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Angel Investor, Startup Builder, Founders centric
Feb 2020
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2020
Angel Investor, Startup Builder, Founders centric
Feb 2020
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¤ BUSINESS INNOVATIONS
¤ PRODUCT INNOVATIONS
¤ DATA ANALYTICS
¤ DEEP LEARNING
¤ BUSINESS AND PRODUCT RESEARCH
¤ MARKET SEGMENTATION
¤ BUSINESS PLANS
¤ TECH AND AUTOMATION ADVISORY
STARTUPS
¤ IDEATION
¤ SMART INCUBATION
¤ MARKET RESEARCH
¤ DEMAND AND SUPPLY ANALYSIS
¤ BUSINESS MODULATION
¤ MARKET ACCESS
¤ DUE DILIGENCE
¤ E VALUATION
¤ BUSINESS PLANS
¤ TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION ARCHITECTURE
2019
C
Crest Valuation Services
Co-Founder
Feb 2019
2016
Managing Partner
Jul 2016
Venture Catalysts is Indias first Multi-Stage VC, dedicated to backing the most promising entrepreneurs in India, the worlds fastest growing startup ecosystem.
Having started in 2016, we are amongst the most active investors in India with USD 200Mn+ deployed across 300+ companies through our syndication platform. The combined valuation of the portfolio companies is USD 10Bn+.
We typically invest 0.25 Mn - 2 Mn across seed to early stage companies & are sector agnostic.
Our 4000+ investor community is spread across 20+ countries in the world including India, Singapore, UAE, USA, UK, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Qatar, Oman, Mauritius, South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe & more.
We are backed by some of the most marquee investors from India:
Radhakishan Damani (DMart), Haldiram’s, Enam Securities, Ashish Kacholia (Lucky Investments), Authum Investments, Shahrukh Khan (Bollywood), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Bollywood), Abhijit Pawar (Sakal Media Group), Utpal Sheth (Trust Group), Vinod Dugar (RDB Group), Hardik Patel (Finquest), Karthik Sundar Iyer, Mukul Agarwal (Param Caputal), Capri Global, Anil Singhvi (Zee Business), Aman Gupta (boAt), Ritesh Agarwal (OYO), Nirmit Parikh (Apna), Srinath Ramakkrushnan (Zetwerk), among others.
The Venture Catalysts ecosystem of funds includes:
100 Unicorns | USD 100 Mn | Early stage accelerator fund
Beams Fintech Fund | USD 80 Mn | India’s first growth-stage fintech fund
Elev8 Venture Partners | USD 160 Mn | Growth technology fund for series B & C investments
Spyre Proptech Venture Fund | USD 50 Mn | Indias first proptech fund in partnership with CREDAI
VC Grid | Exclusive community for family offices & CVCs
Collectively, the group manages over USD 500 Mn and has supported 400+ companies.
If you are a startup founder looking to raise capital, write to us at ideas@venturecatalysts.in
If you are an investor, write to us at investors@venturecatalysts.in
2009
Strategy Advisor, Valuation expert, Business Mentor, Venture catalyst
May 2009
Crest Capital Advisors is a full service Valuation & a leading growth consulting firm with global networks capitalizing on its deep domain knowledge and practical expertise exceeding clients expectations by delivering innovative solutions besides integrity and commitment.
Company management faces a multitude of challenges when designing and executing corporate
strategies due to an extremely dynamic environment that requires vigilant scrutiny and nimble
management practices. Our team assists & co-creates solutions for your growth as:-
We see things that others miss, offering you more creative solutions and clear insights into
how to create value in your business.
We work collaboratively with your team, building lasting capabilities into your team and
help your organization mobilize for change in right direction.
We define our success by your results and adopt partnership approach.
We have successfully implemented strategies for our clients including:-
Building sustainable business models with well defined core
Allocating scare resources & creating value for its customers
Create winning strategies overcoming competition barriers
Transformed people driven to process driven organisations
Restructured the businesses to attain desired objectives
We do not only advise, but have implemented the solutions with management team as well
We believe in 'board room to shop floor engagement model' while delivering
performance improvement outcomes
We provide support systems- valuations, due diligence, IPO roadmap,etc.
We have been approached by clients for:-
Discovering gaps in their current strategic thinking.
Searching for growth opportunities
Facing stiff competitive challenges
Independent & unbiased expert feedbacks
Seeking profitability improvement options.
Diversifying in to new line of business verticals
Intricate issues in succession planning, etc
2006
Head-Investments
Oct 2006
Indorama is a global manufacturer of diversified industrial products such as Polyester, PET Resins, PTA, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Spun Yarns, Fabrics, and Medical Gloves. Indorama has manufacturing facilities in ten countries over four continents.
Indorama is the world’s largest manufacturer of polyester,12th largest global producer of PTA and the 2nd largest producer of polyolefins (PE and PP) in Africa.
With yarn spinning operations in 5 countries, Indorama is probably the most global spun yarn producer in the world.
Indorama’s products are shipped to over 90 countries across the four continents and over 20,000 employees are proud members of the Indorama family of companies.
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