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PROJECT REPORT
ON
VIBE TECH
Submitted for the partial fulfilment of requirement for the degree
of Bachelor in business administration
(2011-2014)
Acknowledgement
No Learning is proper and effective without
Proper Guidance
It gives me great pleasure to submit this project to Punjabi university Patiala. I take
this opportunity with great pleasure to present before this project on Venture
Capital In India and Its Aspects which is result of co-operation, hard work and
good wishes of many people. The most pleasant part of any project is to express the
gratitude towards all those who have contributed to the success of the project.
I would like to thanks Mr. Preet Kanwal Singh who has been my mentor for this
project. It was only through her excellence assistance and good suggestions that I
have able to complete this project.
I am deeply grateful to Prof. Rohit Arora, faculty (Department of Business
Management ), for their everlasting support and guidance on the ground of which I
have acquired a new field of knowledge. The course structure created for this
curriculum has benefited with the inclusion of recent development in the
organizational and managerial aspects.
Above all I would like to thank all contacted persons of firm who took out valuable
time to answer my queries and gave me full information related to my project.
I extent my sincere gratitude toward my parents, who have always encouraged me and
gave suggestions as how to work on project. They always stand by me in solving all
my queries. Their support has always motivated me.
DECLARATION
I am Guriqbal Singh Sandhu of BBA- final year, hereby declare that I have completed
a project on Venture Capital In India and Its Aspects in the Academic year 20132014. The information submitted is true and original to the best of my knowledge.
PREFACE
In todays era of cut-throat competition, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A)
is sure to have an edge over their counterparts BBA education brings its students in
direct contact with the real corporate world through industrial training. The BBA
program provides its students with an in depth study of various managerial activities
that are performed in any organization. A detailed analysis of managerial activities
conducted in various departments like production, marketing, finance, human
resources, export-imports, credit dept, etc. gives the student a conceptual idea of what
they are expected to manage , how to manage and how to obtain the maximum output
through minimum inputs and how to minimize the wastage of resources.
I have undergone my comprehensive training at VIBE TECH . It is one of the leading
IT educational centers in the country. I feel great pleasure to present this report work
after my training at VIBE TECH that produced to be golden opportunity for me by
enriching my knowledge by comparing my theoretical knowledge with the managerial
skill and application.
Company Profile
Vibe Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has today become a name to reckon with in the
sphere of high performance enterprise applications. The credit for our phenomenal
growth in past two years from starting out as a web solutions company to a complete
business solutions company specializing in enterprise applications (custom-fromscratch ERP solutions) today, goes to our result oriented focused approach, a high
level of stress on quality and ethical business practices we follow.
Our simple principle is - We take the stress, you take the success. Following this
principle, we have always ensured that the applications we develop actually WORK
for our clients. Being a company which is at the steepest point in its growth curve and
still working out its first few chasms we go out of our way to ensure that our
applications deliver not only the promised but more, besides providing an extremely
responsive and interactive dealing during the product development life cycle. All of
our clients would also vouch for the high quality documentation, training, support and
maintenance provided after the application has been rolled out. All this results into
what we continuously endeavor to achieve - The highest level of client satisfaction.
We DO NOT work as a mere development company, but as an IT Business
Development organization. We work through with our client to understand his
complete business model. Then our team of experts works out every intensive and
expansive details regarding how the client business can be taken to the next leap using
IT. We then devise a complete solution plan for the client, which upon agreement is
implemented in-house. We do not believe in outsourcing our development work. After
the successful deployment of the solution, project does not end there. We ensure that
we provide continuous support and consultancy to the client and keep on tracking
how the devised solution is benefiting the client. We understand that the solutions
developed by us for a client are like an infrastructure for his business, so it has to be
always taken care of. This complete cycle is divided into many phases ranging from
Planning and Concept Building to Development to Continuous Support and
Consultancy.
To ensure that we provide the best combination of quality, performance and
affordability, we have a large talent pool comprising experts from diverse areas of
healthcare organization)
ITVoir.com, India (ADG Online Solutions Pvt. Ltd.)
The range of work is as follow:
When considering an investment, venture capitalists carefully screen the technical and
business merits of the proposed company. Venture capitalists only invest in a small
percentage of the businesses they review and have a long-term perspective. They also
actively work with the company's management, especially with contacts and strategy
formulation.
