Q: How do I know that the Investors using Venture Giant India are real Investors?
A: When we are asked this question, we understand how valid and serious of a concern it is and realise its significance.
Firstly, we are an openly registered Indian private limited company and you can easily find out who we are and that we are a legitimate company and you will also see that we are expanding our Venture Giant network worldwide and operate our services in the UK, India, and Australia (Full expansion details can be viewed here)
Secondly we do our very best to ensure that every investor who registers for our service is who they say they are and sincerely interested in investing in various stage companies. Although we pride ourselves in a completely transparent, upfront and ethical approach to business, we cannot ensure that all other people in the business world have the same values. With that said, we have a 100% refund policy. Please note however that although we guarantee legitimate contact with real investors, we cannot guarantee that they will invest in your business, this part is up to you!
Q: How much is your service and when do I pay?
A: We employ a pay on performance business model. Therefore you only will have to pay a one off fee of Rs.4,500.00 when and if an Investor makes contact with you. Any subsequent contacts made from other investors are also included in this fee. Your proposal will be listed on Venture Giant for a minimum of six months. We do not take a commission on any money raised, and we do not get involved with the process of deal structure, which is why our fees are low.
So to confirm:
- It is completely free to submit your investment proposal to Venture Giant.
- We list your investment proposal on Venture giant for a minimum of six months.
- You will have to pay a one-off fee of Rs.4500 only when an Investor initiates contact with you
- All subsequent contacts made from other Investors are included in this fee, and there are no catches to this.
- We charge no commission on successful deals completed
Click here to take a tour to see how easy it is to upload your proposal to Venture Giant.
Q: How easy is it to upload an Investment proposal to Venture Giant?
A: Firstly we thoroughly recommend you see “How it works” on the left hand menu. It is quick and informative. But it will only takes you two simple steps to create your investment proposal and post your capital requirements on Venture Giant today:
Step 1: Your Business Summary
Type up your Business Summary, or cut and paste your executive summary from your existing business plan, amending it slightly to cover the basics of your proposal in no more than 3000 characters or approximately one page.
Fill in all of the investment figures to Venture Giants questions for example the amount you wish to raise, the return on investment figures an investor can expect to receive etc.
Step 2: Your Video Pitch (optional)
Maximize your business plan potential by filming your own video presentation in a digital format and uploading it directly onto your proposal. This promotional tool is also especially useful if you are trying to raise investment for a particular product that requires a visual presentation of it and is hard to describe in the written medium.
Your presentation can also point out individual aspects of your product whilst you describe the financial projections directly to an interested third party.
Even Entrepreneurs seeking to raise working capital or funds to expand their existing business can visually film their business in operation, ensuring that Investors can understand exactly what you are proposing first hand without requiring them to make an onsite visit to determine whether they are interested in you or not.
Uploading your video onto Venture Giant can also reassure a potential investor of your credibility by visually demonstrating your individual character and creativeness behind your business proposal. Click here for more info on the benefits of uploading a video pitch.
Q: How long will my proposal remain on Venture Giant?
A: Your proposal will remain on our database for a minimum of six months and all investors that contact you during this period will be included after you have paid your one-off listing fee. Payment can be made with any major credit card, and for further security we use use PayPal's secure online payment processing service.
Q: How is my Idea protected with you?
A: Your idea is protected as Venture Giant will only display a snapshot or summary of your business idea to our business investor community. By keeping our Entrepreneurs’ investment summaries brief we have found that this provides a sufficient safe guard of knowing that (at the very least) the execution of your idea can not be copied and this is the main part of any business idea that must be protected. From our experience, serious, credible Investors’, who are serious about investing, will only need a brief snapshot or executive summary of your idea or investment proposal before deciding on whether or not they wish to contact you to discuss your plan further.
Q: How is my Security protected with you?
A: Your information is kept private and never shared with third parties and any information stored in our system is protected electronically as well as through procedural safeguards. Further, only registered Accredited Investors who meet Self Accredited guidelines can view your investment summary.
Q: What type of Investors use Venture Giant & what company stages will they typically invest in?
A: Venture Giant India has hundreds of registered self certified high net worth individuals, individual VCs, and private equity houses registered to us right now, actively seeking to invest into seed capital for leading edge start-ups to growth capital for profitable established mature businesses.
Q: How do you ensure that my proposal will be seen by the relevant Investors that are actively seeking to invest in my Industry?
