Partner-led from Chennai and Bangalore
Counterculturefinancial, risk and legaladvisory collective.
Dissent needs thought
Dissent needs attention
Dissent needs rigor
For every seemingly instinctive action, there has to be years of deliberate thought and inaction. Dissent means you're standing tall against the world. In a world that is hungry for more, Do less, but Do it Right, it always wins.
Devangshu Anchalia
Seven practices.
One standard.
Capital events, books, diligence, and the calendar around them. Choose a practice to see the mandate.
Dissent
Fundraise
M&A · Fundraising · PMI
Capital events that close. Sell-side and buy-side advisory across M&A, fundraises, debt raises, and restructurings, from first conversation to final wire. We handhold the deal so your bandwidth stays on the business.
Companies that trust
Dissent with the hard work.
Case studies
from the mandate.
All casesCFO Office
The CFO Office, On Call
Anonymised CFO Office mandate: monthly numbers, bank files, agreements, and real cost — partner-led, without a full-time CFO salary.
Read case study →Financial Modelling
A Financial Model Is an Argument, Not a Spreadsheet
Financial modelling craft from live engagements: assumptions, three-statement architecture, MIS, valuation, and the human in the loop.
Read case study →Embedded CFO
A Signed SHA and Six Hours to a Frozen Account
Anonymised Embedded CFO mandate: daily cash control, a Series A at ~6× the declined offer, CGTMSE debt ladder, and a Series B pipeline in twelve months.
Read case study →Dissent Journal
Long-form writing on finance, strategy, deals, and the mechanics of building honest businesses. Written by practitioners. No sponsored content.
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No pitch decks. No obligations. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit for what you're working on, and if we're not, we'll tell you that too.
We take on new mandates on a rolling basis. Response within 2 working days.
A Letter from the Leadership
The genesis of this firm is the discovery we had that there is an apparent need of trustworthy professionals who meet at the confluence of strong subject matter expertise and a keen business acumen providing valuable counsel to young modern Indian businesses, keeping in mind Indian traditions and context. In a bit more ancient sense, modern-day monks and gladiators, working for the clients with the utmost integrity remembering their fiduciary duty and professional ethics.
That is the beginning of Dissentfrom the existing order. Dissent Advisory is a people first organization, in the age of non-human intelligence. To that effect, Dissent will be built 'people first'. We are keeping the bar very high for who we represent and for who can represent our brand to the world.
The Commandments of Dissent →