Venture capitalists mitigate the risk of investing by developing a portfolio of young
companies in a single venture fund. Many times they co-invest with other professional
venture capital firms. In addition, many venture partnerships manage multiple funds
simultaneously. For decades, venture capitalists have nurtured the growth of
America's high technology and entrepreneurial communities resulting in significant
job creation, economic growth and international competitiveness. Companies such as
Digital Equipment Corporation, Apple, Federal Express, Compaq, Sun Microsystems,
Intel, Microsoft and Genetech are famous examples of companies that received
venture capital early in their development.
investor. While this type of individual investment did not totally disappear, the
modern venture firm emerged as the dominant venture investment vehicle. However,
in the last few years, individuals have again become a potent and increasingly larger
part of the early stage start-up venture life cycle. These "angel investors" will mentor
a company and provide needed capital and expertise to help develop companies.
Angel investors may either be wealthy people with management expertise or retired
business men and women who seek the opportunity for first-hand business
development.
by
the
venture
capitalists.
These
are:
1. Management: The strength, expertise & unity of the key people on the board bring
significant credibility to the company. The members are to be mature, experienced
possessing working knowledge of business and capable of taking potentially high
risks.
2. Potential for Capital Gain: An above average rate of return of about 30 - 40% is
required by venture capitalists. The rate of return also depends upon the stage of the
business cycle where funds are being deployed. Earlier the stage, higher is the risk
and hence the return.
3. Realistic Financial Requirement and Projections: The venture capitalist requires
a realistic view about the present health of the organization as well as future
projections regarding scope, nature and performance of the company in terms of scale
of operations, operating profit and further costs related to product development
through Research & Development.
4. Owner's Financial Stake: The financial resources owned & committed by the
entrepreneur/ owner in the business including the funds invested by family, friends
and relatives play a very important role in increasing the viability of the business. It is
an important avenue where the venture capitalist keeps an open eye.
A Brief History
The concept of venture capital is not new. Venture capitalists often relate the story of
Christopher Columbus. In the fifteenth century, he sought to travel westwards instead
of eastwards from Europe and so planned to reach India. His far-fetched idea did not
find favor with the King of Portugal, who refused to finance him. Finally, Queen
Isabella of Spain decided to fund him and the voyages of Christopher Columbus are
now empanelled in history.
The modern venture capital industry began taking shape in the post World War II
years. It is often said that people decide to become entrepreneurs because they see
role models in other people who have become successful entrepreneurs. Much the
same thing can be said about venture capitalists. The earliest members of the
organized venture capital industry had several role models, including these three:
American Research and Development Corporation, formed in 1946, whose biggest
success was Digital Equipment. The founder of ARD was General Georges Doroit, a
French-born military man who is considered "the father of venture capital." In the
1950s, he taught at the Harvard Business School. His lectures on the importance of
risk capital were considered quirky by the rest of the faculty, who concentrated on
conventional corporate management.
J.H. Whitney & Co also formed in 1946, one of whose early hits was Minute Maid
juice. Jock Whitney is considered one of the industrys founders.
The Rockefeller Family, and in particular, L S Rockefeller, one of whose earliest
investments was in Eastern Airlines, which is now defunct but was one of the earliest
commercial airlines.
The Second World War produced an abundance of technological innovation, primarily
with military applications. They include, for example, some of the earliest work on
micro circuitry. Indeed, J.H. Whitneys investment in Minute Maid was intended to
commercialize an orange juice concentrate that had been developed to provide
nourishment for troops in the field.
In the mid-1950s, the U.S. federal government wanted to speed the development of
advanced technologies. In 1957, the Federal Reserve System conducted a study that
concluded that a shortage of entrepreneurial financing was a chief obstacle to the
development of what it called "entrepreneurial businesses." As a response this a
number of Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC) were established to
"leverage" their private capital by borrowing from the federal government at belowmarket interest rates. Soon commercial banks were allowed to form SBICs and within
four years, nearly 600 SBICs were in operation.
At the same time a number of venture capital firms were forming private partnerships
outside the SBIC format. These partnerships added to the venture capitalists toolkit,
by offering a degree of flexibility that SBICs lack. Within a decade, private venture
capital partnerships passed SBICs in total capital under management.
The 1960s saw a tremendous bull IPO market that allowed venture capital firms to
demonstrate their ability to create companies and produce huge investment returns.
For example, when Digital Equipment went public in 1968 it provided ARD with
101% annualized Return on Investment (ROI). The US$70,000 Digital invested to
start the company in 1959 had a market value of US$37mn. As a result, venture
capital became a hot market, particularly for wealthy individuals and families.
However, it was still considered too risky for institutional investors.
