Avendus Capital's Industrials vertical, services manufacturing businesses in raw materials and industrial components that integrate to create India’s manufacturing behemoth. The team consists of professionals with 50+ years of combined investment banking experience in manufacturing and related industries. One of the focus areas is specialty chemicals which is witnessing strong interest, driven by India’s low-cost manufacturing ecosystem and the progressively increasing culture of R&D and innovation.
Sub-Sectors in Focus
Our mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory and private equity (PE) syndication services are recognized as amongst the best in these chosen sub-sectors.
- Specialty chemicals
- Automobile and automotive components
- Packaging products
- Capital goods
- Flow control
- Building materials
- Industrial Automation
- Power ancillaries
- Infrastructure ancillaries
- Renewable energy
- Industrial consumables
Led By
Koushik Bhattacharyya
Managing Director and Head, Industrials, Avendus Capital
Koushik Bhattacharyya joined Avendus in 2010 and leads the Industrials vertical of the investment banking business. He has an overall experience of over 13 years in investment banking, across capital markets, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity (PE) advisory, and is based in Mumbai.
At Avendus, he is responsible for building relationships with entrepreneurs, corporate houses and global conglomerates, and advises them on M&A and PE transactions from origination to closure. He has been involved in publishing industry reports and knowledge papers which have garnered a lot of attention from industry participants and financial sponsors. Prior to joining Avendus, Koushik worked with the investment banking division of Enam Securities (now Axis Capital) where he was a part of their deal origination team covering life sciences and infrastructure sectors.
He holds an MBA degree from IIM, Ahmedabad and a Bachelor of Technology degree from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
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