Angel Investing has caught a lot of attention in recent times with interest in startups. Learn more about this asset class from Jayaroopa Jeyabarathi, Founding Partner, Encubay Angel Network, an angel network investing in early stage startups. She is a seasoned finance professional with deep experience in early stage equity investments. She earlier led the Indian investments for a venture capital firms has invested across sectors such as fintech, sustainability, edtech, healthtech and B2B distribution. Prior to her investing career, Jayaroopa has worked in microfinance and corporate banking. She is passionate about impact and gender inclusion. She also co-founded India’s first community driven investor network, Women In Investing Network in 2018. Having been an investor, entrepreneur and banker, she understands what the journey of an entrepreneur entails and is always eager to engage and enable entrepreneurs. Tune in to this conversation now!

In this conversation find our more about: Invoice discounting and Revenue-based financing as Alternate Investment Classes.  About the speaker: Vineet has over a decade of investment experience across sectors including real estate and hospitality. He has managed and closed over 30 deals amounting to $1bn+ across equity, debt, and mezzanine debt, among others. He was part of founding team of Piramal Fund which over time grew to AUM of $7bn+. Prior to Piramal Fund, he worked with a large corporate desk of Axis Bank across cement, retail, and engineering. He is an alumnus of XIM, Bhubaneswar, and RVCE, Bangalore.  Lets enable financial literacy for alternate investments!

Learn about Trade Finance or Supply Chain Finance from the legend in the industry: Ram Iyer, Founder and CEO, Vayana Network:  Ram Iyer, is the Founder & CEO of Vayana Network, a serial entrepreneur with over 25 years in the Cash Management and Trade Finance space providing solutions to some of the largest Banks in India and across the globe. At Vayana Network, Ram has led the company with the vision to democratize access to affordable finance for MSMEs. Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO of CashTech Solutions, a leading Cash Management service provider in Asia which was acquired by Nasdaq listed Fundtech (now a part of the Finastra Group). He started his career with Accenture in their management consulting arm. He is a management graduate from IIM Ahmedabad and an Engineer from Mumbai University. Ram carries an exceptional understanding of B2B trade, payment ecosystems, technology and how to merge them for the benefit of last-mile B2B lending.  About Vayana Network-  Vayana Network is one of India's largest Supply Chain Finance platform in India, having enabled finances of USD 8 Billion to over 22,000 MSMEs across 1000 supply chains in 25 different sectors. Vayana connects corporates and their trade ecosystems to provide digital, convenient, and affordable access to credit for their payables and receivables. With its proprietary technology, Vayana has processed over 2 million transactions and offers a zero-change experience to customers. The network today spans across 600 cities and 1150+ pin codes in India and extends to 20 countries across the globe. The company is increasingly catering to the smallest of MSMEs in the long tail of the supply chains. Vayana is also one of the largest GSP (GST Suvidha Provider) in the country, facilitating, GST, E-Way bill and E-invoice for numerous corporates and lakhs of SMEs. The GSP platform has witnessed over 2.5 billion-plus API calls in GST and e-invoicing, with zero downtime. Since its launch, 1 in 5 e-invoices have been generated by Vayana.