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September 6, 2022 - Bengaluru
The event saw the participation of leading players in the Indian Venture Capital & Growth Capital ecosystem. The Conclave saw top professionals from PE-VC firms and Advisory Firms throw light on the key trends affecting transactions in the current environment.
The event kicked off with a panel titled "The Macro View & Evolving Sustainability Imperative" that provided an overview of trends in the global economy as well as the public and private markets in India. The panel saw special focus being placed on the rising importance of "ESG" (Environment, Social and Governance) norms. The panelists included:
- Dinesh Anand, National Managing Partner - Risk, ESG and PE, Grant Thornton Bharat (Moderator)
- Harsh Singhal, Founder Partner, Edhina Capital
- Deepak Gowda, Partner, Ascent Capital
- Ritesh Chandra, Managing Partner, Avendus Future Leaders Fund
- Clarence Anthony, Partner, Trilegal
- Ritesh Pandey, Group CFO, Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH)
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The next panel titled "Focus on Early Stage Funding" provided the audience with the trends in the highly vibrant Seed and Series A funding stages. The panelists included:
- Siddharth Raja, Partner, Saakshya Law (Moderator)
- Vikas Tatia, Member, JITO Incubation And Innovation Foundation
- Arpit Agarwal, Director, Blume Ventures
- Arun Raghavan, Founding Partner, Arali Ventures
- Hari Krishnan, Partner, Lok Capital
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The next panel titled "Sectors In Focus" focused on some of the New Opportunities that investors are scanning for in areas like EV, Deeptech,Fintech, Consumer & Retail, among others. Speakers included:
- Balachandar R, Founder, Blue Koi (Moderator)
- Archana Hingorani, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Siana Capital
- Apoorva Sharma, Partner, Stride Ventures
- Vishnu Rajeev, Mobility and Climate Tech Lead, Axilor Ventures
- Jubran Siddique, CEO, Zaryah Investment Company
- Karthik Jayakumar, Partner, Peritum Partners
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The high power panel titled "Focus on Growth Capital" covered the key trends in the Growth Capital segment and the issues facing investors in this segment, including Macro Economic, Regulatory and Employee Compensation related issues.
- Raja Lahiri, Partner Growth & TMT sector Leader, Grant Thornton Bharat (Moderator)
- Narayan Ramachandra, Board Member, TVS Capital Funds
- Raja Kumar, Founder & Managing Partner, Ascent Capital
- Gaurav Malhotra, Director - South Asia, British International Investment
- Skanda Jayaraman, CEO, Qapita Marketplace
- Vinayak Burman, Managing Partner, Vertices Partners
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Ms.Rachana Bhusari, Vice President, National Stock Exchange of India made a presentation on "Prelude to Listing in India"
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Ms.Meghana Joglekar, General Manager, India EXIM Bank made a presentation on the institution's unique "Ubharte Sitaare" funding programme.
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The day's proceedings ended on a high note with a panel titled "Web 3: Taking Stock" on the trends and issues in this nascent sector. The panelists included:
- Vineeth Vijayaraghavan, Principal, SPI Family Office (Moderator)
- Babu SK, Partner, True Global Ventures 4 Plus
- Nitin Sharma, C-Founder, Antler India & Global Web3 Lead, Antler
- Jubran Siddique, CEO, ZaryahX
- Aashima Arora, Investments Lead, Polygon Ventures
- Neela Badami, Partner, Samvad Partners
Just prior to the Web3 panel, Arijit Mukherjee, Founder, Yunometashowcased some of the company's Metaverse related solutions. Yunometa is a global platform that enables celebrities, influencers and artists to auction their NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) to the right audience.
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