social media into positive ones.

SAIF Partners

SAIF Partners is a venture capital firm that is sector and stage agnostic. SAIF is extremely active in early stage technology-enabled businesses. SAIF was the first institutional investor in companies such as MakeMyTrip (Consumer Internet), One97 (Mobile VAS), JustDial (Local Search), and HomeShop18 (eCommerce). In China, SAIF Partners was early stage investors in gaming companies - Shanda and Perfect World. The fund has strong experience of investing in companies at an early stage and helping them through multiple rounds of financings and eventually an IPO.

In addition, SAIF is an active growth investor in companies like Catmoss (Apparel Retail), Speciality Restaurants (Restaurants), Network18 (Media & Broadcasting), TV9 (Media & Broadcasting), SIFY (Consumer Internet) IL&FS Investmart (Financial Services) and the National Stock Exchange (Financial Services).

SAIF currently manages $4.0 billion across funds and is actively seeking investment opportunities in early stage and growth stage businesses.

Salesforce

Salesforce empowers companies of every size and industry to connect with their customers through the power of Data + AI + CRM + Trust. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: www.salesforce.com.

Samvad Partners

Samv?d: Partners is a partner-led, solution-oriented national law firm with offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. The Firm is committed to providing smart and quality legal advice to its clients; maintaining the highest levels of professional integrity; and nurturing our lawyers in a work environment that motivates them to achieve and maintain the highest standards.

The Partners of the Firm are leaders in their respective fields of practice. The majority of our Partners have a rich mix of domestic and international experience, having worked in several legal and financial capitals around the world, including London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai, New Delhi and the Hague.

The Firm possesses expertise in a range of practice areas; and provides a full range of services in the private equity and venture capital space. We have represented both investors as well as the target companies / promoters.  Given the breadth of our expertise, these transactions are handled holistically with commercial sensitivity.  Clients appreciate that “the team is hardworking and diligent on every assignment. The timeliness of their delivery is something that we're very happy about. Another key strength is the ability to negotiate a win-win outcome for all parties involved”.  Sources also say that Samv?d: is “One of the preferred firms we refer to our clients” and that “the partners and the rest of the team are motivated and diligent about their work.” (Chambers)

Samv?d: and its Partners have also been highly recommended by Chambers, Global Law Experts and other reputed industry publications. The Firm has been a winner of the Indian Law Firm Awards, issued by the India Business Law Journal for 2 years in a row.

SAMVAD PARTNERS ADVOCATES

Samv?d: Partners is a partner-led, solution- oriented law firm. The Firm is committed to providing smart and quality legal advice to our clients; maintaining the highest levels of professional integrity; and nurturing our lawyers in a work environment that motivates them to achieve and maintain the highest standards.

The Partners of the Firm are leaders in their respective fields of practice. The majority of our Partners have a rich mix of domestic and international experience, having worked in several legal and financial capitals around the world, including London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai, New Delhi and the Hague. Our lawyers are truly international, with several being admitted to practice law in India, England & Wales and New York, bringing with them a deep and diverse international perspective.

The Firm provides a full range of services in the mergers and acquisitions space, covering MOU negotiations, legal due diligence reviews and recommendations, transaction documentation drafting, negotiations and deal completion processes as well as post-deal closing oversight of applicable filings. The Firm has significant experience in domestic and cross border (both inbound and outbound) M&A’s including making merger related applications before various courts and regulatory organizations. The members of the Firm have acted for both acquirers as well as target companies. As such, the Firm is able to approach M&A transactions in a holistic and commercially sensitive manner.

With offices in Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi - The Firm has regularly received the highest accolades and ranking from our peers, including recognition in Chambers & Partners and Legal500, over the past few years.

Sand Hill Counsel

Sand Hill Counsel is a law firm with offices in Mumbai and Silicon Valley. The firm focuses on venture capital and private equity transactions and has extensive experience in representing venture capital and private equity funds in fund formations and venture capital and private equity financings in addition to representing emerging and public companies in venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings. The firm is headed by Shantanu Surpure who has a special focus on cross-border India-US transactions and has previously practiced law with large US law firms in Silicon Valley.

SAP

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE: SAP) helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. Started in 1996, SAP India is the second largest subsidiary and one of the fastest growing companies within SAP worldwide. SAP India reach more than 1.25 crore Indians through 200 services, 34 departments.

SAP Education in India has trained over 51,000 SAP consultants in the last one decade. 300 universities and education institutes are member of SAP university alliance program touching the lives of more than 3 million students. SAP spent more than 13.7 % of its total revenue on R&D to Constantly innovate and bring world class solutions.

SAP's vast network of partners in India creates the ideal environment for its customer’s growth. Built on a strong foundation of mutual support and collaboration, the Partner Ecosystem provides unparalleled value for customers' every need.

SAP has been ranked 7th in India’s Best Companies to Work for 2016 study by Great Places to Work Institute. It is also the first multinational technology company to be awarded the Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) certification for 13 countries including India.

SBI

State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest commercial bank in India in terms of assets, deposits, branches, customers and employees. The bank has well entrenched Domestic, International and Treasury Operations. As on April 01, 2017, the bank has an extensive network, with over 24 thousand branches in India and 199 offices in 37 other countries across the world in all time zones. It has a strong network of more than 59 thousand group ATMs and caters to a customer base of more than 50 crore.