GIAAdvisors

WeareaninnovativeeducationandemployabilitysectorfocusedIBankthathelpsinitiativesscaleup throughfinancialadvisory,strategyformulationandoperationalinterventions. Services: Mentoring:StrategicAdvisory+CorporateDevelopment+OperationalInterventions SellSideAdvisory y DebtSolutions Privateequitysyndication GrantProposals SweatEquityInvestments S t E it I t t

UniqueValueProposition
ProprietaryInvestorBase GIAAdvisorsworkswith60+ofthebestandthemostfocusededucationsectorinvestors globally.TheseinvestorscaninvestanywherefromUS$100KtoUS$500Mnintheright opportunity.Theseinclude: Largefamilyofficesthathaveaninvestmenthorizonofupto20years Top10publishinghousesintheworld Top5mediacompaniesintheworld Top 5 private sector education companies in the world in terms of revenues Top5privatesectoreducationcompaniesintheworldintermsofrevenues Thebestangel&VCswhohavemadesomeofthebestinvestmentsintheeducationsector EntrepreneurialMindset Duetoourownentrepreneurialexperience,weareabletostronglyconnectwith entrepreneurs.Thisunderstandingofourentrepreneursallowsustopitchtheirinitiative stronglytothebestfitinvestor(s)inournetworktherebyincreasingtheprobabilityof success.Webelievethisisthereasonwhyallourbusinesscurrentlycomesthroughreferrals fromentrepreneurswhohaveworkedwithus. from entrepreneurs who have worked with us UniquePerspective Wehaveourownperspectiveontheeducationsectorwhichallowsustotakeupmandates andsupportinitiativesthatmightnotgetsupportfromtraditionalIBanks/Consultingfirms. Webelievethatitisthisuniqueperspectiveandthestrategicinputweprovidethathasbeen attractingtherightdealstous.

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AkhilKishore Over11+yearsofdiverseexperiencethatincludes5yearsofinvestingandmanaginginvestmentsin theeducationandemployabilitysector.Currentlybridgingthegapbetweenhighqualityinitiativesin theeducationandemployabilityspaceandinvestorlookingatinvestinginthesetwosectors. p y y p g g EngineerfromtheDelhiCollegeofEngineering(1996)andMBAinInternationalStrategy&Finance fromThunderbird,SchoolofGlobalManagement,ArizonaUSA(2003). DineshAgarwal Dinesh Agarwal 18+yearsinvariouscorporatefinancerolesthatincludesbeingCFOofoneofIndiasleading educationalservicescompanies.StartedcareerinthecorporatefinancedepartmentofBajoriaGroup inAugust1993asaManagementtrainee.Afterspending3yearswiththeBajoriaGroup,Dinesh movedontoGrasimIndustriesLimitedwaspartoftheteamthatmanagedallBanking,Insuranceand p g g, Taxes(directandindirect)activities.HelaterwaschosentostartanInsuranceBrokerageFirmforthe FinancialservicescompanyoftheGroup.In2003DineshwassenttoSingaporetobeinvolvedinthe InternationalTradingbusinessoftheGroupwherehewasinstrumentalinstrengtheningthe operationsintheInternationalTradebyraisingUS$200Mnintradefinance.HelaterjoinedasCFOin anEducationalServicesCompanyinDelhi.DineshisaCharteredAccountantfromICAI(1994Batch).

GIAsWork
EducationDeal(Equity):RaisedINR400MnforInstituteofClinicalResearchofIndia(ICRI)from d l( ) d f f l l h f d ( )f TimesPrivateTreaty(BrandCapital). EducationDeal(Debt):ForICRIRaisedtworoundsofdebtataverylowcost 1stfromKotak MahindraBankforINR50MnandthenfromYesBankforINR125Mn. EducationDeal(Debt):RaisedunsecureddebtsofINR70MnforICRIsexpansionplans. EducationDeal(Equity):RaisedINR20MnforSEFSSchoolofEconomicsandFinancialStudies EducationDeal(StrategicAdvisory):ProvidedthedigitalexpansionandfundraisingstrategyforDT Media&EntertainmentthatrunsIndia slargestsellingeducationmagazine EducationWorld. Media & Entertainment that runs Indias largest selling education magazine Education World Rightscumpublicofferforraising INR420MnforaplantbeingsetbytheBajoria Group. RaisingINR100MnforasworkingcapitalfromICICIBankandSBIforBajoria Group. RaisingINR220MnthroughanIPOforsettingupahalogentubesmanufacturingprojectforthe Bajoria Group. j p RaisingUS$200MnintradefinanceforGrasimIndustry(Aditya BirlaGroup).

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AkhilKishore +919818088050;akhil.kishore@gmail.com; h // 91 98180 880 0 khil ki h @ il http://www.linkedin.com/in/akhilkishore li k di /i / khilki h