Our Sponsors and Partners

Avendus Capital

Avendus Capital Pvt. Ltd is a leading financial services firm, which alongwith its associates, provides customised solutions in the areas of financial advisory, equity capital markets, alternative asset management and wealth management. The firm relies on its extensive track record, in-depth domain understanding and knowledge of the economic and regulatory environment, to offer research based solutions to its clients that include institutional investors, corporations and high net worth individuals/families. In recent years, Avendus Capital Pvt. Ltd. has consistently been ranked among the leading corporate finance advisors in India and has emerged as the advisor of choice for cross-border M&A deals, having closed around 34 cross-border transactions in the past 5 years. Avendus Wealth Management Pvt. Ltd. caters to investment advisory and portfolio management needs of Family offices and Ultra High Networth Individuals / families, spanning all asset classes. Headquartered in Mumbai, the firm has offices in New Delhi and Bangalore.

Avendus Capital, Inc (US) and Avendus Capital (UK) Pvt. Ltd. located in New York and London respectively are wholly owned subsidiaries of Avendus Capital Pvt. Ltd offering M&A and Private Equity syndication services in the respective regions. Avendus Capital, Inc (US) also provides wealth management services in select jurisdictions in USA. For more information, please visit www.avendus.com

Avigo Capital Partners

Avigo Capital Partners is an Indian private equity fund manager with a focus on Private Equity Investments in the SME sector in India. Avigo has over USD 365 million under management and has successfully raised and invested two funds (The Avigo SME Fund I and the Avigo SME Fund II). Avigo is currently making investments from the USD 240 million Avigo SME Fund III.  Avigo has established its credentials and demonstrated a differentiated investment strategy of supporting SME companies in their growth phase through more than 25 investments in over 15 companies over the past 7 years.

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AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services platform, offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality to help businesses scale and grow. Explore how thousands of startups are currently leveraging AWS cloud products and solutions to build sophisticated applications with increased flexibility, scalability and reliability.

Axis Bank

Axis Bank was the first of the new private banks to have begun operations in 1994, after the Government of India allowed new private banks to be established. The Bank was promoted jointly by the Administrator of the specified undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (UTI - I), Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) and other four PSU insurance companies, i.e. National Insurance Company Ltd., The New India Assurance Company Ltd., The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. and United India Insurance Company Ltd.

The Bank today is capitalized to the extent of Rs. 401.95 crores with the public holding (other than promoters) at 53.23%.

The Bank's Registered Office is at Ahmedabad and its Central Office is located at Mumbai. The Bank has a very wide network of more than 905 branches and Extension Counters (as on 30th September 2009). The Bank has a network of over 3894 ATMs (as on 30th September 2009) providing 24 hrs a day banking convenience to its customers. This is one of the largest ATM networks in the country.

The Bank has strengths in both retail and corporate banking and is committed to adopting the best industry practices internationally in order to achieve excellence.

AZB & Partners

AZB & Partners is one of the prominent Indian law firms in India. It was founded in 2004 with a clear purpose to provide reliable, practical and full-service advice to clients based on an in-depth knowledge of the legal, regulatory and commercial environment within which our clients operate and a full understanding of their overall business objectives. The firm now has 6 offices across Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, and Pune, with a driven team of 450+ lawyers.

The firm has been involved in advising in the field of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and general corporate, regulatory practice and securities laws, private equity, capital markets, funds practice, banking and finance, infrastructure and project finance, real estate, media and entertainment, employment, insurance, intellectual property, taxation, aviation, competition law,  and litigation and arbitration.

The Firm has received wide national and international acclaim within the legal sphere, some of which include ‘Ranked No.1’ by RSG Top 40 India law firm ranking, 2017; ‘Best Law Firm of the Year – India’ by Corporate USA Today – Law Awards 2018; ‘Law Firm for the Year 2017-18’, and ‘Best Overall Law Firm – 2017-18’ by India Business Law Journal.

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Bain & Company

Bain & Company, founded in 1973 in Boston, is a leading business consulting firm with offices around the world. It helps management teams and boards make the big decisions: on strategy, operations, mergers & acquisitions, technology and organization. Bain consultants have worked with over 5000 major firms across every sector globally and measure their success in terms of their clients’ financial results, focusing on “results, not reports”. Its clients historically have outperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500 industrial index by 4:1.

Bain & Company has been rated 11 years in a row as the best consulting firm to work for, by Consulting magazine. Bain ranks #1 on the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, honoring the 50 Best Places to Work in 2017. In India, Bain has served clients since 1995 and formally opened its consulting office in 2006 in Gurgaon near New Delhi, in 2009 in Mumbai and the latest office in Bengaluru in September 2015. It is one of the fastest growing offices within the Bain system of 55 offices across 36 countries.

Bain’s consulting practice in India has worked with clients in sectors including consumer products, retail, apparel, industrial goods and services, infrastructure, healthcare, technology, telecom, financial services, automotive, agriculture and private equity. Their project experience includes growth strategy, M&A/due diligence, post-merger integration, organizational redesign, full potential, market entry, performance improvement and change management. Bain’s robust analytic tool kit and fact?based approach enables it to deliver innovative and pragmatic strategies that create value. Many of our clients are Indian promoter?led companies and a number of our clients come back to us for further work, given our results track record.

Bain India is also home to the Bain Capability Center (BCC), set up in 2004 in Gurgaon. The BCC supports Bain case teams across the globe to develop results?driven strategies, including critical industry analysis and competitive benchmarking.

Bain India strongly believes in supporting the wider community. The firm formed Bain Social Impact India to lead community
initiatives such as collaborating with NGOs to promote child education and drive broad, enduring change. Bain has also published widely read India philanthropy reports since 2010. The attractiveness of the Indian economy to MNCs and foreign investors, combined with the desire of the Indian companies to compete at a global level, will fuel the strong growth aspirations of Bain’s India operations.

Bain Capital

Bain Capital Private Equity (www.baincapitalprivateequity.com) has partnered closely with management teams to provide the strategic resources that build great companies and help them thrive since our founding in 1984. Our team of more than 400 investment professionals creates value for our portfolio companies through our global platform and depth of expertise in key vertical industries including consumer/retail, financial and business services, healthcare, industrials, and technology, media and telecommunications. In addition to private equity, Bain Capital invests across asset classes including credit, public equity and venture capital, and leverages the firm’s shared platform to capture opportunities in strategic areas of focus.