About
Mahesh Parasuraman is a Partner and Co-founder of Amicus Capital. He previously spent over ten years at The Carlyle Group as a Managing Director in its Asia Growth Capital team in Mumbai, investing across technology, financial services, and consumer sectors. Earlier in his career he worked in EY's Corporate Finance team on technology-sector M&A and in Arthur Andersen's Tax and Business Advisory Group; he holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Bangalore University and is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) and Cost Accountant (ACMA).
Invests in
ConsumerFintech
Experience
- Sundaram Home FinanceIndependent Directorcurrent2022 — presentChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- ProductNation/iSPIRTVolunteercurrent2021 — presentBangalore
- Amicus Capital PartnersCo-Founder and Partnercurrent2015 — presentBengaluru, Karnataka, India
- The Carlyle GroupManaging Director2015Mumbai
- The Carlyle GroupDirector2011 — 2014Mumbai
- The Carlyle GroupVice President2007 — 2010
- The Carlyle GroupSenior Associate2004 — 2006
- Ernst & YoungAssociate Vice President2000 — 2004
- Arthur AndersenSenior Consultant1999 — 2000
Education
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaChartered Accountant, Accounting1996 — 2000
- Institute of Cost Accountants of IndiaCIMA, Cost Accounting1995 — 1998
- Bangalore UniversityBachelors of Commerce, Accounting1993 — 1996
- Institute of Cost Accountants of India
- Institute of Cost Accountants of India
Skills & more
Private Equity99Investment Banking45Corporate Finance78Growth Capital26M&A experience10Mergers8Capital Markets9Due Diligence20Financial Modeling14Financial Structuring12Investments19Mergers1
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RestructuringTaxValuationVenture CapitalMergers & AcquisitionsManagement ConsultingFinancial AnalysisCorporate DevelopmentLBOM&A analysisLanguages English · Hindi · Kannada · Tamil · Telugu
From Mahesh's professional profile.
Colleagues at Amicus Capital Partners
A A Raju
Senior Manager - Finance at Amicus Capital Partners
Abhijeeth Naik
Director, Finance and Administration at Amicus Capital Partners
Adhiraj Singh
Senior Associate at Amicus Capital Partners
Ajith Nair
Managing Director at Amicus Capital Partners
Angela Sebastian
Senior Associate at Amicus Capital Partners
Apurva Purohit
Advisor at Amicus Capital Partners
Avishek Addy
Director at Amicus Capital Partners
Dr. Azad Moopen
Advisor at Amicus Capital Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Mahesh Parasuraman?
- Mahesh Parasuraman is a Partner and Co-founder of Amicus Capital. He previously spent over ten years at The Carlyle Group as a Managing Director in its Asia Growth Capital team in Mumbai, investing across technology, financial services, and consumer sectors. Earlier in his career he worked in EY's Corporate Finance team on technology-sector M&A and in Arthur Andersen's Tax and Business Advisory Group; he holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Bangalore University and is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) and Cost Accountant (ACMA).
- Where does Mahesh Parasuraman work?
- Mahesh Parasuraman is Partner & Co-founder at Amicus Capital Partners.
- What does Mahesh Parasuraman invest in?
- Mahesh Parasuraman invests in Consumer, Fintech.
- Where did Mahesh Parasuraman go to school?
- Mahesh Parasuraman studied at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Chartered Accountant, Accounting); Institute of Cost Accountants of India (CIMA, Cost Accounting); Bangalore University (Bachelors of Commerce, Accounting).
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