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Manish Singhal, Founder & CEO @manish_saarthi

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Incredible  India  

Population

1,23,70,00,000  (17.5%  of  world  populaltion)  

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Incredible  India  

Population

1,23,70,00,000  (17.5%  of  world  populaltion)  

Babies Born/Day

42,434  

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Incredible  India  

Population

1,23,70,00,000  (17.5%  of  world  populaltion)  

Babies Born/Day

42,434  

Engineers produced/Year

7,50,000  

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Incredible  India  

Population

1,23,70,00,000  (17.5%  of  world  populaltion)  

Babies Born/Day

42,434  

Engineers produced/Year

7,50,000  

Voters in 2014 General Elections

81,40,00,000  

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However…  

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No.  of  startups  Funded  in  India  ~200-­‐300  /  year  

                           Source:  ventureintelligence  

Unconfirmed  reports  say  ~500-­‐700  Angel  Investors  in  India  

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2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006   2007   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012  0  

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1000  

1200  

Value  US$  Million   No.  of  Deals  

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Current  Situation  

Early Stage Funding in India is broken! Hardly 200 investments a year!

WHY?

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Several  Factors  at  play  

Limited  Access  to  Investors  

 Syndicating  deals  not  easy  for  an  Entrepreneur  

 

             

Long  lead  times  on  closing  investment  

rounds    

Lack  of  Transparency    

           

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Startup  Funding  Scenario  –  India  

India  vs  USA    

2012  |  200  deals  to  1,749  deals  

2013  |  293  deals  to  1,858  deals      

Startups  Funded  in  India  by  Sector  

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There  is  a  hope  though!  

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Things   that   will   define  the  Early  Stage  Funding  in  coming  days..  3

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One  

NEW  FOUND  LOVE  FOR  STARTUPS    ESP  EARLY  STAGE  

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New  Capital!  

ì  Folks  with  Disposable  Income  

With  syndication  platforms  available,  the  average  contribution  is  coming  to  ~5L  INR  per  deal  

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New  Capital!  

ì  Folks  with  Disposable  Income  

With  syndication  platforms  available,  the  average  contribution  is  coming  to  ~5L  INR  per  deal  

ì  Number  of  lead  investors  are  increasing  

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New  Capital!  

ì  Folks  with  Disposable  Income  

With  syndication  platforms  available,  the  average  contribution  is  coming  to  ~5L  INR  per  deal  

ì  Number  of  lead  investors  are  increasing  

ì  Institutional  Investors  are  getting  involved  in  early  stage  deals  

5  deals  out  of  10  had  an  institutional  investor  

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New  Capital!  

ì  Folks  with  Disposable  Income  

With  syndication  platforms  available,  the  average  contribution  is  coming  to  ~5L  INR  per  deal  

ì  Number  of  lead  investors  are  increasing  

ì  Institutional  Investors  are  getting  involved  in  early  stage  deals  

4  deals  out  of  10  had  an  institutional  investor  

ì  Increased  M  &  A  activity  

Little  Eye  Labs,  CoolTok  etc  

iSprit  initiative  

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Two    

INCREASING  FOCUS  ON  DOMESTIC  MARKET  &  B2B  

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Domestic  Market  &  B2B  

ì  Increasing  interest  from  investors  to  look  at  “India  Story”  Startups  focusing  on  serving  India  is  picking  traction  

Servesy,  OnlineRTI  

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Domestic  Market  &  B2B  

ì  Increasing  interest  from  investors  to  look  at  “India  Story”  Startups  focusing  on  serving  India  are  picking  traction  

Servesy,  OnlineRTI  

 

ì  B2B  startups  are  getting  more  traction  Increased  acceptance  from  businesses  to  work  with  startups  

POSist,  FRROLE  

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 Three  

PLATFORMS  ARE  ENABLING    DISCOVERY  ACROSS  GEOGRAPHIES  

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 BlueGape  

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 OnlineRTI  

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Scenario  

Investors  are  comfortable  looking  at  details  of  the  startups  and  committing  

online  

Startups  are  comfortable  in  putting  their  key  details  and  making  connections  

to  Global  Investors  

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§  Founded  -­‐  May  2013  §  Private  Beta  Launched  -­‐  Sept  2013  §  Public  Beta  Launched  -­‐  Dec  5  2013  

STARTUP  FUNDING  MADE  EASY  

ü  Make  Early  Stage  Funding  for  Startups  easy  for  the  

Indian  ecosystem  

ü  Enable  a  Connected  Startup  Ecosystem    

 (Discover,  Connect,  Build)  

LetsVenture  

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LetsVenture  in  last  10  months  

1401 Startups

585 Investors

255 478 107

from  16  countries  

Actively  Fundraising  

Angel  Investors   Institutional  Investor  

700+    Investor  Connections    Made  

14.57  Cr    Total  Funds  Committed  

101  Investors  Participated  in  10  deals  

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Platform  Traction  

1272 Startups

561 Investors

234 457 104

from  16  countries  

Actively  Fundraising   Angel  Investors   Institutional  Investor  

700+    Investor  Connections    Made  

12.25  Cr    Total  Funds  Committed  

82  Investors  Participated  in  9  deals  

7  Days  

To close first syndicate – bluegape.com

9   Syndicates Closed Recently

12  Cr   Funding Committed so far – Online

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Angel  Trends  on  LV  

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Last  10  Months  –  Startups  we  made  a  difference  to..  

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Thank You! Manish  Singhal  

manish@letsventure.com  

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