Mergers & Acquisitions

Target/Buyer Search
  • Backed by significant network of relationships and a knowledge based approach Maple team is uniquely positioned to span the market to generate buyer interest and shortlist potential opportunities
  • Professional approach and best practice driven interest generation
  • High quality shortlist and conversion track record
Deal Advisory - Buy & Sell side
  • Focus on understanding of commercial rationale
  • Exploring possibilities of synergy, domestically or globally and bringing insights through India experience and possible risk mitigants practical in Indian context
  • Solid well researched and analytical & professional presentation
  • Structured sell side process to maximise value
Valuation Support
  • Experienced valuation teams
  • Providing perspectives applying multiple methodologies
Due Diligence
  • Strong relationships with Big 5, leading accounting and legal firms
  • Provide seamless teams for buy side advisory and executing sale processes
Implementation and Closing Support
  • Successful and experienced team to support, undertake and advise on negotiations
  • Advising and finalizing documentation in conjunction with legal counsels
  • Assisting in seeking requisite legal approvals
JV Advisory
  • End to end solutions
    • Identification of JV partners
    • Supporting existing dialogues
    • Structuring & supporting closures
  • Strong sectoral understanding in growth sectors of emerging India further supplemented by in-house strategic consulting expertise
  • Strong multi-country understanding and teams, backed by strong India expertise to advise on Joint Ventures and various relevant regulatory issues
  • Strong ecosystem of legal, tax, regulatory and accounting expertise
In-bound Alliances/Partnership/Strategic Sourcing
  • As India specialists with extensive Pan India relationships, Maple team provides comprehensive advisory and support in establishing India market presence through:
    • Marketing alliances
    • Collaborations
    • Franchising relationships
    • India Vendors/Strategic supply partners
  • End to end solutions from partner search & shortlisting, profiling of potential partners, understanding India strategy to complete transaction management including, negotiations and closure of commercial agreements
Sector Research
  • Comprehensive and crisp coverage of key focus sectors
  • Tracking relevant financial and strategic data on key focus sectors
  • Backed by sectoral expertise and strong research teams, tax and legal firm network
  • Sample Maple Research - India Food Services Story, Indian Consumer Story, India Hospitality
Business Plans & Valuation Assessments
  • Comprehensive Business Plans including financial models with active involvement and co-ordination
  • Information Memorandums including exhaustive coverage of investment plan and strategy
  • Valuation Assessment on different methodologies
  • Developing in-depth pitch strategy for presentation to lenders and investors

Accelerator

Formally established in 2015, focusing on accelerating startups with the following criterion:

  • Proven proof of concept or existing quality management teams
  • Seed/Angel funding established and at cusp of scaling up
  • Seeking mentoring partnership
  • Asset light business models
  • Consumer (Retail, FMCG, Food, Healthcare, Education), Business Services, Technology or Tech enabled sectors

Maple team mentors companies, in its Accelerator Program with comprehensive financial insights.

Maple brings its eco system and network in legal, human resources, financial services and business relationships to provide operating leverage to companies in the Accelerator program.

Maple investment ecosystem consists of family offices, individual investors and vast range of venture capitalists.

Maple has established select successful cases in retail and business services in Accelerator Program with a rapidly evolving pipeline across the focus sectors.

Private Equity & Capital Markets

PRIVATE EQUITY

Focus

  • Buyouts
  • Growth Capital
  • Special Situations
  • PIPE

Extensive relationships with over 100 India focused funds and understanding of fund appetite.

Focus on objective assessment, combining solid overall business analysis, valuation experience and structuring skills with an objective of reflecting the best value for business and solid justification for investment.

Bringing strong ecosystem of tax expertise and right legal counsels to advise on investment terms as well as exit aspects.

Ability to add value post investment through supporting quality governance.

CAPITAL MARKETS: AIM

Concept to Capital Raise AIM solution

  • Preparing Indian companies for the London-AIM Market
  • Developing and Reviewing Business plans
  • Developing the AIM pitch book and Business Model

Advisory on Structuring and Regulatory matters

Pre-IPO equity financing

Support/Coordination for equity listing with key statutory advisors

Backed by:

  • Strong relationships and work in conjunction with nomads and brokers in London
  • Strong relationship ecosystem with lawyers, accounts and PR firms

LEverage Capital

Focus

  • Term Financing-INR/Foreign Currency
  • Restructuring
  • Convertibles/Mezzanine Financing
  • Structured Finance-Working Capital/Project Financing

Strong relationship with FIā€™s and Banks in India/Overseas

Ability to bring in Overseas Institutions and multilaterals

Experienced team with banking background

Objective value added assessment and case presentation

Inputs on risk assessment and financial structuring of proposed debt

Term sheet negotiation