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The Pitch That Nearly Didn't Happen

How a ₹200 Crore Fundraise Was Rebuilt the Night Before the IC

📅20 March 2026
🕐10:30 pm IST
💻Online
60 min
👥0 attended

The Practitioner

Identity disclosed to confirmed attendees

Founding Partner · Mid-Market Private Equity Fund

15+ years across fundraising and deal origination

Has closed three fund cycles and sat on both sides of the LP-GP table. Identity disclosed to confirmed attendees.

The final close announcement is always a lie of omission. This is what they left out.

What this session covers

₹200 crore fundraises are not won in boardrooms. They are won in the weeks before — when the story keeps breaking and the team has to decide whether to be honest about it or smooth it over.

Who should be in the room

This is the session about being honest about it.

A founding partner from a mid-market fund walks through a live fundraise — the LP conversation that went quiet for three months, the co-investor who pulled out the night before the investment committee, and the single data point that changed the room.

You will hear what it sounds like when conviction has to speak for itself. No deck. No model. Just judgement and everything it costs.

What to expect

01One practitioner per session
02A small group — never more than 30
03A real scenario. Your judgment, tested.
0460 minutes. No recordings.
05By application only.
06Built around public or hypothetical situations.
Session concluded

20 March 2026 · 60 min · 0 attended

Recording not available.