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    FoundersFirst
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    • About
    • Speakers
    • March 13
    • March 6
    • Pitching at LI
    • Agenda
    • Register
    • Short Videos
    • Partners
    • About LetsVenture
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      • About
      • Speakers
      • March 13
      • March 6
      • Pitching at LI
      • Agenda
      • Register
      • Short Videos
      • Partners
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      • March 13
      • March 6
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        • MARCH 6 & 13

          India's Largest Investor Conclave

          REGISTER
        • ABOUT

          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:

          • Asset allocation across public & private markets
          • Portfolio diversification and management
          • The changing dynamics of Lead Syndicates
          • Stories for India's new angels
          • Dedicated sector deep dives on D2C, SaaS and Fintech
          • Angel Investing Masterclasses

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          Who should attend?

          • Women who want to take their first step towards startup investments
          • Investors who are looking to invest in early stage startups, engage with inner circle of marquee investors in India and explore investment opportunities 
          • Investors keen to decode trends & view from the trenches in SaaS, D2C and Fintech  

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          Why attend LetsIgnite 2021?

          • Engage with top lead investors, angels, HNIs and foreign investors and participate in knowledge-intensive sessions and discussions.
          • Understand specific sectors and the lay of the land

        • 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!

           

          • Bala Deshpande, MegaDelta Capital Advisors
          • Jinesh Gopani, Axis AMC
          • Rahul Jain, Goldman Sachs
          • Nimesh Kampani, LetsVenture Plus 
          • Pooja Sarkar, Forbes India (moderator)

           

          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

           

          • Prasanna Krishnamoorthy, Upekkha Catalyst ​
          • Nishant Rao, Avataar Venture Partners
          • Kanti Prabha, SirionLabs
          • Phalgun Raju, Morph Ventures (moderator)

          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

           

          • Sanjay Swamy, Prime Venture Partners
          • Arvind Ronta, Visa
          • Nikhil Kumar, Setu
          • Sharad Sharma, iSPIRT (moderator)

           

           

           

           

           

           

          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?

          • Arun Tadanki, Waveform VC
          • Karteek Pulapaka, Java Capital
          • Vaibhav Domkundwar, Better Capital
          • Shanti Mohan, LetsVenture (moderator)

           

           

           

          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

          • Anjali Bansal, Avaana Capital
          • Ashish Dave, Mirae
           
           

          9:30 am - 11:00 am

          What founders want from their investors

           

           

          • Agam Khare, Absolute Foods
           
           
           
           

           

           

           

          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...

          • Archana Priyadarshini, Angel Investor
          • Shanti Mohan, LetsVenture
          • Ruchira Shukla, IFC
          • Ashwini Asokan, Mad Street Den
          • Harpreet Singh Grover, Angel Investor (moderator)

           

          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

          • Vineeta Singh, Sugar Cosmetics
          • Shashank Mehta, The Whole Truth
          • Chaitanya Ramalingegowda, Wakefit
          • Manu Chandra, Sauce.vc (moderator)
           

          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?

           

           

          • Nicholas Cator, Venturi Partners
          • Rishabh Mariwala, Sharrp Ventures
          • Rahul Gupta, Times Internet (moderator)

           

           

          2:20 pm - 2:40 pm

          What founders want from their Investors

           

          • Sachin Jaiswal, Niki

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

          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?

          • Richa Bajpai, Campus Fund
          • Abhishek Nag, Luminaire Capital 
          • Vijay Rayapati, Angel Investor
          • Nameet Potnis, ex PayU (moderator)

           

          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.

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