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Abhijay Thacker

Vice President at Picus Capital

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Overview 

Abhijay Thacker is currently serving as the Vice President at Picus Capital, with prior experience as an Investment Banking Analyst at Citi. He holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and has worked in various roles at reputable organizations such as BOB Capital Markets Ltd and Axis Capital Ltd. Thacker's career highlights include his leadership role at Picus Capital, focusing on investments in Series A and Seed stages within Cloud Infrastructure and FinTech sectors, as well as his experience as an Investment Banking Analyst at Citi, showcasing expertise in financial analysis and equity research.

Work Experience 

  • Vice President

    2021 - Current

    Co-leading our efforts across India and Southeast Asia Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with promising internet ventures to build successful, global companies. Founders with exciting ideas, however early it is, please drop me a line at abhijay.thacker [@] picuscap.com

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2020 - 2021

    1/2 analysts to join the team full time

Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides various financial products and services.

Raised $12,950,000,000.00 from ValueAct Capital and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2019 - 2019

    • Sole student selected from the campus for a summer internship (1/399) • Received a Pre Placement Offer (PPO) to join the team full-time

Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides various financial products and services.

Raised $12,950,000,000.00 from ValueAct Capital and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

  • Manager

    2018 - 2019

    1/10 members selected out of 158 applicants

  • Research Associate

    2017 - 2018

    Institutional Equity Research Associate providing coverage of the Indian BFSI sector. • Formal coverage of 10 banks, charged with special coverage of the insurance sector. • Initiated, published thematic reports analysing sectoral deployment of credit. Wrote research reports on macroeconomic cycles, thematic sector updates, and earnings results. • Built valuation models to forecast operational, financial performance of coverage stocks. • Managed bespoke client requests, organised industry roundtables and interactive conference calls to develop client-management relations.

  • Debt Fund Management Intern

    2016 - 2016

    Analysis of Ports and Power sectors to understand forward and backward linkages. • Power sector: Fundamental analysis of 6 generation co’s; evaluated plant level FSAs, PPAs, PLF viability. • Revamped and refined the in-house bond valuation model and created a digital solution to automate data capture, processing, and dynamic generation of yield curves. • Designed a quantitative tool for debt portfolio optimisation, and performance benchmarking across all debt instruments.

  • Institutional Equity Research Intern

    2015 - 2015

    Undertook a sector-wise analysis to understand key financial and operational drivers of FMCG, cement, and automobile sectors. • FMCG: Prepared a financial model, presented recommendations for an uncovered company • Auto: Tracked PV segment sales, identified periodicity, isolated impact of duties on sales • Cement: Strategic analysis using Porter’s 5-force framework, Value Chain Analysis (VCA)

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