changing landscape of angel investing in india
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Birds eye view on the trends on angel and early stage funding in IndiaTRANSCRIPT
Changing Landscape of Angel Investing
Startup Funding Made Easy
Manish Singhal Founder & CEO @manish_saarthi
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State%of%seed/Angel%Investments%
! 2012%• Roughly%between%120;150%deals%• Networks%(IAN,%Mumbai%Angels,%Hyderabad%Angels,%Bangalore%
Angels)%etc%contributing%to%guess%estimate%of%30;35%%of%the%deals%• Median%investment%value%for%Seed/Angel%investment:%1.5%CR%• Roughly%50%deals%between%Dec;Mar%13%• Rise%of%the%institutional%first%cheque%(Blume,%Kae,%firstcheque,%
Harvard,%500startups%etc)%• Start%of%incubators%
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State%of%seed/Angel%Investments%
! 2013%%• Slight%slow%down%%• New%players%(including%incubators)%starting%to%deploy%funds%• RISE%of%the%incubation%model%(today%approx%50+%incubators)%• Accelerators%working%on%batches%2%&%3%%%
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Funding ~200-300 startups / year
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Unconfirmed reports say ~500-700 angel investors in India
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There%is%a%hope%though!%%%%
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Three%Things%that%will%define%the%Early%Stage%Funding%in%
coming%days%
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1.%New%found%Love%for%Startups%esp%Early%Stage%
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New%Capital!%! Many%folks%having%disposal%income%coming%forward%to%
support%the%startups%! With%syndication%platforms%available,%the%average%
contribution%is%coming%to%~5L%INR%per%deal%
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New%Capital!%! Many%folks%having%disposal%income%coming%forward%to%
support%the%startups%! With%syndication%platforms%available,%the%average%
contribution%is%coming%to%~5L%INR%per%deal%
! Number%of%lead%investors%are%increasing%
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New%Capital!%! Many%folks%having%disposal%income%coming%forward%to%
support%the%startups%! With%syndication%platforms%available,%the%average%
contribution%is%coming%to%~5L%INR%per%deal%
! Number%of%lead%investors%are%increasing%
! Institutional%Investors%are%getting%involved%in%early%stage%deals%! 4%deals%out%of%9%had%an%institutional%investor%
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New%Capital!%! Many%folks%having%disposal%income%coming%forward%to%
support%the%startups%! With%syndication%platforms%available,%the%average%
contribution%is%coming%to%~5L%INR%per%deal%
! Number%of%lead%investors%are%increasing%
! Institutional%Investors%are%getting%involved%in%early%stage%deals%! 4%deals%out%of%9%had%an%institutional%investor%
! Increased%M%&%A%activity%! Little%Eye%Labs,%CoolTok%etc%! iSprit%initiative%
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2.%Increasing%Focus%on%Domestic%Market%&%B2B%
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Domestic%Market%&%B2B%! Increasing%interest%from%investors%to%look%at%“India%Story”%
! Startups%focusing%on%serving%India%is%picking%traction%! Servesy,%OnlineRTI%
! B2B%startups%are%getting%more%traction%! Increased%acceptance%from%businesses%to%work%with%startups%
! POSist,%FRROLE%
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3.%Platforms%are%enabling%discovery%across%geographies%
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%BlueGape%
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%OnlineRTI%
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LetsVenture%in%last%10%months%
Confidential%Information%
1241 Startups
544 Investors
232 441 103
from%16%countries%
Actively%Fundraising%
Angel%Investors% Institutional%Investor%
700+%%Investor%Connections%%Made%
12%Cr%%Total%Funds%Committed%
82%Investors%Participated%in%9%deals%
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What%have%we%Achieved?%Some%of%the%startups%we%have%a%difference%to%
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