With speeding growth across sectors and industries, as well as increase in high networth individuals in the region, large, mid and small-size organizations, especially startups, are now actively seeking Corporate Finance and Investment Advisory services for their growth objectives. Additionally, increased awareness about economies, markets and financial tools are driving discerning businesses and individuals to look for advisory across an array of verticals such as tax, risk management, and transaction services to name a few. However, given the lack of knowledge of comprehensive financial products and involvement of large sums, businesses want to rely on trustworthy financial advising partners for consultation and execution of capital investments.
Headquartered in Dubai, MI CAPITAL Services is a financial advisory company that is driven by ethics of efficiency and time-bound delivery. With a combined professional experience spanning decades and a track record of successfully delivering solutions in diversified market conditions, MI CAPITAL Services has managed to build trust and reliance in the industry for their effective & high-yielding corporate financial services. Established in 2018, MI CAPITAL Services was founded by Mr. Sheetal Soni and later joined by Mr. Prateek Tosniwal as partner. Sheetal is a Charter holder and Chartered Accountant who comes in with 18+ years of experience in the field of Corporate Finance, Strategic finance, Investments, Debt Advisory, M&A, Private Equity Advisory, Project Financing, Trade and Working Capital Financing, Alternative Finance, Treasury, Financial Management and Controls, Financial Modelling, Valuations and Feasibility studies.
This is where MI CAPITAL Services comes in with our experienced team and professionally manages the overall process on behalf of the clients be it sell side
Prateek Tosniwal is a Chartered Accountant with rich experience in the field of debt finance, Startup Advisory and In- vestments, International Tax Advisory. He possess 7 years of Experience in the field of International Advisory and Structuring and has served many government organizations back in India. MI CAPITAL Services now has team of 25+ qualified professionals (CFAs, CAs, MBAs) delivering best in class comprehensive financial services in following areas: Corporate Finance, Audit & Accounting, Tax and Compliance, Risk & Assurance, Debt and Equity Advisory, Investment Advisory, Valuations and Due Diligence, Company Formations, Banking & PRO services.
Talking about the factors that are driving growth in the acquisitions consulting space in Asia, Sheetal mentions, “Mergers & Acquisitions in Asia-Pacific remains robust despite strong geopolitical and financial headwinds. Majority of the global M&A deals in Q2 2022, affecting the Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) sector, were driven by several themes including AI, cloud, cybersecurity, carbon emissions, renewable energy, ESG, and big data. M&A can be a painful process for clients and they feel the need of qualified and experienced professionals to help through the process. or buy side.”
Prateek Tosniwal, Partner Strategic Support for Growing Businesses
MI CAPITAL Services caters to the needs of Large public and private sector corporates, Mid-Corporates, SMEs and Startups with “strategic financial” matters. Throughout their professional careers, the founding members analyzed that CEOs and CFOs are capable of handling experienced teams to manage operational finance of the organization, however when it comes to strategic finance matters like valuation, financial modelling, feasibility studies, pre-merger negotiations, post-merger integration etc. they feel the need of external qualified and experienced advisors. Therefore, the team at MI Capital Services has designed an effective blueprint to help CFOs with such support services. Shedding light on the support strategy utilized to help client, Prateek mentions,
“To help companies grow through effective advisory MI Capital Services has developed a 3P support strategy. First being ‘people’ - we hire and nurture qualified professionals to help deliver best results. Second being ‘process’ - Well managed international best practice processes that include financial due diligence, pre-merger negotiations, and post-merger Integration. And the third virtue being ‘product’ - A typical M&A process involves understanding of business, working out valuation models, carrying out detailed due diligence, negotiations, drafting term sheets, and drafting agreements. We see each step involved as a product and work on delivering the best quality “product” to help for an efficient and successful M&A process.”
On A Path of Unstoppable Growth
Although MI Capital Services is relatively a young entity; however, the firm has been able to scale and capture decent market share in a very short span of time. The credit goes to the guidance provided by their highly reputed and veteran Advisory BOD and passion to perform within experienced partners. Currently, MI CAPITAL Services operates from their offices in UAE and India, with a roadmap to build their presence in 3 more major financial cities covering Europe and America in near future. Sheetal sheds light on how MI CAPITAL Services plans on expanding its business in light of the boom that the start-up culture has witnessed in the past decade.
“Apart from driving market share in traditional M&A space, we aim to contribute to the new age and evolving start-up ecosystem in the region. The Global Startup Ecosystem has witnessed a dramatic growth in the past one decade with over 1000+ Unicorns and the reason behind it is the contribution of developing countries that have come forward to create next gen technological advancements and wealth creation opportunities. We at MI CAPITAL Services have developed a proprietary fintech platform called “Funding Possibilities,” with this we wish to contribute to the startup ecosystem with a number of initiatives which will help startups from angel stage till IPO”, signs off Sheetal.
MI CAPITAL Services provides solutions to clients throughout the entire M&A deal life cycle including Valuations, Due Diligence, Term sheet negotiations, and other transaction support activities for both buy side and sell side
Sheetal Soni, Founder & Partner
A Qualified Chartered Accountant as well as CFA Charter holder, Sheetal Soni holds over 18 years of rich expertise in Capital Raising, Project and Corporate Financing / Funding, Treasury, Investments, Trade Finance, Financial Modeling, Feasibility Studies, Financial Structuring, M&A and Valuations. Over the years Sheetal has worked with numerous clients across UAE, India, Thailand, Africa, China, Hong Kong, Japan, UK, and Germany. Other leadership roles handled by Sheetal include Executive Committee Member, ICAI Dubai Chapter, while he is also the speaker at various platforms: ICAI Dubai Chapter, RBPG-Dubai, KSA IMA Chapter.
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