CAPITAL ADVISORY
Capital for Every Stage of Growth
We help founder-led businesses solve complex capital challenges through structured finance, strategic advice and transaction execution.
From working capital and expansion finance to refinancing, acquisitions and shareholder transitions.
We begin with the business — not the financial product.
The right capital structure must reflect how the business generates cash, where it is investing and what the founders are trying to achieve.
Purpose
What must the capital enable?
Structure
What combination of debt, equity or structured finance is appropriate?
Execution
How will the transaction be positioned, negotiated and completed?
CAPITAL THROUGH THE BUSINESS LIFECYCLE
Capital needs change as businesses evolve.
Anthropia helps founders anticipate those requirements and structure capital for the next stage — not merely the present constraint.
Fulfil Demand
Working capital and trade-linked finance
Build Capacity
Term loans, equipment and project finance
Accelerate Growth
Structured debt, private credit and growth capital
Enter New Markets
Export and international-expansion finance
Acquire
Acquisition and hybrid financing
Anthropia's advisory involvement across the capital lifecycle
Fulfil Demand
Working capital and trade-linked finance
Build Capacity
Term loans, equipment and project finance
Accelerate Growth
Structured debt, private credit and growth capital
Enter New Markets
Export and international-expansion finance
Acquire
Acquisition and hybrid financing
STRUCTURED FINANCE
Structured around the business
Our expertise lies in designing capital around the company's commercial and financial architecture.
POTENTIAL CAPITAL SOLUTIONS
"The objective is not to maximise borrowing. It is to create a structure the business can deploy productively and service sustainably."
WHAT WE ADVISE ON
Four capability groups. One integrated mandate.
Growth and Working Capital
Working-capital facilities
Trade and export finance
Receivables and invoice finance
Order-linked funding
Structured Debt
Term and asset-backed finance
Debt consolidation
Refinancing
Collateral optimisation
Strategic Capital
Private credit
Mezzanine and hybrid structures
Growth equity
Acquisition finance
Transaction Readiness
Financial modelling
Lender and investor positioning
Term-sheet evaluation
Due-diligence coordination
HOW ANTHROPIA WORKS
From the initial capital question through transaction execution.
01
Diagnose
Understand the business, cash flows, existing facilities and strategic requirement.
02
Structure
Determine the appropriate capital mix, tenor, security, covenants and repayment profile.
03
Position
Build the financial model, financing proposition and lender or investor materials.
04
Execute
Evaluate proposals, support negotiation and coordinate the transaction through documentation.
We remain involved from the initial capital question through transaction execution.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Capital advisory in action
₹150 crore
Repositioning manufacturing debt to unlock working capital
Anthropia reviewed and restructured approximately ₹150 crore of syndicated banking facilities, aligning debt more closely with its intended use and improving collateral efficiency. The new structure created the basis for additional working capital linked to export orders and trade volumes.
Read the Case StudyCMR-9 → CMR-3
Rehabilitating a credit profile for growth
Anthropia helped a medical-apparel manufacturer strengthen its credit profile, evaluate competing banking proposals and structure more appropriate working-capital facilities. The intervention reduced dependence on expensive unsecured borrowing and supported the use of idle production capacity.
Read the Case StudyGrowth → Capital
Designing a capital pathway for an English restaurant group
Anthropia advises a multi-site restaurant group on growth and financing. The current mandate evaluates senior debt, private credit, mezzanine and growth capital while strengthening the business for its next stage of growth.
Institutional experience. Applied to the mid-market.
25 years across banking, strategy and consulting
Former Senior Vice President, HSBC London
Experience across the UK, India and Southeast Asia
More than US$5 billion in client financing across the founder's banking career
Experience spanning growth finance, working capital, project finance and complex financing transactions
Anthropia brings institutional transaction experience to founder-led and mid-market businesses — combining financial structuring with a practical understanding of strategy, operations and execution.
THE ANTHROPIA DIFFERENCE
Beyond capital placement
Strategy before structure
We establish what the capital must enable.
Business before borrowing
We assess whether the company can deploy and service the proposed capital.
Execution beyond advice
We remain involved through positioning, negotiation and transaction coordination.
Capital cannot compensate for a weak business model. When operational or organisational changes are required, Anthropia can address them as part of the same lifecycle mandate.
RELATED EXPERTISE
What must capital enable next?
Whether the priority is fulfilling demand, expanding capacity, refinancing debt, entering a new market or preparing for a transaction, we help determine the structure required to move forward.