A members-only room for dealmakers
Where India's dealmakers
actually pick up the phone.
Term sheets are easy. Finding the one person who'll take your call at 9pm before a deadline is the hard part. IB Circle is the private room where bankers, investors, and the advisors who make deals defensible finally share a rolodex — minus the LinkedIn cringe.
Free to join · Curated, not crowded · No "let's connect" spam
What is IB Circle
A private room for the people who actually close deals.
Here's the dirty secret of Indian dealmaking: the best opportunities never hit an inbox. They travel through trust, coffee, and a "you should really talk to my friend." Yet that network stays scattered across firms, cities, and WhatsApp groups nobody remembers joining. IB Circle pulls the bankers, investors, and advisors who move capital into one curated, high-signal room — so the next warm intro is a message away, not a career away.
Who's in the room
Investment Bankers
You live on pitch decks, red-eye flights, and the phrase "just circling back." Here you'll find peers who get it — and the odd warm intro that turns a maybe into a mandate.
VC / PE / Family Office
You have dry powder and a full inbox of cold decks you'll never open. Meet founders and co-investors through people who've already done the diligence for you.
Corporate Bankers
You're the quiet backbone of every structured deal. Trade cross-referrals with the people who send transactions your way — no golf membership required.
CA & Law Firms
You're the reason deals survive due diligence and audit season. The advisors who make every transaction defensible finally get a seat at the table (and the group chat).
Eligibility
A short list, honestly applied.
- 3+ years in Investment Banking, PE/VC, Corporate Banking, or transaction advisory.
- Actively engaged in deal work — not just observing from the sidelines.
- Willing to contribute to discussions, not just consume them.
- Comfortable with the confidentiality norms of a closed deal-flow group.
Membership is free, but the room is selective. If you meet the criteria and this sounds like your kind of conversation, keep scrolling.
Why IB Circle
What we leave out is the point.
No cold pitching. No product sales inside the group.
Peer-vetted membership, not open sign-up.
Real deal-flow conversation, not generic networking.
Built by dealmakers, for dealmakers — moderated to stay that way.
About Us
Built by dealmakers who got tired of the runaround.
IB Circle started with one recurring frustration: India's finance talent is world-class, but the relationships that power deals are scattered, gatekept, and hard-won. We spent years watching great mandates stall for the want of a single introduction — usually one that existed, three degrees away, in someone's contacts.
So we built the room we always wanted to be invited to — a trusted, curated circle where the people shaping Indian dealmaking can meet, learn, and transact. No gatekeepers. No cover charge. Just good company and better deal flow.
Mr. Sudip Mondal
Founder
15+ years across M&A and capital markets
What We Do
Five ways the Circle pays for itself.
(It's free, so technically the ROI is infinite. But you didn't come here for the math.)
Events
In-person and virtual meetups across cities. High-signal rooms with people worth remembering — not a ballroom of lanyards and lukewarm samosas.
Round Tables
Closed-door, Chatham House chats with senior dealmakers on what's actually moving the market — not the sanitised version from the earnings call.
Knowledge Sessions
GIFT City, cross-border structuring, live M&A trends — the technical stuff explained by people who've actually filed it, not just tweeted about it.
Curated Connections
Introductions matched to your mandate. The right person, warmed up and relevant — not 200 new contacts and a follow-up you'll never send.
The Group Chat
A closed, members-only WhatsApp where deal flow and market chatter actually happen. Mute-worthy? Never. Forward-to-your-boss-worthy? Often.
Vision
To become the default room for Indian dealmaking — the one where capital, expertise, and opportunity quietly meet before the press release does. If a landmark transaction happened this year, we'd like at least two people in the room to have swapped notes here first.
Mission
To curate a high-signal, credibility-first community — hosting events, round tables, and knowledge sessions, and making introductions so precise they feel like cheating. The goal: every member is one trusted connection closer to their next deal, and zero connections closer to another cold DM.
Join the Community
Free to join. Harder to get in.
No cover charge, no annual fee — just a quick vetting so the room stays worth being in. Selected applicants get personally added to our closed WhatsApp community. You'll hear back either way.