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With a view to sharing governance learnings and best practices specific to startup businesses, Lightbox’s legal and finance team recently kicked off a webinar-based knowledge series for the portfolio. The first of the series focused on auditing challenges faced by startups.
As startups increasingly move to the mainstream of the Indian economy, prioritising corporate governance is essential to ensure that the juggernaut does not falter. Within the Lightbox portfolio, attention to corporate governance frameworks that engender transparency and accountability is as important as building differentiated and high-growth businesses.
Given the relatively nascent and dynamic nature of startup businesses, governance challenges faced by such businesses tend to be different from established businesses and call for a more curated approach in terms of establishing the right frameworks and preventing missteps.
(Clockwise) Dipesh Sonawat, B S R & Co. LLP; Rashmi Guptey, Lightbox; Hrishikesh Sathe, PwC; and Piyush Kakkad, Rebel Foods
The session drew on insights from Piyush Kakkad, CFO of Rebel Foods, a Lightbox portfolio company; Dipesh Sonawat, a seasoned financial services assurance specialist with B S R & Co. LLP who has been advising companies on global financial reporting standards for 17 years; and Hrishikesh Sathe, Deals Partner with PwC.
The session was moderated by Lightbox CFO and general counsel Rashmi Guptey.
“The biggest pain point startups often face (within the governance universe) is with respect to statutory audits. Based on a survey conducted within the portfolio, we found that the common challenges included lack of automation, lack of clarity on how to treat non-cash transactions and efficient project management of the audit process,” said Guptey.
Here are a few insights shared by our panelists:
We would like to thank our panelists and portfolio teams for their participation in what turned out to be an extremely engaging and informative session. We’ll be back soon with the next one.
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