India’s official Funding based Show ‘Horses Stable’ Opens Registration for Season 1 Applications powered by ah! Ventures

Horses Stable, India’s first-ever business-based show that empowers young entrepreneurs to raise funding for their business associates with a Mumbai-based VC firm ah! Ventures. The show format allows participating entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to a panel of renowned investors a.k.a Horses and persuade them to invest in their startups.

Horses Stable aims to be a global funding platform to motivate and give wings to the dreams of ambitious entrepreneurs. To accelerate the vision, Horses Stable has collaborated with ah! Ventures to magnify its capabilities of accommodating participants on a larger scale. The VC firm will help the show unveil unprecedented opportunities with its network of over 62,000 entrepreneurs and 3,000+ global investors. 

As a part of the partnership, ah! Ventures will curate the registration process of Horses Stable Season 1 to spread the word and invite enormous participation while welcoming a new set of Investors and Deal Masters. Registrations will be open from September 1^st to 25^th 2020 on both the portals.

Commenting on the partnership, Prashant Agarwal, Co-Founder – Horses Stable, stated, “I believe collaborative culture is a powerful tool to create a competitive edge. The credibility of the new platform is multiplied to manifolds when produced together by two expert and experienced entities. Hopefully, Horses Stable Season 1 powered by ah! Ventures is going to be an example of one such platform.”

Amit Kumar, Partner, ah! Ventures added, “We are very excited to join hands with HS and believe that the show will provide a big boost to entrepreneurs and add the X-factor to the world’s 3^rd largest startup ecosystem. The passion of the HS team fueled by our experience will surely make Season 1 a big hit.”

Horses Stable Season 1 will potentially be a common ground for entrepreneurs and investors to connect and work together to expand their business and profitability. Along with generating funding, entrepreneurs will get an enriching experience to meet prominent names of the industry. Heating the excitement, Horses Stable will be announcing the launch of their pitch season on one of the prominent OTT platforms in India. However, the team is yet to reveal the details, so stay tuned.

About Horses Stable- 

Horses Stable is a flagship web series of Singapore-India based media house Horses Productions Pvt. Ltd. Based on business-oriented content, the web series offers first of its kind platform to aspiring entrepreneurs and investors to connect and grow together. It is a platform where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their business model to a panel of investors and persuade them to invest money in their business. The startup aims to help businesses find the ideal investor and open up exciting opportunities for investors too.

About ah! Ventures- 

ah! Ventures is one of India’s largest and most curated fundraising platform for early stage startups raising up to US$ 10 Mn. Presently it has over 62,000+ entrepreneurs, 2,000+ Seed / Angel investors and over 1,000 VCs & Institutional Investors associated with it. Their Angel (for investment up to US$ 1 Mn) and High Tables (for investments from US$ 1 to 10 Mn) platforms till date have invested close to ₹ 180 Cr (~ US$ 25 Mn) in over 43 startups spread across 57 investments and have announced 9 successful exits.

Horses Stables 2nd Season Saw 39 Innovative Start-ups Pitching to Panel of 8 Astute Investors

Horses Stables, the Indian version of the popular American TV show Shark Tank, shot its 2nd season on the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd of September at the Sheraton Grand’s Orion Mall in Bangalore. On the final day of the shoot actor, singer, and host Rajeev Khandelwal joined the show as celebrity panellist while Paytm served as a community partner for the three-day event.  After a strict screening process among 200 applicants, 39 shortlisted start-ups, each with an innovative model, pitched to a panel of 8 investors. This season saw deals worth close to INR 16 crores closed, with the whopping biggest deal of 5.75 crores bagged by Digital India Payment.

Pitching startups had an uninterrupted 8 minutes to present after which a question-answer session with the panel began. While in Season 1, 59 startups made pitches and the conversion rate was 30%, in Season 2, 39 startups pitched and the conversion rate shot up to 50%. The increase in the percentage of successful pitches highlights that Horses Stables credibility is growing and it is raising the bar as a platform for raising funds. A portion of the success fee earned will be donated to Womennovators, an organization that promotes entrepreneurship among women.

