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Fazal Ahad

Fazal has a rich experience of 30+ years in Investment Banking and Asset Management in India and overseas. He brings expertise of having run a PE fund and a perspective of what funds look for in deals. He has acquired a keen sense of understanding of businesses across various industries which has been the backbone of the M&A practise at Merisis Advisors. Fazal has advised a number of companies in Consumer, Technology, Healthcare and Fintech verticals on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. Fazal has also advised on stake sale of several technology companies to VC/PE funds. Fazal, in his career before co-founding Merisis, has worked with Rana Investments (Saudi Arabia,) Reliance Industries, Lloyds Finance, IDBI & Tata Motors. He is a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT BHU, an MBA from IIM-Calcutta and a CFA charterholder.

Based: India, Asia
Member since: August 2013
Phone: +91 22 26652161
Email: fazal@merisis.in
Website: merisisadvisors.com

Fazal Ahad’s Deals

Equity advisory

Gegadyne Energy raised capital from V-GUARD.

Adviser: Merisis Advisors
Where: India
Year: 2021

Debt advisory

Koye Pharmaceuticals secured financing from Blacksoil Capital.

Adviser: Merisis Advisors
Where: India
Year: 2020

Equity advisory

CQRA received investment from Advanced Construction Technology Services.

Adviser: Merisis Advisors
Where: India
Year: 2019

Equity advisory

Durocrete received investment from Advanced Construction Technology Services.

Adviser: Merisis Advisors
Where: India
Year: 2019

Sell-side advisory

DemandShore was acquired by Salsify.

Adviser: Merisis Advisors
Where: India
Year: 2018

Equity advisory

Zipgo received investment from Omidyar Network, Venture East.

Adviser: Merisis Advisors
Where: India
Year: 2016

Sell-side advisory

PSI Hydraulics was acquired by Manuli Hydraulics.

Adviser: Merisis Advisors
Where: India
Year: 2016

Merisis Advisors advised PSI Hydraulics to sell 100% to Manauli Hydraulics. PSI Hydraulics (“PSI”) is India’s 3rd largest company in the field of Hydraulic Fluid Conveyance Solutions having operations in Bengaluru and Udaipur. PSI’s products are supplied to OEMs and End Users for use in heavy earth moving, construction, surface and underground mining equipment, machine tools, plastic injection molding machines, material handling equipment, and steel, cement and defense equipment. Manuli Hydraulics, a division of Manuli Rubber Industries (MRI)is one of the top global fluid solutions conveyance companies. Manuli Hydraulics is focused on achieving excellence in the design, manufacture and supply of fluid conveyance solutions, components and associated equipment for high pressure hydraulics, refrigeration and oil and marine applications. Manuli Hydraulics has over 2,000 employees, with manufacturing and logistics facilities located in 14 countries throughout the world.

Equity advisory

grab.in received investment from Sixth Sense.

Adviser: Merisis Advisors
Where: India
Year: 2015

Grab.in provides hyperlocal logistics services to food-tech, groceries, e-commerce companies and banks. It provides services such as on-demand deliveries, reverse deliveries, first-mile management and last-mile management. It also offers services including rider network, deliveries, real-time tracking, variable pricing, application programming interface (API) integration etc. As of July 2016, the company was working with over 1,000 merchants across 10 cities. The company’s clients include McDonalds, Zomato, Faasos, Big Bazaar and Snapdeal, amongst others

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