Team

Nishant is a seasoned Investment Banker with over 17 years of rich experience of driving M&A and Capital Raising transactions across the sectors.

Nishant started his Investment Banking career with Goldman Sachs where he was involved in sell-side M&A advisory to BEA Systems for its USD 8.5 billion acquisition by Oracle. He has played multiple advisory roles including that of M&A Banker and Capital Raising Advisor at MAPE Advisory Group, Allegro Advisors & Grameen Capital - Investment Banking firms he earlier worked with. Prior to founding DIA Capital Advisors, Nishant was with Brand Capital (Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. or The Times Group), where he managed Exits from portfolio of unlisted equity investments across sectors.

Nishant has an established track record of crafting, leading and closing several M&A and Fund Raising transactions with early-stage companies as well as emerging and large Indian corporate.

Nishant holds a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode with a major in Finance, and a B. Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati.

Smiran comes with over 13 years of rich & diverse experience across Investment Banking, Public Market Investments, Equity Research and Management Consulting.

Smiran is an avid investor in the Indian stock market and his portfolio has been able to generate market-beating returns with CAGR upwards of 25%. He co-founded Moneyville Financials, an Investment Banking firm in Bangalore, where he was advising corporates on M&A and Fund Raising. In his stint with Equirus Securities, he was covering select mid-caps in Industrials & Utilities space. He was with Aranca, where he was handling execution & delivery of client-facing, strategic & business consulting projects.

Smiran takes keen interest in writing, which he uses as a tool for introspection, observation and understanding.

Smiran holds an MBA from Nirma University and has completed his Bachelor's in Commerce from Karnataka University.

Smiran has been with DIA Capital Advisors since February 2024