Q: How does this service work and what can you offer me that’s so different to what I already use?
A: Venture Giant India offers registered investors unlimited access to thousands of targeted business proposals which you can easily search for within our database completely free of charge. Our opportunities range from seed capital for leading edge start-ups to growth capital for profitable established mature businesses based in India. Venture Giant allows its registered investors to connect with entrepreneurs seeking capital at all funding stages and across a diverse range of industries.
Q: As an Angel Investor, or potential Investor, what kind of proposals are available to me on Venture Giant?
A: Small to Mid sized business owners as well as start-ups involved in a diverse range of businesses and industries are all listed on Venture Giant that are based in India. Opportunities presented here include everything from manufacturing companies to Property opportunities and everything in between. Generally, these entrepreneurs have exhausted traditional lending sources and their own private equity sources and must look for ways to bring in outside sources of capital for growth. The proposals listed on Venture Giant are generally too small to be eligible for Venture capital funding and/or have business models that don't interest traditional bankers as the entrepreneurs may wish to exchange equity for capital, which is not attached to any kind of collateral.
Q: Is it possible to be notified of proposals that match my exact requirements as and when they are uploaded?
A: Venture Giants registered investors can receive either periodic emails, or instant notification emails completely free of charge when matching investment proposals are added to our database that match specific investment criteria (industry, region, investment size etc) set by our member.
Further, Venture Giants innovative email system will never send repeat proposals that you have read online, ensuring that the business plans you receive from Venture Giant best fit your profile and portfolio requirements.
Q: If I choose to be notified of investment proposals that match my criteria, can I adjust the quantity of emails I receive?
A: You can easily adjust the amount of emails you receive by simply logging into your account and refining your investment criteria to narrow the scope. Likewise, if you are not receiving enough deal flow, you can always broaden your investment criteria to receive more proposals.
Q: Can I receive worldwide investment deal flow through your Venture Giant India Service?
A: Venture Giant now allows registered investors the opportunity of being automatically signed-up with International Partner sites in a few clicks.
Q: What does worldwide investment deal flow mean and how can I benefit?
A: If you register as an investor on Venture Giant - as well as being able to receive investment opportunities from India, you can:
1) Receive investment opportunities from any of the Venture Giant Partner countries which include England, and Australia.
2) You can select any area or region in that country, industry, and you can even filter the investment proposals by the amount you are interested in investing in the local currency!
3) You can even decide whether to just browse through the investment proposals for the country you are interested in - or you can receive deal flow from that country. Your choice!
Remember, all of the above can be accomplished in a few clicks as part of your normal signup process!
Q: What is the point of this worldwide deal flow function? I am based in India, why would I need this extra service?
A: Venture Giant's aim is to become the world's largest business angel investor and entrepreneur matching service. We intend to do this, by allowing Investors that are based in India to receive deal flow from other countries and territories outside of India.
As a working example, you may be an investor who is not only seeking to invest in India but also maybe interested in viewing investment proposals from the UK, London. With Venture Giant India, can select investment parameters, example:
Country: UK
Region: London
Investment amount:
£10,000 GBP (Rs. 8 Lakhs) upto
£80,000 GBP (80 Lakhs)
Industry:
Property
(We have over 100 industry types listed and you can select just property or ALL 100 industries)
You will then be able to browse investment proposals that match these EXACT criteria and we will also be able to automatically email you investment opportunities in your chosen EXACT criteria as and when we receive them. This allows you to receive filtered investment deal flow from the World, hence, the term, worldwide deal flow.
The Venture Giant service is expanding on a Country by Country basis, so even if the Country you are interested in investing in is not listed yet, please do check back. Or perhaps you are interested in a Venture Giant Franchise for your country? If so, please click on Partner for further information on this unique opportunity.
Q: What happens next after I have chosen my Investment amounts, Region and Industries I am interested in, in say as an example, London, UK?
A: Quite simple. In this example, the UK Venture Giant office will email you asking you to confirm your selection, and you will simply need to click on the link that is sent to you to activate your account in that Country! Simple!
You will then be able to access the UK site with your chosen login details and if you have chosen to receive investment proposals via email, you will automatically begin to receive these investment proposals.
Remember, you can ALTER your investment preferences at any time by logging into Venture Giant India and clicking Edit preferences, OR, logging into the VG partner site in your chosen country, and changing your investment preferences from there.
Q: My Family and Relatives can provide me with more trustworthy investment proposals. Why would I use Venture Giant India, either for India or for International investment proposals?
