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Bengaluru Investment Forum 2012 to capture opportunities in South India

By TEAM VCC

  • 17 May 2012
Bengaluru Investment Forum 2012 to capture opportunities in South India

Bengaluru is at the epicentre of business activities down south and that is reason enough for VCCircle to bring the fourth edition of the Bengaluru Investment Forum, scheduled for June 6, 2012, at ITC Royal Gardenia Hotel.

But there is also the ground level statistics. According to VCCEdge, the financial research platform of VCCircle, southern India accounts for one in every three private equity/venture capital investment transactions in India each year and roughly a quarter of the total PE/VC investment value generated in the country. This makes the four southern Indian states a hotbed of investment opportunities. And Bengaluru is in the thick of action, accounting for nearly half of the deal volumes in the region.

VCCircle Bengaluru Investment Forum 2012 will once again congregate some of the best-known names from the private equity and venture capital investment community, as well as the key companies cutting across sectors such as infrastructure, technology, healthcare, retail and finance, to name a few.

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Some of the speakers at the investment forum include Mark Silgardo, senior managing director of IL&FS Private Equity; Vishal Gupta, managing director at Bessemer Venture Partners; Deepak Bagla, partner at 3i Private Equity; George Alexander Muthoot, managing director of Muthoot Finance Ltd; G. Velu, managing director of Trivitron Medical Services; Mukesh Bansal, founder & CEO of Myntra; Sudhir Sethi, chairman & managing director, IDG Ventures; Mahesh Kohli, founder & president of Greenko Wind Project and Nikhil Kumar, joint managing director of TD Power Systems.

The forum will kick-start with a keynote speech on Evolution of New Age Indian Entrepreneurship. This will be followed by a panel discussion on South India as a region for budding entrepreneurs, identifying emerging entrepreneurial themes and how PE funds look at the region in terms of investment opportunities.

The forum will also throw spotlight on two sets of sectors: Infrastructure and Power & Cleantech and Healthcare & Education. The panellists will consider how infrastructure and power segment is placed as an attractive investment bet today, the road ahead for cleantech entrepreneurship and how to manage risks in terms of high gestation period and operational challenges, given the regulatory framework in the region.

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The forum will also look at how the traditional healthcare business models are giving way to more innovative set-ups involving diagnostics, healthcare equipment and healthcare consulting. The panellists will also deliberate on how healthcare delivery set-ups are scaling up, the state of IT-enabled education businesses and the opportunities for entrepreneurs in both formal and non-formal education space in the region.

In parallel sessions, the forum will feature experts discussing how entrepreneurs can go about attracting angel and VC funding for startups and the factors investors look for in a startup before investing. The event will also look at the hot themes for entrepreneurship surrounding e-commerce, digital content and mobile.

For more information and to book your seat click.

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