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LetsIgnite is India’s premier investor conference for angel investors, VC funds,
family offices and serial entrepreneurs to exchange ideas and engage with each other
LetsIgnite 2021
We're here with the 10th edition of our flagship investor-only conference dedicated to private market investors across stages – angels, UHNIs, micro-funds, Tier I VCs, serial entrepreneurs, family offices.
Here's what we have this time:
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Who should attend?
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Why attend LetsIgnite 2021?
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Sunil Kant Munjal
Founder Promoter
Hero Group
Anjali Bansal
Founder & Chairperson
Avaana Capital
Zia Mody
Founding Partner
AZB & Partners
Nishant Rao
Founding Partner
Avataar Venture Partners
Ruchira Shukla
Regional Lead, South Asia, Disruptive Technologies - Direct Equity and VC Funds
International Finance Corporation
Sharad Sharma
Co-founder
iSPIRT
Bala Deshpande
Senior Managing Partner
MegaDelta Capital Advisors
Sanjay Swamy
Managing Partner
Prime Venture Partners
GV Ravishankar
Managing Director
Sequoia India
Sakshi Chopra
Principal
Sequoia India
Ashish Dave
CEO
Mirae Asset Venture Investments
Manu Chandra
Founder and Managing Partner
Sauce.vc
Nicholas Cator
Managing Partner
Venturi Partners
Phalgun Raju
Managing Partner
Morph Ventures
Vaibhav Domkundwar
CEO & Founder
Better Capital
Karteek Pulapaka
Co-founder & Partner
Java Capital
Arun Tadanki
Lead Investor
Waveform Ventures
Richa Bajpai
Founder
Campus Fund
Archana Priyadarshini
General Partner
PointOne Capital
Jinesh Gopani
Head of Equity
Axis Mutual Fund
Kanti Prabha
Co-founder
SirionLabs
Prasanna Krishnamoorthy
Partner
Upekkha Capital
Ashwini Asokan
Founder & CEO
Mad Streen Den
Chaitanya Ramalingegowda
Co-founder
Wakefit
Vineeta Singh
CEO
Sugar Cosmetics
Abhishek Nag
Director of Business Development
Netflix
Shashank Mehta
Founder & CEO
The Whole Truth
Vijay Rayapati
General Manager
Nutanix
Nameet Potnis
Ex VP and Business Head
PayU
Sachin Jaiswal
Co-founder & CEO
Niki
Pooja Sarkar
Assistant Editor and Podcaster
Forbes India
Rahul Gupta
Investments Manager
Times Internet
Arvind Ronta
Head of Products, India & South Asia
Visa
Rishabh Mariwala
Director
Sharrp Ventures
Harpreet Singh Grover
Co-founder
CoCubes
Nikhil Kumar
Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist
Setu
Rahul Jain
Head of India Research
Goldman Sachs
Agam Khare
Founder & CEO
Absolute Foods
Madhav Chanchani
Founding Editor
The CapTable
Shanti Mohan
Co-founder & CEO
LetsVenture
Nimesh Kampani
President
LetsVenture Plus
March 13 | LetsIgnite
AGENDA
Opening context
Shanti Mohan, LetsVenture
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Keynote
Sunil Kant Munjal, Hero Enterprises
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Fundamentals of asset allocation
...across public and private markets; discussion on trends on returns across asset classes and more!
10:00 am- 10:45 am
Investing in SaaS startups
Why should you invest in SaaS? What must one look for? Vertical SaaS, micro-SaaS, PaaS... find out the pulse of the market here
10:45 am - 11:30 am
SaaS startup pitches
Listen to pitches and get the opportunity to back select startups that have been under the radar so far!
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Fintech landscape
The Evolving Future of Fintech in India
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Fintech startup pitches
Listen to pitches and get the opportunity to back select startups that have been under the radar so far!
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Changing dynamics of lead investors
What is the role of a lead investor? What are the structures that work?
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
SaaS cohort pitches
Listen to pitches and get the opportunity to back select startups that have been under the radar so far!
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
March 6 - LetsIgnite X
She's the Boss of Her Money
AGENDA
Angel investing masterclass
How do you create a deal flow and evaluate deals? How can you build out your investment thesis or calibrate exits? We cover all this and more in our Angel Investing #Masterclass
9:30 am - 11:00 am
What founders want from their investors
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Opening keynote
GV Ravishankar and Sakshi Chopra of Sequoia India
Madhav Chanchani, The CapTable (moderator)
11:30 am - 11:55 am
Women in
investing
Taking the first step and what it means...
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Startup
pitches
Listen to pitches and get the opportunity to back select startups that have been under the radar so far!
12:35 pm - 1:00 pm
D2C: Investment opportunities
Why now is the right time to invest in direct-to-consumer brands? A view from a dedicated micro-VC fund active in this space
Manu Chandra, Sauce.vc
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
D2C: View from the trenches
What are the metrics that matter and how do funds gets used? A reality check from founders who are building India's leading D2C companies
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
D2C: What's the end game?
What's the lay of the land as far as exits are concerned for D2C brands? Will it be a strategics play or a PE play as in the past?
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
What founders want from their Investors
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Face of the new Indian angel
Learn about the new breed of "operator" angels in India - what makes them tick and how do they make investment decisions and manage deal flow?
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Closing keynote
Zia Mody, AZB & Partners
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
From LetsIgnite over the years...
Leading from the front
Mohit Satyanand, Syndicate Lead
Keep writing cheques, be resilient
Rajesh Sawhney, GSF
The VC - Angel Investor Dynamic
Shailesh Lakhani, Sequoia
Our Partners
About LetsVenture
Founded in 2013 LetsVenture makes the process of fundraising (early and growth stage) easy, efficient & transparent for both startups and investors. In the last 6 years, LetsVenture has helped 300+ early stage startups raise over $200 M on the platform from 28 active Syndicates, 6500+ investors from 52 countries, 100+ micro funds and 150+ family offices. LetsVenture also has a SEBI registered Angel with AUM of $35 M. LetsVenture works with startups and investors from discovery, personalised connects, syndication and paperwork closure, followed by quarterly portfolio reporting. With LetsVenture Plus we are facilitating growth stage investment in startups from UHNIs & Family Offices. Startups from India, Singapore and USA also use our SaaS product MyStartupEquity to manage their cap table and ESOPs.
Got a Question?
Email us at foundersfirst@letsventure.com