Firstly, we do not intend to compete with the investment proposals you can receive through colleagues, friends and families. We agree that sometimes these can be the best investment opportunities. Venture Giant India is designed to complement and expand on your existing infrastructure of receiving investment deal flow.
We have known many investors that have not invested in foreign countries such as the UK only because they have not had access to entrepreneurial investment opportunities from the country they are looking to invest in! Venture Giant's main intention is to allow investors based in India access to investment opportunities from entrepreneurs from all over the World, and we intend to provide this service completely for free to investors.
Q: Ok can I get to grips with Venture Giant India first? And then come back later for worldwide deal flow?
A: Oh yes! After you have registered, please log back in at any time - click on “EDIT PREFERENCES” in your ACCOUNT PAGE and simply select the Countries, regions, industries and investment amounts in local currency you are interested in, and we will take care of the rest.
Q: What are the costs of using Venture Giant?
A: The service is 100% FREE for investors and there is no obligation to you. Venture Giant will not be (initially) charging any fees to accredited angel investors to use this service. The entrepreneurs that register to venture Giant are charged a one-time fee, and we will never pass on your contact details to an entrepreneur UNLESS you specifically contact him or her in regards to their investment proposal.
Q: If I register on your site for the service you offer, will my information be secure and kept confidential?
A: Yes. Your information is kept private and never shared with third parties. You will be viewing plans in complete anonymity, and you will never receive unsolicited emails. We take this very seriously and fully realise any information or profiles added to our database are strictly for the purpose of you and for using this service to further your interests in finding the right entrepreneur investment proposals. We will never sell or give away your information to any third parties, ever!
Q: I sent an entrepreneur a notification of my interest in his proposal but have not heard from them. What can I do?
A: You have two choices; 1. simply wait for them to respond. Some take longer than others; they may be away or very busy at the moment. 2. As a feature of Venture Giant, we allow you to override the process of waiting for an entrepreneur to respond to your interest by paying a small fee and getting their direct contact information. The advantage of this is being able to contact them right away and possibly even before they talk to any other investors.
Q: Do you pre-screen or carry out due diligence on the entrepreneurs and/or their proposals?
A: No. There would be no possible way for us to take the time to individually conduct due diligence on each and every entrepreneur who registers with our service. Because we are a volume oriented deal flow platform to match and connect entrepreneurs and investors like yourself, this part of the process must only be done by investors and/or their counsel.
Q: I just signed up and my account status is “Awaiting Review”. What is this?
A: When a new Investor signs up with Venture Giant, we do everything in our power to ensure that you are a legitimate user of the site. This is to protect our Entrepreneurs from Fraudulent activity. Once we verify your details, we will then email you to confirm that we have approved your Investor account validation process. During this time, you are free to read the proposals, add proposals to your hot list, but you will be unable to contact entrepreneurs during this time.
Q: My Investor Account has been denied. Is there anything I can do?
A: If you are having any problems. Simply send a message through our live support system to let us know. Clearly identify your full name, network and explain that you are having an "Investor Registration Problem".
Q: Who is Venture Giant?
A: www.venturegiant.co.in is owned and operated by Venture Giant E-Commerce Pvt. Ltd, based in Delhi and Hyderabad, and servicing all of India. We are India's premiere matching service for entrepreneurs and angel investors. We provide high quality deal flow for angel Investors specifically based upon Angel investors very specific investment criteria. Hyderabad based private investment group Maheshwari Mega Ventures (worth circa Rs. 700 Crore) saw the opportunity that Venture Giant offered and seized the deal with Mr. Rishi Anand (Founder of Venture Giant and based in London, UK) to launch the Venture Giant Indian business angel investment network in India through a SPV MPR Ventures India Pvt. ltd in 2009. The young directors of the company Manish Malpani, Piyush Sahu and Rahul Bajaj were very bullish on the concept that Rishi Anand had successfully created and were raring to launch the business in India so as to enable entrepreneurialism to grow in a burgeoning and promising economy like India.
Q: What is the difference between Angel Funding and Venture Capital
A: Generally, Angel investors do not invest in deals greater than $1 million whereas venture capital firms typically are not looking at deals under this amount. As an angel, you make your own decisions as opposed to a board or group of people representing investors that have pooled their money. Entrepreneurs often expect that you may be more involved in the business and may provide assistance in ways that venture capital firms do not. You also do not typically own as large a stake in the company as a venture capital firm would.
Q: I have more questions, who do I contact to speak to?
This site is privately owned and operated by:
Venture Giant E-Commerce India Pvt. Ltd is a Indian based company that intends to become the world's largest angel entrepreneur investment matching service.
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