As part of its series of programmes to create awareness on raising Capital for industry and encouraging new entrepreneurs to build and grow their businesses, Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) is organizing a half day Seminar on “ Encouraging Entrepreneurship: “Raising Capital from Seed Funds/VC/Private Equity” on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at Hotel Taj West End, Bangalore.
Bangalore is a hub of Seed-Stage/Venture Capital/Private Equity industry who have created the ecosystem for entrepreneurs to blossom and grow their businesses. We believe there would be several more entrepreneurs who would be conceptualizing their plans and others who are building and growing their businesses. BCIC is now providing a platform for these entrepreneurs to come and listen to people who have been funding entrepreneurs for the past decade and more. The speaker lineup is impressive and covers the entire spectrum of capital raising from the early seed fund stage to a Venture Capital stage and then to Private Equity. The event is also structured to provide a lot of time for the participants to interact with the panelists..
It has lined up top domain experts like Ms. Bharti Jacob, Founder & Partner, SeedFund, Mr. Ben Mathias, Executive Director, New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Sudhir Sethi, Founder & MD, IDG Ventures India, Mr. H V Harish, Partner – India Leadership Team, Grant Thornton India LLP & Senior Vice President, BCIC and Mr. Raja Kumar, Founder & MD, Ascent Capital who will showcase avenues to raise capital for the entrepreneurs and industry alike.
Some of the key topics which will be deliberated over the half-day programme include:
Whether you are running a start-up or a business with fat revenues, fresh infusion of funds is always welcome to expedite organic or horizontal growth in a company. However, each entrepreneur faces the following questions before the fund raising exercise:
- What type of financing is best for my business?
- How do I get my company ready for an external round of fund-raising?
- What should be the valuation expectation?
- What kind of external investor partner should I target?
- What would be the role of the external investor in my company?
- What are my obligations to the incoming investor?
The basic objective of this Seminar is to familiarize companies and entrepreneurs on the fund raising process and avenues available to raise new funds. It will also provide an opportunity for companies and entrepreneurs to interact directly with leading Seed-Stage /Venture Capital/Private Equity investors and network with them.
The key takeaways for participants will be the insights in understanding the paradigms of funding and act accordingly to influence decisions in the areas of:
- Readying oneself for fund raising
- Funding options
- Valuation
- External investor as a strategic partner
Over 100 entrepreneurs, CFOs, SME captains, self employed professionals and other domain experts will participate in the half day seminar.
