VCCircle Chennai

Investment Forum 2015

3rd Edition

About VCCircle Chennai Investment Forum - 2015

A classic blend of family led & risk averse traditional businesses and upcoming entrepreneurial driven ventures of next
generations has made the city of Chennai attractive prospect for the Indian investors. With the revival of economy,
Chennai is seen calling on highly ambitious & innovative startups setting shop and driving demand from key sectors
including technology products, healthcare delivery services & medical equipment and educational services apart from
traditional businesses such as manufacturing, engineering, R&D, real estate & infrastructure.
In order to boost the zeal of much talented entrepreneurs and provide a neutral platform for the entrepreneurial
ecosystem in Chennai, VCCircle is pleased to announce, VCCircle Chennai Investment Forum 2015, the most coveted
platform for leading & emerging entrepreneurs, next generation leaders, business families, private equity & venture
capital investors betting on the investment opportunities prevailing in the land of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The 2015 VCCircle Chennai Investment forum is a unique opportunity for your organization to connect with leading
entrepreneurs and investors. It bring entrepreneurs and the investing community on a common platform. The day-long
conference will be attended by 200+ entrepreneurs, family business owners, CEOs, private equity & venture capital
heads and dealmakers.
Sponsors and exhibitors will receive acknowledgement prior to, during and after the conference through conference
materials and the website, and enjoy significant contact with delegates during the exhibition and social events. We look
forward to your participation in this premier industry event, and to welcoming you in Chennai in January 2015.

About VCCircle
The VCCircle Network, founded in 2005, is India's leading online financial media and information services group. It owns
business news websites VCCircle.com and Techcircle.in, and financial data platform VCCEdge. The network is owned by
Mosaic Media Ventures Pvt Ltd, and is headquartered in New Delhi with offices in Mumbai and Bangalore.
VCCircle.com is the pre-eminent source of news, information and
analysis for the Indian investment ecosystem, covering investments,
M&A, venture capital, private equity, investment banking, and
emerging companies and sectors. It's the first news website in India
to launch a premium subscription model.
For the last seven years, the Network has conducted about 90
conferences which are editorial events with a strong focus on
content, speakers and high quality attendees. We organise 16-18
conferences every year across industry verticals and have over a
dozen annual properties now running in multi-year editions. Over
15,000 delegates and 1,500 speakers have attended the events since
its inception in 2007.

Past Key Speakers

Gopal Srinivasan - Chairman & MD, TVS Capital Funds

Raja Kumar - Founder & CEO, UTI Ventures
Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO, BharatMatrimony
Satya Prabhakar - CEO, Sulekha.com
Mini Menon - Senior Editor, BloombergUTV
Dilip Dusija - Vice President, Axis Bank

Vikram Hosangady - Executive Director, Transaction Services,

KPMG

C K Ranganathan - Chairman, Cavinkare Ltd.

N Kumar - Vice Chairman, Sanmar Group
George Thomas - Partner, India Value Fund Advisors
HR Srinivasan - Founder, TAKE Solutions
Sarath Naru - Managing Partner, VenturEast Fund Advisors
Sunil Theckath - Partner, India Value Fund Advisors

Rajesh Subramaniam - MD, Walden International

Nandakumar S - Founder & CEO, Perfint Healthcare
Yashasvi Sharma, Associate Director, PwC
Ganesh Raju, Associate Director, PwC
Tarana Lalwani Vice President, Investment Banking, Anand
Rathi
Ananth Narasimhan - CEO, At your price
Parag Dhol - Partner, Inventus Capital Partners
Vishesh Rajaram - Principal, Ventureast
N.K.Ranganath - CEO, Grundfos Pumps India
C.Venkat Subramanyam - Founder, Veda Corporate Advisors
Hemu Ramaiah - MD, Shop 4 Solutions
Murugavel Janakiraman - Founder & CEO, BharatMatrimony
Bharat S. Dighe - Partner, Aureos India Advisers

SnapShots Of Past Events

Backdrop Presence

Backdrop Presence

SnapShots Of Past Events

Panel Discussion

Lounge Session

Past Sponsors & Partners

O3 Capital

IndiaMart.com

Crescent

Business Line

The Chennai Angels

UTI Ventures

Trade Briefs

Angel Investment Network

TIE Chennai

Axis Bank

Veda

Crisil

Bloomberg UTV

PWC

Benefits to Partner with Us

Chennai Investment Forum is one of the marquee initiatives representatives of the sector and its key stakeholders.

