NSE Knowledge Hub and LetsVenture have today formalised a partnership to create high fidelity knowledge courses and insightful content covering the private markets. The premium resources created on this platform will cater to individuals who seek to understand the dynamics of fundraising in the private market with a focus on angel investing, VC, and PE fundraising, to start off with. “At NSE we intend to play a pivotal role in the Idea to IPO journey for entrepreneurs and investors and as the start-up ecosystem develops in India, there is an immediate need for awareness and structured learning around private markets from a practitioner point of view. NSE Knowledge Hub is a platform exclusively designed for financial learning and this partnership with Lets Venture will add immense value to the learners in the startup community” said, Ravi Varanasi, Chief Business Development Officer of NSE.As an accredited investor, investing in private markets creates a good way to diversify the overall investment thesis. However, India today has a very low ratio of investors compared to founders - probably as low as 1:6. For this ecosystem to grow, there is a need to create awareness and education around unlocking capital from accredited investors.“At LetsVenture, we have invested time in simplifying the understanding of angel investing. In the last 6 years, we have conducted many masterclasses around early-stage investing. However, there continues to be a gap in structured content that allows UHNIs to understand private markets, how to make asset allocations as well as start investing. Partnering with NSE Knowledge Hub to create a formalized program for high net worth individuals seeks to address this gap,” says Shanti Mohan, Co-founder & CEO of LetsVenture. LetsVenture is today India’s largest and most active platform for startup fundraising across stages having facilitated fundraising of over INR 1,174 crore for 290+ startups since 2014. The LV Angel Fund AIF has over 800 SEBI-accredited investors and more than INR 220 crore in assets under management.To kick off the partnership, LetsVenture hosted its day-long Founders First conference on the NSE Knowledge Hub on August 29. This conference saw the participation of India’s best investors Rajan Anandan of Sequoia Capital India, Sanjay Nath of Blume Ventures, Anjali Bansal of Avaana Capital, Priya Rajan of Silicon Valley Bank, Hemant Mohapatra of Lightspeed India Partners, and founders of unicorn startups like Yashish Dahiya of Policybazaar, Abhiraj Bhal of Urban Company and Nithin Kamath of Zerodha.Abhilash Misra, Chief Executive Officer of NSE Academy said, “We are delighted to partner with LetsVenture and hope to build an enriching learning experience for learners in Angel / PE / VC investing space.”“Going forward not only will we use the learning management system created by NSE Knowledge Hub to showcase short, medium and long courses but also leverage LetsVenture’s strong ties with the startup and investor ecosystem (in India & globally) to curate some of the best domain expertise for both investors and startup founders and make this the one-stop-shop for all content related to India’s private markets,” added Mohan. About NSE Knowledge HubNSE Knowledge Hub is an AI-powered Learning Experience Platform from NSE Academy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange, the largest exchange in India, and is created to bring together the entire ecosystem of learners, content developers, subject matters, and academicians to bridge the gap in the learning-earning continuum. NSE Knowledge Hub is designed to curate content for learners from many internal, external, and premium sources for the personalized learning experience. NSE Knowledge Hub is powered by Edcast, an AI-Powered Knowledge Cloud solution for unified discovery, personalized learning, and knowledge management across the enterprise.For any clarifications, please contact:
- Arijit SenguptaChief Marketing & Communications OfficerEmail id: asengupta@nse.co.in
- Kumar KartikeyChief Manager, Corporate CommunicationsEmail id: kumark@nse.co.in
About LetsVenture Founded in 2013, LetsVenture is today organizing India’s private market by making the process of fundraising easy, efficient & transparent for both startups and investors and bringing value-added products to the market. In the last 7 years, startups have raised INR 1,174 crore across 290+ rounds and the marketplace has 29 Syndicates, 6500+ Angel Investors from 52 countries, and 100 Micro VC Funds. LetsVenture’s SEBI-registered Angle Fund AIF has an AUM of over INR 238 crore. Launched in May 2020, LetsVenture Plus is a growth platform designed specifically for UHNIs and Family Offices to access exclusive investments across growth-stage private companies, unicorns, and global funds. LetsVenture's cap table & ESOP management product – MyStartupEquity has 80+ customers from India, Singapore & USA. LetsVenture is backed by Accel, Chiratae Ventures, Nandan Nilekani, Ratan Tata, Rishad Premji, Mohandas Pai, Sharad Sharma, Anupam Mittal.For any clarifications, please contact:
- Syna DehnugaraChief Brand OfficerEmail id: syna@letsventure.com
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