Our competent team’s role is not limited to looking over financials alone but also includes making detailed evaluations, including SWOT analysis, with data collected from every startup’s data room
Honish Zaveri, Founder & Managing Partner
The fundraising consultant business is evolving and recalibrating with technological advancements, and there is a demand for advanced strategic planning for long-term growth. In today's business scenario, many startup founders have a great vision but lack experience in the fundraising process, and understanding of investor’s expectations.
For instance, some of the business people are unaware of significant financial documents and valuation reports that are required by equity and debt investors. Adding to this, tech founders are struggling to communicate effectively regarding their brand value, products, and business model to the investors.
Given the situation, Kiani Ventures has become one of the most trust-worthy angel syndicates and communities that identifies the gaps in documentation and other shortcomings in the financial process and offers a customized solution by understanding the pain points of the investors.
Launched in 2024, the firm assists startups and SMEs in arranging and presenting the financial and business papers to meet the investor’s expectation. Furthermore, to provide financing for debts, the team makes all the documents available to accelerate the funding process. Additionally, the firm guides the founders to present their ideas with effective communication based on the investor’s background.
Startup Growth Boosted With Curated Investments
Kiani Ventures functions with a team of four individuals, and the company was founded by a father-son pair to guide potential startups. The team role is not limited to looking over financials alone but also includes making detailed evaluations, including SWOT analysis, with data collected from every startup’s data room.
Furthermore, this entails assessing the startup’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to create a balanced perspective on its prospects.
Our competent team’s role is not limited to looking over financials alone but also includes making detailed evaluations, including SWOT analysis, with data collected from every startup’s data roomHonish Zaveri, Founder & Managing Partner
Expanding Wealth, Global Startups, and M&A Reach
Kiani Ventures operates at two primary levels. One of these is in retail space, where it is a wealth management platform. Here, the company serves individual retail investors to invest in startups and Pre-IPO shares. The firm has recently diversified into other asset classes with the acquisition of its Mutual Fund Distribution (MFD) registration.
On the wealth management side, the firm is now assisting its retail community in investing in more financial instruments, such as U.S stocks, bonds, mutual funds, structured products, and U.S unlisted shares
“We are a zero membership fee community and we aim to help our investor base increase their wealth manifold by helping them to invest in pre- vetted and curated startups”, says Honish Zaveri, Partner, Kiani Ventures.
This expansion of offerings is consistent with Kiani Ventures aim of diversifying investment options for its clients. The second tier of operation is startup funding assistance. The firm mandates are currently predominantly India-based, and Kiani Ventures has started engaging with international startups.
For instance, The Company is currently working with a startup from Dubai to assist in raising capital, and I am also helping a couple of U.S based startups to network with VC investors.
Although these international initiatives are still in the early stages, the firm believes that successful fundraising by these startups will pave the way for more global opportunities.
The third growth area is mergers and acquisitions. Kiani Ventures has started facilitating acquisition deals by connecting potential sellers with international buyers. The firm is presently dealing with some clients who are interested in selling their companies and is using appropriate networks and partners to find suitable buyers.
Furthermore, M&A has proven to be another growth vertical for the firm. In short, Kiani Ventures has three key areas of focus that are strategic, including increasing its wealth management offerings across a wide range of asset classes, establishing an international clientele outside of India, and increasing its participation in M&A deals.
Empowering Indian VCs with Global LP Access
Kiani Ventures is expanding its network by engaging with family offices, secondary deals, VC funds, and investors. The firm plans to support VC funds in India and raise money from an international limited partner network. Also to note, this type of partnership will not only support startups but also guide VC funds in India in raising money from an international network of limited partners, and enabling VC funds to raise more capital which in turn leads to support for more startups.
To conclude, Kiani Ventures is actively supporting India’s startup ecosystem by helping both startups as well as VC funds to raise money.
A Noteworthy Journey
Kiani Ventures was launched as an angel syndicate, and the syndicate now has over 500 members, primarily investing in technology-enabled B2B startups to raise capital. This encompasses capital provided by angel networks, venture capital funds, and family offices, with a focus on equity-based investments.
Apart from equity funding, Kiani ventures also supports small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those in conventional industries that may not be directly technology-intensive. For such companies, Kiani Ventures arranges access to debt funding, and the company is aware that not every business is ideal for equity financing and offers customized solutions to the companies. Furthermore, Kiani Ventures has also ventured into facilitating real estate developers with debt financing.
For instance, they collaborate with revenue-based financing providers to offer alternative capital structures. Additionally, the company is currently assisting a SaaS startup in raising revenue-based financing from a specialized investment provider, where they assist the company with document preparation and fundraising.
