PE Fund Guide & News

To secure funding for your firm or start-up is one of the most important things for the health of your company. Many pitches made to limited partnership firms (LP) fail because of one little piece of information that you forgot to put or did not put in the right place. For some, the presentations are where you make or break your pitch and to garner and hold the attention of the people who will help you secure your funding is very important. To help you secure your private equity funding and ensure a better future for your company, here are a few tips:   Keeping the presentations short and crisp The presentations should not be long and tedious because no LP would want to sit through a pitch that would beat around the bush and not get to the main highlights as soon as possible. The first couple of minutes are the most crucial and this is the time where you should embed your most important messages. Presenting the track record at the start Anyone investing i...

Private equity investment is quite a tricky concept to understand. One must be highly aware of what it is all about and what all it entails before investing. Equity is all about raising funds for a company with no obligation of having to pay back the dividend to shareholders.   The concept is a pretty vast and risky business. But to increase your chances of success and good returns on private equity investment in India , there are a few points you must keep in mind. We narrowed it down simply for you. Take a look-                          Stable cash flows: A private equity investment is likely to be good as the deals get improved returns because a good portion of finance is being used for investment. Using debt is known as leveraging the company’s assets. The company must strive to also make considerable interest (monthly, quarterly, etc.) and repayments. They...

Very few private equity firms in India have got a code of ethics which has been documented formally. However, most of them feel that they always retain a code of conduct while performing their business and have very high ethical standards about which the media is biased against them. Private Equity Firm in India is on a more defensive state than it was ever before. There are a lot of controversy surrounding the transparency of their tax returns and even returns from their investment in the past few years. The leftwing media believes that not enough is being done about this to maintain a complete state of disclosure between people and firms. The media is completely hanging on to their claim that private equity firms are ought to pay more taxes than they are doing at the current stage.   A voluntary code of conduct is under process to be developed by the industry which shall be followed unanimously followed all around by all the firms. In a survey conducted among th...

Private equity in India has been in a growth phase for many years now. There are dozens of top private equity companies across India, that have developed multiple avenues of expansion for budding entrepreneurs. The process of seeking private equity investment can seem daunting at first, but if you understand what a PE firm is looking for you’ll be in better shape.  Don’t make the classic mistakes These could include being late for meetings, not being professional and not having a structured pitch. Few companies go ahead with unsolicited requests, and often entrepreneurs can appear too desperate for funding. They must follow a standard protocol of having a business plan ready, presenting professionally and preparing the right strategy for market expansion.  Have a clear strategy There is a lot of private equity India can offer, and its up to Indian start-ups to take that off the markets. Having a clear strategy takes care of that problem. As you develop your t...

Investment has become one of the most popular forms of business in India today. Many people call investment business a short cut to make it big in terms of money. While the popularity of an investment business is partly due to the capital growth opportunities it comes up with, some people also prefer an investment business because of its easy-going management. Investment banking, for example, involves finding a potential business and then looking for ways to raise funds- which does not have a definite timeline. So basically you can take time to raise capital and then watch as the capital appreciates over time. Similarly, PE funds in India have gained quite popularity among the business-minded people lately because of the flexibility on structural front. Real estate investment is another type of investment which has been creating a lot of buzz in India. More and more people from corporate sector are moving into real estate business and here are some of the reasons why ...

When it comes to a career in the financial world, there are many areas for professionals than one might think there are. One of the areas that make an appealing career is that of, in the real estate private equity area. However it is also incredibly competitive and can be a bit confusing to understand. However, that does not mean that this area of work is not quite a lucrative and successful one. And it is possible to make a well to- do career out of it. First, let us understand what private equity investment in India is really about. A private equity investment is mostly made by a private equity firm, a venture capital firm or an angel investor. What these investors do is provide working capital to a chosen company that would allow them to work on expansion of the company, development of new and improved products, and also help with the restructuring of the administrations of the company like operations, management and ownership too in some cases. The area of real esta...

Private equity is basically the capital available for private investors and companies for growth and value creation. These companies use this capital for a variety of purposes, be it purchase of new products, expanding the working capital or strengthening the balance sheet of the company. For all those who have no idea of how it works, concept of private equity funds is very simple to understand. To start with, the funds are made by a single private equity firm, and then later large investments such as insurance companies, union pension plans are added to raise the capital. The capital is collected from various partners of the firm and is equally distributed among shareholders on the liquidation of the fund.  Now that you have have understood what private equity is, the question that comes in mind is why should any one invest in it? Well, there are a number of benefits of doing so. The biggest advantage is that private equity investments give returns in very short period of...

Private Equity funding is a popular way to raise fund. If you are considering investing into a property or enterprise here are the things you need to know about Private Equity funding . Read on to know about the facts; this would help you guide through the process of the investment. You can make an informed and better decision after considering the following facts: •    “Buy low, and sell high” is the mantra of private equity investors who are known to be very patient by nature! This is why they are prone to wait for lucrative opportunities, buy it at a significant discounted value, maintain it and wait for it the value to appreciate to a point where it can be sold for good revenue. As soon as this takes place, the better, but most Private Equity investors invest in time as well, and are prepared to wait. They put in more capital into the enterprise if needed, and maximize the worth of their investment. •    Anything that is private, even if ...