In the 1970s, though, venture capital suffered a double-whammy. First, a red-hot IPO
market brought over 1,000 venture-backed companies to market in 1968, the public
markets went into a seven-year slump. There were a lot of disappointed stock market
investors and a lot of disappointed venture capital investors too. Then in 1974, after
Congress legislation against the abuse of pension fund money, all high-risk
investment of these funds was halted. As a result of poor public market and the
pension fund legislation, venture capital fund raising hit rock bottom in 1975.
Well, things could only get better from there. Beginning in 1978, a series of
legislative and regulatory changes gradually improved the climate for venture
investing. First Congress slashed the capital gains tax rate to 28% from 49.5%. Then
the Labor Department issued a clarification that eliminated the pension funds act as an
obstacle to venture investing. At around the same time, there was a number of high-
Investment Philosophy
Venture capitalists can be generalists, investing in various industry sectors, or various
geographic locations, or various stages of a companys life. Alternatively, they may be
specialists in one or two industry sectors, or may seek to invest in only a localized
geographic area.
Not all venture capitalists invest in "start-ups." While venture firms will invest in
companies that are in their initial start-up modes, venture capitalists will also invest in
companies at various stages of the business life cycle. A venture capitalist may invest
before there is a real product or company organized (so called "seed investing"), or
may provide capital to start up a company in its first or second stages of development
known as "early stage investing." Also, the venture capitalist may provide needed
financing to help a company grow beyond a critical mass to become more successful
("expansion stage financing").
The venture capitalist may invest in a company throughout the companys life cycle
and therefore some funds focus on later stage investing by providing financing to help
the company grow to a critical mass to attract public financing through a stock
offering. Alternatively, the venture capitalist may help the company attract a merger
or acquisition with another company by providing liquidity and exit for the companys
founders.
At the other end of the spectrum, some venture funds specialize in the acquisition,
turnaround or recapitalization of public and private companies that represent
favorable investment opportunities.
There are venture funds that will be broadly diversified and will invest in companies
in various industry sectors as diverse as semiconductors, software, retailing and
restaurants and others that may be specialists in only one technology.
While high technology investment makes up most of the venture investing in the U.S.,
and the venture industry gets a lot of attention for its high technology investments,
venture capitalists also invest in companies such as construction, industrial products,
business services, etc. There are several firms that have specialized in retail company
investment and others that have a focus in investing only in "socially responsible"
start-up endeavors.
The basic principal underlying venture capital invest in high-risk projects with the
anticipation of high returns. These funds are then invested in several fledging
enterprises, which require funding, but are unable to access it through the
conventional sources such as banks and financial institutions. Typically first
generation entrepreneurs start such enterprises. Such enterprises generally do not have
any major collateral to offer as security, hence banks and financial institutions are
averse to funding them. Venture capital funding may be by way of investment in the
equity of the new enterprise or a combination of debt and equity, though equity is the
most preferred route.
Since most of the ventures financed through this route are in new areas (worldwide
venture capital follows "hot industries" like InfoTech, electronics and biotechnology),
the probability of success is very low. All projects financed do not give a high return.
Some projects fail and some give moderate returns. The investment, however, is a
long-term risk capital as such projects normally take 3 to 7 years to generate
substantial returns. Venture capitalists offer "more than money" to the venture and
seek to add value to the investee unit by active participation in its management. They
monitor and evaluate the project on a continuous basis.
The venture capitalist is however not worried about failure of an investee company,
because the deal which succeeds, nets a very high return on his investments high
enough to make up for the losses sustained in unsuccessful projects. The returns
generally come in the form of selling the stocks when they get listed on the stock
exchange or by a timely sale of his stake in the company to a strategic buyer. The idea
is to cash in on an increased appreciation of the share value of the company at the
time of disinvestment in the investee company. If the venture fails (more often than
not), the entire amount gets written off. Probably, that is one reason why venture
capitalists assess several projects and invest only in a handful after careful scrutiny of
the management and marketability of the project.
To conclude, a venture financier is one who funds a start up company, in most cases
promoted by a first generation technocrat promoter with equity. A venture capitalist is
not a lender, but an equity partner. He cannot survive on minimalism. He is driven by
maximization: wealth maximization. Venture capitalists are sources of expertise for
the companies they finance. Exit is preferably through listing on stock exchanges.
