About Us
We are a boutique investment bank with a focus on early stage and mid market companies.
Since starting in September 2011, we have specialized in equity syndication and M&A advisory, focusing on sectors like enterprise technology, consumer goods, B2B and B2C e-commerce, and BFSI (banking, financial services, and insurance). We also have interests in healthcare and business services.
We pride ourselves on working closely with first-generation entrepreneurs and use a relationship-based approach to serve clients across India. Our expertise covers Series A and later-stage investments, where we use our sector knowledge and passion to help emerging businesses grow and succeed.
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Over his 25 years of work life, Mukesh has worked in senior roles in Investment Banking, Private Equity and General Management. These exposures have given him a well-rounded view of businesses and their drivers. He has served in early stage Indian firms as well as global MNCs giving him a very diverse and rich work experience.
Mukesh’s transactions experience spans Venture Capital / Private Equity syndication and Mergers & Acquisitions advisory, across sectors. He has successfully closed transactions in IT Services, Media & Entertainment, Digital Media, Telecom Infrastructure Software, Healthcare and Manufacturing amongst others. He enjoys senior level access in most Private Equity / Venture Capital funds having interacted with them over the years and closing transactions with many.
He was one of the founding team members of IDFC Capital (erstwhile SSKI Corporate Finance) and the key driver for the Private Equity syndication practice when Private Equity industry was in its infancy in India. Subsequently, he spent 3 years at GE Capital as part of the small GE Equity India team investing in Indian companies. He then did a stint as COO of Miditech, one of the leading independent Television content production companies leading every function in the company other than Creative. Mukesh then moved to Ernst & Young as a senior member of the transactions team focusing on Technology & Entertainment industry. Given his past experience and expertise, he was assigned the role of the national transactions leader for the Media & Entertainment industry at E&Y.
Mukesh has also done very brief stints in Investment Banking in SBI Capital Markets, Kotak Mahindra and Equirus Capital.
Mukesh holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and a B.Tech. (Mech. Engg.) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Mukesh loves trekking and has been to places like Roopkund, Doditaal and Ladakh. He aspires to climb Mount Everest someday.
A seasoned banking professional with 25 years’ experience spanning Wholesale/Corporate Banking, Banking Operations and Consumer Bank with HSBC and ABN AMRO/RBS.The experience of working in each of the 5 major banking markets in India has given him unique exposure to dynamics of different markets and industry segments.Over the years, he has originated mandates totalling ~ $10 Bn across Equity, Debt and M&A from a wide cross section of clients in various sectors including IT Services, Infrastructure, Aviation, Construction, Consumer and Mining.
In his last role, Robinder was heading RBS’ Corporate & Institutional Bank for South India and was part of RBS India’s ExCo/Board. In other experience, Robinder ran a sole roadshow in Geneva and Zurich for ABN AMRO Switzerland’s corporate clients showcasing India as an investment destination and the Bank as a trusted partner.
He has participated in and benefitted from numerous training programs including on Leadership conducted by London Business School. In more recent years he has been active in the start-up ecosystem in Bangalore, advising and mentoring young companies and helping them raise capital. He has studied Economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and did his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur.
An experienced Business Leader with a strong bottom line orientation and a focus on execution and people. He has deep domain expertise in consumer products, retail and medical services. In a career span of close to three decades, he has launched two start-ups and has successfully hand-held shareholder transitions across various assignments. He has led and turned around two terminally sick businesses into sustainability
In his last corporate role, he was CEO and MD of Health & Glow and Foodworld for close to a decade. His previous stints include setting up Kaya Skin Clinic and working for Titan, Timex, Frito Lay among others. Apart from his business capabilities, Venkatesh is on familiar ground with governance as he has held board positions and is an expert in enterprise risk management. Currently, he helps and mentors organizations in various stages of their life-cycles and for their various strategic needs. He has studied Economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and did his MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.
Mandar has close to ten years of experience that includes a mix of operating as well as corporate finance advisory roles. Prior to joining Zanskar Advisors, Mandar was at SBI Capital Markets, where he helped SMEs across sectors raise private equity funding. Before completing his MBA, Mandar worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Webaroo (GupShup) – a startup incubated at the IIT Bombay business incubator.
Mandar holds a BE (Computer Science) from VJTI (Mumbai University) and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from XLRI Jamshedpur. He loves to read, write and watch humor; and is also actively involved with couple of NGOs.
Monit has close to six years of experience across Equity Research and Transfer Pricing domain. Before joining Zanskar Advisors, Monit has worked with Edelweiss and Emkay Global as an equity research associate covering Indian listed stocks in Technology and Media space.
Prior to that, Monit has also worked with EY and PwC in the Transfer Pricing domain involving various advisory and compliance assignments.
Monit is a Chartered Accountant by profession and also holds CFA (Level 3) and Bachelor of Commerce (Mumbai University) degrees. Monit is a sports enthusiast with keen interest in various sports including F1, Football and cricket and enjoys reading and trekking in his free time.
Khushali has close to one year of work experience in consulting. Before joining Zanskar Advisors, she worked at PwC India as a part of their Risk Consulting practice where she carried out internal audits for key clients belonging to the manufacturing and aviation industry.
Prior to PwC, she interned at YES Securities in Institutional Research focusing primarily on the Indian IT Sector. Khushali has done her BMS – Finance from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai and graduated in the top 10% of her batch.
She is passionate about literature and cinema and has been a student of classical Ballet for five years.
Rohit comes with almost a year and half of experience in the financial and accounting industry. Prior to joining Zanskar Advisors, Rohit was working as an Investment Analyst – Strategy at GSE Renewables India Private Limited where he assisted the founder in raising funds through different channels which included growth equity and debt for both the company as well as standalone solar projects.
Prior to GSE Renewables, he worked on a contract basis with Al Tayer Group LLC in the Accounts Payable Division in Dubai, UAE. He has completed his B.Sc. Finance from NMIMS, Mumbai and recently cleared all three levels of the CFA Program.
He is a sports enthusiast with a lot of emphasis on football and also regularly makes it a point to engage in outdoor sports as well as adventure activities. He is always looking for his adrenaline rush.
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