• MARCH 6 & 13

      India's Largest Investor Conclave

    • 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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