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Fintech

Fintech companies are expected to play a vital role in increasing financial inclusion and digital adoption. The total addressable market for Indian fintech industry is expected to reach $2.1 Tn by 2030, with a CAGR of 18% from 2022. India has seen a significant rise in fintech investment, with about $35 billion invested across segments so far. The years 2021 and 2022 saw more than $19 billion of fintech funding and an addition of 18 fintech unicorns.  Capitalizing on strong demographics, increasing digital adoption, maturing data ecosystem & infrastructure, and product expansion will help fintech companies accelerate financial inclusion within the regulatory guardrails.

Fintech Team at Merisis:

The Fintech team at Merisis strives to identify trends early on and assist companies in the identified sub-segments with their growth plans. The team has extensive experience in fundraising and M&A transactions across the FinTech landscape having worked with companies in payments, distribution, lending, wealth tech and insurtech space.

Write to us on fintech@merisis.in

Sub Sectors in Focus

Lending

Fintech companies using digital technology for lenders to issue loans online


WealthTech

Integration of wealth management and tech across personal finance, trading, insurance and investment and legal advice


InsurTech

Tech-driven insurance solutions for B2B and B2C


Neobanking

New age banking done online without a physical location


Cross Border Payments

Regulated technology companies enabling transactions between different countries


Fintech Infrastructure

Infrastructure for the fintech ecosystem to enable a B2B play & developer eco-system

Led by

Fazal Ahad
Managing Director

Fazal Ahad is the Managing Director at Merisis Advisors. He has 25+ years of experience across Investment Banking, Corporate Advisory & Asset Management services and drives the M&A Strategy at Merisis Advisors. His focus areas include Healthtech, Financial Services, IT Services and Internet Commerce. He has worked with organizations like Rana Investments, Reliance Industries and Lloyds Finance across his career before founding Merisis Advisors in 2009. He completed his B.TECH from IIT, BHU in 1990 and MBA from IIM, Calcutta in 1994.

Anuj Mehta
Director and Co-Head

Anuj Mehta leads Fintech and Financial services transaction advisory at Merisis Advisors. He has 15 years+ of Investment Banking experience and has worked across Equity, Structured Debt and Debt in TMT & Offline Consumer space across his career. He is a Chartered Accountant and has worked with companies like Bonanza Corporate Solutions, Wealth Solutions, Deutsche Bank, ICICI Bank and Competent Group.

Ruchir Kapoor
Director and Co-Head

Ruchir Kapoor comes with 20 years+ of experience across Wealth Management, Fintech, NBFC, Trade and SME Banking. At Merisis, Ruchir manages the wealth-management practice and co-heads the Fintech vertical. He has worked with corporates like Swift, Essel Finance, Tata Capital and ICICI Bank and has managed book sizes of $400mn to $2bn.

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April 17, 2024
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Bharat Innovation Fund
CAC Capital
Rebright Partners
Merisis Venture Partners
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Brunei Investment Agency
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Aroa Venture Partners
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CredAvenue (Now Yubi)
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