Shradha Poddar

Inflection Point Ventures was started in 2018 with the aim of driving exponential value creation by being India’s most accessible & efficient network connecting a diverse investor community with a carefully set of curated startups. IPV is an early-stage angel investing platform, which provides both monetary and non-monetary support to the startups, as well as complete transparency around valuation, findings during due diligence, and personal interest (if any) to its investors. Today, it has 14,000+ angel investors, with the community having expanded beyond CXOs to include HNIs who come from varied backgrounds, professions and areas of expertise. IPV caters to investors pan India, and overseas, giving them access to startups and deals, making the group location and region agnostic. Since inception, we have invested in 250+ startups, with more in advanced stages of negotiations. IPV evaluation process screens startups and presents to investors only those, we feel have the potential to scale up. Till date we have considered startups spanning various industries such as Healthcare, Sports and Fitness, Retail Finance, HR, AI in hiring, Education, Supply Chain and Logistics etc, which shows that we do not have any predefined restrictions. For more information please visit our website.

Cheil India is one of the countrys top 5 advertising agency networks and serves as the regional headquarters for Cheil Worldwide in South-West Asia. Cheil India is one of the fastest-growing communication networks in the region. The agency has myriad capabilities across ATL, Digital, Brand Activation, and Retail Marketing which ensures that they are one of the few agencies to provide clients with truly integrated marketing solutions offering. Cheil India is part of Cheil Worldwide, Koreas leading advertising and marketing network. Headquartered in Seoul, Cheil Worldwide is one of the fastest growing agency networks in the world and is the 11th largest agency group in the world by revenue (Ad Age, 2022). It operates in 45 countries with more than 6500 employees. Cheil and its affiliates including Barbarian, BMB, Cheil Centrade, Cheil PengTai, ColourData, Experience Commerce, Iris, McKinney and One RX have won major international awards including Cannes Lions, CLIOs, Spikes Asia, and others.

The Venture Cooperative is a free educational program and inclusive community that makes Laconias investments, processes, and learnings accessible for the next generation of early stage investors. The first of its kind, this structure expands financial access into the asset class and sheds light on the inner workings of a venture firm. . Members financially share in our success, participate in our investment processes, share expertise within our community, and collaborate with early stage founders. Apply for our next cohort here: https://bit.ly/3e0VPjm

Inflection Point Ventures was started in 2018 with the aim of driving exponential value creation by being India’s most accessible & efficient network connecting a diverse investor community with a carefully set of curated startups. IPV is an early-stage angel investing platform, which provides both monetary and non-monetary support to the startups, as well as complete transparency around valuation, findings during due diligence, and personal interest (if any) to its investors. Today, it has 14,000+ angel investors, with the community having expanded beyond CXOs to include HNIs who come from varied backgrounds, professions and areas of expertise. IPV caters to investors pan India, and overseas, giving them access to startups and deals, making the group location and region agnostic. Since inception, we have invested in 250+ startups, with more in advanced stages of negotiations. IPV evaluation process screens startups and presents to investors only those, we feel have the potential to scale up. Till date we have considered startups spanning various industries such as Healthcare, Sports and Fitness, Retail Finance, HR, AI in hiring, Education, Supply Chain and Logistics etc, which shows that we do not have any predefined restrictions. For more information please visit our website.