A Full Service Financial
Services Company

Investment Banking

India Entry Services & Research

Business Development & Marketing

ESG Advisory

Forensic & Dispute Advisory

Portfolio Management Services

Family Office Management

Startup Advisory

Debt Syndication

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WHO WE
ARE

ValPro is an initiative of the ANG Group which runs diversified businesses ranging from natural stone retail, construction, travel to financial advisory.

Leveraging on core chartered accountancy experience of over 4 decades, ValPro was conceptualized and brought to market in 2005 to effectively serve mergers and acquisitions and investment banking requirements of our clients.

Our goal is to create value for all stakeholders – entrepreneurs, their companies and investors.

What We Do

01

Investment Banking Services

Mergers & Acquisitions
PIPE and Private Equity
Joint Ventures

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02

India Entry Services & Research

Business Structuring
Market Landscape and Target Identification
Regulatory Compliances

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03

Business Development & Marketing

Client Acquisition & Revenue Generation
Contracts Implementation

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04

ESG Advisory

M&A Opportunities
JVs & Licensing Arrangements
Sustainability Audit Reports

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05

Forensic & Dispute Advisory

Forensic audits
Dispute Resolutions
Expert Reports & Testimony

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06

Portfolio Management Services

Listed Equities
Debt & Mutual Funds
Commodities, Startups & Real Estate

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07

Family Office Management

Accounting & Taxation
Real Estate Management
Succession Planning
Travel Concierge & Documentation

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08

Startup Advisory & Funding

Business Plan & Modelling
Equity Raise
MIS, Compliances
BD & Marketing

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09

Debt Syndication

Term Loans
Working Capital Loans
Project Finance

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Board of Advisors

M.A. Pathan

Mr. M.A. Pathan is a luminary in the Indian as well as Global corporate disapora. Mr. Pathan served as Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation, a Fortune 500 company and India’s largest oil and gas refiner and marketer. Mr. Pathan also served on the board of Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group with business presence in diverse sectors such as Software & IT services, Automobiles, Steel, Power and Construction. Mr. Pathan has also been part of numerous committees and working groups constituted by the Government of India to recommend and implement reforms in different sectors such as oil and gas upstream, pricing and retail.
Mr. Pathan is part of the advisory board of ValPro and advises on key initiatives, strategy, transactions and business development.

M.A. Pathan

Santosh Gadia

A business visionary with over 4 decades’ experience in Indian and International businesses, Mr. Gadia is one of the founders of ValPro. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary and has been a financial scholar throughout. He carries extensive experience in industries like Oil & Gas, Mining, Shipping & Garment export and has been a recognized member of the Indian Oil & Gas community.

Santosh Gadia

Management Team

GK Satish

Position: Managing Director

GK Satish is a former Director (Planning & Business Development) & Member of the Board of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 Company and India’s second largest business entity. He has over 38 years’ experience in the hydrocarbon sector in diverse areas such as petroleum products marketing, petrochemicals, natural gas, city gas distribution, exploration & production, international trade & operations, renewable energy, sustainable development, corporate planning, human resources and corporate communications. He has also served on the Boards of several companies in the hydrocarbon sector – as Chairman of IndianOil Adani Gas Pvt. Ltd., IndianOil TOTAL Pvt. Ltd., Green Gas Ltd., IHB Ltd., IndianOil LNG Pvt. Ltd. & IOT BioGas Pvt. Ltd., and as Director of Petronet LNG Ltd., GSPL India Transco Ltd., GSPL India Gasnet Ltd., IndOil Montney Ltd. (Canada), IndOil Global B.V. (Netherlands), Tass India Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) & Vankor India Pte. Ltd. (Singapore). Satish is a graduate in mechanical engineering from National Institute of Technology, Surat and a post graduate in management from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.

He also serves on the board of Rosneft as an Independent Director.

GK Satish

Managing Director

A. S. Ujwal

Position: Business Development & Marketing

A veteran of the oil & gas business with three decades of experience in the industry, Mr. Ujwal retired as Executive Director of Indian Oil Corporation. He possesses hands on industry experience in diverse areas ranging from pricing, operations, trade, shipping and marketing.

