We are an advisory firm specialising in offering Private Equity & Debt Syndication and Strategic Advisory services to entrepreneurs, corporates and investors.

With a strong research capability and excellent network of Global Investors, we provide in-depth investor-targeting services for PE Funds in India.

 
     
 
  Private Equity Syndication
  Global Investor Targeting and
Fund Raising
  Debt Syndication
  Strategic Advisory Services
 

Services:

   
 

Private Equity Syndication

   
 

We provide end-to-end advisory services to investors and investees in the Indian private equity marketplace. Private equity funding activities have several areas in which we work closely with the client's team in consummating the transaction.

Our Private Equity service covers all aspects of Venture Capital/Private Equity Syndication for both the investors and investees. Our core areas of activity are centred on the following areas (we call them “Laps”):

   
 

Work Flow

   
 
 

Investee Side Engagements

Lap 1: Business Plan Preparation
In this lap, we start by having detailed discussions with the client, understanding their business and future prospects. Based on the client's existing business profile, growth prospects and our knowledge of the private equity market, we prepare a complete business plan in a structured format. This allows the business to be presented positively in front of potential private equity investors.

Lap 2: Road Show & Investor Short-listing
In this lap, using our relationships with private equity funds, we help the client decide on the kind of private equity funds who will be the right investors for the client. We also hold initial discussions with the investors, help the client have road shows with meeting the potential investors and advise the client to prioritise among the investors to create a shortlist.

Lap 3: Commercial Term Sheet
In this lap, we help the client analyse various offers from potential investors, drive deal negotiations with investors and ensure that the client enters into a term sheet with the private equity fund which meets the client's strategic objectives.

Lap 4: Due Diligence and Closure
In this lap, we help the client in coordinating the overall due diligence process, and assist the client negotiate the final definitive agreements with the potential investor. We use our relationship with the leading law firms in the country to ensure the clients long-term objectives in the agreement. We drive this process to reach closure on the transaction.

   
   
  Investor Side Engagements
 

We provide end-to-end advisory solutions on investor engagements. Typical investor engagements have the following phases in which we work closely with the client's team in consummating the transaction.

Lap 1: Target Short listing
In this lap, we help the client freeze on the investment criteria and their investment parameters, target identification, meeting the target companies and helping the client prioritize among the targets to create a shortlist. We use our network of relationships with companies, private equity funds and other intermediaries extensively in this phase to identify the right targets.  

Lap 2: Assisting in Commercial Term Sheet
In this lap, we help in creating valuation and structuring models for the short listed companies, prepare the term sheet, drive deal negotiations with targets and ensure that the client enters into a term sheet with the target company, which outlines all the commercial terms of the transaction.

Lap 3: Due Diligence and Transaction Closure
In this lap, we help the client on preliminary business due diligence on the target, co-ordinate the overall due diligence process, and negotiate on the final definitive agreements with the target company. We use our relationship with the leading law firms in the country to ensure the clients long-term objectives in the agreement. We drive this process to reach closure on the transaction.

   
   
   
   
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
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