Agenda: Scaling, Exits and M&A

With over 1000 IoT Start-ups in India it is time to consider inorganic options. Here are some M&A in Indian IoT Space

The blog  What every hardware start-up founder should know about exits covered some issues.

“Investors live by exits, but many founders keep dreaming of unicornization and avoid the “E-word” until it’s too late. Yet, in 2016, 97 percent of exits were M&As. And most happened before Series B…”

Speakers: 

Somshubhro (Som) Pal Choudhury, Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund, Co Chair IoTNext, LinkedIn

Ashwin Gokhale, Founder and Managing Director at Palanca Capital, ex M&A EY, LinkedIn

Sudhir Kadam, Exit strategy Advisor, FYDA Startup Alchemists Venture Capital & Private Equity  Menlo Park, CA, USA, LinkedIn

Sheetal Garg, Director at EY India’s Transaction Diligence practice, LinkedIn

Takeaways: 

• Founders will learn how to build network for M&A as an option. How not to leave value on the table?
  • Global perspectives on scaling
  • Growth with value accretion
  • Preparing your business for value monetization
• For Corporates : Innovation and IoT Ecosystem  value -add thru M&A.  How to make them happen.
  • M&A process nuances