Grocap- Represents our entrepreneurial mindset focusing on partnering with our clients.

About Us

One of the biggest impediments to the growth of a business is not having sufficient funds to support the increase in activity. Entrepreneurs in India consistently struggle to raise timely credit from banks.

Many companies especially MSME’s cannot comply with risk adverse procedures of banks due to lack of collateral, low equity base and lack of adequate cash flows. Restrictive lending policies, inflexible collateral requirements, and slow disbursement times by formal financial institutions leads to under financing.

Our Mission is to bridge the financing gap by providing flexible and innovative financial products in an efficient and customer friendly manner.

Grocap has a dedicated team of professionals with vast experience in a wide range of corporate finance and investment banking activities. We work closely with promoters/top management teams and assist them in making informed decisions while accessing capital by sharing the knowledge rather than just providing the deliverable. We believe in:

Long term relationship with clients
Regular client interaction & personalized service
Round the clock availability
Strong emphasis on confidentiality and integrity
Execution orientation

Our Name

Finance is enabler of growth opportunities and thus has a big impact on business growth. SME business sector contains high levels of potential growth opportunities and rapidly expanding business operations.

Entrepreneurs and business owners are required to make several decisions regarding growth opportunities, developing business strategies and financing these situations. Selection of the right type of financing is thus very important.

Auctus in Latin means Growth. Our company name represents our entrepreneurial mindset focusing on partnering with our clients and assisting them to achieve "Sustainable Growth" by offering tailor-made financing solutions.

Corporate Finance Advisory

MSME’s operate under severe constraints wherein the promoter/top management focus is on core business functions. This results in lack of focus on strategic and financial planning. Thus many organization do not reach their full potential and fail to grow.

Our Corporate Finance Advisory services assist clients in developing and implementing their strategic objectives. The focus is on assisting the client’s management to clearly outline various aspects of the envisaged business and chart-out the business growth path.

We also assist companies in determining business/company value for M&A transactions, VC/PE deals, etc. using various methodologies like DCF, Relative Valuation, etc.enabling our clients to make sound divestment/investment decision at the right valuation.

Based on the strategic plan of the company –

Detailed business plan and financial projections are prepared;
Capital needs are analyzed; and
Efficient/innovative ways of raising capital are advised

A combination of our expertise in the field of corporate finance and the in-depthknowledge & experience of financial modelling & valuation, allows us to uniquely deliver value to our Clients.

Business Plan Preparation

Translates strategic direction into a structured document based on detailed discussion with the management team and comprehensive research.

Includes preparation of a detailed financial model with P&L, Balance Sheet & Cash flow projections.

Financial Modeling

Preparation of comprehensive & flexible financial models (in MS Excel) with sensitivity analysis.

Could be used to monitor project costs, cash flow analysis, scenario analysis, etc.

Feasibility Studies

Preparation of feasibility studies to assess financial viability of a new project/investment opportunity.

Business Valuation

Determining business value for corporate transactions, capital investments and shareholder value management using different methodologies (DCF, Relative Valuation, etc.)

Investment Banking

We assist companies in raising capital i.e. debt and/or equity, by leveraging our extensive network of relationships with lenders and equity investors.

Focus is on providing innovative solutions to meet financing needs of SME’s moving away from the traditional banking solutions. The services include:

Private Equity Syndication

Companies need external equity capital at different life cycle stages to capitalize on the various growth opportunities available. With our broad and deep understanding of Companies and their business model and wide network of investors, we not only assist companies in raising growth capital but also ensure that their long term objectives are met.

We provide end-to-end assistance in the fund raising, which includes the following -

Evaluating need for capital and timing
Management discussion to prepare the business plan projections and information memorandum for investors
Valuation analysis to determine possible valuation range
Shortlisting of appropriate investors
Deal structuring
Negotiationwith Investors to maximize value and benefit to the client
Data room management during the due-diligence process
Coordination with legal team for appropriate documentation for deal closure

Raising equity is a complex process and is best handled by people who have the required experience in dealing with the investment process. The team at GroCap can provide necessary advice and assistance required to optimize the process.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

M&A drivers could be customer acquisition and top line growth, new market entry or competence building. We assist our clients achieve their strategic objectives through M&A and accordingly advise on both buy-side and sell-side. We offer end-to-end assistance for M&A deal.

Identification of potential buyer/seller/partner through a well-developed network of associates across India and overseas
In-depth assessment of the opportunity on various qualitative and financial parameters to highlight expected investment returns and potential areas of concern
Program Management, including handling queries and interactions and support during transaction structuring and negotiation.

Debt Syndication

Companies have varied funding needs at various life cycle stages. Debt does not dilute the owner’s ownership interest and is thus the preferred source of financing compared to private equity. However it is of paramount importance to assess the debt need appropriately and structure the same keeping in mind the company’s ability to timely service the same.

We at Grocap combine our expertise in corporate finance and in-depthknowledge & experience in providing debt syndication services. We assist clients in analyzing their debt needs and work out the ideal debt structure and offer innovative solutions keeping in view the various business limitations. Key products include –

Project Financing - INR term loans and External commercial borrowings (ECB – low cost foreign currency loans)
Working capital financing – setting up of fund based and nonfund based limits, import financing (buyers credit and suppliers credit), export financing (pre-shipment and post-shipment financing), local and foreign currency LC discounting
Special situation funding – funding for companies with under-utilized capacities, high leverage, low profitability compared to industry and which have a potential to grow with financial and operating inputs
NPA Funding – funding for companies which have turned NPA in banks but have potential to grow with financial inputs
M&A funding – financing for acquisition of assets/companies for inorganic growth
Clean-tech Finance - Financing for clean-tech projects (Solar, Wind, Hydro, water management, etc.) with minimum collateral requirement
Funding against Plant and Machinery (without the need of additional collateral)

Real Estate Advisory Services

We provide a range of real estate transactional advisory services across core sectors of office, retail, industrial, education and hotels. We work with many of the country’s leading developers, property owners and investors. Key service offerings include -

Lease Advisory (Landlords and Tenants)

Assist landlord and occupier clients in identification of properties which align with their business objectives

Focus on lease advisory/management contracts for hospitals, school projects and hotels
Acquisitions and Disposals

Advisory services for purchase/sale of larger parcels of industrial, residential and commercial lands; hotel and hospitals. It includes – identification of properties, inspections of suitable premises, negotiations and liaisoning with legal advisors