Our Sponsors and Partners
BillDesk
BillDesk is India’s leading and most trusted Electronic Payments Service Provider. A product and service of over 10 years of market leadership, BillDesk provides a single versatile, scalable platform for enterprise wide electronic payments and collections and related reconciliation operations, across multiple lines of business.
The company offers (a) universal electronic bill presentment and payment services, which allows users to receive, review, pay and organize bills online; and (b) payment gateway solutions that are tailored to the unique needs of specific industries and facilitate merchants and financial institutions offer the widest possible range of payment options, for their customers to make online payments, securely and efficiently. Today, BillDesk delivers and manages specialized payments and remittance solutions across various vertical markets such as banking, telecom, insurance, utilities, financial services, travel and e-commerce.
BillDesk services are available across a range of access channels viz. Internet Banking, ATM Banking, Mobile Banking, Card gateways, IVR, Electronic Clearing Services, Automated Clearing House etc. and across a range of payment mechanisms and modes viz. Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Online Banking accounts, offline banking accounts, prepaid cards, mobile wallets, retail channels, recurring billing and card storage. Its global-scale infrastructure ensures quick deployment, robust service delivery, central financial and management control and ensures that best-practice processes are enforced across the operation in compliance with respective organization needs and related regulatory requirements.
Founded in 2000, BillDesk has grown faster than the market, to be the most comprehensive provider in India of an integrated range of electronic payments and remittances solutions and transaction processing services. Today, BillDesk is the Trusted Partner of India’s largest institutions and powers online and mobile payments for thousands of the fastest growing and most reputable merchants in India.
BillDesk has won various accolades for its technology and services including being recognized, by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, consecutively for many years now, as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in Asia Pacific.
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Blume Ventures
Blume Ventures is a seed - stage venture fund that backs startups with both funding as well as active mentoring and support. It funds startups through multiple rounds, leading up to larger institutional rounds from other Venture Capital firms. Blume has been the most active venture fund in India since 2011, funding more than 20 companies per year. Its portfolio consists of more than 120 high - potential founders. One of Blume's companies, ZipDial, was recently acquired by Twitter. For more information, visit www.blumeventures.com
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BMR
BMR is a professional services organization offering a wide range of Mergers & Acquisition (M&A), Tax, and Risk Advisory Services for local and global businesses of all sizes. The firm comprises of a seasoned team of 400+ industry professionals with extensive domain expertise across diverse sectors including Energy and Infrastructure, Financial Markets, Logistics, Food and Agriculture, Media and Entertainment, Technology and Outsourcing, Healthcare and Education. BMR has 4 offices in India, 5 offices overseas and a vast international network.
BMR has been ranked consistently amongst the top advisory firms in various League Tables. In 2009, the organization was ranked as the No. 1 mid-market deal maker by Thomson Reuters. BMR has successfully completed transactions for several organizations including Network18, France Telecom, Sumitomo, Flextronics, Radhakrishna Hospitality, Yanmar and iDiscoveri, to name a few. Our M&A team, which comprises of 45+ professionals and 5 partners with wide-ranging domain and sector expertise, advises clients on the following services:
1. M&A Advisory - Buy-side, sell-side and fund raising advisory
2. Business Reorganizations and Restructuring – Tax efficient reorganizations, valuations, share exchange ratios, fiscal, regulatory and stakeholder analysis and accounting considerations
3. Transaction Support - Due diligence, valuation support, transaction structuring, negotiation support, and comprehensive implementation support
Bqurious Software
Founded by group of passionate technology professionals with over 6 decades of collective experience under their belts. We are driven by the belief that technology innovation, correctly applied, creates rapid, real and lasting value for our clients, their customers, and society itself. Our focus, hence, is to deliver business value via innovative products and best-in-class consulting.
Innovation is at the foundation of our flagship product, the World’s first Test Automation and Management Platform on the Cloud. It is an integrated platform that works not only on Windows, but also on Mac OSX and Linux.
BQurious simplifies software test automation by providing an intuitive platform which can be used by business users or Software QC team without learning any scripting. It boasts of true cross-browser automation testing on multiple browser, device and platform combinations and also testing of native Android applications on real devices.
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BRAND PARTNER
Brescon & Allied Partners LLP
MISSION
Help businesses tap their inherent potential to overcome adversities by the application of intellect, creativity, rigour and empathy.
OVERVIEW
Brescon, founded by Nirmal Gangwal, is India’s first and largest independent special situation advisor, with an established track record of over 20 years. Our reputation as an advisor of choice stems from our acumen in offering innovative solutions together with our strong relationship with the leading banks, international investors, private equity funds, special situations funds, and regulatory authorities.
We provide strategic and tactical orientation with solutions across entire business life cycle viz special situation advisory, turnaround advisory, strategic advisory (M&A and recapitalization) and distress advisory.
We are independent and not encumbered by any potential conflicts of interest.
Brescon, with the help of its large pool of experienced professionals with diverse skill sets, has executed transactions over USD 15Bn for more than 100 corporate clients with deal size varying from USD 20Mn to USD 2.5Bn, across a broad range of industry sectors. Brescon’s association with the prominent corporates including but not limited to infrastructure, steel, power transmission and distribution, textiles, real estate and education, as advisors, stems from its extensive experience, commendable track record of creating value for its stakeholders and close to 100% success rate in transactions handled.
Some of the firsts to its credit include:
First case referred in restructuring space – viz., under Corporate Debt Restructuring Forum formed by RBI
First case advised for exit from the CDR forum
First to structure a debt settlement based on rights on future built-up of the project properties
First to structure “Risk Return Matrix” (multiple options to lenders with differential terms) to meet varying perspective of the lenders on risks & returns of the borrower
First to provide advice in the context of early separation plan for over 500 workers on a self-liquidation basis
OUR OFFERING
We offer full service Investment Banking Services, with our core areas being Debt Resolution, Recapitalisation, Divestment Advisory, M & A Advisory, Structured Finance and Corporate Restructuring.