تامین سرمایه بانک ملت (تملت)

Definition

Venture capital is a process whereby funds raised by investors, along with consulting advisory from experienced managers or individuals, are provided to startups with the potential for growth. Venture capitals not only provide the required funds but also own some shares of the startup and participate in most of these companies' operations to cover their investment risk and earn more profits. VCs often take a long-term approach and offer startups their experiences and expertise in order to achieve significant financial returns in the future.
VC funds are institutions raising funds through limited partners and, invest resources in startups with high return. The funds have a high investment capacity and sufficient funding to conduct studies and invest in reviewed and approved areas.

Benefits of Venture capitals

Portfolio diversification concerns with the inclusion of different investment vehicles with a variety of features may be one of principals of investment. VC funds are one of most important tools of portfolio diversification and risk coverage, Studies declare these funds performance is not completely influenced by economic conditions and thus the portfolio risk can be diminished through them. E.g. even in the adverse economic conditions, the status of start-ups and tech companies is particularly high in the service sector.: Mellat IB with a proficient active management team experienced in VC, have some specific capabilities and comparative competitive advantage over all other VC funds. Other benefits of VC are:

Cost reduction through economy of scale
Supporting and financing knowledge enterprises
Supporting development of technology-based businesses
Development and commercialization of intellectual property
Directing public and private funds to the economy of startups and knowledge enterprises
Increasing the added value of domestic production through investing in startups
Supporting startups through experience and knowledge of experts

The venture capital process

Service users

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are companies need funding to grow further, they are not just look for funding, Management advisory, consistent monitoring of business, sharing networks for sales plans, suggestions for improving the corporation’s business model, etc. are all services provided by VC funds. For more information about the process and steps, refer to related section.

Investors

VC funds usually consist of two major parts:

Founder or GP
Investor or LP

The founders are usually the VC fund managers who, after completing the required steps, allocate the funds raised to the applicants and manage the companies actively. Required funds are financed by limited partnership (LP) investors, it should be noted that this investment type is much more risky but expected to achieve much higher returns. Investors can sell the purchased units by agreement on the Fara bourse. Of course, according to the lack of market makers, there is little risk of liquidity for the fund and In accordance with the guidelines of SEO, the minimum required capital to participate in VCs whether for real or legal people, is 1000 million IRI. There is no need for investment to be in cash completely, part of it can be in cash and the rest must be provided by the investor at the request of the fund manager. If the manager requests the payment of rest of capital and the investor is unable to raise funds for any reason, the fund manager can sell units of the investor in the secondary market.

Investment Institutions

The venture capital fund is ready to negotiate with other active institutions and to jointly invest in high-potential projects and companies.

Definition

Commodity investment refers to investing in all kinds of commodities. Unfortunately investing in this area, despite its many attractions and functions, has been neglected in Iran. The lack of proper tools, effective awareness campaigns and trust building activities may be the main reasons. Mellat IB has been working to launch specialized commodity investment tools that, in addition to satisfying profitability preferences, have the proper demand of capital market players and can gain trust both from market players and customers. Gold and precious metals were initially considered as a viable option for instrumentation and appropriate action was taken. Other areas, including currency and other commodities, are the next entry options if the conditions are met.

Gold fund

Gold backed funds are among the commodity funds traded in the stock market, these funds invest capital raised from customers in gold deposit certificates and gold-based securities. The gold backed fund has the potential to benefit from gold coin price returns and its investment units can be traded on the Iranian commodity exchange. The fund's principal activity was in the gold coin deposit certificate, which is considered the fund's underlying asset. In addition, some of the fund's resources are invested in the gold coin derivatives market, including futures and gold coin options.

Benefits of gold funds

Risk coverage due to gold and currency price fluctuations
Risk coverage of financial institutions' portfolios
Increase market efficiency of gold coin deposit certificates and gold derivative gold
High liquidity due to market making
Diversification in Mellat IB Services

Service users

Those who intend to invest in the gold coin market can easily bear no costs such as shipping, maintenance, insurance and potential losses by purchasing gold-backed equity fund units while having similar returns. These funds’ units are also traded exactly like stocks and the liquidation process is similar to other securities. Private equity investors, Investment companies, exchange offices and other investors who intend to invest in gold or hedge against currency and gold exchange rate fluctuations are among those targeting these funds.

Trading of deposit certificates

A certificate of deposit definition

A Certificate of Deposit is a security deposit denoting the holder's ownership of a certain amount of goods deposited in warehouse and backed by a receipt issued by the warehouse keeper. In the Gold Deposit Certificate, the base asset is the 21.6 grade y Gold coin of the year with a multiplication year of 2007. In Gold Certificate Deals, individuals move or hold coins deposit certificates instead of physically moving or holding coins. Individuals who have physical gold coins can obtain deposit certificates by visiting the stock listed on the Commodity Exchange and delivering their coins and sell their coins through gold coin deposit trading.
Also, the holder of the certificate can visit the aforementioned warehouse at any time and receive the physical coin. Among the benefits of investing in a gold coin deposit certificate are:

Security: The main advantage is to increase the safety factor in the transportation, maintenance and trading of gold coins. Creating a secure environment for the purchase and sale of coins is one of the purposes of entering into certified gold coin deposit transactions.
Low exchange rate fees: Certificate transactions have significantly lower fees than currency exchange rates and there is no fluctuations due to specific circumstances
No need for in-person visit and physical handling of goods
Discovery of fair exchange rates by the supply and demand mechanism
Being able to get collateral for the facility
Transfer part of the coin market speculation from cash transactions to certificates

Benefits of gold certificates trading

Ensure market liquidity by obliging the purchase and sale of a certain number of certificates and the registration of a certain number of accumulated purchase and sell orders per day
Deepen the market by increasing the volume of transactions and orders registered in the system
Gaining investor trust in investing in a Certificate of Deposit
Reducing the price volatility range and preventing price manipulation

Obligations of gold certificates trading

Perform the minimum number of daily transactions specified in the marketing activity commitment
Minimum number of accumulated purchase and sale orders in the trading system
Maintain a definite range of quotes between accumulated buying and selling orders in the trading system

Service users

Individual investors, investment companies, exchange offices and other investors who intend to invest in gold or hedge against currency and gold exchange rate fluctuations can be among contacts. Also, anyone who has a gold coin physically can buy and sell coins on the certified market by depositing their coins in storage

تامین سرمایه بانک ملت

Alternative investment

Venture capital

Commodity investment

Alternative investment advisory