This method has been extremely successful in USA, and venture funds have been
credited with the success of technology companies in Silicon Valley. The entire
technology industry thrives on it
Length of investment:
Venture capitalists will help companies grow, but they eventually seek to exit the
investment in three to seven years. An early stage investment make take seven to ten
years to mature, while a later stage investment many only take a few years, so the
appetite for the investment life cycle must be congruent with the limited partnerships
appetite for liquidity. The venture investment is neither a short term nor a liquid
investment, but an investment that must be made with careful diligence and expertise.
:
1. Pre seed Stage: Here, a relatively small amount of capital is provided to an
entrepreneur to conceive and market a potential idea having good future prospects.
The funded work also involves product development to some extent.
4. Second Stage: In the Second Stage of Financing working capital is provided for
the expansion of the company in terms of growing accounts receivable and inventory.
Equity: All VCFs in India provide equity but generally their contribution does not
exceed 49 percent of the total equity capital. Thus, the effective control and majority
ownership of the firm remains with the entrepreneur. They buy shares of an enterprise
with an intention to ultimately sell them off to make capital gains.
Conditional Loan: It is repayable in the form of a royalty after the venture is able
to generate sales. No interest is paid on such loans. In India, VCFs charge royalty
ranging between 2 to 15 percent; actual rate depends on other factors of the venture
such as gestation period, cost-flow patterns, riskiness and other factors of the
enterprise.
Venture capital partners (also known as "venture capitalists" or "VCs") may be former
chief executives at firms similar to those which the partnership funds. Investors in
venture capital funds are typically large institutions with large amounts of available
capital, such as state and private pension funds, university endowments, insurance
companies and pooled investment vehicles.
Most venture capital funds have a fixed life of ten yearsthis model was pioneered
by some of the most successful funds in Silicon Valley through the 1980s to invest in
technological trends broadly but only during their period of ascendance, to cut
exposure to management and marketing risks of any individual firm or its product.
In such a fund, the investors have a fixed commitment to the fund that is "called
down" by the VCs over time as the fund makes its investments. In a typical venture
capital fund, the VCs receive an annual "management fee" equal to 2% of the
committed capital to the fund and 20% of the net profits of the fund. Because a fund
may run out of capital prior to the end of its life, larger VCs usually have several
overlapping funds at the same timethis lets the larger firm keep specialists in all
stage of the development of firms almost constantly engaged. Smaller firms tend to
thrive or fail with their initial industry contactsby the time the fund cashes out, an
entirely new generation of technologies and people is ascending, whom they do not
know well, and so it is prudent to re-assess and shift industries or personnel rather
than attempt to simply invest more in the industry or people it already knows
Significance of Study
Venture capitalists not only support high technology projects they also fianc any
risky idea, they provide funds (a) if one needs additional capital to expand his existing
business or one has a new & promising project to exploit (b) if one cannot obtain a
conventional loan the requirement terms would create a burden during the period the
firm is struggling to grown.
It is the ambition of many talented people in India to set up their own venture if they
could get adequate & reliable support. Financial investment provides loans & equity.
But they do not provide management support, which is often needed by entrepreneurs.
But the venture capital industries provide such support along with capital also.
Venture capitalist acts a partner not a financier.
Objective No. 1
Instruments
Rs million
Per cent
Equity Shares
6,318.12
63.18
2,154.46
21.54
873.01
8.73
Convertible Instruments
580.02
5.8
Other Instruments
75.85
0.75
Total
10,000.46
100
Interpretation: This diagram shows the venture capital financing in equity share
and secondly they invest in redeemable preference shares to get higher returns.
Contributors of Funds
Contributors
Rs. mn
Per cent
13,426.47
52.46%
6,252.90
24.43%
2,133.64
8.34%
Other Banks
1,541.00
6.02%
Foreign Investors
570
2.23%
Private Sector
412.53
1.61%
Public Sector
324.44
1.27%
Nationalized Banks
278.67
1.09%
235.5
0.92%
215
0.84%
Other Public
115.52
0.45%
Insurance Companies
85
0.33%
Mutual Funds
4.5
0.02%
Total
25,595.17
100.00%
Interpretation: This table shows the highest contribution of fund FII and secondly
AIFI to develop the Industry.
Investment Stages
Rs million
Number
Start-up
3,813.00
297
Later stage
3,338.99
154
1,825.77
124
Seed stage
963.2
107
Turnaround financing
59.5
Total
10,000.46
691
Interpretation: This diagram shows the highest finance is received by the venture
in startup stage of any venture.
