Fundraising for Startups: Panel Conversation

Building <div>I worked in the pharmaceutical sector in various roles with a focus on business development, account management in the first part of my career between 2000 to 2015 in India and Europe. Priya and I started indiabizforsale.com together in the year 2013 as a company and launched as a platform in early 2014.&nbsp;<br><br>We started indiabizforsale because we experienced and painfully learnt (at that time) that M&amp;A for a small to medium size business is very, very challenging in India, and we decided to do something about that.&nbsp;<br><br>We launched indiabizforsale.com as a discovery platform (with confidentiality so no one knows which business is looking for an exit or partial exit) for businesses and investors.&nbsp;<br><br>Gradually we started building services on top as we realised that the end goal is a successful business transaction and secured discovery is only the part of the process (large though).&nbsp;<br><br>Now we provide discovery, on-demand services and also advisory services with help of trusted and experienced professionals across India.&nbsp;</div>

Building <div>Umesh, has close to 10 years of experience in IT &amp; Real Estate Industry and defines himself as a Strategic Thinker with a flair towards Marketing and Sales, a Startup Enthusiast and a passionate ENTREPRENEUR.<br><br>As Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer of Dev Accelerator (DevX), Umesh has a strong focus on strengthening Strategic Partnerships, designing long term Growth Strategies, along with heading the Panel for curating Technology Startups/SMEs for the Accelerator program. Also acting as a Board Member (Investor) and Mentor for multiple Portfolio Ventures in the domain of SaaS, Mobility, Cloud Kitchen, Media Tech and Lending.<br><br>He takes pride in co-owning Gujarat’s largest Co-working space.<br><br>The primary focus is heading the role of Sourcing, Negotiating and on-boarding Strategic Partners and even focusing on like-minded collaborations. The ultimate goal is to ensure that Commercialization of Products/Services leads to produce high-value offerings that generate strong bottom line benefits for the DevX, Portfolio Companies and the end clients.<br><br>Prior to launching Dev Accelerator, he worked with a 100 year old Manufacturing firm, based in Barnsley, United Kingdom, wherein he donned the hat of a result driven Marketing/Sales Consultant wherein Critical thinking and Communication skills, being one of his key strengths, supported him to devise appropriate strategies and communicate the same to the management team.<br><br>Umesh, has been an active Investor and Mentor in many Startups wherein his role was to ensure that they get a boost whilst moving from Ideation Stage to Growth stage.</div>

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Tanvi Shah Rangwala Host

Startup Investor · VentureStudio

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Building Building VentureStudio, a technology startup incubator at Ahmedabad University. Previously a tech VC at CIIE.CO and GVFL.