A: Venture Giant groups all registered Investors into interest categories sorted by region, investment stage, company stage, and their very particular investment preferences. When a new proposal is submitted to Venture Giant we match it with Investor's investment preferences and inform them via email of your investment proposal. When a particularly impressive investment proposal is submitted, we contact our Investors directly by post, email and phone to inform them of your proposal at no extra charge to you. This ensures that your proposal receives an instant exposure the moment it is added to our database.
Q: How does an Investor find and view my proposal?
A: Venture Giants registered Investors will always have unlimited access to your online business proposal (and video presentation, if you decide to upload one) which means that your chances of meeting high net worth individuals are considerably higher than by using normal brokers and agents as Venture Giant allows the High net worth investor to browse freely through all of our proposals.
Q: Can I upload my entire business plan to Venture Giant, along with my brief investment summary?
A: Venture Giant will never ask Entrepreneurs’ to upload their ENTIRE business plan to us as we recognise how valuable, confidential and sensitive these documents are. We have a policy to inform entrepreneurs’ to always be extremely diligent when it comes to posting or sending their business plan to third party websites or investment services.
Q: I would like to know more about the video pitch function.
A: If you would like to know more on how to film a perfect video pitch, Venture Giant has a detailed section available to registered entrepreneurs. Alternatively, please click here
Q: How do you protect me against Fraud?
A: As you might expect, Venture Giant has a zero-tolerance policy against any kind of fraudulent activity on our network. We constantly carry out checks on our registered Investors to ensure that they are real, active and qualified. Further to be a registered investor on venture giant, investors will have to attest to stringent self-accreditation guidelines on being an Investor.
Q: Why shouldn’t I use an Agent, or brokerage house?
A: With so many tools and resources available online and offline today it would be unwise on your part to pledge alliance to one agent or brokerage house. Getting your idea out there is now more important than ever and this is the most important thing an entrepreneur seeking capital can do. So, to the contrary we DO recommend using Agents and Broker houses to assist you in finding the capital you are looking for (if you can afford this). But – be careful about how much information you disclose to each one of them. If you feel uncomfortable about a particular online entrepreneur angel service asking for to more information than you are willing to disclose take a step back and use someone else. Sadly, this advice goes for this website too!
Q: What are your company policies?
A: Please view the tabs to the left which clearly outline all our terms and conditions and policies.
Q: Should I make the investor sign a non-disclosure agreement before I provide them with my proposal?
A: This is entirely up to you and each business owner and business is unique. However, we would personally recommend doing anything possible to protect your business ideas and a non-disclosure is never a bad idea.
Q: When should I disclose my full business plan to an Investor?
A: Usually a serious credible Investor will read and contact you directly with very specific questions on your idea or investment proposal. Once you answer these questions satisfactorily, the Investor may ask to see your full business plan. Only IF you are comfortable should you disclose your business plan. It is always wise to have the Investor sign a Non Disclosure agreement beforehand, though not really enforceable, at least it will demonstrate that you are serious about what you are doing and that at the very least you are FORMALLY requesting that an investor NOT disclose the information to any third party!
Q: Who is Venture Giant?
A: We are a team of innovative entrepreneurs, angel investors and IT professionals who have all been in the position of either requiring investment capital or wanting to find quality investment to invest in. As a result, we created Venture Giant to fill this void in the market and help make the process much easier, faster and more professional.
To launch into India, Company Founder, and CEO, Rishi Anand approached Hyderabad based private investment group Maheshwari mega ventures worth circa 600 Crores who saw the opportunity that Venture Giant offered and seized the deal to launch the Indian business angel network in India through a SPV MPR Ventures India Pvt. ltd.
The young directors of the company Manish Malpani,Piyush Sahu and Rahul Bajaj are very bullish on the concept and were raring to launch the business and turn it into a success story in an expanding and promising market like INDIA.
Q: Where is Venture Giant based?
A: We are based in Hyderabad and New Delhi. Our addresses are not mailboxes! Please view our Worldwide offices and addresses here
Q: I have more questions, how should I contact you?
A: We have a live support function located on most pages.
Alternatively contact us via:
Office Location:
Venture Giant E-Commerce India Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad Office
8-2-120/110/1/8
Road No. 14
Circle No. 5
Banjara Hills
Hyderabad - 500034
New Delhi Office
Embassy Enclove
D5/14 Vasant Vihar
New Delhi
110057
Email:
entrepreneur@venturegiant.co.in
Investor@venturegiant.co.in
Telephone:
040-66996111
Outside of india: +91 (0) 40-669-96111
Source: http://www.venturegiant.com/entrepreneur-faq.aspx and Venture Giant - More resources available