Financing By Industry
Industry
Rs million
2,599.32
Computer Software
1,832
Consumer Related
1,412.74
Medical
623.8
500.06
Other electronics
436.54
385.09
Biotechnology
376.46
Energy related
249.56
Computer Hardware
203.36
Miscellaneous
1,380.85
Total
10,000.46
Financing By States
Investment
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
Karnataka
West Bengal
Haryana
Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Kerala
Goa
Rajasthan
Punjab
Orissa
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Himachal Pradesh
Pondicherry
Rs million
2,566
1531
1372
1102
1046
312
300
294
283
231
135
105
87
84
35
32
28
22
Bihar
16
Overseas
413
Total
9994
Source IVCA (2005-06)
The Management
Most businesses are people driven, with success or failure depending on the
performance of the team. It is important to distinguish the entrepreneur from the
professional management team. The value of the idea, the vision, putting the team
together, getting the funding in place is amongst others, some key aspects of the role
of the entrepreneur. Venture capitalists will insist on a professional team coming in,
including a CEO to execute the idea. One-man armies are passe. Integrity and
commitment are attributes sought for. The venture capitalist can provide the strategic
vision, but the team executes it. As a famous Silicon Valley saying goes "Success is
execution, strategy is a dream".
The Idea
The idea and its potential for commercialization are critical. Venture funds look for a
scalable model, at a country or a regional level. Otherwise the entire game would be
reduced to a manpower or machine multiplication exercise. For example, it is very
easy for Hindustan Lever to double sales of Liril - a soap without incremental capex,
while Gujarat Ambuja needs to spend at least Rs4bn before it can increase sales by
1mn ton. Distinctive competitive advantages must exist in the form of scale,
technology, brands, distribution, etc which will make it difficult for competition to
enter.
Valuation
All investment decisions are sensitive to this. An old stock market saying "Every
stock is a buy at a price and vice versa". Most deals fail because of valuation
expectation mismatch. In India, while calculating returns, venture capital funds will
take into account issues like rupee depreciation, political instability, which adds to the
risk premia, thus suppressing valuations. Linked to valuation is the stake, which the
fund takes. In India, entrepreneurs are still uncomfortable with the venture capital
"taking control" in a seed stage project.
Exit
Without exit, gains cannot be booked. Exit may be in the form of a strategic sale
or/and IPO. Taxation issues come up at the time. Any fund would discuss all exit
options before closing a deal. Sometimes, the fund insists on a buy back clause to
ensure an exit.
Portfolio Balancing
Most venture funds try and achieve portfolio balancing as they invest in different
stages of the company life cycle. For example, a venture capital has invested in a
portfolio of companies predominantly at seed stage; they will focus on expansion
stage projects for future investments to balance the investment portfolio. This would
enable them to have a phased exit. In summary, venture capital funds go through a
certain due diligence to finalize the deal. This includes evaluation of the management
team, strategy, execution and commercialization plans. This is supplemented by legal
and accounting due diligence, typically carried out by an external agency. In India, the
entire process takes about 6 months. Entrepreneurs are advised to keep that in mind
before looking to raise funds. The actual cash inflow might get delayed because of
regulatory issues. It is interesting to note that in USA, at times angels write checks
across the table.
The Indian banking system has shown remarkable growth over the last two decades.
The rapid growth and increasing complexity of the financial markets, especially the
capital market have brought about measures for further development and
improvement in the working of these markets. Banks and development financial
institutions led by ICICI, IDBI and IFCI were providers of term loans for funding
projects. The options were limited to conventional businesses, i.e. manufacturing
centric. Services sector was ignored because of the "collateral" issue.
Equity was raised from the capital markets using the IPO route. The bull markets of
the 90s, fuelled by Harshad Mehta and the FIIs, ensured that (ad) venture capital was
easily available. Manufacturing companies exploited this to the full.
The services sector was ignored, like software, media, etc. Lack of understanding of
these sectors was also responsible for the same. If we look back to 1991 or even 1992,
the situation as regards financial outlay available to Indian software companies was
poor. Most software companies found it extremely difficult to source seed capital,
working capital or even venture capital.
Most software companies started off undercapitalized, and had to rely on loans
or overdraft facilities to provide working capital. This approach forced them to
generate revenue in the short term, rather than investing in product development. The
situation fortunately has changed.
Research Methodology
REDMEN & MORY defines,Research as a systematized effort to gain now
knowledge.
It is a careful investigation for search of new facts in any branch of knowledge. The
purpose of research methodology section is to describe the procedure for conduction
the study. It includes research design, sample size, data collection and procedure of
analysis of research instrument.
