Do you work with us ongoing, or only on deals?

Both. We help grow the value of the business and run the finance function day to day (reporting, forecasting, KPIs, investor relations), and we lead the fundraise, sale or acquisition when the moment comes.

What should we have ready for a first call?

Just a sense of what you're trying to achieve. Everything else, from accounts to forecasts to investor materials, can follow once we know where you're headed. Don't wait until things feel ready; early conversations are usually the most valuable ones.

Corporate finance and value creation for the Indian market

Alehar works with Indian companies, founders and investors across the full corporate finance cycle: growing the value of the business, running the finance function as the company scales, and preparing for fundraising, cross-border deals and M&A.

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Client situations

When clients come to us

Your audited numbers lag the real business, and a fundraise or sale is getting close.

Your company is scaling faster than the finance function, and you need reporting, forecasting and KPIs without building a full team.

You're fielding acquisition interest, planning an exit, or acquiring in India or abroad.

You're an investor who needs on-the-ground support on financial quality, diligence or value creation in an Indian portfolio company.

Services

For Companies

Value Creation as a Service

We help you scale faster - with sharper strategy, better systems, and tighter execution.

Investor Relations as a Service

We help you manage your investor relationships.

Selling your Company

We lead your company’s sale process end-to-end.

Corporate Finance as a Service

We support you with strategic financial advisory to accelerate your growth.

Raising Equity or Debt

We accompany you end-to-end through your fundraising journey.

Acquiring a Company

We help you with the acquisition process from end-to-end.

Services

For Corporates and Investors

Innovation & Business Building

We help corporate innovation teams turn outside innovation into corporate impact.

Investment Team as a Service

We help private market investors expand their capacity to execute.

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Frequently asked questions

Beyond the numbers, they focus on how the business runs without you. Expect diligence on governance, related-party transactions, family arrangements inside the company, and the depth of the team below the promoter. None of this is disqualifying; it is preparation. We work with promoters to tidy related-party positions, strengthen the reporting the business produces without the promoter in the room, and frame the transition story before investors or buyers ask for it.

It is normal, and it is manageable if you close the gap before diligence does. Indian companies often run well ahead of their audited numbers, so investors lean on management accounts, GST filings and bank statements to test the real trajectory, and those sources need to agree with each other. We build the reconciliation between audited statements, management numbers and filings, so diligence ends up confirming the growth story instead of questioning it.

In most sectors yes, with rules that vary by industry: some allow foreign investment freely, others cap it or require approvals. For a seller, this affects who belongs on the buyer list and how the process is sequenced, because the strongest bidder is worth little if their route to approval is slow or uncertain. We build the buyer list with those routes in mind and work alongside your Indian counsel on the regulatory path.

The pools overlap more every year, but they behave differently: domestic funds move on market knowledge and relationships, global funds bring larger cheques and longer diligence, and many Indian companies end up with both across successive rounds. What matters is matching the investor type to your stage and sector, and preparing to the standard of the most demanding name on the list. We run the process in India, with reach into both pools.

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