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Data Point is an independent advisory & consulting firm having strong relationships with international investors, banks, financial institutions, venture capital/ private equity funds, high networth individuals, and investment banks. We are based at Vadodara, Gujarat.

We provide:

  • Equity Capital Syndication
  • Debt Syndication
  • Venture capital, seed capital, angel investing
  • Private Equity Advisory
  • Mergers, acquisitions (M&A), buyout, sellout, Joint Ventures (JV)
  • External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)
  • Going Public (IPO Advisory)
  • Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Management & Enterprise IT solutions (ERP)

    • Focus sectors:

    Government, Infrastructure (PPP), Real Estate, Land, construction projects, renewable energy, energy (power, oil& gas), utilities, environment, water, software, technology

    Focus region:

    Western India - particularly Gujarat

    Venture Capital Funding (US$15 mn) - ProjectCode:VC-01

    We are looking for a Venture Capital funding of US$15 mn for a telecom semiconductor company having developed superior Wimax chipsets having potential to address a market segment of US$20bn by 2013. Company Management is manned by professionally qualified technocrats.

    Synopsis of the Company and productline
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  • The company is a semiconductor chipset developer for fourth generation (4G) mobile broadband wireless technologies: Mobile WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE). It has filed for 28 patents in USA.
  • The company's founding members have about 75 years of combined experience in mobile chipset platforms. They have worked on technologies which have resulted in combined revenues in excess of $3 billion. They have worked in companies like Rockwell International, Conexant, Skyworks, MediaTek, Maxon Electronics, Ssangyong Corporation, Hyundai, US Robotics, Nokia, Transilica etc. They have worked in the capacities of VP, CEO and Product Development Managers.
  • Juniper Research forecasts mobile WiMAX will take off between 2010 and 2013 and exceed 80 million subscribers globally by 2013 and generate revenues in excess of $20B per year. Analysys Research forecasts global LTE subscribers to exceed 400 million by 2015.
  • The company is strategically aligned with both the number one WiMAX terminal and handset device manufacturer and the leading supplier of WiMAX base stations. These strategic alliances combined with design for production mentality have facilitated a low cost of R&D while ensuring a high success rate for accomplishing production ready chips by Q1-2010.
  • The company is now in the process of releasing the chips for which funds are required for manufacturing as well as pursuing ongoing research in the next generation technology.

    • The salient points of this venture are:

  • Emerging leader developing chipsets for WiMAX and LTE, 100% 4G coverage
  • WiMAX products have a very good market ($20bn per year by 2013)
  • The company has been able to achieve success where other large players have not succeeded
  • The products is technologically superior (since it is developed by technocrats from cellular background)
  • The success has been achieved at an extremely low cost (compared to their competitors) (-> better ROI)
  • The promoters are extremely dedicated, competent and are with the right product at the right time
  • The next level of products (chipsets for LTE is in advance R&D stage) also offer immense potential
  • Well qualified Board members and strong management team (responsible for having made contributed to generating combined revenue of US$ 3bn)
  • Management have worked closely with top level players (like Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, etc.) and have executive level relationships
  • They already have strategic marketing tie-up in place which ensures them a ready market (target 40% world market share)
  • Above all, the valuation of the company at the time of exit is likely to be extremely attractive

    • Click here for Business Plan

    What we look for:

    1. Total Venture Capital funding requirement = US$15 mn
    2. There may be 2 rounds of funding
    3. Immediate requirement in this round = US$ 5mn
    4. Exit route to be through IPO (may be 3 years down the line - depending on market situation) or M&A at the right time and price.


    Investment in Infrastructure Project (PPP)


    Name of Project:

    1. Rebuilding 30MW Hydro Power Project in Africa - Rs 250 cr (approx. US$50mn) (ProjectCode: INF-01)


    2. Rs 250 cr (approx US$50mn) water infrastructure project (VBP) (ProjectCode: INF-02)

    GIS Projects



    We are looking for investors (Rs 10 cr - approx. US$ 2 mn) and project associates for following projects:

  • DGPS Survey, Consumer Indexing, Satellite Imagery procurement and digitization for electric networks ProjectCode: GIS-01

    • Investments in Real Estate/ Land Properties



    We are looking for investors/ developers who can invest in following projects:

