Verdure Venture ConsultingFrom Idea to Enterprise
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www.verdure.in
Verdure in a Summary
• Boutique Investment Consulting with focus on
– Start up Mentoring
– Early stage Fund raising
• Clients include:
Verdure Process
Phase 1 Mentoring & consulting
Phase 2 Fund Raising
Phase 3Negotiation
& monitoring
• Business Model Review
• Market Review• B-Plan Improvement
• V- Pitch• Connect to Investors
• Pitch Coaching
• Negotiation & Closure• Due-diligence support
• Monitoring & Reporting
AURORA
Crowd based Angel funding platform for Startups
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Startup Fundraising Challenges
• Lack of access to angel investors
• Ticket size issues
• Lack of feedback, mentoring
• Lack of time to network and fundraise
• Need for guidance on pitching/ deal making
• Networking challenges
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What is Aurora
Startups
InvestorsExperts
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Investing insights
Aurora Explained
Startup Uploads/Improves Profile
Specifies Requirement
Investors Review startups Express interest
Experts Provide Feedback & Rating
Provide expert Advice
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Assists in determining
Valuation and Deal Closure
Benefits of Aurora
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Visibility – Startup Profile visible to Investors and mentors
Effective Pitch format - Members enabled to project important aspects of
start ups
Professionally anchored fundraising
Interaction and Networking
Who can profile on Aurora
– Registered companies
– Where one or more founders work full time
– Completed one year of operations
– Serving first paying customers (in case of service sector)
or
– Developed a working and tested prototype (in case of product companies)
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Brief process for fundraising
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Application for profiling
ProfilingRating by Experts
Virtual pitch to
investors
Professionally managed
fund raising
•Upload profile info•Pay Profiling fee•Build your startup profile with help from Aurora team•Aurora verifies profile details•Upload pictures/videos
•Request the experts to rate your startup•Interaction with experts ranging from rating to mentoring•Collect rating by 5 experts•Apply for fundraising•Team Aurora will help decide on valuation based on fundraising requirements
•Aurora recommends your startup through emails and website promos•Contact Aurora Investors individually•Provide responses to questions raised by investors/experts•Investors commit to investments in multiples of INR 1 Lakh
Advantage Aurora
Pools many small angel investors
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Confidentiality – profiles accessible only to investors and mentors
Validation of investors and experts
Panel of experts from all areas for guidance and mentoring
Key people
Usha Krishnan CEO, Chief Consultant
• Consulted for Retail, FMCG, CleanTech, Biotech, IT & Education
• 12+ yrs in IT, Consulting and Fundraising
• Wide International Exposure (US, Europe, South East Asia)
• MBA from INSEAD, France and Singapore
Saiswaroopa Iyer Venture Consultant
• 4 years of Experience in Corporate Planning, BPlandevelopment and Financial modeling
• Worked at Infosys Technologies and Aranca Equity research
• Founded Breakthrough Venture Consulting
• MBA from IIT Kharagpur
Thank you
Interested entrepreneurs contact
For a detailed session
Or
Register at : http://tiny.cc/register4aurora
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