A. S. Ujwal

Business Development & Marketing

I.S. Rao

Position: Business Development & Marketing

With over 30 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas industry, Mr. Rao brings to ValPro in-depth expertise in LPG, LNG sourcing and marketing as well as projects in LNG, LPG and pipelines. Having held Executive Director positions for LPG, LNG and Corporate Planning at BPCL, he also held board level positions in other oil & gas companies such as Indraprastha Gas Limited and GSPL Gasnet.

I.S. Rao

Business Development & Marketing

Subodh Kumar

Position: ESG Advisory

Subodh Kumar is former Executive Director (Petrochemicals, Alternate Energy & Sustainable Development), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., a Fortune Global 500 Company and a Maharatna Public Sector Enterprise of the Government of India.

He has more than 38 years’ experience in the downstream hydrocarbon sector in the areas of petroleum products & LPG operations & marketing, petrochemicals, biofuels (ethanol, biodiesel, compressed biogas / renewable natural gas), renewable energy (solar & wind), energy storage and nuclear energy. He has significant experience and involvement in policy-making at the Government of India level and is a recognized expert in hydrocarbons, petrochemicals, biofuels and sustainable development. He worked closely with the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, in conceiving and launching the Sustainable Alternative towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) program for promoting the production and use of compressed biogas in India. He has also served as advisor to Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, on matters related to biofuels.

Subodh has served on the Boards of various companies in the biofuels and clean energy space – as CEO & Director, IOT Biogas Pvt. Ltd.; Director, NPCIL-IndianOil Nuclear Energy Corp. Ltd.; IndianOil Panipat Power Consortium Ltd.; IndianOil-Ruchi Biofuels LLP; IndianOil-CREDA Biofuels Ltd.; LARS Enviro Pvt. Ltd. He is also a consultant on biofuels to the Asian Development Bank.

Subodh is actively associated with various industry bodies such as Confederation of Indian Indus-tries – Bioenergy Task Force; Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) – Water Mission; FICCI – Solar Energy Task Force; Biodiesel Association of India and Indian Federation of Green Energy, as Member / Advisor / Co-chair.

Subodh is a graduate in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi and a post graduate in management from the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.

Subodh Kumar

ESG Advisory

Hridesh Baindail

Position: Upstream & Petro-economics

Hridesh Baindail is former Executive Director (New Business) & (Exploration & Production) of Indian Oil Corporation, a fortune 500 company.

Over the course of his career spanning 35+ years Hridesh has served in various positions and developed expertise in international upstream transactions and acquisitions. He has undertaken advanced course in Petro-economics from Ljublzana University, Slovenia.

He is adept at upstream, New Energy business as well as downstream business evaluations and project development ranging from pipelines to oil terminals. He is also engaged in helping companies in the hydrogen based ecosystem develop their business model.

Hridesh Baindail

Upstream & Petro-economics

Archana Kalra

Position: Family Office Management

A Fellow Chartered Accountant, Archana has been associated with the company since its inception. With experience of more than two decades, she is known for her meticulousness and eye for detail. Specializing in taxation issues, both personal and corporate, Archana lends her expertise in taxation advisory, designing tax efficient structures and tax compliance procedures.

Archana heads our tax advisory practice at ValPro.

Archana Kalra

Family Office Management

Subhash Srivastava

Position: Family Office Management

A Fellow Chartered Accountant, Subhash has been associated with the company since inception. With experience in Statutory Audit and Tax audit of various Banks, PSUs, Government Organisations and Private Sector Corporates, Subhash focusses on financial structuring, handling corporate compliances, accounting and end-to-end execution of real estate transactions and investment advisory for clients.

Subhash heads the Family Office Management practice at ValPro.

Subhash Srivastava

Family Office Management

Sumit Aggarwal

Position: Investment Banking, Debt, India Entry Services & Research

More than seven years of experience in Audit, Due Diligence and Deal Making across Private Equity, M&A and Structured Finance. Sumit has well rounded experience throughout Management Consulting, Negotiation, Valuation and Project Execution and client relationship management. Before joining ValPro, Sumit worked with KPMG in the M&A division.

Sumit heads the investment banking practice at ValPro.

Sumit Aggarwal

Investment Banking, Debt, India Entry Services & Research

Rianty Dewi Astuti

Position: Starup Advisory & Funding, , India Entry Services & Research

Following her degree in Accounting and Finance, Rianty started her career as an auditor in KPMG and EY with engagement across different industries. Prior to joining ValPro, she also spent a number of years at an international Oil & Gas company in various roles. During her work experience, she has gained exposure in diversified fields including Financial Advisory & Assurance, Due Diligence, and Internal Audit. Rianty has enjoyed the paradigm shift towards entrepreneurship and innovation and is passionate in helping young companies build their presence and execute their strategies.