  • US$ 20mn equity funding reqd for a High End Resident Villas & Resort Project (Project cost: Rs 250 cr - approx US$ 50 mn)(SJ) (ProjectCode: RE-01)
  • Real Estate cum Hospitality Project coming up in posh area of Vadodara. Hospitality project to be owned by promoter. Commercial space to be made available for sale to the participating investor. (ProjectCode: RE-02)
  • 1,500,000 sqft commercial land (TS) (ProjectCode: RE-03)
  • 60,000 sq ft of prime land for commercial real estate in posh locality at Vadodara - Rs 100 cr (approx US$ 20 mn) (TC) (ProjectCode: RE-04)
  • 11,000 sq ft of prime land for commercial real estate in posh locality at Vadodara (TMM) (ProjectCode: RE-05)
  • Land Property in Vadodara, Gujarat near L&T knowledge park + near Vadodara Airport (Plot areas = 550,000 sq ft, 70,000 sqft, 125,000 sqft, 43000 sqft.) If you have GoogleEarth, click here (Land property shown in red) (ProjectCode: RE-05)
  • 2,500,000 sq ft land property near L&T (GS) (ProjectCode: RE-06)
  • 100,000 sqft land property on Vasna Bhayli road (SG) (ProjectCode: RE-07)
  • Investors for participation in Water Park Hospitality project. Ideal for Rural Tourism, Cultural Park, Spiritual Tourism, Children Park and Membership Club. (ProjectCode: RE-08)
  • Investors for participation in Entertainment Park in a major city of Gujarat. The park has Snow World, 4D Theatre, Roller Coaster, Bowling Alley, Free Fall Tower, Bungee Jumping, Mirror House, Wall Climbing, Laser Show, Gaming) (ProjectCode: RE-09)
  • Available: Acquisition of lowcost, patent protected lightweight Construction Material Systems (polysterene & steel based) manufactuing company (US$ 40 mn). System and materials are approved by several code certification agencies worldwide. The plant is capable of producing 6 million sq ft space per shift. The application segements are residential, commercial, telecom, defence & mining ((ProjectCode: RE-10)
  • Available: Outright purchase of hotel properties (277 room hotel cum resort in Goa (ProjectCode: RE-11), 3 star hotel in Ahmedabad (ProjectCode: RE-12), 50 room budget hotel in Ahmedabad (ProjectCode: RE-13))
  • Available: Outright purchase of 100,000 sq ft warehouse in Ahmedabad (ProjectCode: RE-14)
  • Buyer looking for buying out 3 to 4 Star hotel properties (min 100-250 rooms) all over India (Cities: New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Nagpur, Kanpur, Surat, Nasik, Rajkot, Coimbatore, Cochin,  Mysore, Madurai, Aurangabad, Vishakapattnam, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bhuvaneshwar, Dehradun, Guwahati (ProjectCode: RE-15)

    • Private Equity



    We are looking for investors for following projects:

  • Rs. 100 cr (approx. US$ 20 mn) Private Equity for expansion project - existing profit making company in power sector (DS) (ProjectCode: PE-01)
  • Private Equity for a 500MW Gas based power project (ProjectCode: PE-02)
  • US$ 35 mn Multispeciality Hospital (29 specialities) spread over 5 acres of land in Bangalore focussed on medical tourism. 270 rooms in 1st phase. Builtup area=7,56,000 sq ft. Tie ups with best in class international experts. Documnets and permissions in place. Main Consultancy from a Europian group. 100 room hotel as a part of the project. Equity= US$15 mn Debt=US$20mn (ProjectCode: PE-03)
  • Equity/ Debt: Euro 3 mn for a German Company which is into plastic waste recycling for working capital (AP) (ProjectCode: PE-04)
  • Equity partner for a Hume Pipe manufacturing company (80,000 MT per annum) with a firm buyback agreement. (ProjectCode: PE-05)
  • Equity partner for a Steel Plant in Gujarat with 120,000 MT per annum capacity & Rolling Mill with 140,000 MT per annum capacity (ProjectCode: PE-06)
  • Private Equity Fund interested in taking a stake in Chain of Restaurant, Food Court or Agro Products with a minimum revenue of Rs 25 crores (US$ 5 mn) (ProjectCode: PE-06)
  • Invite: Private equity participation in Warehouse & Logisitics Project in Gujarat (ProjectCode: PE-07)
  • Expansion of a Metal Rolled Products company (ProjectCode: PE-08)
  • Invite PE participation & equity infusion of Rs 100 cr (US$ 20 mn) for an existing IT company having a revenue of Rs 700 cr (US$ 140 mn) (ProjectCode: PE-09)
  • PE investment of Rs 25 cr (US$ 5 mn) for a tender portal (ProjectCode: PE-10)
  • A manufacturing company having a capacity to produce 520 MT per annum of bearing braces (forging & turning) having a turnover of Rs 40 cr (US$ 8 mn) is looking for investment (ProjectCode: PE-11)
  • Invite PE participation in existing profitmaking dried Food Products company. Company exports products to 30 countries. (ProjectCode: PE-12)
  • Rs 1 crore equity (to be issued almost at par) for a small Micro Finance Institution (Non Banking Finance Company) in Vadodara (Debt: Rs 8 cr) (ProjectCode: PE-13)
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    Renewable energy/ clean fuel projects



