Corporate Finance Advisory – India

Our Corporate Finance team supports start-ups and growth-stage companies in scaling their businesses by bringing the right mix of operating partners (to support operational expansion) and financing partners for fundraising. We assist in raising capital from a diverse pool of institutional and non-institutional investors, including HNIs, family offices, venture capital, and private equity funds, with a focus on optimizing both the timing and cost of funds.

We specialize in structuring hybrid financing solutions that combine equity, debt, and structured funding instruments in a cost-efficient and time-bound manner. Our approach enables business owners to remain focused on core operations, while we manage the end-to-end capital raising process, ensuring a solution that is tailored, competitive, and strategically aligned with the company’s growth objectives.

Key Strengths

Strategic Financial Expertise & Corporate Advisory

  • Extensive experience in fundraising, M&A, valuations, and capital structuring across industries and growth stages.
  • Strong network of operating partners to support business expansion and execution.
  • Integrated approach linking corporate strategy, financial strategy, and capital markets to maximize value.
  • Proven track record in executing transactions for start-ups to large listed enterprises.
  • Strong network across private equity, venture capital, banks, and strategic investors.
  • Robust analytical, valuation, and due diligence capabilities with a data-driven focus.
  • Trusted advisors to leadership teams on strategy, finance, and investor relations.

Our Service

We assist companies in raising equity capital from both institutional and non-institutional investors, including angel investors, HNIs, family offices, venture capital and private equity funds. Our strength lies in identifying the right investment partner who aligns with the Company’s vision and can accelerate its growth journey. Our network spans domestic and global investor ecosystems, enabling efficient access to growth capital across early-stage, growth-stage, and mature businesses.

We provide advisory support for securing debt across working capital requirements, structured financing, acquisition funding, and project finance. We advise companies on maintaining an optimal mix of debt and equity, and specialize in sourcing the right debt products at the most competitive cost. Our approach focuses on optimizing the overall cost of capital and ensuring flexibility, leveraging our strong lender network across banks, NBFCs, AIFs, and private debt providers.

We support companies planning for an IPO by facilitating pre-IPO capital raises and bringing the right investors onto the cap table to strengthen the company’s positioning ahead of listing. We also guide businesses through the broader IPO readiness process, including valuation alignment, investor messaging, governance and compliance preparedness, and capital placement strategy to ensure a smooth transition to public markets.

We act as a strategic advisor to companies planning to go public by assisting in the selection of the right merchant banker, guiding the completion of outstanding regulatory and compliance requirements, and facilitating the onboarding of suitable anchor investors. We coordinate seamlessly with all intermediaries throughout the listing process to ensure an efficient and well-positioned market debut.

Post listing, we support companies in executing their inorganic growth strategy by identifying suitable acquisition targets and providing end-to-end transaction advisory support.

We have a strong track record of successfully executing M&A transactions, driven by our deep industry understanding and extensive transaction experience. Our broad and well-established network enables us to identify the most suitable strategic or financial buyers and investors for a given opportunity, including large business houses and global groups with strong balance sheets and active investment mandates.

We work closely with promoters, boards, and investors to ensure strategic alignment and value-accretive outcomes. Our services cover the full spectrum of M&A advisory, including mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, and divestitures, with end-to-end support from opportunity assessment through negotiation and closure.

We provide end-to-end transaction advisory support, including structuring deals from a compliance and tax-efficiency perspective, conducting and coordinating due diligence, evaluating strategic and financial opportunities, and reviewing and preparing key transaction documents.

We are recognized as one of the leading firms in valuation advisory, with a team capable of undertaking a full range of valuation assignments — including equity shares, business and enterprise valuation, intangible assets, complex option-based models (e.g., OPM), and IRC 409A Valuations, among others. We undertake valuations for multiple purposes such as FEMA, Companies Act, Income Tax Act, transaction valuations, M&A and business transfers, ensuring accuracy, defensibility, and adherence to regulatory and industry standards.

We assist venture capital, private equity, and alternative investment fund managers in raising capital from domestic and global investors. Our support spans investor outreach, pitch positioning, structuring considerations, and complete transaction management to scale fund raises effectively.

We facilitate secondary share transactions in unlisted and pre-IPO companies, enabling liquidity for promoters, ESOP holders, and early investors. For buyers, we provide curated access to private market opportunities supported by research-driven price discovery and counterparty sourcing. Our role includes negotiation, documentation, and compliance alignment to ensure smooth and transparent execution.