CII CIES

Cohort for Family Offices Investing in Startups

9 February, 2022 - 10 March, 2022

More than 40 percent of the family offices in India have doubled their allocation in the private market space. Don’t miss the bus.

Startups in India have mostly received capital from countries such as the United States, China, Japan, and Australia. When it comes to investing in startups, Indian investors are still a small minority. Indian family offices, HNIs, and UHNIs like to invest in traditional asset classes such as stocks, real estate, and gold. If a portion of their capital was directed towards backing Indian companies, the ecosystem would get a big boost and as well as it being a great wealth generation juggernaut for the country. CIES is collaborating with investment networks and family offices to encourage HNIs and family offices to invest in startups domestically through cohorts.

Lead partner

Ecosystem partner

Kris
Gopalakrishnan

Chairman
CII CIES Advisory Board & Chairman
Axilor Ventures

Sunil Kant Munjal

Chairman
Hero Enterprises

Sudhir Sethi

Founder & Chairman
Chiratae Ventures

TCM Sundaram

Founder & Vice Chairman
Chiratae Ventures

Peyush Bansal

Co founder & CEO
LensKart solutions

Dr Andreas Hettich

Chairman
Hettich Group Advisory Board

Prof. Srivardhini K Jha

Associate Professor &
Chair Entrepreneurship
at IIM-B

Manish Choksi

Non-Executive Director
Asian Paints

Sneh Vaswani

Co-Founder & CEO
Miko

Chirantan Patnaik

Director
Venture Capital
CDC Group plc

Swaminathan Shankar

CFO
Chiratae Ventures

Ramkumar Narayanan

VP Technology &
Managing Director
VMware

Gayatri Menon

Associate Vice President Legal
Chiratae Ventures

Dhruv Agarwal

CEO
Aether Biomedical

Ramaswamy Iyer

Founder & CEO
VAYANA Network

Vishal Mehta

Managing Director
& Partners
Boston Consulting Group

Key Objectives

Help the next generation of professionals from family offices gauge the investment potential of the startup space

Help them understand the venture capital space

Help the attendees get a toehold (head start or boost or opportunity) in the startup investment space

Programme Details

This is designed as a 15-hour program spread over 5 weeks starting February 9, 2022
3 hour per week spread over 2 days
Each session is of 90 minutes
A combination of lectures and workshop
Participants to be introduced to tool and templates

Topics that will be Covered

History of Venture Capital in India: Venture capitalism in India began in 1986 with the start of the economic liberalization and has come a long way since. This session will look at the journey thus far and help participants understand how the space is shaping up and what the opportunities are going ahead
How VC funds are organized: The venture capital space is a sum of many terms and phrases. This module will help the participants decode the jargon and navigate the space better
Family office portfolio management: This part of the curriculum will analyze the way FOs invest and where startups can fit into their scheme of things
How to assess opportunities, how to identify great startups and founders: Being able to identify the right opportunity is half the job done. Venture capitalists need to analyze and understand the ultimate potentials of a startup idea and build constructive communication mechanisms with entrepreneurs if they are to invest fruitfully. This module will build the ability to do so.
Managing innovation and high growth companies: As an investor you have a stake in how the startup is shaping up. However, startups operate differently to well-established businesses. This module will help attendees understand how these organizations behave and how best to manage them
Scaling up a business - hear directly from the founders: Founders of startups who have successfully scaled up their businesses will share their experience with the cohort. This will help the group understand the different stages in the lifecycle of a startup. Founders of startups who have successfully scaled up their businesses will share their experience with the cohort. This will help the group understand the different stages in the lifecycle of a startup.
Exits- How value harvesting happens: This session will focus on strategies for venture capitalists to exit successful investments.
How to identify the best GPS

Who Should Attend

Promoters of family businesses
HNI’s / UHNI’s
Heads of family offices

As the cohort will comprise of a limited number of participants, the registration will be on a first-come-first-served basis. For more details, members may contact info@ciicies.in / +91 80192 22373