    We are looking for investors for following projects:    click here for profile of our Renewable Energy Business Associate

  • Buyer/ Investor/ Green Funding Institution for Carbon Credit Project for 6000 hectares of afforestation by State Government leading to 30000 CERs per year. (ProjectCode: RNWE-01)
  • Small scale (2m3) capacity biomethane plants for a Dairy (click here for calculations) (ProjectCode: RNWE-02)
    Project: Setting up 20000 small scale plants.
    Project Sponsor: A reputed Dairy
    Need: US$250 per plant x 20,000 plants = US$ 5 mn
    Key statistics: More than 1500 milk banks comprising more than 200 members in each milk bank
    Benefits: Each plant would be eligible for 3.5 carbon credits each year, which would be given to the investor towards repayment of the investment.
  • Renewable energy project - power generation from cowdung (10,000 cows) (Irish technology) (AP) (ProjectCode: RNWE-03)
  • Award winning Multifuel (petrol+diesel+biodiesel+natural gas) injection engine (with design) for automobiles (4 wheelers) (ProjectCode: RNWE-04)
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    Buyout, JV and M&A opportunities



    We are looking for buyers for following product(s)/ technologies:

  • Sale of software for Unique Person Identification (similar to social security number in USA) (ProjectCode: BO-01)
  • Sale of webbased ERP software product -> 100% webbased, workflow & document management system embedded ERP software covering modules like Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP), Financial Resources Management including Finance, Controlling & Accounting (FRM), Human Resources Management (HRM), Quality Management (QM) and IT Resources Management (ITM). The architecture uses classic ASP, .Net framework and MS SQL Server. (ProjectCode: BO-02)
  • Sale of Core Banking software solution (70% complete)-> Web based-Customer-Centric Generic Core Banking & Branch Automation Solution for Small to Medium sized Banks, Credit Societies, NBFCs, Co-operative Banks, District Banks, Rural Banks and Micro Finance Institutions. with document management, back to back transaction audit, multichannel (internet, mobile, IVR, sms, kiosk, ATM) interfaces and inclusion of Basel II capital adequacy norms, SOX, Credit controls, Anti Money Laundering, risk management, Asset-Liability management, Non Performing Assets etc. The modules covered include Loans & advances, overdraft, settlement, clearing, term deposits, current/ savings account, Non Performing Assets (NPA), Know Your Customer (KYC), cashier/ teller module, general ledger, daily scroll, trial balance, profit & loss, balance sheet, schedules, Regulatory compliance (RBI & Offsite Surveillance - OSS reports), Assets, Liabilities, Risk management etc. (ProjectCode: BO-03)
  • Available: Buyout of a Pharma company (ProjectCode: BO-04)
  • Looking to buyout: Midsize Pharma Tablet manufacturing unit with a capacity of producing 3 billion tablets and 500,000 capsules per annum (ProjectCode: BO-05)
  • Looking to buyout: Midsize BPO having a topline revenue of Rs 75 crores (US$ 15 mn) within or outside India (ProjectCode: BO-06)
  • Looking to buyout: Windfarm with a capacity of 15 MW (ProjectCode: BO-07)
  • Looking to buyout: Hydropower projects upto 10 MW (ProjectCode: BO-08)
  • Sale of Gujarati software product having customer base of 6000 (Rs 25 lakhs - approx. US$ 50,000) (ProjectCode: BO-09)
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    Mandar Mehta's experience: Stocks, Banks, Capital Markets, Infrastructure, Real Estate & Finance


    Mandar Mehta has been a Consultant to World Bank, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded projects and Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India project . He has also worked on Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded projects. He has been a Visiting Professor and external examiner to M.S.University MBA (Finance) for several years. In the domain of Banking, Finance & Securities(BFSI)  industry, Mr Mehta has been a Financial Advisor, Investment Banker & Equity Analyst (technical analyst). He has successfully implemented packaged banking software. He has experience and written articles in banking and finance. As CEO of Banking and finance software products company (450 installations), he has enhanced banking products to comply with regulatory requirements. He has good understanding of Real Estate, Infrastructure and Project financing. He has prepared and vetted several projects for funding.

