Growcent is a global funding platform that helps companies raise funds to achieve their desired goals and aids entrepreneurs in focusing on their core business.
The Growcent South Asia Investment Summit 2021 will bring together founders, investors and industry experts on a common platform where they can engage, discuss, debate and explain things from their perspective.
Growcent is a global funding platform that helps companies raise funds to achieve their desired goals and aids entrepreneurs in focusing on their core business.
It offers investment opportunities in fast-growing companies that are evaluated by its team using over 100 parameters to facilitate secure investment with high returns. Growcent has over 1,000 registered companies with a 200-plus global investors’ network.
The Growcent South Asia Investment Summit 2021 will bring together founders, investors and industry experts on a common platform where they can engage, discuss, debate and explain things from their perspective.
Suchetana Ray, Editor, Outlook Business will moderate one of the sessions titled “Start-up Workshop - What investors look at in a start-up”. Suchetana brings with her an experience of working at senior roles in the three mediums of print, TV and digital media. She has spent 10 years with CNN-News18 and ET NOW where she anchored prime-time shows and panel discussions.
Apart from the workshop, the other sessions include detailed discussions about fund-raising with deep insights about the workings of VCs, PEs and angel investors. It will give a peek into the entire process of selection of start-ups to nuances of financing.
Scheduled on September 7 and 8 from 9 am to 5 pm, the two-day virtual summit will be graced by renowned speakers from the start-up ecosystem. It is expected to see over 2,000 attendees with 200-plus investors and over 50 start-ups pitching themselves through presentations. The summit will also explore innovative business ideas and technologies through these presentations.
To attend the Summit, click on https://growcent.com/growcent-south-asia-investment-summit-2021. Here are promo codes for : For investors - GSAI4SEPTSUM21, for founders - GSAS4SEPTSUM21 and for guests - GSAG4SEPTSUMT21
Day 1 - Agenda - Sept 7, 2021
1. Growcent introduction (9:30 am to 10:30 am)
Greetings and welcome notes
Introduction
How Growcent works
Milestones
Start-ups overview
2. Venture Capital funding process (10:30 am to 11:30 am)
How to pitching to VCs
What VCs look at in a start-up
VC fund closing timelines
3. Corporate Venture Capital funding round - Things you need to know (11:30 am to 12:30 pm)
Walk-through of how CVCs work and how they select a start-up for investment
Contribution of CVCs in their selected start-ups
4. Raising funds from angels (12:30 pm to 13:30 pm)
Overview of how angels work
How an angel investor selects a start-up to invest in
5. How Private Equity Funds work (13:30 pm to 14:30 pm)
Overview of how private equity works
Requirements to be fulfilled before going for a private equity round
6. Start-up workshop (14:30 pm to 15:30 pm)
What investors look at in a start-up
Things to be avoided by a start-up
How to reach out to the maximum number of customers
How to expand globally
7. Post-Covid-19 vaccination start-up growth and challenges (15:30 pm to 16:30 pm)
Day 2 - Sept 8, 2021
1. Investors’ Outlook - 2022 (09:30 pm to 10:30 pm)
Discussion or debate on how challenging 2022 will be for investors and start-ups
2. Company presentations - Session 1 (10:30 pm to 12:30 pm)
Each start-up will be given a total of 10 minutes
Founders will be given 5 minutes to introduce their product to investors
The next 5 minutes would be the Q&A round between investors and founders
3. How to protect start-ups legally (11:30 pm to 12:30 pm)
IP registration
Employee agreements
Early publicity challenges
4. Company presentation - Session 2 (12:30 pm to 16:30 pm)
Each start-up will be given a total of 10 minutes
Founders will be given 5 minutes to introduce their product to investors
The next 5 minutes would be the Q&A round between investors and founders
5. Remarks and feedback (16:30 pm to 17:00 pm)
A feedback form will be provided to get summit feedback