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We are your business' succession plan.

We believe in focus - and therefore we are looking to acquire & build only one business.

We're operators not investors

Milestone is a buyout fund looking to buy just one great business with succession issues and be their successor then - protect the legacy and grow the business.

Some key stats about us

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Nationalities of our investors

$5 Bn+

Assets managed by our investors

Upto

₹250 Cr

Our acquisition fund capital

Characteristics we look for

Cash profitable & growing with PAT >4 Cr

Highly recurring & repeating revenue

Exit owing to succession issues

Low risk of technology obsolescence

We're backed by Indian operators & global investors

Operators & executives that back us

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Pawan Danwar

Pawan is the President & CFO of HCL Group - a $60 Bn IT Enterprise. Pawan is highly regarded and respected in the Indian corporate ecosystem. 

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Zubin Bharti Mittal

Zubin is a prolific tech and search fund investor. He led Airtel's Accelerator in India and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. 

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Chaitanya Rathi

Chaitanya was COO of mSwipe & Sula Vineyards. He has also led investments at DSGCP (Everstone) and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

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Vishal Chaddha

Vishal has been in CXO/org leadership roles across brands like HT Media, ABN Amro Bank & Coca Cola. He is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta.

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Ashish Kothari

Ashish is SVP at SalesForce which has a market cap of over $250 Bn today. Previously he was a Partner at Microsoft. He is IIT Chennai graduate of the '95 batch.

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Abhinav Ghosh

Abhinav is SVP at HCL Group and also a Board Member of Guvi, an HCL EdTech enterprise.

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Tycen Bundgaard

Tycen is the CEO of Les Amis Group Singapore. Earlier he was a Partner at McKinsey & Co in Singapore. Tycen has funded several search funds in SEA.

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Dr. Gernot Eisinger

Dr. Gernot is Founder and Managing Partner at Afinum, a German Private Equity firm with over $2 Bn in AUM. Dr. Gernot has done his MBA from INSEAD.

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Dr. Thomas Beuhler

Dr. Thomas is Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory board at Afinum, a German PE firm with over $2 Bn in AUM.

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Max Collingwood

Max has been a VC investor in Europe and has earlier led Accounting roles in Big 4s. 

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Jose Cabiedes

Jose is an active search fund investor and has made over a 100 search fund investments to date. He is also a Lecturer at IESE Business School, Barcelona.

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Adit Ravi

Adit is Director at Argusoft, a legacy Indian IT services company. He did his MBA from Kellogg and B.Tech from IIT Madras.

Global funds that back us

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Spectra is a Brazil based Private Equity firm with over $1.3 Bn in AUM and has funded over 60 search funds across various countries.

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Lighthaven is a Fund of Funds focussed on Asian Search Funds having invested in Singapore, Malaysia & India.

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SF Club is a prolific Italian Search Fund investor having invested in over 60 Search Funds.

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The Cromwell Harbor Partnership is the family office of Will Thorndike. Will is one the most active and successful search fund investor of all time.

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Secways is the family office of Pere Hospital, Founder of Cloudways (now acquired by Digital Ocean). Secways is a globally active search and venture investor.

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Novidam is US based Global Search & Private Equity Investor setup by Alexander Schuil, a successful Search Fund Entrepreneur.

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JaSFA is a prominent search fund investor based out of Japan, which is now spreading investment to other parts of Asia.The are also partners to Nomura Holdings Inc.

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AIJ is a global Private Equity and Search Fund investor and has participated in over 100 search funds in the past.

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The founder under right guidance

Anurag's journey as a dynamic business leader began with entrepreneurship at the age of 17, where he spent 5 formative years building ventures across Healthcare, Consumer Tech, and Retail.

Following his entrepreneurial endeavors, Anurag joined OYO Hotels, a SoftBank-backed hospitality startup, where he held diverse roles across Sales, Operations, Strategy, and P&L Leadership. At OYO, he played a pivotal role in building the Central and South India region for the Banquets & Events business, achieving a GMV of over $40 million and leading a team of more than 400 individuals.

Subsequently, as the CEO of Raam Group, an automotive retail conglomerate in India, Anurag oversaw businesses generating a topline of $100 million, managing a workforce of over 800 people.

With over 12 years of experience spanning entrepreneurship, rapid-scale startups, and leadership roles in traditional business models, Anurag is now embarking on a new chapter: acquiring and scaling a promising business.

Anurag holds an MBA from INSEAD, where he studied across both the France and Singapore campuses. Prior to that, he earned a B.Com (Hons) from Delhi University.

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How we work

If you're a mid-sized business owner looking to exit, we're here to take your business legacy forward with utmost care

We do an initial intro call to understand you and for you to understand us.

 

The idea is to know each other better and to build trust - the very base of any great relationship.

Intro Call

After LoI, we'll quickly move to the last step of Due Diligence and once we get the green signal from our partners, we'll close the deal - and start working hard to take your business legacy forward!

DD & Deal

We may come back to you with certain questions over our follow up meetings. 

And if all looks good, we'll give you our tentative offer & LoI.

Follow up meetings & LoI

We truly care about keeping all information confidential and therefore the first step that we suggest is a Non-Disclosure Agreement.

 

We'll then request you for your business data.

NDA & Financial Review

Milestone Search Capital

deals@milestonesearchcapital.com
RMZ Spire, Hitec City, Hyderabad

Protect the legacy.

Grow the business.

Submit the information for your business here or email us on

 

deals@milestonesearchcapital.com

Know someone looking to exit/sell their business?

Refer them to us for a handsome fee.

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