Rianty heads the startup advisory vertical, Enablers under ValPro.

Rianty Dewi Astuti

Starup Advisory & Funding, , India Entry Services & Research

Anshuman Khanna

Position: Director

Anshuman Khanna is a Chartered Accountant and Lawyer by qualification possessing over 10 years experience in investing across asset classes, including real estate, listed equities, private equity and commodities. Having been actively involved in diverse areas of business including investment banking, real estate, international trade and shipping, Anshuman supplements investment acumen with hands-on experience of transaction execution, structuring, legal documentation, and international market and macro perspectives. Anshuman has advised on investment transactions valued in excess of USD 1 bn in areas ranging from education, oil & gas, shipping, real estate and cement. Anshuman has also held board positions in various companies including mining, oil trading, garments export and power generation.

Anshuman Khanna

Director

Chaitanya Gadia

Position: Director

An alumni of Shri Ram College of Commerce and a Chartered Accountant (Rank Holder), Chaitanya has experience in Taxation from Ernst & Youngand Capital Markets from JM Financial. He has worked on clients such as AT&T, Verizon, Bharti Airtel & Vodafone (during acquisition of Hutchinson) as well as the TATA Motors DVR issue to name a few. Chaitanya is well entrenched into the real estate sector having hands-on experience in the ultra-luxurious residential development space. He also has an avid interest in the stock market, thereby, actively tracking and investing in equity stocks.

Chaitanya Gadia

Director

Neha Khanna

Position: Director

Neha Khanna possesses experience in the field of investment banking, financial advisory, internal audit and risk management. After completing her Chartered Accountancy, Neha pursued an MBA from Said Business School, University of Oxford. She worked with PwC India prior to joining ValPro. She is committed to building an eco-system for accelerating the growth of start-ups and SMEs in India. Her experience in end-to-end transaction execution enables her to understand different perspectives of clients’ needs.

Neha Khanna

Director

Our Value Proposition

One Stop
Solution

We believe in delivering end-to-end solutions to our clients for all transactions by the synergistic working of various divisions of ValPro. We bring together a holistic solution for your needs ranging from investment advisory, legal and tax structuring, secretarial services, bridge financing solutions to process improvement, accounting and financial reporting services.

Boutique Set up – Tailor Made Approach

We offer a boutique experience to our clients by investing time to provide tailor-made solutions for each assignment. Client requirements and timelines are thus, of paramount importance to us. Our senior management remains closely involved in achieving meaningful outcomes and dedicated resources ensure personalized attention and meticulous execution of assignments.

Our Entrenched
Relationships

We enjoy the advantage of sharing noteworthy relationships with a wide gamut of professionals, investors and corporates which are leveraged in rendering services to our clients. These include industry veterans, subject matter experts, technical and legal associates, in-house tax consultants, institutional investors (PE/VCs) and leading corporates/PSU bodies.

Transactions

* Due to confidentiality, we are restricted from sharing details of all transactions. Please contact in case any further information is desired.

Oil & Gas

2024
Not Disclosed

Panipat Oil Tankage
Project

2022
$ 225 mn.

APSEZ - OSL
Acquisition

2022
$1.1 bn

10 mmtpa Crude Handling Agreement

2021
Not Disclosed

350 tonnes per day
CBG plant

2020
Not Disclosed

JV with
IOC

2019
Not Disclosed

City Gas Distribution
IX bidding

2019
Not Disclosed

Bitumen terminal
development

2019
Not Disclosed

Mundra LPG
Terminal

2019
Not Disclosed

Cross-border LPG
trade

2018
$1200 mn.

Regasification agreement For dharma lng terminal

2017
Not Disclosed

Indian entry & business development

2017
Not Disclosed

Regasification agreement For dharma lng terminal

2015
Not Disclosed

Product swap & hospitality agreement

2015
Not Disclosed

Acquistion of engineering services company

2014
$ 500 mn.

FPSO
Placement

2013
S 250 mn.

Paradip refinery
project

2012
Not Disclosed

Joint venture for city gas distribution

2008
$ 15 mn.