Research always starts with a question or a problem. Its purpose is to find answers to
questions through the application of the scientific method. It is a systematic and
intensive study directed towards a more complete knowledge of the subject studied.
RESEARCH DESIGN:
Acc. to Kerlinger, Research design is the plan structure & strategy of
investigation conceived so as to obtain answers to research questions and to control
variance.
Acc. to Green and Tull, A research design is the specification of methods and
procedures for acquiring the information needed. It is the overall operational pattern
or framework of the project that stipulates what information is to be collected from
which sources by what procedures.
Its found that research design is purely and simply the framework for a study that
guides the collection and analysis of required data.
Research design is broadly classified into
DATA COLLECTION
Secondary data
Secondary data is the data which is already collected by someone and complied for
different purposes which are used in research for this study. It includes:
Internet
Magazine
Journal
Newspaper
Literature Review
According to Subash and Nair, (May 2005)
According to theses persons though the modern concept of venture capital stated
during 1946 and now practiced by almost all economies around the world, there
seems to be a slowdown of venture capital activities after 2000.There may be a long
list of reasons for this situation, where people feel more risky to put their money in
new and emerging ventures. Hardly 5% of the total venture capital investment
globally is given to really stage ventures. In all the years people around the world has
seen the potentiality of venture capital in promoting different economies of the world
by improving the standard of living of the people by expanding business activities,
increasing employment and also generating more revenue to the government
These teams are adept at dealing with risk because of their impeccable past
experience.
The study brings out four important variables which are highly unique to
successful venture in India. They are:
capitalists' co-investing strategy. The study finds that even through venture capitalists
fix tight milestones and time lines they themselves contribute to many of the delays
that are experienced by a typical start up firm. This is because of the hierarchical coinvesting partners and the lack of understanding within the venture capitalist coinvestors as to what role they individually play in the development of their portfolio
company.
Deal origination:
In generating a deal flow, the VC investor creates a pipeline of deals or investment
opportunities that he would consider for investing in. Deal may originate in various
ways. referral system, active search system, and intermediaries. Referral system is an
important source of deals. Deals may be referred to VCFs by their parent
organizations, trade partners, industry associations, friends etc. Another deal flow is
active search through networks, trade fairs, conferences, seminars, foreign visits etc.
Intermediaries is used by venture capitalists in developed countries like USA, is
certain intermediaries who match VCFs and the potential entrepreneurs.
Screening:
VCFs, before going for an in-depth analysis, carry out initial screening of all projects
on the basis of some broad criteria. For example, the screening process may limit
projects to areas in which the venture capitalist is familiar in terms of technology, or
product, or market scope. The size of investment, geographical location and stage of
financing could also be used as the broad screening criteria.
Due Diligence:
Due diligence is the industry jargon for all the activities that are associated with
evaluating an investment proposal. The venture capitalists evaluate the quality of
entrepreneur before appraising the characteristics of the product, market or
technology. Most venture capitalists ask for a business plan to make an assessment of
the possible risk and return on the venture. Business plan contains detailed
information about the proposed venture. The evaluation of ventures by VCFs in India
includes;
Preliminary evaluation: The applicant required to provide a brief profile of the
proposed venture to establish prima facie eligibility.
Detailed evaluation: Once the preliminary evaluation is over, the proposal is evaluated
in greater detail. VCFs in India expect the entrepreneur to have:- Integrity, long-term
vision, urge to grow, managerial skills, commercial orientation.
VCFs in India also make the risk analysis of the proposed projects which includes:
Product risk, Market risk, Technological risk and Entrepreneurial risk. The final
decision is taken in terms of the expected risk-return trade-off as shown in Figure.
Deal Structuring: Structuring refers to putting together the financial aspects of the
deal and negotiating with the entrepreneurs to accept a venture capitals proposal and
finally closing the deal. To do a good job in structuring, one needs to be
knowledgeable in areas of accounting, cash flow, finance, legal and taxation. Also the
structure should take into consideration the various commercial issues (ie what the
entrepreneur wants and what the venture capital would require protecting the
investment). Documentation refers to the legal aspects of the paperwork in putting the
deal together. The instruments to be used in structuring deals are many and varied.
The objective in selecting the instrument would be to maximize (or optimize) venture
capitals returns/protection and yet satisfies the entrepreneurs requirements. The
instruments could be as follows:
Instrument
Issues
Loan
Clean vs secured
Interest bearing vs non interest bearing
convertible vs one with features (warrants)
1st Charge, 2nd Charge,
loan vs loan stock
Maturity
Preference shares
Warrants
Common shares
In India, straight equity and convertibles are popular and commonly used. Nowadays,
warrants are issued as a tool to bring down pricing.