Horses loved that participating start-ups had pre-assigned Investor Readiness Scores and were vetted during their first round of funding. They also enjoyed a one of its kind opportunity to invest based on quantifiable results and their intuition. Participating horses engaged with global investors and were presented with snapshots of investor readiness reports prepared by industry and financial experts.

Horses who participated in Season 2 included Rohit Goyal, a graduate of the CASS Business School, City University London. He has made numerous investments in India and abroad. Mohit Gulati, the CIO and Managing Partner of USD 20 million venture fund called ITI Growth Opportunities Fund. Vikash Sharma, founder of IC1101 Inc. a global conglomerate in STRATEGIC investments, research, and businesses intelligence. Kevin Saboo, an IIT Madras graduate having an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. Kevin has experience in staffing, managing, and growing BPO enterprises in the financial and mortgage space in North America.

Other horses who participated included Nilesh Trivedi, a venture capital professional who has investment and operating experience across early stage, growth stage, and Fortune-50 companies. He has formed companies whose aggregate value has risen from zero to $275 million over the past few years. Tripti Shingal Somani, the CEO of KGS Advisors and founder of Womenovator, this brushes only the surface of her accomplishments. Chiranjiv Gill a noted businessman from Chandigarh. His existing portfolio includes SixerzGaming- Poker, Rummy, and Fantasy Sports.

Participating startups work in industries as diverse as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, fin-tech, technology, consumer products, B2B, and B2C.

Speaking about Horses Stables 2nd season Rajeev Khandelwal said “Gateway to millions of opportunities for all the budding entrepreneurs”

Horses Stable Season 2 of Fundraising to be Held this September

Horses Stable is a unique venture that provides a fateful platform that brings budding entrepreneurs and global investors together. The company organizes a mega fundraising platform where young entrepreneurs intending to raise funds for their start-ups meet investors who are willing to invest capital in lucrative business start-up ideas. This Bengaluru based fundraising start-up had a wonderful response from both entrepreneurs and investors in its first season and is all set to organize Season 2.

Season 2 will deliver a great opportunity to almost 40 aspiring entrepreneurs to engage with international entrepreneurs to showcase their potential to Venture capitalists and Angel Investors. Horses Stable Season 2 will be held on Monday, September 23rd, 2019.

An eminent panel of honorable dignitaries including Ms. Tripti Singhal (CEO KGO Advisors), Mr. Nilesh Trivedi (Venture Capitalist and Investor), Mr. Vikash (Founder IC1101 INC) AND Mr. Mohit Gulati (Managing partner – ITI Growth Opportunities Fund), Mr. Sandeep Agarwal (Industrialist), Mr. Chiranjiv Gill (Businessman and Entrepreneur), Mr. Kevin (Strategist), Mr. Rohit (Financial Planner) and various other leading personalities would grace the platform.

Mr. Rajeev Khandelwal, the heartthrob actor, singer and host would make his presence as a celebrity panelist. Besides, prominent names like Paytm, Community Partner and more would be the community partners. Season 2 already has exciting announcements for the partners and the company is optimistically looking forward to having an even better response this time.

Talking about Season 2, Prashant Agarwal, Founder, Horses Stable stated, “It feels great when you can help aspiring entrepreneurs to soar high to attain what they desire. As an entrepreneur, having a reliable investment is a major aspect to keep you motivated. I am overwhelmed with the amazing response of season 1 and I am expecting a better turnaround of funding during these three days of Season 2. We successfully managed to raise a funding of 6 million last time and I am hopefully expecting a bigger number this time."

About Horses Stable:

Horses Stable is a first of its kind venture that provides a platform for startups and investors. Startups can pitch their business ideas and investors that find the business worth investing in; can invest money in the startup. Many startups in India have good and unique ideas but due to lack of funding, they end up failing. Horses Stable helps them by giving a platform to pitch their business ideas to investors and raise funding for their business. It also grooms startups on how to pitch their ideas and helps them in their presentation.