OUR VERTICALS

Consumer

The consumer vertical at Merisis is focused

on the needs of the ever-changing Indian consumer. As the customer is evolving, consumer brands and services are on the lookout for constant innovation in order to stay relevant.

Consumer Team at Merisis:

The consumer team at Merisis strives to identify these 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 consumer sector – be it in products, services or channels. The Consumer team works hand in hand with all the other verticals in order to provide a consumer’s perspective to the offering.

Write to us on consumer@merisis.in

Sub Sectors in Focus

Consumer Products
Brands under FMCG, lifestyle, F&B, consumer durables and other such segments

Consumer services
Discretionary services including hospitality, travel, entertainment, leisure, events and professional services

Consumer Channels
Delivery of products and services through ecommerce, social commerce, live commerce, offline distribution as well as marketplaces

Consumer tech
Technology enabling and assisting in delivery of products and services to the end consumer.

Led by

Vijay Iyer
Managing Director

Vijay Iyer is the Managing Director of ValueBridge Capital, an early-stage fundraising group company of Merisis Advisors. He also leads the Consumer Practice at Merisis Advisors. His work experience spans 24+ years, both as an entrepreneur and a professional. He is an operator turned Investment Banker with a rich entrepreneurial background and extensive work experience across consumer conglomerates like Procter & Gamble. He has also worked with Deloitte and HCL Talent Care. He holds a B. Tech from NIT, Jamshedpur and an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Shanil Vasa
AVP and Head

Shanil Vasa heads the consumer vertical for Merisis Advisors and is based in Mumbai. He has over 7 years of investment banking experience in the consumer sector across early and growth-stage fundraising as well as M&As. Prior to joining Merisis, he worked for 5 years at InCorp (India). At InCorp, he was responsible for the end-to-end execution of deals involving startups as well as listed companies. Prior to InCorp, Shanil was with Chokshi & Chokshi, where he headed various statutory, and internal audits and due diligence and conducted valuation exercises. He is a Chartered Accountant from India.

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September 22, 2022
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Capital Raise
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US$ 2 Mn
Invested By
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Anthill Capital
Auxano Capital
Supermorpheus
Merisis Venture Partners
Consumer
Ronin Wines
July 21, 2021
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Secondary
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US$ 40 Mn
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GIC
Orios
Trifecta Capital
Consumer
Ixigo
April 15, 2021
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M&A
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Leap Finance
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Yocket
September 1, 2020
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Capital Raise
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$12.5 mn
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Symphony Asia (PE)
Lightbox
Alteria capital
Consumer
Melorra

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