Vikrum Srivastavaa

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.

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

Hem Securities Ltd. is a group of companies that provides financial services to users and clients. It was founded in 1981 by Hem Chand Jain. 35 years of relentless excellence in serving to the customers. Award winning Investment Banker in SME segment 2014, 2015 and 2016. Leading IPO & Mutual Funds Distributor in the country. It is one of the best Stock Brokerage Firms in India. Presence in more than 20 states. Among the leading stock brokers and depository participants in India. One-Stop solution for all financial services. Hem Securities Ltd was awarded by BSE as one of the top performing Merchant Bankers for maximum IPO filings in the year. Hem securities became the first merchant banker with maximum number of IPO’S on SME platform . Awarded by BSE for one of the top performer and also awarded by SKOCH for leading merchant banker in SME. Daily research reports and Hem analysis in media as research analyst registered with SEBI. It is a Member of the Derivatives Segment of the BSE and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. , and also member of CDSL. Hem Securities procures highest ever subscription in an SME IPO across India, amounting to more than Rs. 850 cr.

The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded, AI-powered startups. Since 2009, our structured methodology, global mentor network, and platform have helped over 8,900 founders across 100+ countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Whether you’re an employee ready to make the leap, a solo founder with a big idea, or a first-time entrepreneur looking for direction, we provide the AI toolkit, structured sprints, expert feedback, and investor network to take you from Zero to Founder, faster and cheaper than ever before. And when you’re ready, our venture fund Founder Capital and global investor network are there to write your first check.

ah! Ventures is one of the world’s largest curated sector agnostic fundraising platforms for early stage startups raising funds up to 10 MN USD. ah! Ventures is a startup focused growth catalyst that brings together promising businesses and investors by creating wealth creation opportunities for both. ah!’s unique model serves investors, entrepreneurs & enablers through a unique blend of customized services, skill, and industry & domain experience. ah! First Gear, Angel and High Tables platforms are India’s first full-spectrum startup investment platforms consisting of over 7000 investors, including some of the renowned angels and early-stage VCs in India & abroad. Today ah! First Gear, Angel and High Tables platforms have over 70000+ entrepreneurs, 6000+ seed/angel investors and over 1000 VCs & institutional investors registered with it. ah! First Gear, Angel and High Tables platforms till date have invested close to INR 402 Cr (~50 MN USD) in 122 startups and 192 investments spread across varied industries and domains and have announced 16 exits with 48 follow on rounds. 38 investments have already happened through all three platforms and the fund in 2023. Our platform has three formats to raise funds: First Gear, Angel and High Tables / Closed Door Angel platform is a fully automated platform on email whereas First Gear and High Tables are driven by offline showcases and closures. Funding process of all three formats is included below for better understanding. ● First Gear Platform Fund Raising Process (Upto 150K USD fund raise): Process is more or less the same as Angel Platform. ● Angel Platform Fund Raising Process (Upto 1 MN USD fund raise): http://ahv.fyi/process ● High Tables Platform Fund Raising Process (1-10 MN USD fund raise): http://ahv.fyi/hightables More information about ah! Ventures and our deals can be found on https://www.ahventures.in/invest-with-us.

Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally. The firm leads in ‘Day Zero’ investing, an approach to venture capital focused on partnering with founders pre-launch. Antler systematically removes capital and network constraints for early-stage technology entrepreneurs by providing co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. The firm is present in 27 cities across most leading technology ecosystems globally and has made over 1,300 investments into early-stage startups. Antler has been repeatedly recognized by Pitchbook as the world’s most active angel and seed-stage investor.

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is a go-to network of 51000+ global entrepreneurs across 61+ cities in 14+ countries, and Hyderabad is a vibrant and most awarded chapter worldwide, each year TiE Hyderabad impacts over 1100 start-ups and 6400+ students, conducts numerous activities under 20+ themes viz. TiE Grad, TiE Young Entrepreneurs, Open Mic, Mentor Advisor, Investor Connect, Thursday Night Talks, Leadership Series etc. to encourage, nurture next-generation entrepreneurs. During 2020 we hosted TiE Global Summit which is applauded as the world’s largest entrepreneurship summit held in a difficult year such as 2020. The Conference received an overwhelming response of over 51000 registrations and enjoyed a cumulative attendees of around 30000+ entrepreneurs & investors. TGS2020 created a new history, had remarkable 250+ marquee speakers, 150+ mentors, 180+ companies, 500+ innovation leaders, 234 Incubators, producing 60Hrs of digital content of leaders/innovators/startup founders & Investors. OpenMic event has drawn 250+ founders from 18 different countries pitching to global investors and top corporate, non-stop for 20 hours. For more details, please visit hyderabad.tie.org