IDEA is incubating a high-level business matchmaking & direct investment promotion network in India. It is a national agency that operates from the state of Gujarat in Western India. IDEA works closely with agencies in Gujarat such as iNDEXTb & GCCI and had received formal recognition for its initiative in Gujarat earlier this year. It had recently released a newsletter in September 2004 http://www.ideagujarat.com/news10.htm where over 100 investment leads were highlighted. The newsletter was circulated to FDI Xchange members for India, CMIE’s database of investors in INDIA & to IDEA’s network of investment promotion agencies, investment practioners & investment bankers in India & across the world.
The current report focus on the State of Gujarat as an update to the newsletter on Gujarat released in April this year http://www.ideagujarat.com/news2.htm It features
i) M&A,
ii) Joint ventures,
iii) Strategic alliance,
iv) Opportunities to be won by investors (typically rights or concessions),
v) Investment financing , ODA & grant aid opportunities.
vi) Private equity & privatization opportunities.
& other such business matchmaking opportunities cutting across a spectrum of sectors . This newsletter is released as a courtesy & in advance of the global investors meet on Jan 12-13 2004 by the Government of Gujarat www.vibrantgujarat.com .* The event is supported by :
UNIDO
FICCI
Global consultants such as AT Kearney & Ernst & Young.
FDI Xchange, a service of MIGA, a World Bank Agency*
The State Bank of India*
( * have been invited to participate and formal confirmation is awaited)
and would cover all key sectors of the Gujarat economy. IDEA role would be to profile any buy side investment profiles from investors for suitable business matchmaking efforts prior, during and after the event. A sample format (this is not a real opportunity) of a buy side investment profile in Oil & gas is as follows:
i) Marginal fields i.e. fields that are in abeyance & to be reconditioned and developed.
ii) Producing fields.
iii) Undeveloped discovered fields.
iv) Minority shares in large production projects.
v) Minority shares in exploration.
IDEA would use this information to win mandate from its network of sell side investors in India represented by some of the most prestigious investment banking firms in India.
The report covers all sector’s of the economy is Gujarat and is based on live leads & secondary data research conducted by IDEA its content partners and network of associates in the last few years. It is intended to provide a basis to investors to move forward on any transactions in the state of Gujarat, Western India. IDEA declines any responsibility on possible mistakes or inaccuracies. To download a copy of the report in PDF format please click ( 371 kb)
