Our Sponsors and Partners
Stockholding
Stride Ventures
Stride Ventures, a leading venture debt fund, has become synonymous with innovative startup financing in India. The firm has always characterized itself as a fund that has the ability to constantly adapt and evolve and bring forth novel solutions to the venture ecosystem. This is deeply rooted in the partner-centric approach that the company has adopted since its inception.
Stride provides comprehensive solutions, going beyond venture debt, to cater to the distinctive challenges faced by high-growth and inherently strong businesses, backed by leading VCs. It’s institutionalised processes have ensured zero delays or delinquencies till date and Stride has been the most active lender in the Indian startup ecosystem.
In May’21, Stride launched its second fund with a target corpus of INR 1,000 Cr (with a greenshoe option of INR 875 Cr) and within 45 days, they announced the first close of the second fund at INR 550 Crore.
The firm boasts of a well-diversified portfolio sanctioning over INR 1300 Crore in 56+ companies across Consumer, FinTech, Logistics, AgriTech, B2B Commerce, HealthTech, B2B SaaS, mobility & energy solutions (EV).
In just over two years, Stride Ventures has emerged as the preferred venture debt lender, attracting the best new age companies across sectors and has cemented its position in the VC fraternity and the founder community as a distinguished and critical lender in the ecosystem.
Sundaram Alternates
Sundaram BNP Paribas Fund Services
Sundaram BNP Paribas Fund Services (SBFS) is a joint venture between Sundaram Finance Limited and BNP Paribas Securities Services.
Started in 2008 focusing on fund administration in Mutual Fund industry, Company expanded its services to Transfer agency including expanding its service offering to the Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) industry domiciled in India.
Currently following services are provided as part of its service offering to AIF clients both from Chennai and Mumbai.
• Fund Administration
• Transfer Agency
• Investor Reporting
• Call Center service
BNP Paribas, Our joint venture partner, provides Cash Management and Custody service both for domestic and offshore funds.
SBFS brings in rich expertise and service excellence through strong management team with relevant domain expertise and also follows quality and risk oriented approach with robust quality control measures in place and strong audit framework including adherence to ISAE 3402 Standards (Type 2 Assessment)
Sundaram BNP Paribas Fund Services Limited
Sundaram BNP Paribas Fund Services Limited (SBFS) is a joint venture between Sundaram Finance and BNP Paribas Securities Services focusing on the service offering in the area of Mutual Funds and Alternate Investment Funds (Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Funds etc.) in Indian market since 2009. SBFS has 141 locations in India to service both investors and distributors of the mutual funds managed in capacity as Registrar and Transfer Agent and has operation center in Chennai. SBFS has well equipped off-city site in Madurai which is 450 km away from the primary location, Chennai
Being an ISO 27001 Standard company, SBFS is the first RTA to adhere to ISAE 3402 standards (Type 2 assessment) on the transfer agency service and also has adhered to Tier III data center compliant standards for its primary data center
SBFS is the only player in the industry in India to offer below services for both Mutual Funds and Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs)
1. Transfer Agency
2. Fund Accounting
3. Call Center Solutions
4. Custody (through BNP Paribas Securities Services)
SBFS brings in rich expertise and service excellence through:
1. strong management team with relevant domain expertise
2. risk oriented approach
3. robust quality control measures along with strong audit framework.
Sundaram Finance Ltd., incorporated in 1954 has grown into one of the most trusted financial services groups in India. Today, the activities of the group span savings products like Deposits and Mutual Funds, Car and Commercial Vehicle Finance, Insurance, Home Loans, Software Solutions, Business Process Outsourcing, Tyre Finance, Fleet Cards, Tractor Finance and Mutual Funds/Alternate Investments R&T. Sundaram Finance has a nationwide presence in 580+ Branches.
BNP Paribas Securities Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas Group, is a leading global custodian and securities services provided backed by strength of a universal bank. It provides integrated solutions to all participants in the investment cycle including buy-side, sell-side, corporate and issuers.
Covering over 100 markets with our own offices in 34 countries in 5 continents, the BNP Paribas network is one of the most extensive in the industry. We bring together local insight and a global network to enable clients to maximize their market and investment opportunities worldwide.
SuperProfs
SuperProfs is India's Largest Online Platform for Exam Preparation, with over 100,000+ registered students, 200+ HD quality video courses, 100+ professors, currently covering exams like CA, CS, CMA, UPSC, GATE and IIT-JEE. We provide unlimited access to the most reputed Professors by streaming their classes online which can be viewed multiple times, 24X7, anytime anywhere. The mobile app allows students to view HD quality videos at extremely low bandwidths (100 Kbps) and also allows them to download the content locally, for offline playback. The company is funded by Kalaari Capital, IDG Ventures and Indian Angel Network.
Swiss Business Hub
The Swiss Business Hub India (SBHI) is the official trade and investment arm of the Swiss federal government. The SBHI is headquartered within the the Consulate General of Switzerland in Mumbai with regional chapters within the Embassy of Switzerland in New Delhi and the Consulate General of Switzerland in Bengaluru.
The SBHI has two areas of focus, i.e.,
Advising Indian companies on investing in Switzerland: The SBHI advises Indian companies considering outbound greenfield investments in Europe in general and specifically in Switzerland. Our advisory services cover aspects relating to economic and legal environment, provisions and limitations of the different legal entities, company incorporation process, labour market and laws, cost structures, tax structures, allocating key functions such as R&D centres, trading/ sales/marketing offices, licenses/IPR structures and European/Global headquarters in Switzerland. Our focus sectors include life science (pharmaceutical, biotech and nutraceuticals), ICT, data analytics, banking and financial services, chemicals, engineering, and commodity trading.
Advising Swiss companies on India market entry strategies: The SBHI provides customised consulting services to Swiss and Liechtenstein companies. Our range of services include market analysis, industry and product analysis, compatibility tests, competiton assessment, partner searches, customer searches, distributor / supplier searches as well as legal services.
T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)
T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI) located in the international university town of Manipal (Karnataka), is among the leading management institutes in India, and is reputed for its academic rigour, assurance of learning and outcome based learning standards.
Founded by the visionary, Late Shri. T. A. Pai, in 1980, TAPMI’s mission is to excel in post-graduate management education, research and practice.In 1984, TAPMI commenced its 2 year residential post graduate program in management. TAPMI currently runs three full-time 2 year PG diploma programs in management at its new 42 acre modern residential wi-fi campus. It also houses a State-of-the-Art Finance Lab equipped with 16 Bloomberg terminals supported by data feed from BSE and NSE.
Today, over 3600 TAPMI alumni hold responsible managerial positions worldwide (www.tapmi.edu.in). TAPMI is the first AICTE approved private B-School in India to earn the highest global accreditation by AACSB International and to achieve this distinguished hallmark of excellence. CRISIL has re-affirmed the grading at National A*** and KA-A*** (State Level), the highest grading at both national and state levelsfor the 4thconsecutive year.
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