A variation that was first used by PACT and TDICI was "royalty on sales". Under
this, the company was given a conditional loan. If the project was successful, the
company had to pay a % age of sales as royalty and if it failed then the amount was
written off. In structuring a deal, it is important to listen to what the entrepreneur
wants, but the venture capital comes up with his own solution. Even for the proposed
investment amount, the venture capital decides whether or not the amount requested,
is appropriate and consistent with the risk level of the investment. The risks should be
analyzed, taking into consideration the stage at which the company is in and other
factors relating to the project. (eg exit problems, etc).
Post Investment Activities:
Once the deal has been structured and agreement finalized, the venture capitalist
generally assumes the role of a partner and collaborator. He also gets involved in
shaping of the direction of the venture. The degree of the venture capitalist's
involvement depends on his policy. It may not, however, be desirable for a venture
capitalist to get involved in the day-to-day operation of the venture. If a financial or
managerial crisis occurs, the venture capitalist may intervene, and even install a new
management team.
Exit:
Venture capitalists generally want to cash-out their gains in five to ten years after the
initial investment. They play a positive role in directing the company towards
particular exit routes. A venture may exit in one of the following ways:
1. Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
2. Acquisition by another company
3. Purchase of the venture capitalist's shares by the promoter,
4. Purchase of the venture capitalist's share by an outsider
Objective No.2
Till early 90s, under the license raj regime, only commodity centric businesses thrived
in a deficit situation. To fund a cement plant, venture capital is not needed. What was
needed was ability to get a license and then get the project funded by the banks and
DFIs. In most cases, the promoters were well-established industrial houses, with no
apparent need for funds. Most of these entities were capable of raising funds from
conventional sources, including term loans from institutions and equity markets.
Scalability
The Indian software segment has recorded an impressive growth over the last few
years and earns large revenues from its export earnings, yet our share in the global
market is less than 1 per cent. Within the software industry, the value chain ranges
from body shopping at the bottom to strategic consulting at the top. Higher value
addition and profitability as well as significant market presence take place at the
higher end of the value chain. If the industry has to grow further and survive the flux
it would only be through innovation. For any venture idea to succeed there should be
a product that has a growing market with a scalable business model. The IT industry
(which is most suited for venture funding because of its "ideas" nature) in India till
recently had a service centric business model. Products developed for Indian markets
lack scale.
Mindsets
Venture capital as an activity was virtually non-existent in India. Most venture capital
companies want to provide capital on a secured debt basis, to established businesses
with profitable operating histories. Most of the venture capital units were offshoots of
financial institutions and banks and the lending mindset continued. True venture
capital is capital that is used to help launch products and ideas of tomorrow. Abroad,
this problem is solved by the presence of `angel investors. They are typically wealthy
individuals who not only provide venture finance but also help entrepreneurs to shape
their business and make their venture successful.
There is a multiplicity of regulators like SEBI and RBI. Domestic venture funds are
set up under the Indian Trusts Act of 1882 as per SEBI guidelines, while offshore
funds routed through Mauritius follow RBI guidelines. Abroad, such funds are made
under the Limited Partnership Act, which brings advantages in terms of taxation. The
government must allow pension funds and insurance companies to invest in venture
capitals as in USA where corporate contributions to venture funds are large.
Exit
The exit routes available to the venture capitalists were restricted to the IPO route.
Before deregulation, pricing was dependent on the erstwhile CCI regulations. In
general, all issues were under priced. Even now SEBI guidelines make it difficult for
pricing issues for an easy exit. Given the failure of the OTCEI and the revised
guidelines, small companies could not hope for a BSE/ NSE listing. Given the dull
market for mergers and acquisitions, strategic sale was also not available.
Valuation
The recent phenomenon is valuation mismatches. Thanks to the software boom, most
promoters have sky high valuation expectations. Given this, it is difficult for deals to
reach financial closure as promoters do not agree to a valuation. This coupled with the
fancy for software stocks in the bourses means that most companies are preponing
their IPOs. Consequently, the number and quality of deals available to the venture
funds gets reduced
Some other major problems facing by venture capitalist in India are:
a. Requirement of an experienced management team.
b. Requirement of an above average rate of return on investment.
Longer payback period.
c. Uncertainty regarding the success of the product in the market.
d. Questions regarding the infrastructure details of production like plant location,
accessibility, relationship with the suppliers and creditors, transportation
facilities, labour availability etc.
e. The category of potential customers and hence the packaging and pricing
details of the product.
f. The size of the market.
g. Major competitors and their market share.
