Introduction to Corporate Fundraising: Equity vs Debt

A plain-language, India-specific introduction to how companies raise money, built for founders, treasury teams, HR and L&D professionals, and employees outside finance who want to understand the funding decisions shaping their company. Learn why companies raise capital, what it really means to sell ownership versus borrow, and where each kind of money comes from in India: angels, VCs, PE funds, IPOs, QIPs and rights issues on one side; banks, NBFCs, venture debt and corporate bonds on the other. Understand covenants, collateral, credit ratings and what happens under the IBC when repayment fails. Compare the true cost of equity and debt, see how leverage magnifies both returns and risk, meet the hybrids in between, and finish with a practical decision framework, a walkthrough of reading any listed company's funding mix on screener.in, and a case study of two Indian companies that funded growth in opposite ways.