     

    Projects by Mandar:


  • As CEO of Supertech Solutions Ltd. (ISO 9001:2000) provided strategic vision and direction to the banking and financial software company, managed processes, recruited, trained and motivated team of 50 developers to manage software development lifecycle (SDLC), aligning processes to CMM standards, and enhance cross functional and cross platform products. Familiarised and involved with development and implementation of banking module.  Introduced new technology solutions for supporting 400 installations spread across India. These include Nationalized Banks, State Co-operative, District Cooperative, Urban Co-operative and Co-operative banks in rural areas with multiple branches to Microfinance Institutions and Credit Societies. Developed Business roadmap  and strengthened or established new business partnerships with leading players like TCS, IBM, Microsoft, NCR, Diebold, Saraswat Infotech, Prithvi Information Systems, Citadel Advantage (UK). Refined software products like Microfinance, Document Management, Business Process Management. Provided inputs and guided Quality Assurance, Customer Support, Delivery Manager, Business Development Manager, Software Product Managers and Admin & HR Manager.
  • He has developed a Web based-Customer-Centric Generic Core Banking & Branch Automation Solution for Small to Medium sized Banks, Credit Societies, NBFCs, Co-operative Banks, District Banks, Rural Banks and Micro Finance Institutions. with document management, back to back transaction audit, multichannel (internet, mobile, IVR, sms, kiosk, ATM) interfaces and inclusion of Basel II capital adequacy norms, SOX, Credit controls, Anti Money Laundering, risk management, Asset-Liability management, Non Performing Assets etc. The modules covered include Loans & advances, overdraft, settlement, clearing, term deposits, current/ savings account, Non Performing Assets (NPA), Know Your Customer (KYC), cashier/ teller module, general ledger, daily scroll, trial balance, profit & loss, balance sheet, schedules, Regulatory compliance (RBI & Offsite Surveillance - OSS reports), Assets, Liabilities, Risk management etc.
  • In the capacity of Vice President in a SEBI approved Investment Bank, generated leads for about $20 million for core financing including infrastructure, government disinvestment, real estate and raising domestic and overseas corporate financing.
  • Raised Rs 30 Crores through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) including private equity placements, addressing press conferences, analyst meets and tying up with brokers, 1000 sub brokers and underwriters.
  • Providing technical analysis inputs to a core team advising a $ 50 million country fund investing in equity stocks and capital market.
  • Helped prepare and put forward a US$150 million IT related project proposal at Dubai on behalf of a well known busines family of India.
  • Involved with Stock Broking, commodities derivatives and stock trading using Technical Analysis.
  • Developed software for financial services: accounting, stock brokers, share trading & mutual fund. Developed daily Net Asset Value (NAV) software as stipulated by the Securities & Exchange Board of India. Branch office accounting computerisation was carried out by our team.
  • Investment Banking IPO preparations and SEBI compliance.
  • Back office software for financial services was evaluated and implemented by our team.
  • An extensive in-house computerised database to facilitate equity research was created apart from subscriptions to commercially available industry and company database services.
  • Attended trading software training from National Stock Exchange of India for trading in stocks, shares and debt markets.
  • Successfully computerised several Co-operative Banks
  • Provided Enterprise software solutions for real estate and infrastructure construction companies
  • Implemented Microfinance solution for NGO.
  • Rs 41 Crores worth Claims settlement processing  for a Non Banking Finance Company on behalf of High Court appointed committee
  • He articulated a MIS for Resettlement & Rehabilitation of Project Affected Families due to submergence of villages of Sardar Sarovar Project.

    • Business Softwares developed:


  • Financial Accounting
  • Real estate & infrastructure construction companies
  • Inventory Management
  • Payroll
  • Sales Order Processing system
  • Salesmen monitoring System
  • Casting Order Processing & Costing
  • Job Costing System
  • Tender bidding/Estimation and Rate Analysis
  • Financial Institution Documentation
  • Share Brokers back office operations
  • Project Guide for Undergraduate & Postgraduate studies: Master in Business Administration MBA(Finance) etc.
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    Articles:

  • "NBFCs - under a squeeze", Financial Express, 1996.
  • "Power Sector - A Remarkable performance”, Special issue on private sector participation in Infrastructure Projects, Financial Express, 1996.
  • "Technology Banking" in a special issue on Focus on Banking and Finance, Indian Express/ Financial Express/ Loksatta, 1998.
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