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Anish Sawarnya

Taking India's growing companies to the stock market.

Twenty years in Indian finance. Since 2013, Anish has helped SME and MSME companies raise equity and debt, and prepare for a listing.

Anish SawarnyaFounder, investment firm, since 2013
  • 20 yearsin Indian finance
  • Since 2013running his own investment firm
  • 3 yearstop performer at Anand Rathi, 2009 to 2012
  • 6 sectorsled by media and entertainment
Career and education
  • Anand Rathi
  • Indiabulls Group
  • Mumbai University
  • Patna University

About

Who Anish is and how he came to finance.

He learned the markets on the sales floor, then built a firm to take growing companies public.

Anish Sawarnya studied commerce at Patna University, then moved to Mumbai for a master's in business administration from Mumbai University. He began in sales and marketing at Indiabulls Group, then spent close to nine years at Anand Rathi, where he won awards in sales, marketing and research and held the top position in the firm three years running.

In 2013 he set up his own investment firm for SME and MSME companies that want to go public. He works across equity, debt, IPO funding and the syndication of debt and equity rounds. Media and entertainment is where he has raised the most money. In the last three years he has also invested directly in food and hospitality.

Experience
20 years in finance
Firm founded
2013
Education
MBA, Mumbai University
Based in
Mumbai

Expertise

What Anish does for the companies he works with.

  • IPO for SMEs and MSMEs

    Taking growing companies from private funding to a public listing.

  • Equity and debt funding

    Raising the capital a company needs at each stage of growth.

  • Fund syndication

    Bringing investors together on debt and equity rounds.

  • Direct investment

    His own capital in food, hospitality, media and entertainment.

Career

Twenty years in Indian finance, from the sales floor to his own firm.

  1. Education

    Patna University

    Bachelor of Commerce

  2. Education

    Mumbai University

    Master's in Business Administration

  3. First role

    Indiabulls Group

    Sales and marketing

  4. Close to 9 years

    Anand Rathi

    Sales, marketing and research

    Top position in the firm three years running, 2009 to 2012. Awards in sales, marketing and research.

  5. 2013

    His own investment firm

    Founder

    Raising capital for SME and MSME companies on the way to an IPO, across media and entertainment, BFSI, IT and new technology.

  6. Last 3 years

    Food and hospitality

    Investor

    Direct investment in food and hospitality businesses.

  7. Today

    Yantra Pictures, Globots Entertainment, Urja

    Director, partner, co-founder

    Bringing finance into media, entertainment and new ventures.

Recognition

Awards from his years at Indiabulls Group and Anand Rathi.

  • Top performer, Anand Rathi

    Top position in the firm three years running, from 2009 to 2012.

  • Best performance in advisory

    Recognised for his advisory work.

  • Sales, marketing and research

    Awards in all three across his years at Indiabulls Group and Anand Rathi.

Sectors

Where Anish raises and invests capital.

  • Media and entertainment

    His largest sector for fundraising.

    Main focus
  • Defence and drones

    New technology, including drone makers.

  • IT infrastructure

    IT and new technology companies.

  • Fintech and BFSI

    Banking, financial services and insurance.

  • Wellness and healthcare

    Health, fitness and wellness businesses.

  • Food and hospitality

    Direct investment for the last three years.

Ventures

Companies where Anish holds a role today.

  • Director

    Yantra Pictures

    A media house built with Maansi Guptey that joins finance with creative work. The long-term plan is to become a public limited company and list.

  • Partner

    Globots Entertainment

    Company description to come.

  • Co-founder and promoter

    Urja

    Company description to come.

  • Role to be confirmed

    Fitness Connection

    Company description to come.

Vision

Where Anish is taking his companies over the next five years.

₹500croreThe capital he aims to raise for his companies over the next three years, as demand allows.

List the companies he backs on the stock market.

His plan is to take the food and beverage, hospitality, and media and entertainment companies he has invested in to an IPO.

Contact

WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach Anish.

Tell him about your company, what it needs to raise and where it is on the way to a listing.

Phone
+91 98336 97578
Email
To be confirmed
LinkedIn
To be confirmed
Based in
Mumbai, India