workshop on "changing landscape of angel investing" by manish singhal
DESCRIPTION
Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal during the 2nd Annual eTailing India Conclave Chennai 2014TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Changing Landscape of Angel Investing
Startup Funding Made Easy
Manish Singhal, Founder & CEO @manish_saarthi
![Page 2: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Incredible India
Population
1,23,70,00,000 (17.5% of world populaltion)
![Page 3: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Incredible India
Population
1,23,70,00,000 (17.5% of world populaltion)
Babies Born/Day
42,434
![Page 4: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Incredible India
Population
1,23,70,00,000 (17.5% of world populaltion)
Babies Born/Day
42,434
Engineers produced/Year
7,50,000
![Page 5: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 6: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
However…
![Page 7: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
No. of startups Funded in India ~200-‐300 / year
Source: ventureintelligence
Unconfirmed reports say ~500-‐700 Angel Investors in India
0
50
100
150
200
250
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Value US$ Million No. of Deals
![Page 8: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Current Situation
Early Stage Funding in India is broken! Hardly 200 investments a year!
WHY?
![Page 9: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 10: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 11: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
There is a hope though!
![Page 12: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Things that will define the Early Stage Funding in coming days.. 3
![Page 13: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
One
NEW FOUND LOVE FOR STARTUPS ESP EARLY STAGE
![Page 14: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
New Capital!
ì Folks with Disposable Income
With syndication platforms available, the average contribution is coming to ~5L INR per deal
![Page 15: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 16: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 17: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 18: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Two
INCREASING FOCUS ON DOMESTIC MARKET & B2B
![Page 19: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Domestic Market & B2B
ì Increasing interest from investors to look at “India Story” Startups focusing on serving India is picking traction
Servesy, OnlineRTI
![Page 20: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 21: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Three
PLATFORMS ARE ENABLING DISCOVERY ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES
![Page 22: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
BlueGape
![Page 23: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
OnlineRTI
![Page 24: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 25: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
§ 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
![Page 26: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 27: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
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
![Page 28: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Angel Trends on LV
![Page 29: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
www.letsventure.com -‐ Funded & Announced
Last 10 Months – Startups we made a difference to..
![Page 30: Workshop on "Changing Landscape of Angel Investing" by Manish Singhal](https://reader033.vdocuments.net/reader033/viewer/2022051612/54bd35024a79593a3a8b472e/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
www.letsventure.com
Thank You! Manish Singhal
www.letsventure.com Startup Funding Made Easy