Funding For Sme In Technology Sector

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Funding for SME in Technology Sector

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Outsourcing (IT & BPO/KPO) Drivers •

Global market opportunity of $1,000B



India still leads the cost, quality, scale equation as an offshore destination



Cost pressures in downturn will continue to drive outsourcing

Emergence

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Several vertical industries are underpenetrated (e.g. Cable, Utilities, etc)



New horizontals are gaining momentum (e.g. LPO, Fund administration, Remote Infrastructure Mgmt., Testing, etc)



Different geographical markets are embracing outsourcing (e.g. Venezuela, Dominican Republic, etc)



New business models are taking shape (e.g. Direct to Consumer/SMB companies) Confidential

Outsourcing (IT & BPO/KPO) contd.. Challenges •

Turbulence in some market verticals (e.g. BFSI) is delaying contracts



Larger incumbents are stretching services to niche domains

Funding Strategy

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Market opportunities in niches that are in excess of $1B



Balanced center of gravity - partnering of U.S. and India crossborder teams



High-quality management teams with strong domain expertise

Confidential

Consumer Internet Services Drivers •

Good user growth (40%)



Low cost alternative for all

Emergence •

Commerce led mixed mode models



Comparison shopping, local search

Challenges •

Access not widespread enough and cost not falling fast enough



Internet advertising not yet a significant enough portion of media plans

Funding Strategy

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Exploit early mover advantage and gain rapid scale



Build cross-functional teams : technology + consumer + domain Confidential

Mobile VAS Drivers •

Greater pressure on Operators to increase ARPUs from 315M users (in 2008)



GPRS subscriber base doubled from 21M to 46M

Emergence •

Mobile Payments, Mobile Gaming, Advertising, Digital Music



Cross Operator platforms like voice SMS

Challenges •

Operators take a chunk of the revenue share



Low margin high volume

Funding Strategy

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Differentiated through product offering/technology



Potential for global application



Preferably independent of carriers Confidential

Products Drivers •

More and more development work coming into India



Telecom, Mobile already dominant local markets



Need for low price points

Emergence •

Networking solutions



Hosted applications for SMEs

Challenges •

Most local market not large enough



Lack of product management skills



Needs serious interaction with U.S. as most tech products are global

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Products

contd..

Funding Strategy

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Markets would be India + other Emerging markets to gain critical mass



Teams would be technology + product management + crossborder



CEO preferably from business background

Confidential

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