The USP of the initiative is to ensure involvement of key industry members right from the planning phase so that
the focus is correctly on addressing challenges of the industry through innovations.

A Right platform to be seen as an Evangelist and thought leader within the sector.

A Pedestal to showcase Thought Leadership - through understanding the pain points of the sector - working out
possible solutions through dialogues with all stakeholders within the eco system - solutions that enable growth of
the sector

Reinforce your position and project market dominance

Excellent opportunity to establish your thought leadership and network with the community

Creates opportunity to retain and build alliances with key players within the sector and sub sectors.

Attendees Participation Breakup

I-Bankers
11%

Entrepreneurs
40%

Service Providers
19%

Investors
25%

Legal Advisors
5%

Key Discussion Topics

Panel: South India's Entrepreneurial DNA & What it means for deal makers
The way businesses operates in Tamil Nadu is quite distinct from rest of the country. Coming from the
conservative nature of businesses, avoiding to be flashy and make no noise about their skills and business
opportunities, how are entrepreneurs attracting investors interest? Will the capital flow towards family
owned traditional businesses or recent first generation entrepreneurial ventures? How comfortable are
entrepreneurs with deal makers, and shedding away their companys stake? Which sectors are witnessing
slew of entrepreneurial activities and which sectors would witness growth in medium to long term? How
can private capital help entrepreneurs transform their businesses to create maximum value for the
shareholders?
Entrepreneur Talk
"Made in South" - Decoding Success stories from south Indian entrepreneurs who have gone a long way
to make their brand really big
Most sought after south Indian entrepreneurs from different walks of life who are successfully taking
India growth story to the world map will share their differentiated experiences on what helped them
grow and how supportive is the business ecosystem in Chennai.

Investor Talk: Building Promoter-Investor Partnerships; Negotiations; Due Diligence & Corporate
Governance

Panel: The challenges & opportunities in pulling up family -run businesses: Nurturing legacy assets,
business portfolios, family culture, professional values
What are the challenges faced by the Next-gen from Chennai in committing to family line of work while
professionally managing family wealth & culture? How difficult it is for the next gen owners to cajole first
gen to shed away their conservative inhibitions and adopt modern processes/technology in the existing
businesses? How savvy are family businesses in roping private investors to fuel expansions? Fed with
golden spoon & equipped with quality education, the new generation has ready to adopt businesses,
what are the challenges faced in taking the businesses to the next level, keeping in mind the family values
& tradition?

Panel: Brewing early stage ecosystem in the city: Contributions from budding entrepreneurs,
innovative startups & investors support.
Indias so called conservative metropolis is hitting the headlines in creating a fierce tech wave among the
thousands of innovative startups setting their shops in the city of Chennai and targeting global markets.
In the recent times, what has captivated startups to station their headquarters in the city of Chennai?
How friendly is the city in terms of infrastructure, policies, availability of talent pool & capital for the newage tech buddies? What are the latest emerging themes boosting the business? Can the stories like
Zoho be multiplied in the city?
Red hot sectors: Quick insightful discussions on the fast growing themes in the city:
a) Healthcare Delivery Services & Medical Equipment
b) Technology Products: SaaS, Big data solutions
c) Education Services & Delivery
d) Engineering products
e) Real Estate

Get Connected with VCCircle

For Sponsorship, please write to:

Ms. Nayab Kauser

nayab.k@vccircle.com
+91-9871484612
0120-4171111

Mr. Manpinder S Nagi

ms.nagi@vccircle.com
+91-9888886403
0120-4171111