Anjali Bansal. founder of Avaana Capital, hosted a masterclass for Leap.club on ‘ Breaking Down Entrepreneurship for first-time founders on 15th January 2021.

Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) and GenderSmart Investing Summit curated an engaging technical workshop on December 8^th, 2020. The workshop delved into structuring elements of funding mechanisms – towards increasing investments in women entrepreneurs.

Avaana Capital presented at the event among several prominent investors across the globe and the event was attended by numerous MDBs, MFIs, and other investors. The event proved to be an opportunity to learn from others working in this space and to together discuss what can be done to move this important agenda ahead.

We-Fi is a collaborative partnership among 14 governments, eight multilateral development banks (MDBs), and other public and private sector stakeholders, and hosted by the World Bank Group.

Avaana Capital joined an esteemed panel at Macquerie Momentum 2020 themed “India Moving Forward” on December 4^th, 2020. The panel on Funding India’s Digital Dreams proved to be an enriching discussion on the emerging trends in the Indian digital landscape. The panel included Ashutosh Sharma (India Head, Naspers Limited), Bejul Somaia (Partner, Lightspeed India), and Shantanu Rastogi (MD, General Atlantic).

TiE Delhi organized the COVID- 19 and Antifragility of Indian Startup Ecosystem –  Report Launch on October 14^th, 2020. Anjali Bansal was the panelist on their session on Investor Sentiment – Where did the Money go?.

The panel delved into the changing perceptions of LPs in India, VC’s managing optics, changes in investment thesis in India due to COVID as well as growth plans of startups and associated valuations with the existing shape of the global economy.

The panel hosted Vani Kola (MD, Kalaari Capital), CV Ravishankar (MD, Sequoia Capital), and Abhay Tandon, (Director, and Head, Lowe’s Innovation Labs).

Avaana Capital joined the Roundtable – “Women’s Entrepreneurship in Ag & Food Tech” hosted by ThinkAg on 17th December. The discussion moderated by Shalaka Joshi (Gender Lead, South Asia, IFC – International Finance Corporation) and Raman Ahuja (Co-Founder, ThinkAg) explored the opportunities and challenges in Ag & Food Tech.

Our founder Anjali Bansal was joined by Simone Strey (Co-Founder & CEO, Plantix), Devleena Bhattacharjee (Founder & CEO, Numer8 Analytics), and Ezhil Subbian (CEO, String Bio Private Limited).

Bridging the gap in access to sustainable energy, Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company has partnered with SIDBI to offer easy and affordable financing scheme for MSME customers. The solar financing solution, provided at an interest rate less than 10% and with no collateral, will address one of the major barriers for solar energy penetration in the MSME sector. To know more, read here.

Avaana Founder, Anjali Bansal, joined Dr. Vivek Lall, CEO of General Atomics Global Corporation and Samir Sathe, Executive Vice President, Wadhwani Foundation to discuss the crucial role MSMEs play in India’s economy and it’s global supply chain resilience. The event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies explored the impact of Covid- 19 on MSMEs, how MSME growth can be ensured through global supply chain resilience and the critical role of US-India cooperation in ensuring the same. Know more about this insightful discussion here.

AIWMI’s 3rd annual “Women in Finance” Leadership Summit India (WIF2020) was opportunity to enable knowledge-sharing and to develop actions to further drive sustainable change in the Indian Financial Services.

Anjali Bansal along with Nilesh Shah and Rajiv Sabharwal discussed Leadership Lessons in a COVID world. The panelists weighed in on their individual leadership styles, how women leaders differ from men a and leadership lessons specific to financial services.

Click this link for more information: https://www.aiwmindia.com/events/3rd-annual-women-in-finance-leadership-summit-india-2020/

Anjali Bansal, founder Avaana Capital, former Chairperson Dena Bank served as a jury member along for the National Startup Awards 2020 under the aegis of Dept. of Promotion of Industry and International Trade.

Startups were evaluated on innovation, scalability, inclusiveness and overall social, environmental and economic impact.

https://www.startupindia.gov.in/nsa/

Ms. Anjali Bansal was a distinguished speaker at the Fintech Innovation Summit conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), where she discussed the  Fintech industry and its future Post COVID-19.