Qi Bulletin
The entrepreneurial creativity to create new ventures and develop new markets enhances economic growth, and sharing the stories and knowledge base helps create a foundation prebuilt and raised to achieve new standards upon. We’d like to share our take on certain domains near and dear to us.
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“We would like to express our deepest gratitude for your investment in our startup Larkai healthcare. Your investment will help us achieve our goals and make a positive impact in making artificial intelligence affordable and accessible for healthcare. A special thanks to Ayan, Abhijit and Biswajeet for their support and belief in our vision. Their guidance and expertise have been invaluable to us throughout our journey. ....
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Exploring investment opportunities, I came across Qi Ventures. I have been very impressed by the dynamism, expertise, and commitment of their team and have made investments based on their recommendations. I am sure they will do very well and provide great returns for their clients and investors.
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Former Editor-in-Chief, Deccan Herald
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Add-on Acquisition
An "add-on", "tuck-in" or "bolt-on" acquisition is one where a private equity portfolio company (called the "platform company" or "platform") acquires another company to help the platform company grow. Add-ons can help the platform grow its product line, customer base, geography, etc. The private equity firm manages this process
FAQs
- Does the management team have the skills to execute the idea?
- Are there plans to fill gaps in the team?
- Do the founders get along?
- Does the team understand its market?
- Is the team adaptable to change?
- What is their motivation?
- Are other members of staff on board too?
- Do you get on with the team?
- What’s the market context?
- Is the lifetime value of customers significantly greater than the cost of acquiring them?
- How big is the potential market?
- Are there any holes in the company’s market expectations?
- What are the financial projections?
- What returns can I expect?
- How did the business come up with its valuation?
- Is there a genuine need for this new product or service I’m investing in?
- Is the business scalable?
- What will my capital be used for?
- What other capital requirements does the business have?
- Is everything in place to make the business model function smoothly?