A Heartfelt Thank You To Our Partners For Making MoneyX 2.0 A Resounding Success

Inc42 hosted the second edition of India’s largest angel & VC conclave, MoneyX, on September 26, 2024 at The Oberoi in Gurugram. The ultra-exclusive event brought together over 250 leading family offices, venture capitalists, angels and other institutional investors under one roof. 

The enthusiasm of the attendees made the day full of insightful sessions even more engaging. Their unwavering support created a vibrant atmosphere throughout the grand day, focussing on India’s hottest asset class, investment strategies and emerging trends shaping the startup funding landscape in India. 

The attendees actively interacted with over 40 speakers, each bringing unique insights and expertise to the table. This remarkable event, filled with 14 hand-crafted sessions, featured some of the brightest minds. 

The speaker lineup included Info Edge founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Lumikai founding general partner Salone Sehgal, Stellaris Venture Partners partner Ritesh Banglani, Livespace cofounder & COO Ramakant Sharma, Wipro Consumer Care managing partner Sumit Keshan, Eximius Ventures founder and MD Pearl Agarwal, Peak XV Partners managing director Mohit Bhatnagar, among others.

The speakers covered a diverse range of topics – the golden age of startup IPOs, venture investing for the modern-day LP, new shades of venture capital in India, fintech regulation, the electric vehicle revolution, the role of domestic capital in the startup ecosystem, among others. 

The flagship event was driven by the enduring support and collaboration of our partners and supporters who joined forces with us to turn our vision of uniting top investors at one place to uncover India’s investment potential for the startup ecosystem. We would like to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to our enablers. 

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Peak XV Partners

Peak XV Partners, formerly known as Sequoia Capital India and SEA, is a global venture capital and growth investing firm which invests in India, South East Asia and beyond. It manages over $9 Bn in capital across 13 funds and has more than 400 companies in its portfolio, with approximately 40 of them surpassing $100 Mn in revenue. 

Peak XV’s portfolio includes 33 Indian unicorns, including names like Ola and Zomato. The VC firm also provides assistance to startup founders through its community-based programmes such as Surge, Sparks, Pathfinders, Pitstop, Build and Guild. 

At MoneyX 2.0, Peak XV’s MD Mohit Bhatnagar joined Inc42’s Vaibhav Vardhan for a fireside chat on ‘New Shades Of Venture Capital In India’. 

Mobavenue

Founded in 2017 by Tejas Rathod, Kunal Kothari and Ishank Joshi, Mobavenue is a tech platform that empowers the advertising industry with its martech and adtech solutions to drive growth, engagement, acquisition and monetisation. It delivers mobile performance for brands by unique programmatic solutions developed in-house. 

With a global presence spanning cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney, New York, and London, the bootstrapped startup serves over 150 direct clients across industries such as banking and fintech, sports, healthcare, travel, OTT and media, retail, real estate, ecommerce and more. 

Venture Catalysts++

Venture Catalysts++ is a Mumbai-based sector-agnostic multi-stage venture capital firm. Founded in 2016 by Dr Apoorva Ranjan Sharma, Anil Jain, Anuj Gulecha and Gaurav Jain, the VC has expanded its footprint across 50+ cities including India, the USA, the UK, Thailand, Canada, Singapore and more. 

VCats++ claims to have syndicated $720 Mn across 360-plus portfolio startups. Besides investment, VCats++ provides mentorship, industry connections, and sector-specific expertise to prepare its portfolio startups for global markets. In India, its portfolio includes notable startups such as Beardo, BharatPe, ClanConnect, and Dukaan.

Apart from being an enabler for Inc42’s MoneyX 2.0, VCat++’s Dr Sharma also joined the event for a panel discussion around ‘Family Offices: The Quiet Revolutionaries Of Indian Tech’. The discussion also featured Dinesh Hinduja Family Office’s Jai Rupani, Salarpuria Group’s Apurva Salarpuria and Huddle Ventures’ Sanil Sachar. 

Associate Partner

Bower School of Entrepreneurship

Bower School is a new-age undergraduate business school focussed on entrepreneurial education. It provides students with knowledge, skills, and network needed to launch and scale their ventures from the ground up. 

Founded by Pavan Allena, the Hyderabad-based school equips students with entrepreneurial skills and mindset at the undergraduate level to transform their ideas into successful ventures. 

Ecosystem Partner

Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA)

Established in 1993, Delhi-based IVCA is a non-profit organisation which promotes alternative capital investments to strengthen India’s investment ecosystem. It serves as a bridge, facilitating dialogues between government bodies, policymakers, and private equity and venture capital investors with high-growth potential startups.

IVCA has the likes of chairman & managing director of TVS Capital, Gopal Srinivasan, and cofounder and managing partner of Blume Ventures Karthik Reddy on its board. A91 Partners, 9Unicorns, 108 Capital, and 8x Ventures are among its notable members.

With over 390+ members, it has a combined AUM of over $340 Bn. Among SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs), 46% of them are IVCA members. Of these, 74% actively manage AIFs.