News Insight

16 September, 2023 What’s New at this Month: Fintech Unicorn Slice to Merge with North-East Small Finance Bank Tiger global-Funded Bizongo Raises $50mn In Series E Onsurity Raises $24 Mn In Series B Led By IFC Saregama Acquires Peak Xv-backed Pocket Aces Zerodha Values itself at $3.6 Bn, More Than Upstox and Groww’s worth. CLICK […]

Liquidation Preference

The term refers to the certain privileges that a class of shares are provided over other classes of shares. As the name suggests, it provides a preference to a certain class of shares over other classes of shares. This is usually a standard term in shareholder agreements and the shares in later rounds are generally […]

The Weekly Insight:

1.    Edtech unicorn Eruditus onboards GSV Ventures, CPP Investments in $650M funding round. 2.    Mensa Brands acquires homegrown denim brand High Star. 3.    [Year in Review 2021] From unicorns to IPOs, top 10 Indian startup milestones this year. 4.    MapmyIndia makes stellar public debut. 5.    GlobalBees joins unicorn club with latest fundraise. Refer the Pdf […]

Valuation Newsletter

Valuation Newsletter covers important valuation news regarding fund raise, M&A or valuation along with our insights on the news. Our Coverage in this edition DREAM SPORTS ON DREAM RIDE TOWARDS DECACORN VALUATION Fantasy sport unicorn Dream Sports, the leading sports tech company with brands such as Dream11, Dream Capital, FanCode, DreamSetGo, Dream Game Studios, and […]

Valuation Drivers

Valuation of a business enterprise reflects the expectation on future potential and performance of the business. Valuation Drivers are factors which significantly affect the value of the business enterprise. There are many factors affecting the value of the business including both qualitative and quantitative factors. Many of these factors may not be controllable at enterprise […]

ESOP – An effective tool for Employee Compensation

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) are one of the prominent instruments used in the corporate and start-up world to attract, retain and motivate the high skilled and talented personnel of the business. ESOP motivates the employees to drive the performance of the organization, resulting in maximization of shareholder’s value and thereby align the employees’ interest […]

Impact of Covid 19 on Valuation

Since February 2020, the world has been facing unprecedented crises due to the spread of Covid 19 pendamic and the subsequent lockdowns imposed by various governments.  This has caused massive disruptions in the normal business activity and has led to restrictions on the movement of people. This was followed by crash in the stock markets […]

“Angel Tax” – Decoding Income Tax Provisions

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many #startups still grapple with the various nuances of the provision of Income Tax Act (Section 56(2) (viib) to tax the excess premium amount received by the startup over the Fair Market Value of shares. In Feb 2019, the Indian Government came out with a notification on exempting eligible #startups from the provisions of the section. In the […]

Valuation of Start ups

Prateek Mittal For a start-up looking to raise seed capital, there is always a question of how much to value your business and how much stake to dilute. In this article, we will try to analyse the various means to value a start-up. When we talk about valuation of a company, the first things that […]

Valuation of Start-ups – The Scorecard Valuation Method

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2048″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2049″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Valuation of Start-ups – The Scorecard Valuation Method Prateek Mittal In continuation of our previous article on valuation of start-ups, here is another method which is commonly used by angel investors to value pre-revenue start-ups. The method is known as the Scorecard Valuation method and the key elements […]