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= Avendus Capital Private Limited =

Avendus Group
Avendus Group is a financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. Its services include asset management, credit solutions, investment banking and wealth management. Established in 1999 by Gaurav Deepak, Kaushal Aggarwal and Ranu Vohra, Avendus has offices in nine cities – Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, New York, London and Singapore – across four countries.

KKR, a New York headquartered global investment firm, is the largest shareholder in Avendus

Asset Management
Avendus’ alternate strategies team manages the largest hedge funds in India with an AUM of USD 1 billion. The team has recently launched India’s first ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) focused fund.

Credit Solutions
The business is defined as a non-banking financial company (NBFC) that provides capital through structured finance to businesses and entrepreneurs  and supply chain finance to SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises)

Investment Banking
Avendus offers Merger and Acquisition and Private Equity Syndication advise under six specialised verticals – Consumer, Financial Institutional Group and Business services, Digital & Technology, Enterprise, Technology & Services, Healthcare, Industrial and Infrastructure and Real Assets. Avendus has more than 60% market share in the digital and technology investment banking space.

Wealth Management
The business addresses the complex financial needs and aspirations of UHNIs (ultra-high net worth individuals), family offices and corporate treasuries. Avendus manages an AUM of USD 4 billion.

History
Avendus started as Coolstartups, a tech focused investment bank in 1999. In 2000 it was renamed as Avendus.


 * From 2000 to 2005 it grew into a full-fledged investment bank.
 * In 2007-08, Avendus started its global operations in London and New York.
 * In 2009, Avendus ventured into wealth management business and opened an office in Gurgaon.
 * In 2015, KKR invested 100 million in Avendus and in the same year, Avendus ventured into two new businesses – NBFC and Asset Management.
 * In 2017, Avendus acquired UK based asset management company – Ocean Dial as well as Zodius Capital, a private equity platform.
 * In 2019, Avendus started operations in Singapore.

Awards

 * 2014 – Avendus was recognised amongst Asia’s Most Promising Brands in a study conducted by WCRC.
 * 2015 – Avendus was awarded the ‘Investment Bank of the Year – PE’ at the 4th VCCircle Awards
 * 2018 – Avendus was awarded the “Investment Banker of the Year” by VCCircle
 * 2019 – Avendus was awarded the “Outstanding Investment Banker” by TieCon
 * 2019 – Avendus Absolute Return Fund (Best India Hedge Fund)