Basics of Fundraising for Startups

Building <div>Abhishek Soni is MBA Finance, Company Secretary and Start-up Consultant with an experience of 5+ years in Start-up services and Compliance Management. He is the Co-founder of LEGAVERSE and Founder of Abhishek Soni &amp; Associates, Company Secretaries.</div>

Building <div>I am an entreprenuer who is passionate about about agriculture and loves robotic technology. I am currently Co-founder of Farm Intelligent Systems, where robotic farm equipment are developed to tackle problems in agriculture.&nbsp;</div>

Building <div>Gireendra is the Founder Director and CEO of Ideas to Impacts Innovations Pvt. Ltd., Lead Investor and General Partner at Pentathlon Ventures and Owner of the Ideas to Impacts Hub.<br><br>Ideas to Impacts is in the business of "Distributing The Future Evenly (TM)" by offering cutting edge technology services with our "smart town" model which is the logical next step of Indian off-shoring.<br><br>Pentathlon Ventures funds and supports early stage B2B-Tech start-ups. Ideas to Impacts Hub, a leading incubator / accelerator of Tech start-ups in Pune, is also home to our VC fund.<br><br>He is a Mechanical engineer from IIT Mumbai (1987) and Univ. of South Carolina, USA, (1989).<br><br>Starting his career with Tata Consultancy Services, he has been an entrepreneur for most of his 30+ years in the industry. His initial business was in the CAD-CAM space, before starting his pioneering independent testing business, VeriSoft, one of India’s earliest and leading independent testing companies. VeriSoft was acquired by SQS Software Quality Systems AG, the global leader in independent testing. Gireendra headed the India operations as the MD and CEO of SQS India. He was also on the board of SQS India BFSI (listed on NSE and BSE) and SQS USA.<br><br>Gireendra is a Director and President of Executive Council at the Inter-Institutional Inclusive Innovation Centre, an independent non-profit company committed to build an ecosystem that supports and promotes disruptive technology innovation in India. As a member of the Social Innovation group of the Pune International Center, he mentors social entrepreneurs. He has also been associated with MCCIA, TiE and CSI.<br><br>Gireendra has been a speaker at various international conferences on Software Testing, entrepreneurship and early stage startup investments.</div>

Building <div>Corporate Lawyer &amp; Legal Strategist. Co-Founder &amp; CEO at LEGAVERSE.<br><br>Need an agreement to be drafted or want to know about the legalities involved in your business?<br>Looking to register a company or want to file a Trademark for your Start-up?<br>Tax filing or mandatory compliance, GST or audit query?<br><br>➨ Visit www.legaverse.com to learn how LEGAVERSE can protect and help you &amp; your business.&nbsp;<br>➨ Call us at +91-8191888881 for any legal query.<br>➨ Your first consultation is FREE.</div>

Building <div>Experienced Innovation Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry. Skilled in AutoCAD, Freedom to Operate (FTO), Innovation Management, Patent Strategy, and Patent Portfolio Analysis. Strong legal professional with a Degree focused on Innovation.</div>

Building <div>If you are planning to raise funding, then do reach out on [email protected]<br><br>👉🏽 53 startups mentored<br>👉🏽 7 startups have successfully raised funding<br>👉🏽 USD 8mn invested till date<br>👉🏽 2 M&amp;A deals closed<br>👉🏽 300 plus investor connections<br><br>An expert in handling mid-size business operations with over two decades of experience in channel management, banking, consulting and startup ecosystem, I am making use of conventional strategies with a blend of new age Technology and Data Science.<br><br>I am currently advising a few ventures on consolidation of their business through M&amp;A route as an Investment Banker and arranging funds for the growth of few SME and Technology start-ups.<br><br>I am actively mentoring a few budding entrepreneurs in India, Australia and USA. I am also associated with Startup India and Faster Capital, UAE based Virtual Incubator (fastercapital.com/mentor/rajeev-manjrekar.html) as a Mentor.<br><br>I have earlier worked with Adecco S.A. as a Zonal Business Head and Strategic Account Director, I was responsible for P&amp;L of staffing business of its Large Corporate Vertical in India. Prior to that I have worked in Banking for almost 11 years. As a Client Banker with ICICI Bank, I played a strategic role in providing commercial banking solutions to its CXO level Corporate Clients. I have also headed the regional teams of ICICI Bank’s SME and Mortgage Finance business.</div>