Mumbai, 5 August, 2025 : Bestvantage Investments, a strategic investment and advisory firm, has
announced the launch of Mergerbay, a dedicated mergers and acquisitions
(M&A) platform aimed at solving a critical bottleneck faced by India’s
mid-sized companies that is scaling beyond profitability into structured,
sustainable growth. The platform enables investors to engage in vetted
M&A opportunities with credible, fast-scaling companies, supported
by strategic partners, governance transformation, and growth capital.
While India’s startup ecosystem and large
corporates have benefited from investor attention, policy support, and capital
access, a wide segment of profitable mid-sized companies remains stuck in a
structural gap. These businesses are too large for SME IPO platforms but not yet
ready (financially or structurally) for mainboard listings on exchanges such as
BSE or NSE. This segment, often referred to as the “missing middle” of
Indian capital markets, lacks the institutional framework needed to scale
effectively.
Mergerbay aims to bridge this gap by offering a
comprehensive growth architecture tailored for unlisted, mid-sized companies.
It brings together services such as strategic acquisitions, minority stake
sales, industry consolidation, governance restructuring, capital readiness, and
transaction execution under a single platform. The focus is on helping
operationally strong but structurally constrained companies transform into
institutional-grade enterprises ready for their next stage of evolution.
“In India, there are hundreds of mid-sized
companies that are profitable, compliant, and full of potential but stuck due
to lack of access to structured capital, governance alignment, and the right
partners.Mergerbay is designed to act as the growth engine for these companies
by converting their compliance into competitiveness and profitability into
scale.” said Raman Sharma, Founder and CEO of
Bestvantage Investments.
Why Mergerbay Matters:
For many mid-sized Indian companies, M&A is
becoming a practical path to scale, not just an exit route. Platforms like
Mergerbay offer much-needed structure to this space by enabling:
Multiply Your Expansion: Partnering
with a strategic buyer can accelerate market entry giving companies access to
new customers, suppliers, and geographies without the time or cost of building
from scratch.
Revenue Growth Through Synergies: M&A
deals often unlock cross-selling opportunities and shared customer value by
combining product lines or distribution networks leading to faster revenue
growth.
Growth Capital: A
well-structured merger can improve a company’s ability to raise larger amounts
of equity or debt at better terms, and in some cases, support eventual listing
on mainboard exchanges.
Cost Efficiency: Merged entities
can streamline operations, eliminate redundancies, and benefit from economies
of scale ultimately improving margins and operational performance.
Boost Brand Credibility: Active
participation in M&A signals strong governance and institutional readiness,
often enhancing a company’s appeal to investors, partners, and top-tier
clients.
Built as more than a conventional M&A advisory,
Mergerbay has already established tie-ups with industrial houses, family-owned
businesses, institutional investors, and global funds interested in unlocking
value from this underrepresented market segment. It is sector-agnostic but
currently active in electric vehicles, agri-tech, logistics,
manufacturing, and healthcare are among its initial focus areas.
According to Bestvantage, while over 100 SME IPOs
were recorded in FY24 many in the ₹100–200 crore market capitalization range
most lack long-term scale pathways due to fragmented deal-making and limited
governance transformation. Mergerbay aims to address this by offering a
seamless transition from being ‘IPO-ready’ to becoming a fully
structured, listed, and investible company.
With the Indian capital markets entering a new
phase marked by growing retail participation, foreign portfolio interest, and a
government-led push for consolidation, Mergerbay arrives at a time when
mid-sized businesses have the most to gain if provided with the right tools,
partners, and platform.
Website: https://www.bestvantagemergerbay.com
About Bestvantage Investments
Bestvantage Investments is a boutique investment
advisory firm that connects high-potential startups with strategic investors
across India and the Middle East. Founded by Raman Sharma, Bestvantage
specializes in deal sourcing, investment structuring, and capital raising for
early to growth-stage companies. With a strong network of family offices,
venture funds, and institutional investors, the firm enables businesses to
unlock growth opportunities through strategic capital partnerships.
