Elevating Indian startups to new heights of funding success
Assist in Shaping Good Pitch Deck
Finding right type of Investors
Complete mentoring support for startups
Expanding your Network
Support we provide to Indian Startups
We help you startup pave their way to exit
Startups pride themselves on speed, innovation and risk-taking, but often have difficulty scaling. Without customers to test ideas, products and solutions on, you risk building the wrong product. A partnership with a corporate enables you to scale your market faster, and that’s where we come in to support you.
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About
E-Mail: kavi@indiaconnection.co.in
Mobile: +91 98201 52203
Just to make a quick introduction, my name is Kavi Shahani.
In 1994 I took the plunge into entrepreneurship without any prior experience. I had a strong intent to build an export hub for accessories such as scarves, shawls and sarongs from India!
The reputation of India as a supplier base presented several challenges in production and quality management. I took on that challenge to become the 1st exporter in accessories to set up a sourcing office from China to tackle the Indian production problems.
Fast forwarding a few years down the line, I scaled my business to accomplish 35cr in annual revenue and 80+ talented employees.
About 6 years ago, I entered the Angel Investing Ecosystem and learned a lot about startups, funding and investments!
Sadly, the effects of COVID-19 started to affect my business with China shutting down and orders struggling to be fulfilled. With a decision to close down my traditional business after 29 years of operations, I am looking forward to what next
I have currently invested in 20+ startups, enrolled in 2AIF’s and have 3 successful exits! As for the next chapter, I’d like to dedicate my time building India.
Why does India connection Matchmaking help me in my innovation process?
In todays specialized world we rely on the expertise of good partners. We help you to find the right innovators for your company and to work together successfully.
To ensure that your startup collaboration creates the value you expect, we moderate the matchmaking process and ensure that your product or digitization strategy reaches its goal.
About
India Connection
We specialize in connecting startups with the right investors to help them raise venture capital and achieve their business goals. We also help investors discover exciting new startups with high growth potential. Our team of experts has a deep understanding of the fundraising landscape and a proven track record of success. Let us help you take your business to the next level.”
FAQ (Frequently asked questions)
Let us help answer the most common questions you might have.
IC acts as an intermediary between the corporate and startup. This means that we help to define the challenges corporates are looking to solve, and find innovative solutions and startups that can solve (or enhance) the corporates’ offerings and services.
We’re involved in the first selection of startups, and advise you on the corporates needs and how to prepare a superb pitch for the selection day.
After the selection day, IC supports both the corporate and the startup in the exploration talks to ensure a fast-moving process and positive outcomes.
After you submit your application to be matched with an investor, we create a longlist of the most promising startups and present that to the right sharks in our pool.
A number of startups from that list will be selected day to present and answer questions about their suggested pilot/technologies in front of rightly matched investors in the domain to accelerate and the startup
A selection is made about the next steps i.e. which startups are going to start exploration talks with the industry sharks+ for pilots.
Why is an accelerator necessary in matching corporates to startups?
Our job is to ensure a match happens from both the corporate and the startup side.
As a startup, it’s sometimes difficult to know what to expect or how the processes work when working with big corporates.
As a corporate, it’s challenging to assess the innovative power of startups, so that’s why we help them with their decision making, planning and executing.
Hell yeah.
IC has a long and successful track record in working with corporates from different industries such as energy, foodtech, ICT, sound, cleantech and telecom. In 2020, we matched 30+ startups around the globe with our shark pool .
Now, we want to help you.
There are no hidden costs and nothing has to be paid upfront. India connection charges the startup a success fee , which is a percentage off the funds raised using our
Resources. The percentage of success fee ranges from 4% to 8%, exclusive of gst if applicable
We understand that the fundraising process can be a daunting for startups, and they should be concentrating on the traction. We will help make the introductions to potential investors,
set up the introduction calls ,followed by the physical meetings and detailed discussions. If the pitch deck needs any changes or updates, we have resources for helping on the same.
Depending on the progress with the investors, if the need arises to nominate an nvestment banker to lead and close the round, we can help on the same.
After receipt of the completed deck , blurb and financial modeling, we can start the process. From introduction to term sheet to receiving funds in the account of the startup, could take a anywhere from 60 to 90 days
We will approach investors based on their investment criteria , the investors are super angels, angel networks, family offices , mirco and larger VC.
There are different kind of investors, some invest only at seed stage and some come in only at pre-series A or higher. We discuss all the options with the startup before we ask the startup to sign a mandate for the scope of work with India Conneciton.
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India’s Leading E-Scooter Delivery App
