Success Stories
WZCC TIGER‘S DEN
2019 7WZYC LOS ANGELES
2020 WZCC CONCLAVE LONAVALA
A unique opportunity to give budding entrepreneurs a platform to pitch their ideas to the best-in-industry investors. Each participant has time to present their ideas to the “tiger” investors and answer their questions live in front of an audience.
Not only does this prove to be a project for investors to get great opportunities to invest capital into young businesses, but also encourages our youth to start their own business!
10
Participants
8
Investors
Investors:
2019: Xerxes Wania, Cyrus Mistry, Alayar Dabestani, Feroze Bhandara, Khosro Mehrfar
2020: Nadir Godrej, Cyrus Katgara, Neville Patel, Alayar Dabestani,
Participants:
2019: TRiBE Boutique Hotels, Dhansak & Co Fashion, City Falcon Financial AI driven News, Lotus Eco-Friendly Trolley Bags, LetsSwapp Cashless Marketplace
2020: GetNatty Fashion Marketplace, Farohar Engineering Press Brake Tooling Manufacturers, MergerDomo, Salveo Therapeutics Disease Management, ICRMS Credit & Risk Management
Most businesses received some sort of guidance or mentorship from the investors who were happy to help groom the startups.
Lotus Trolley Bags and Dhansak & Co actually turned down a few investment offers made by the investors, but continued to receive mentorship from the investors.
Dhansak & Co [Founded by Tanya Hoshi and Anaheez Karbhari], a fashion startup catered to Zoroastrian youth, accepted an investment offered by 7WZYC and received mentorship from Xerxes Wania.
TRiBE Boutique Hotels [Founded by Arius Iri], a boutique hotel in Costa Rica, received USD 20,000 in funding from 2 investors from the event in L.A, 2019
MergerDomo [Founded by Hormazd Charna], an online global corporate deal sourcing & consulting marketplace received INR 1 Crore in funding from one of the investors at the 2020 Global Conclave event
WZCC & WZOTF DEBT FINANCING – INDIA
5
Businesses Funded
> 1 Crore
INR given in Interest Free Loans
“I believe I could not have commenced my business so soon had it not been for this funding. It’s an excellent initiative! I strongly believe, that with financial initiatives by institutions like WZCC and WZOT, it is necessary that Zoroastrian entrepreneurs with substantiate business ideas, who may run short on capital investment, make the most of these financial support initiatives to thrive.”
“I am extremely grateful for the intricate and refined questions asked by the selection panel that triggered my thought process to broaden the scope of my business. So far, we have elaborately upgraded our product six times to suit our customer’s needs and make it more efficient.”
“Ever since we received the gain, we have managed to expand our sales and marketing team from five to a team of twenty. Currently, we are majorly focusing on using the funds to strengthen our international client base and grow manifold!”
“During the course of the selection interviews, I was honored to be introduced to numerous successful businessmen with distinctive personalities who have inspired me on my future course to scale greater heights. To me, it was an honor to be selected from amongst numerous entrepreneurs for this loan that has opened up new arenas of opportunities and has motivated me to embark on an excursion to growth.”
“After approaching WZCC for financial assistance I was guided step by step how to go about it. The funds I received from WZCC has taken my company to the next level which would otherwise have taken me 6 months more to achieve Timing is everything the WZCC team and the board of directors were very helpful and cordial during the whole process and continue to do so. If I could go back in time I would approach them much earlier..”