Avendus’s Healthcare practice leverages deep domain knowledge of pharma industry, healthcare providers and services, significant transaction and operating experience to provide strategic and corporate finance advice to a wide range of clients including growing businesses, large corporate houses and private equity funds. The group’s philosophy on every transaction revolves around senior team attention, hands-on approach and independent advice delivering best-in-class solutions to clients.
Our mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory and private equity (PE) syndication services are recognized as amongst the best in these chosen sub-sectors.
Anshul Gupta is a seasoned dealmaker with over 18 years of M&A experience. He heads the Healthcare vertical at Avendus and is based in Mumbai.
Anshul has spent the last 15 years in various leadership roles at Citigroup Global Markets. He led several noteworthy transactions during his tenure in the Healthcare and Finance sector including, IHH’s acquisition of Fortis, the sale of Siemens India’s Healthcare business to its parent, private placement in TPG-owned Pathology Asia Holdings and the sale of Citi’s consumer business to Axis. He is also an expert in capital markets, having led IPOs for Gland Pharma, Laurus Labs and Eris Lifesciences, QIPs for Max Health and Piramal, financing for Intas’ acquisition of Actavis and bond issuances for Glenmark and Jubilant Pharma, among others.
He holds an MBA degree from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and an engineering degree from IIT, Delhi.
The Green Hydrogen value chain in India is expected to garner cumulative investments of ~USD 125 billion by 2030. This growth will be driven by rising sustainability focus, demonstrated commercial viability, ever-expanding use cases and a strong regulatory push. With India's ability to produce Green Hydrogen at a competitive cost, the first set of serious standalone and integrated participants have emerged and early-stage investment risks are likely to be short-lived as the sector is already at an inflection point.
The commercial real estate market in India is witnessing massive disruption, led by Flex Workspaces. The sector has more than doubled from 29.3 mn sqft in 2019 to 61 mn sqft in 2023 – making India the fastest-growing Flex Workspace market globally. It is estimated to grow up to 126 million sqft at a 15% CAGR, addressing a USD 9 billion market by 2028. Sectors like IT & ITeS, BFSI, consulting, e-commerce, manufacturing, and new-age startups, along with the continuous influx of global captive centers are driving this demand.
While ESG as a theme has already gained relevance in the global capital markets, it is set to become a key decision-making parameter for Indian Equity Capital Markets, contributing to ~34% of the total domestic AUM by 2051. This growth is expected to be driven by ESG focused sectors such as Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, Green Hydrogen and Climate Tech, among others.
Cloud has evolved into its third growth phase, maturing from a cost-effective proposition to a business transformation lever. Enterprise focus has shifted from mere lift and shift migration to building cloud-native architectures to achieve higher business value gains from cloud adoption initiatives. The total marketable opportunity for cloud service providers is projected to reach USD 160 billion by 2026, with 20+ pure-play players expected to cross USD 100 million in revenues. Dive into the trends, initiatives, benchmarking and deal momentum.
The AI and Analytics services market is expected to double by 2026, despite a lack of AI talent. An exponential growth in data volume is driving analytics adoption, and relentless breakthroughs in AI have made it an invaluable tool for any company. Learn about the factors driving growth in this space and our expectations for pure-play players.
The consumer health and wellness sector in India is poised for exponential growth, driven by rising awareness, focus on preventative care and integration of data and AI. India is adapting to global consumer wellness trends, wherein clean label snacks have grown from 11% in 2017 to 19% in 2021 and the plant based protein market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 19% by 2027. Learn all about the decade for health and wellness in India.
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