About Us

Avendus brings together ideas, innovation and peopleto help high performing entrepreneurs achieve their dreams.

Avendus is a leading provider of financial services and lays emphasis on creating customized solutions in the areas of asset management, credit solutions, investment banking, institutional equities and wealth management. We walk alongside high performing entrepreneurs, wealth creators and pioneers of the new age economy in their quest to outperform.

Avendus relies on its in-depth domain expertise and understanding of diverse regulatory frameworks to identify value creating opportunities. We craft bespoke solutions for our clients and partners with our greatest asset – the pooled intellectual capital of our team.

Established in 1999 in Mumbai, India, Avendus's presence in eleven cities across four countries brings global perspectives and thought leadership to the table and equips our inter-country teams with the expertise to handle large and complex transactions.

Avendus Capital Incorporation and Avendus Capital (UK) Private Limited located in New York and London respectively are wholly owned subsidiaries of Avendus Capital Pvt Ltd, India, offering mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity (PE) syndication services to clients in their respective regions.

Milestones

2022

Acquires the Institutional Equities business of Spark Capital.

Milestones

2022

Introduced the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) business.

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2021

Becomes India’s largest investment bank and #2 in Asia, by deal volume.

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2020

Launch of the strategic “One Avendus” initiative.

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2019

SETS UP AN OFFICE IN AHMEDABAD.

Milestones

2019

SETS UP AN OFFICE IN PUNE.

Milestones

2019

LAUNCHES CSR INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

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2017

AVENDUS STARTS OPERATIONS IN HYDERABAD.

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2017

ACQUIRES OCEAN DIAL, A UK BASED ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND ZODIUS, A TECHNOLOGY FOCUSED PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM.

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2016

ENTERS INTO TWO NEW BUSINESSES – CREDIT SOLUTIONS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT. OPENS AN OFFICE IN KOLKATA.

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2016

KKR (KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS AND CO.) INVESTS USD 100 MN IN AVENDUS.

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2015

LAUNCHES PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ZODIUS.

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2011

WINS ITS FIRST BILLION DOLLAR DEAL AS AN ADVISOR TO PATNI DURING ITS ACQUISITION BY IGATE.

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2010

STARTS WEALTH MANAGEMENT BUSINESS, AND OPENS AN OFFICE IN GURGAON.

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2009

APPOINTED AS A JOINT BANKER TO SATYAM (SELL-SIDE DEAL) DURING ITS ACQUISITION BY TECH MAHINDRA.

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2008

RECEIVES ITS FIRST INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING FROM EASTGATE CAPITAL.

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2007

GOES GLOBAL WITH SETTING UP OF OFFICES IN NEW YORK AND LONDON.

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2005

MORPHS INTO A FULL-FLEDGED INVESTMENT BANK WITH SIX SPECIALIZED VERTICALS.

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2005

WON THE FIRST USD 50 MN+ DEAL ON ITS APPOINTMENT AS A SOLE ADVISOR TO PATNI TO BUYOUT FREMONT, CALIFORNIA BASED CYMBAL CORPORATION.

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2005

AVENDUS OPENS ITS DOORS IN BENGALURU.

Milestones

2001

CONSUMER AND HEALTHCARE VERTICALS GO LIVE IN ONE INVESTMENT BANKING PRACTICE.

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2001

STARTED THE BPO PRACTICE WITHIN THE INVESTMENT BANKING BUSINESS.

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2000

COOLSTARTUPS MORPHS INTO AVENDUS, A TECH FOCUSED INVESTMENT BANK.

Milestones

1999

COOLSTARTUPS, AN INTERNET BUSINESS CONNECTING STARTUPS TO OTHER KEY RESOURCES, BEGINS OPERATIONS.

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