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Dhruv Arora

@dhruvarora1

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Your go-to M&A guy

India

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What I'm looking for

Corporate Development; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Banking; M&A

Investment professional with 5+ years across PE, IB, and cross-border M&A. Track record includes $160M+ in evaluated PE transactions and two closed IB deals totaling $129M.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Investment Associate

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DKS Capital Partners

Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 4 months)

Owned the full private equity deal cycle from origination through post-close board oversight, evaluating 8+ live transactions totaling $160M+ in aggregate value. Drove PLANET by Lauren G to achieve +40% quarterly Adj. EBITDA ($585K to $820K) in 6 months through cost restructuring, e-commerce rebuild (+47% revenue at 5.0x ROAS), and wholesale revitalization.

Private Equity Deal Sourcing Investment Committee Support Financial Modeling (DCF LBO)Debt Structuring LP Capital Raises Due Diligence Returns Waterfalls Due Diligence & DD Process Board Portfolio Governance

Junior Partner - IB

Ignatious

Nov 2023 - Feb 2025 (1 year 3 months)

Executed cross-border M&A across IT services, AI, SaaS, mobility-tech and logistics, building deal materials that generated $850M+ in client mandates. Closed a $104M sale of an AI vehicle analytics platform to a Japanese industrial group and a $25M life sciences acquisition by a listed Indian IT firm.

Analyst to Associate

TresVista Financial Services

Sep 2020 - Oct 2023 (3 years 1 month)

Contributed to 8 transactions ($300M+ deal value) from sourcing through LOI for PE, IB, and asset management clients, driving end-to-end execution via client strategic calls and deal material creation. Managed corporate development for a PE firm using CRM and B2B databases, led firm-wide training, earned two accelerated promotions, and secured 5 client renewals.