Research & Publications Office to host seminar on ‘The India Financing Stack: An Exploration of The Indian Entrepreneurial Financing Landscape’ on February 20
The talk will be delivered by Prof. Balagopal Vissa, INSEAD, Singapore
16 February, 2026, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) will host a seminar on ‘The India Financing Stack: An Exploration of The Indian Entrepreneurial Financing Landscape’, to be led by Prof. Balagopal Vissa, INSEAD, Singapore, at 11:00 AM on 20 February 2026, in Classroom P-11.
Abstract: In this descriptive paper, the researchers juxtapose findings from a detailed empirical examination of the Indian entrepreneurial finance ecosystem with received frameworks, drawn mainly from prior empirical research set in the United States, that purport to explain outcomes in such ecosystems. They distill relevant received frameworks from prior research as three broad framing questions, which they explore empirically with their data. This allows them to spot instances where received frameworks either fail to explain the observed patterns or predict patterns that are inconsistent with what is observed in granular capital structure data from 3,695 high-growth-potential ventures in India across 9,110 financing rounds during the period 1996 to 2021. The study discusses future scholarly work to broaden and deepen theories on the entrepreneurial finance ecosystem, particularly from a “supply-side” perspective of the different actors that serve as suppliers of equity capital to high-growth-potential ventures.
Speaker Profile: Dr. Bala Vissa is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise and The André and Rosalie Hoffmann Chaired Professor of Family Enterprise at INSEAD. His research examines entrepreneurial leadership in emerging economies, including founding teams of new ventures, governance in family businesses, investor teams, and pathways linking entrepreneurial exit to social impact. He has received multiple research and teaching awards and previously served as an Associate Editor at leading management journals. Prior to his doctoral studies at London Business School, he built new specialty chemical businesses for Unilever in India. He is an alumnus of BITS Pilani and IIM Calcutta.
Webpage Link: https://www.insead.edu/faculty/balagopal-vissa
Research & Publications Office to host seminar on ‘The India Financing Stack: An Exploration of The Indian Entrepreneurial Financing Landscape’ on February 20
The talk will be delivered by Prof. Balagopal Vissa, INSEAD, Singapore
16 February, 2026, Bengaluru: The Office of Research and Publications (R&P) will host a seminar on ‘The India Financing Stack: An Exploration of The Indian Entrepreneurial Financing Landscape’, to be led by Prof. Balagopal Vissa, INSEAD, Singapore, at 11:00 AM on 20 February 2026, in Classroom P-11.
Abstract: In this descriptive paper, the researchers juxtapose findings from a detailed empirical examination of the Indian entrepreneurial finance ecosystem with received frameworks, drawn mainly from prior empirical research set in the United States, that purport to explain outcomes in such ecosystems. They distill relevant received frameworks from prior research as three broad framing questions, which they explore empirically with their data. This allows them to spot instances where received frameworks either fail to explain the observed patterns or predict patterns that are inconsistent with what is observed in granular capital structure data from 3,695 high-growth-potential ventures in India across 9,110 financing rounds during the period 1996 to 2021. The study discusses future scholarly work to broaden and deepen theories on the entrepreneurial finance ecosystem, particularly from a “supply-side” perspective of the different actors that serve as suppliers of equity capital to high-growth-potential ventures.
Speaker Profile: Dr. Bala Vissa is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise and The André and Rosalie Hoffmann Chaired Professor of Family Enterprise at INSEAD. His research examines entrepreneurial leadership in emerging economies, including founding teams of new ventures, governance in family businesses, investor teams, and pathways linking entrepreneurial exit to social impact. He has received multiple research and teaching awards and previously served as an Associate Editor at leading management journals. Prior to his doctoral studies at London Business School, he built new specialty chemical businesses for Unilever in India. He is an alumnus of BITS Pilani and IIM Calcutta.
Webpage Link: https://www.insead.edu/faculty/balagopal-vissa