About the Master Trust and the Sponsor
Bilwa Global AIF Master Trust (“Trust”), a trust settled in India as an irrevocable determinate contributory trust by the Settlor, pursuant to an indenture of trust dated [•], as amended or restated from time to time (Indenture).
The Trust has applied for registration as a Category II Alternative Investment Fund with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) under the SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012.
Subject to appropriate approvals and registration with SEBI, the Fund will be managed in accordance with the Indenture, the relevant Contribution Agreement(s), and the Investment Management Agreement (and other ancillary documents, if any, designated as such pursuant to the Contribution Agreements. The Fund shall engage a Person to serve as its custodian if required under and subject to AIF Regulations.
Finteglaw Business Integrators Private Limited (Finteglaw), the Sponsor of the Trust, is a Digital Investment Banking Start-Up company supported by a team of professionals having several years of experience in their respective domains. Finteglaw integrates the entire spectrum of knowledge-based, technology-based, fund-based and non-fund based services that are required to consummate an merger or acquisition lead into a deal.
The company caters to MAKE-IN-INDIA, START-UP INDIA and ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT programs of the Government of India, and the details of business activities carried on in this regard, are given below:
Business Activity of the Sponsor Finteglaw owns the portal “smeDEALZ.com”, a technology based B2B portal that provides a complete ecosystem for the growth and development of SMEs in India. Digital investment banking initiatives by smeDEALZ include Business acquisitions, Lending and Investments aggregation, and Offering of the services of a host of consultants.
These initiatives lead to
(i) Inorganic business expansion,
(ii) Exit opportunities for promoters whose businesses are not doing well,
(iii) Value unlocking for several business that might have failed,
(iv) Monetization of Intellectual Properties (FIRST TIME EVER IN INDIA),
(v) Exit for investors in unlisted securities through spot transactions, and
(vi) Franchise arrangements for geographical expansion of emerging brands. Apart from unlocking the value, smeDEALZ also enables revival of ailing businesses thereby strengthening, on a continuous basis, the country’s economy.
The portal also aggregates a host of business catalysts like Investment Bankers, Banks, NBFCs, Factors, VC Funds, Debenture Trustees, Rating Agencies, host of consultants from multiple disciplines for the benefit of SMEs from across the country. Further, we also offer value added virtual services including a Data-room for due diligence and audit, Board Meeting software, Arbitration platform, and Auction utility, thereby meeting every need of SMEs. Franchise aggregation is also being implemented.
The value added services offered by smeDEALZ include
(i) Virtual Data Room that can be used for conducting due diligence on the seller companies, and also all types remote audit purposes,
(ii) Online Auction Platform to enable systematic and profession auction of intellectual properties and distressed assets,
(iii) Complete Board Governance software, that ensures all governance aspects of the Board and enabling VC funds that have invested in SMEs to participate in the Board meetings of the investee companies, and
(iv) a mobile app is also made available for the first time ever in India to carry out all the aforesaid Digital Investment Banking activities
The portal also aggregates a host of business catalysts like Investment Bankers, Banks, NBFCs, Factors, VC Funds, Debenture Trustees, Rating Agencies, host of consultants from multiple disciplines for the benefit of SMEs from across the country.
Further, we also offer value added virtual services including a Data-room for due diligence and audit, Board Meeting software, Arbitration platform, and Auction utility, thereby meeting every need of SMEs. Franchise aggregation is also being implemented.
The value added services offered by smeDEALZ include
(i) Virtual Data Room that can be used for conducting due diligence on the seller companies, and also all types remote audit purposes,
(ii) Online Auction Platform to enable systematic and profession auction of intellectual properties and distressed assets,
(iii) Complete Board Governance software, that ensures all governance aspects of the Board and enabling VC funds that have invested in SMEs to participate in the Board meetings of the investee companies, and
(iv) a mobile app is also made available for the first time ever in India to carry out all the aforesaid Digital Investment Banking activities
Awards and Recognitions received by the Sponsor
Finteglaw was incorporated on May 12, 2021 and got its registration as a STARTUP on July 15, 2021. In 2022, smeDEALZ was awarded ‘TRENDSETTER OF THE YEAR’ by ‘Vyapar Jagat’, an Ahmedabad based fast growing online business media platform.
In 2023, the company has been recognized as one of the “10 BEST MARKET TRADING PLATFORMS STARTUPS 2023” by ‘SiliconIndia Startup City Magazine’, Bangalore. Again in January 2023, the company was awarded Runner-Up position through voting, in the category “INDIA GROWTH ICON – CREATIVE STARTUP”, at a rated award function conductedby Vyapar Jagat.