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About the Training
Financial misreporting, governance failures, and outright fraud have become defining risks in the PE/VC landscape - recurring patterns that destroy returns and reputations. As funds conduct deeper diligence before committing capital, the ability to detect financial irregularities early has become a core investment competency, not a specialist afterthought.
This two-day intensive equips PE and VC professionals with the frameworks, tools, and investigative instincts to identify fraud before it becomes a crisis. Drawing on real-world cases and current forensic methodologies, it bridges the gap between financial analysis and investigation giving investors the language and lens of a forensic accountant without requiring a legal background.
Overview
Across four structured sessions, participants will develop a rigorous, end-to-end capability for detecting and responding to financial fraud in PE/VC contexts. The programme opens by building pattern recognition for the most common forms of accounting manipulation seen in startups and growth-stage businesses - from revenue inflation to burn rate misreporting before moving into the architecture of a forensic due diligence process and how to investigate promoter misconduct and related-party transactions.
Day two shifts to the tools and technologies reshaping fraud detection, including AI-based transaction analysis and digital forensics, illustrated through global case studies. The programme closes with a practical session on what happens after fraud is discovered - covering legal remedies, regulatory management, governance reform, and how investors can protect their interests when things go wrong.
Participants leave with a set of forensic frameworks, red flag checklists, and investigation playbooks they can integrate into their due diligence and portfolio monitoring processes immediately.
Agenda
10:00 AM onwards
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10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Financial Red Flags in Startup & PE Deals - Dr. Kishore Nuthalapati
- Common accounting manipulations in startups
- Revenue inflation and burn misreporting
- Identifying financial anomalies during diligence
- Case study: governance failures in venture-backed firms
Dr. Kishore Nuthalapati
Chief financial officer, BEKEM Infra Projects
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12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Forensic Due Diligence in PE/VC Transactions
- Designing forensic diligence frameworks
- Investigating promoter misconduct
- Vendor fraud and related-party transactions
- Technology-enabled forensic analysis
10:00 AM onwards
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10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Fraud Detection Using Data Analytics & AI
- AI-based fraud detection tools
- Transaction pattern analysis
- Digital forensics in financial investigations
- Global case studies of financial fraud
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12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Legal Action & Governance After Fraud Discovery
- Legal remedies in corporate fraud cases
- Managing regulatory investigations
- Governance reforms after fraud detection
- Investor protection strategies
Speakers
Dr. Kishore Nuthalapati
Chief financial officer, BEKEM Infra Projects
Dr. Kishore Nuthalapati
Chief financial officer, BEKEM Infra Projects
Dr. Kishore Nuthalapati is an Economist and a Corporate Finance Professional with 25 years’ experience in finance, banking, credit, project management, HR & legal. He holds Ph.D in finance, ACS (company secretary), and PG degrees in Commerce, Management, and Law with university level Ranks. He is on several Committees and Boards. He has been contributing to policy making bodies. He addressed several forums in and outside India including regulatory bodies, banks, diplomats, and institutions. He is a speaker on TV & other media; Authored 300 articles; Guided 1,000 plus research projects. He is a humble Angel Investor. Has 20,000+ followers in LinkedIn for his articles. Been mentoring Startups, MSMEs, Scholars & aspiring Professionals.
Arpinder Singh
Global Markets & India Leader, EY Forensic & Integrity Services
Arpinder Singh
Global Markets & India Leader, EY Forensic & Integrity Services
Arpinder has 25 years of experience in multi-jurisdiction investigations, forensic accounting and dispute advisory. He is the practice’s Global Managed Services Leader and a member of the Global Leadership Team. He has worked with corporates, regulators and law enforcement officials on many high profile and global investigations across sectors. Having acted as an expert forensic accountant in a number of disputes, he is consistently recognized as one of the foremost legal practitioners in the Who’s Who Legal.
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