[Source Pandey, I. M., Venture Capital The Indian Express VIth Edition (2006)]]
Objective No. 3
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In the year 2000, the finance ministry announced the liberalization of tax treatment for
venture capital funds to promote them & to increase job creation. This is expected to
give a strong boost to the non resident Indians located in the Silicon Valley and
elsewhere to invest some of their capital, knowledge and enterprise in these ventures.
A Bangalore based media company, Gray cell Ltd., has recently obtained VC
investment totaling about $ 1.7 mn. The company would be creating and marketing
branded web based consumer products in the near future.
The following points can be considered as the harbingers of VC financing in India:a. Existence of a globally competitive high technology.
b. Globally competitive human resource capital.
c. Second Largest English speaking, scientific & technical manpower in the
world.
d. Vast pool of existing and ongoing scientific and technical research carried by
large number of research laboratories.
e.
f. Initiatives of the SEBI to develop a strong and vibrant capital market giving
the adequate liquidity and flexibility for investors for entry and exit.
In a recent survey it has been shown that the VC investments in India's I.T. - Software
and services sector (including dot com companies)- have grown from US $ 150 million
in 1998 to over US$ 1200 million in 2008. The credit can be given to setting up of a
National Venture Capital Fund for the Software and I.T. Industry (NFSIT) in association
with various financial institutions of Small Industries and Development Bank of India
(SIDBI). The facts reveal that VC disbursements as on September 30, 2002 made by
NFSIT totaled Rs 254.36 mn.
Findings
During the preparation of my report I have analyzed many things which are
following:
A number of people in India feel that financial institution are not only
conservatives but they also have a bias for foreign technology & they do not trust
on the abilities of entrepreneurs.
Some venture fails due to few exit options. Teams are ignorant of international
standards. The team usually a two or three man team. It does not possess the
required depth In top management. The team is often found to have technical
skills but does not possess the overall organization building skills team is often
short sited.
Limitations of Study
1. The biggest limitation was time because the time was not sufficient as there
was lot of information to be got & to have it interpretation
2. The data required was secondary & that was not easily available.
3. Study by its nature is suggestive & not conclusive
4. Expenses were high in collecting & searching the data.
Suggestions
1. The investment should be in turnaround stage. Since there are many
sick industries in India and the number is growing each year, the
venture capitalists that have specialized knowledge in management can
help sick industries. It would also be highly profitable if the venture
capitalist replace management either good ones in the sick industries.
2. It is recommended that the venture capitalists should retain their basic
feature that is tasking high risk. The present situation may compel
venture capitalists to opt for less risky opportunities but is against the
spirit of venture capitalism. The established fact is big gains are
possible in high risk projects.
3. There should be a greater role for the venture capitalists in the
promotion of entrepreneurship. The Venture capitalists should promote
entrepreneur forums, clubs and institutions of learning to enhance the
quality of entrepreneurship.
Bibliography
1. JOURNALS
APPLIED
FINANCE
VENTURE
STAGE
INVESTMENT
2. BOOKS
www.indiainfoline.com
www.vcapital.com
www.investopedia.com
www.vcinstitute.com
ANNEXURE
Venture capital firms
Examples of venture capital firms include:
Accede Partners
Austin Ventures
Atlas Venture
Battery Ventures
Benchmark Capital
Fidelity Ventures
Health Cap
Hummer Wimbled
Sequoia Capital
Conclusion
Venture capital can play a more innovation and development role in a developing
country like India. It could help the rehabilitation of sick unit through people with
ideas and turnaround management skill. A large number of small enterprises in India
because sick unit even before the commencement of production of production.
Venture capitalist could also be in line with the developments taking place in their
parent companies.
Yet another area where can play a significant role in developing countries is the
service sector including tourism, publishing, healthcare etc. they could also provide
financial assistance to people coming out of the universities, technical institutes etc.
who wish to start their own venture with or without high-tech content, but involving
high risk. This would encourage the entrepreneurial spirit. It is not only initial funding
which is need from the venture capitalists, but the should also simultaneously provide
management and marketing expertise-a real critical aspect of venture capitalists, but
they also simultaneously provide management and marketing expertise-a real critical
aspect of venture capital in developing countries. Which can improve their
effectiveness by setting up venture capital cell in R&D and other scientific generation,
providing syndicated or consortium financing and acing as business incubators.