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Understanding Venture Capital Basics

The document discusses venture capital (VC), including its meaning, features, stages of financing, risks, and process. VC involves equity financing for new companies with high growth potential. It provides long-term capital and business assistance. Venture capitalists invest in stages from seed to expansion, with each stage carrying different risks. The VC process involves selecting proposals, conducting financial analysis, structuring deals, monitoring investments, valuing portfolios, and exiting investments. The document also outlines the history and types of VC in India.

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Understanding Venture Capital Basics

The document discusses venture capital (VC), including its meaning, features, stages of financing, risks, and process. VC involves equity financing for new companies with high growth potential. It provides long-term capital and business assistance. Venture capitalists invest in stages from seed to expansion, with each stage carrying different risks. The VC process involves selecting proposals, conducting financial analysis, structuring deals, monitoring investments, valuing portfolios, and exiting investments. The document also outlines the history and types of VC in India.

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Institute Of Management &

Technology

Presentors:

Isha Vohra
Submitted To:
Parul Banga
Ms. Kavita Kanna
 Meaning of VC.
 Features of VC.
 Stages of Financing.
 Risk in each stage.
 VC Process
 Venture capital means funds made available
for startup firms and small businesses with
exceptional growth potential.

 Venture capital is money provided by


professionals who alongside management invest
in young, rapidly growing companies that have
the potential to develop into significant economic
contributors.
Venture Capitalists generally:

 Finance new and rapidly growing companies

 Purchase equity securities

 Assistin the development of new products or


services

 Add value to the company through active


participation.
The SEBI has defined Venture Capital
Fund in its Regulation 1996 as ‘a fund
established in the form of a company or
trust which raises money through loans,
donations, issue of securities or units as
the case may be and makes or proposes
to make investments in accordance with
the regulations’.
Long time horizon.
Continuous involvement.
Generation of
new ideas/technologies.
Small & medium scale.
enterprises.
High risk.
High growth potential.
Equity participation.
Participation in management.
1. Seed Money:
Low level financing needed to prove a new idea.
2. Start-up:
Early stage firms that need funding for expenses
associated with marketing and product
development.
3. First-Round:
Early sales and manufacturing funds.
4. Second-Round:
Working capital for early stage companies that are
selling product, but not yet turning a profit .
5. Third-Round:
Also called Mezzanine financing, this is
expansion money for a newly profitable
company
6. Fourth-Round:
Also called bridge financing, it is intended
to finance the "going public" process
Financial Stage Period (Funds Risk Perception Activity to be
locked in financed
years)
For supporting a
Seed Money 7-10 Extreme concept or idea
or R&D for
product
development
Initializing
Start Up 5-9 Very High operations or
developing
prototypes
Start
First Stage 3-7 High commercials
production and
marketing
Financial Stage Period (Funds Risk Perception Activity to be
locked in financed
years)
Expand market
Second Stage 3-5 Sufficiently high and growing
working capital
need

Market
expansion,
Third Stage 1-3 Medium acquisition &
product
development for
profit making
company

Fourth Stage 1-3 Low Facilitating public


issue
Selecting
investment
proposal

Financial Analysis

Mode Of
Investment

Monitoring

Valuing Portfolio

Exit plan
 Itinjects long term equity finance which provides
a solid capital base for future growth.

 The venture capitalist is a business partner,


sharing both the risks and rewards. Venture
capitalists are rewarded by business success and
the capital gain.

 The venture capitalist is able to provide practical


advice and assistance to the company based on
past experience with other companies which were
in similar situations.
 The venture capitalist also has a network of contacts
in many areas that can add value to the company.

 The venture capitalist may be capable of providing


additional rounds of funding should it be required to
finance growth.

 Venture capitalists are experienced in the process of


preparing a company for an initial public offering (IPO)
of its shares onto the stock exchanges or overseas
stock exchange such as NASDAQ.
They can also facilitate a trade sale.
The financing pattern of the deal is the
most important element. Following are the
various methods of venture financing:
Equity
Conditional loan
Income note
Participating debentures
Quasi equity
Initial
public offer(IPOs)
Trade sale
Promoter buy back
Acquisition by another company
 The concept of venture capital was formally
introduced in India in 1987 by IDBI.

 Thegovernment levied a 5 per cent cess on all


know-how import payments to create the venture
fund.

 ICICI started VC activity in the same year

 Later
on ICICI floated a separate VC
company - TDICI
VCFs in India can be categorized into following
five groups:

1)Those promoted by the Central Government


controlled development finance institutions.
For example:
- ICICI Venture Funds Ltd.
- IFCI Venture Capital Funds Ltd (IVCF)
- SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd (SVCL)
2) Those promoted by State Government
controlled development finance
institutions.
For example:
- Punjab Infotech Venture Fund
- Gujarat Venture Finance Ltd (GVFL)
- Kerala Venture Capital Fund Pvt Ltd.

3) Those promoted by public banks.


For example:
- Canbank Venture Capital Fund
- SBI Capital Market Ltd
4)Those promoted by private sector
companies.
For example:
- IL&FS Trust Company Ltd
- Infinity Venture India Fund

5)Those established as an overseas venture capital


fund.
For example:
- Walden International Investment Group
- HSBC Private Equity
management Mauritius Ltd
 VC can help in the rehabilitation of sick units.
 VC can assist small ancillary units to upgrade
their technologies
 VCFs can play a significant role in developing
countries in the service sector including
tourism, publishing, health care etc.
 They can provide financial assistance to
people coming out of universities, technical
institutes, etc thus promoting entrepreneurial
spirits
CITIES SECTORS

MUMBAI Software services, BPO, Media,


Computer graphics, Animations,
Finance & Banking
BANGALORE All IP led companies, IT & ITES,
Bio-technology

DELHI Software services, ITES , Telecom

CHENNAI IT , Telecom

HYDERABAD IT & ITES, Pharmaceuticals

PUNE Bio-technology, IT , BPO

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