Kolkata, April 24, 2014 – Viren Malhotra is known as the ‘Scale-Up Expert’ among industry peers, specifically SMEs. In his career spanning over twodecades, Viren has donned many hats, from investor to entrepreneur to business advisor. He has been instrumental in helping businesses grow organically and scale new heights.He currently works as an independent consultant. With a strong skill set combining market analysis and business planning, Viren has advised many companies/startups from textile to EPC to home furnishings.
Viren’s advisory expertise comes from a very strong understanding of the entrepreneur landscape in IndiaAs an entrepreneur Viren co-founded Mera Vikas Rural Services Private Limited, where he set up indilane.com, an e-commerce portal that provides a global platform to Indian artisans to showcase and retail their handmade products.
On the investment end, Viren served Delloite India as a head Debt advisor. Backed by strong experience and insight in consulting and acquisition as well the emerging markets landscape, He helped financially stressed companies raise capital from Rs. 50crs upto Rs.1100 crs.
Prior to this, Viren headed the India High Yield Debt and Loan Portfolio Business at CarVal Investors, a hedge fund that manages 14 Bn $ in assets globally. During his innings there, he led a highly successful bid on acquisition of equity stake in ACE – an asset reconstruction company.
His financial expertise is underlined by his stint in Pricewaterhouse Coopers-FAS services as a project director. He was involved in asset buying, selling, restructuring and acquisition for notable companies such as ICICI, Max India, Greaves Limited and Ashok Leyland.
An IIM-Kolkata alumnus, Viren also holds a Bachelor in Engineering (Mechanical) from Delhi College of Engineering- Delhi.CCI Newswire
