Masterclass: Scaling, Exits and M&A
Why attend?
These workshops or master classes are well selected for IoTForum's goal of Raising the IoT Quotient of India. In these days of rapid change, startups need to prepare for the future rather than be caught with outdated technologies and old school business models. Some links to Thought Leadership are illustrated in the main page of the IoTForum Workshops. We have kept descriptions of the context and courses brief to allow rapid scanning but do click through the hyperlinked portions, explore topics and blogs at IoTForIndia to get more depth and send us a query or join our Telegram Group and engage. Checkout this video to get a bird's-eye view of the workshops.
Theme
With over 1000 IoT Start-ups in India it is time to consider inorganic options. Here are some M&A in Indian IoT Space
The blog What every hardware start-up founder should know about exits covered some issues.
“Investors live by exits, but many founders keep dreaming of unicornization and avoid the “E-word” until it’s too late. Yet, in 2016, 97 percent of exits were M&As. And most happened before Series B…”
Organization
Join this IoTForum curated Masterclass to hear and learn the way M&A works, preparing, due diligence and expertise.
Speaker
| Somshubhro (Som) Pal Choudhury Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund, Co Chair IoTNext |
| Ashwin Gokhale Founder and Managing Director at Palanca Capital, ex M&A EY |
| Sudhir Kadam Exit strategy Advisor, FYDA Startup Alchemists Venture Capital & Private Equity Menlo Park, CA, USA |
| Sheetal Garg Director at EY India’s Transaction Diligence practice |
| Amith Raj Partner at PwC India |
| Arnab Chatterjee Managing Director at Three Comma Financial Consultancy LLC |
Takeaways
- Founders will learn how to build network for M&A as an option. How not to leave value on the table?
- Global perspectives on scaling
- Growth with value accretion
- Preparing your business for value monetization
- For Corporates : Innovation and IoT Ecosystem value -add thru M&A. How to make them happen.
- M&A process nuances
Schedule
| 10.00AM | Registration and Context setting: Scaling and Value accretion |
| 11.30AM | Tea break |
| 11.45AM | Fireside chat - Ashwin, Arnab and Sudhir |
| Long and Short-Range exit preparation – due diligence perspectives: Structuring, tax, regulatory and IP related matters | |
| 12.45AM | Q&A and close |
Venue
Microsoft Research
9, Vigyan 1st floor, Lavelle Road, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001
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