New Delhi, Franchise India Brands Ltd (FIB), a part of Franchise India Group, that presents a balance of industry expertise, judgment, dedication and integrity, makes it an effective partner for entrepreneurial teams. In order to continue to cultivate unbeatable success, they extend services of offering Venture Capital Investment, Merger & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Joint Venture; specifically designed to encourage development of potential companies that demonstrate strong prospective and lucrative market opportunity.
As the Indian franchising industry gears up to match the global standards, the capital requirements both for channel expansion and brand enlargement remains a crucial deciding factor in taking the company to scalable size. The fact that these franchise systems become profitable when they reach a grown-up or established stage provides key selection criteria for the Investors to put their stake. Lately, Venture Capital (VC) funding in the franchise industry has taken a serious turn in India. There has been a considerable rise in the number of investment, financial and funding bodies, however, the lack of awareness regarding the procedure, the approach and what is being expected from the enterprises, allow only a few amongst the prospective ventures to receive funds.
FIB, now takes an initiative to build the required knowledge forums and presents the Franchise Private Equity Conclave, a two day Knowledge Series Workshop scheduled on March 12-13, 2010 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai.
The Franchise Private Equity Conclave is a venture financing roadmap to outline how equity funds operate and how the franchise sector can avail of the various sources of external funds available. The workshop would congregate thought leaders from all parts of the private equity community to impart franchisors with strategies to gain a competitive advantage through corporate venturing and innovation initiatives. It would also cover how franchisors should position their brand to become attractive to private equity investors and the documentation and due diligence required, selection of a right investor, exit routes and so on. Case Studies taken up during the workshop will offer an overview of recent private equity deals in franchising industry which would further enable delegates to take right decision. Some of the prominent speakers include the likes of Rajev B. Sharma (Country Head, Unicon Financial Intermediaries Ltd), Shujaat Khan (Co-founder & Managing Director, Blue River Capital India Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd.), Vibhor Mehra (Principal, SAIF Partners), Siddharth Shah (Heads- Funds Practice Group, Nishith Desai Associates), Vishal Gondol (Partner, Sweat & Blood Venture Capital Group), Neelesh Hundekari (Principal, At Kearney), Anjana Vivek (Founder, Venturebean) and many more.
Commenting on this stupendous platform, Ms. Sonya Chowdhry, Director, Franchise India Brands, said, Franchise India Brands core objective is to assist companies with investment services like Venture Capital, Private Equity, Joint Venture and Mergers & Acquisitions. Franchise India Brands is pleased to present the Franchise Private Equity Conclave under knowledge series panel. This conclave is a platform for emerging and proven businesses to get a comprehensive understanding on the approach and procedure for raising venture capital. It shall act as a forum for exchange of knowledge and expertise thereby benefitting all participants.
Delegates would not only benefit from understanding on how VC funding can leverage the growth of a franchise system but also learn to identify the right VC Firms, where to find them, and the ways to structure the first round so that they dont find it difficult to raise the next one, evaluating the various funding instruments available to franchisors, learning important parameters to be considered while planning and approaching a venture capital firm, planning and creating the blue-print to be presented to the VC firm for a successful deal, identifying and meeting Indias leading VC firms eyeing to invest in your segment, and learning from case studies by companies who have been there, done that.
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About the organizers:
Franchise India Brands Ltd (FIBL) is a part of Franchise India Group, which is the market leader in the field of franchising in India and has been successfully reproducing businesses by way of Franchising for the last 12 years. FIB core objective is to assist companies and proven business concepts with their expansion plans by way of franchising, acquiring new brands, as well as bringing new brands into the Indian market, with the overriding objective of creating long-lasting and successful partnerships. FIB provides the structure to develop, grow and expand various business models and is built around the idea of profitable and sustainable growth through partnering. FIB bring our valuable management capital for our partners and clients who may be at any stage in their business life cycle.