Gabon upstream asset acquistion

2001
$ 500 mn.

SBM
development

Education & Hospitality

2021
$ 6.5 mn

Series A led by Tomorrow Capital

2019
Not disclosed

Sale of Pearl International Tour & Travels to Ebix

2018
Not disclosed

Sale of niche
travel business

2018
Not disclosed

Debt restructuring
advisory

2016
$ 1 mn

Series A from Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

2014
Not disclosed

Acquisition of leading
university

2013
Not disclosed

Financial & tax due diligence partner for school acquisition

2012
Not disclosed

Acquisition of a leading fashion institute

2011
$ 20 mn

Private equity
placement

Power & Infrastructure

2024
$ 370 mn

Adani Port stake in Gopalpur Port

2023
$ 130 mn.

Adani Port stake
in IOTL

2020
Not Disclosed

Acquisition of Odisha Power stake

2013
$ 10mn

PIPE
investment

2012
$ 15 mn

Acquistion of instrumentation
company

2012
Not Disclosed

Market survey & India
entry

2009
$ 100 mn

Pre-IPO
placement

2005
$ 100 mn

Port service
agreement

Consumer & Consumer Internet

2023
Not disclosed

Pernia's, an omnichannel luxury fashion retail platform

2022
Not disclosed

Premium handcrafted shoe brand

2021
$ 10.2mn

Series A fundraise from SIG & Omidyar Network

2017
$ 3 mn.

Series A for a lifestyle ecommerce company from Centrum

2017
$ 1 mn.

Pre series A for a coffee company from Family Offices

2017
Not disclosed

Seed round for a quick service restaurant chain from HNIs

2016
$ 2 mn.

Series A for a refurbished e-commerce company from JSW & Omidyar

2015
Not disclosed

Seed round for an online e-magazine and luxury e-commerce portal

2015
Not disclosed

Pre series A for an online aggregator of home-cooked food

Technology

2024
$ 25 mn

Fundraise from Rigel Capital and Sinar Mas

2023
Not Disclosed

Market Research and India Strategy

2022
Not Disclosed

Healthcare Startup Glamyo Raises Funding

2022
$ 2.7 mn

Series A for B2B supply chain startup in the maritime and offshore segment from TMV and Hermes Offshore

2020
Not Disclosed

Content management startup Text Mercato raises funding

2020
Not disclosed

New age digital media firm Rusk Media raises seed funding

2019
Not Disclosed

Secondary from family offices and HNIs

2019
$ 1 mn.

Fund raise for a retail analytics company from Cornerstone Venture Partners

2019
Not disclosed

Seed for a fintech company from Astarc Ventures and HNIs

2018
$ 1 mn.

Pre-series A round for a health tech company from Thinkuvate & SRI Capital

2018
Not disclosed

Pre Series A for a drones company from Growx & 500 Startups

2016
$ 2 mn.

Series A round for a budget accommodation aggregator

2016
$ 1 mn.

Seed round for a drones company from HNIs

2016
$ 1 mn.

Seed round for a waste management company

2016
Not disclosed

Seed round for an edtech company

Others

2022
Not Disclosed

Country Home Project Development & Sale

2021
Not Disclosed

Deep Polymer - PIPE Investment

2021
Not Disclosed

Secondary stake
acquisition

2015
Not Disclosed

Sale of ship chartering
business

2013
Not Disclosed

Business
collaboration

2012
Not Disclosed

Demerger
advisory

2011
$ 1 mn.

Pre-series A in IT security company

2011
Not Disclosed

Partnership deed with the euro group

2010
$ 100 mn.

Acquisition of fertilizer
company

2009
$ 3 mn.

Pipe
Investment

2007
Not Disclosed

Investment research -
Reliance

2004
$ 25 mn.

Acquisition & open offer advisory

ValPro Insights

Artificial Intelligence Landscape, Part II – India: Listed Companies

We publish this report as part of a 4-part series to explain the Artificial Intelligence Landscape in the listed and unlisted space.

Artificial Intelligence Landscape, Part I – India: Unlisted Companies

We publish this report as part of a 4-part series to explain the Artificial Intelligence Landscape in the listed and unlisted space.

Contact Us

A-125 Neeti Bagh,
New Delhi-110049, India

Phone: +91-11-46001000
Email: info@valpro.co.in

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