Vikram Akula, CEO of MFI SKS, looking for venture capital investment to finance the firm. SCS, one of the largest and fastest growing microfinance institutions in India, it is beneficial to the non-profit organization with a social mission. The fact that one of the first commercial financing transactions in the world, Shark must decide what value to sell shares in the SCS, and to whom to sell it. The case focuses on the assessment, which is difficult, because at that time there is no public comparable companies and the strategic aspects of raising money. "Hide
by Sean Cole, Teresa Chen Source: Harvard Business School 21 pages. Publication date: 07 May 2008. Prod. #: 208137-PDF-ENG