About
Fifteen years. One mandate at a time.
Built for founders who have outgrown a CA relationship and are not yet ready for a bulge bracket bank.
Who We Are
Our Purpose
At Merisis, we act as trusted, independent advisors and financiers to dynamic founders throughout their corporate lifecycle. Through our domain expertise and experienced team, we help our clients grow by providing best in class advice on transactions.
Core Values
- Bias for Action
- Speed matters in business, at all levels of deal making. We pride ourselves on our quick turnaround.
- Ownership
- Taking complete ownership of what we do and being accountable for it.
- Integrity and Honesty
- Clients trust us as they know we will give objective assessments. This is fundamental to Merisis.
- Quality of Work
- We take great pride in the quality and completeness of our work, uncompromisingly.
Leadership
The team that works your deal

Sunil Gulati
Chairman
Provides strategic counsel and governance oversight across Merisis Advisors' investment banking practice.
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Sumir Verma
Co-Founder
15+ years IB. Led 30+ transactions across PE, M&A and ECM. IIM alumni.
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Fazal Ahad
Co-Founder
Cross-border M&A specialist. Consumer and Industrials. 12+ years experience.
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Anuj Mehta
Director
FinTech and Healthcare specialist. 15+ PE processes. Deep LP relationships across India and SEA.
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Darshan Shah
Director
Senior investment banking professional with over 10 years of experience. CFA® Charterholder (CFAI, USA), business graduate from the number one B-school in International Business with a focus in Global Finance.
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