The year 2024 is all about startup IPOs or initial public offerings (IPOs). A host of startups, including Ola Electric, Awfis, ixigo, FirstCry, among others, have already gone public this year, while the likes of Ather, Swiggy, among others, are preparing to do so.

The IPO boom in many ways signals a maturing startup ecosystem, where businesses are transitioning from small spaces and limited teams to becoming public companies with more resources than ever. The startup ecosystem is at a junction where a startup’s image will no longer be a cooped-up place with a few executives leaving their cushy jobs to reimagine existing systems, but big-shot companies competing head-on with traditional ones.

The journey from seed funding to an IPO presents many challenges and opportunities for investors. Strategising your exit to gain maximum returns is not a gamble to be taken lightly; it’s an art of checks and balances that comes with experience.

While India’s domestic investors are eyeing a $500 Bn+ startup valuation landscape, navigating this terrain will not be easy. This is why Inc42 is bringing together 40+ veteran investors under a single roof to help budding and aspiring investors navigate the VC landscape through actionable insights and real-life examples.

At the second edition of MoneyX by Inc42, industry stalwarts such as Info Edge’s founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Accel founding partner Prashanth Prakash, and Mohit Bhatnagar of Peak XV, among others, will engage with 300+ attendees across 12 riveting sessions. They will discuss topics ranging from identifying the hottest startup trends to mobilising India’s untapped wealth for startups.

Powered by Venture Catalysts++, Peak XV Partners and Mobavenue, along with associate partner Bower School of Entrepreneurship and ecosystem partner IVCA, India’s largest angel and VC conclave will be held on September 26 at The Oberoi in Gurugram.

MoneyX offers a carefully curated, unique experience for India’s general partners (GPs), limited partners (LPs), venture capitalists (VCs), angel investors and family offices.

Last year, when we hosted the inaugural edition, India’s top 1% investors gathered to discuss startup trends and explore new opportunities for collaborations and partnerships.

Given the overwhelmingly positive response from investors, we are envisioning this year’s MoneyX to be even grander — the largest VC conference of its kind in India.

The stellar lineup of speakers include experts from VCs, family offices and CVCs. At the latest edition of MoneyX, attendees will get the opportunity to hear from and meet Indian Angel Network cofounder Padmaja Ruparel, Venture Catalysts++ cofounder Dr Apoorva Ranjan Sharma, Wipro Consumer Care managing partner Sumit Keshan, Eximius Ventures founder & MD Pearl Agarwal, Stellaris Venture Partners partner Ritesh Banglani, Artha Venture Fund managing partner Anirudh A. Damani, Dinesh Hinduja Family Office head Jai Rupani, among others.

Additionally, the lineup features many angel investors, who are crucial for startups in their early stages. Innov8 founder Dr Ritesh Malik, Salarpuria Group executive director Apurva Salarpuria are among the prominent angel investors who will share their investment thesis at MoneyX.

By 2030, the Indian startup ecosystem is projected to have more than 22K investors, including angels, VCs, corporates, accelerators, incubators and government entities, all working to support over 1.8 Lakh startups. MoneyX 2.0 aims to help investors leverage this opportunity.

A significant rise in domestic capital investment is crucial to creating a self-sustaining startup ecosystem, aligned with the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ vision introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hence, “Unlocking India’s Domestic Capital: India’s Investment Awakening” will be the key discussion theme at MoneyX.

During this session, the speakers will delve deeper into strategies for Indian capital, trends that are attracting domestic LPs, cultivating sustainable investment practices, role of domestic capital in shaping India’s funding trends, and how Indian LPs are driving a new breed of VCs.

Other crucial sessions will revolve around the IPO wave in startups, reverse flipping, evolution of LP-GP dynamics, rise of micro VCs, navigating exit landscape (from seed to unicorn), success stories from Indian startups in ‘Bharat’, strategic advantage of having a family office investor, and more.

Sector-specific topics like the role of AI in transforming Indian businesses, why LPs need to know about returns from investing in AI, where India’s green mobility market is heading, how VCs are building a compliance stack, exit realities of investing in EV startups, exit strategies for late-stage fintech investors, investing in SaaS vs consumer funds, among others, will be the other themes at the event on September 26.

In short, the attendees will get insights into India’s overall startup funding landscape, specifically the importance and role of domestic capital in fuelling growth. They can also network with industry experts at networking lunch and gala dinner at the event.

So, join us at MoneyX in Gurugram to uncover the role and potential of domestic investors in the country’s startup ecosystem.

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