Most Founders Know How to Build. Convanto Makes Sure They Know How to Raise.
- ByStartupStory | May 30, 2026
There is a moment every founder dreads.
The pitch is ready. The deck looks clean. The numbers make sense. But the moment an investor leans back and asks the hard question, the room shifts. Not because the business isn’t good enough, but because the story around it wasn’t built to withstand scrutiny.
That moment is exactly what Convanto was designed to prevent.
Some professionals build careers. Vandana Tolani built a conviction.
Over 25 years across investment banking, venture capital, and cross-border advisory, from the boardrooms of Singapore and Indonesia to family offices, angel networks, and portfolio companies spanning technology and consumer sectors globally, she didn’t just advise businesses on raising capital. She understood, at a granular level, what makes investors move, what makes them hesitate, and what separates a business that closes a round from one that never gets a second meeting.
When she returned to India, she brought that instinct back with one clear gap in mind: Indian founders were building world-class businesses but walking into fundraising completely underprepared.
Convanto was built to close that gap.
The firm works as a hands-on strategic fundraising partner, helping businesses raise capital, become investor-ready, and scale with confidence. From pitch decks and financial models to valuations, business plans, and M&A support, every engagement is built around one goal: Making sure the right investors see the right business at the right time.
Today, the firm works as a strategic fundraising partner for startups, SMEs, and enterprises, facilitating transactions in the USD 1 million to USD 100 million range. Fully sector-agnostic, it operates across industries and deal types. Over 450 mandates have been successfully executed, with multiple Series D and Series E deals closed. The firm also maintains a live investor network spanning venture capital funds, angel investors, and family offices across India, Dubai, and the United Kingdom.
The numbers reflect one thing Consistency.
Across diverse sectors, deal sizes, and stages of growth, Convanto has repeatedly done the same thing taken businesses that were ready to grow and made them ready to raise.
Beyond Convanto, Vandana serves as a Venture Advisor with an INSEAD-led Canadian venture capital fund with a globally diversified portfolio, bringing real-time investor perspective into every mandate the firm takes on. A TEDx speaker and Forbes-featured entrepreneur, she remains an active voice in the startup and investment ecosystem through speaker sessions, panel discussions, university forums, and mentoring engagements with founders and leadership teams across the world.
That perspective feeds directly into how Convanto works.
Every engagement spans the full capital-raising journey: fundraising advisory, strategic consulting, financial modelling, valuation, pitch deck preparation, information memorandums, business plans, and M&A support each built around the specific business, its stage, and the investors it actually needs to reach.
Current focus areas include HealthTech, AI and Robotics, Cybersecurity, FinTech, B2B SaaS, Consumer Brands, and D2C sectors, where the difference between a stalled raise and a closed round often comes down to one thing: preparation.
Looking ahead, Convanto’s ambition has always extended beyond the transaction.
The firm’s vision is to become one of the most trusted fundraising and advisory partners for ambitious businesses globally, equipping founders not just with access to capital, but with the strategic clarity and execution capabilities to scale on their own terms. Closer to home, Convanto remains committed to India’s Viksit Bharat mission, backing the kind of innovation-led businesses that don’t just grow, but leave something behind.
The investors are out there. The capital is ready.
The only thing standing between a founder and their next raise is preparation. That’s where Convanto comes in.
Most founders spend years building something worth funding.
Convanto makes sure the world’s investors finally see it that way
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