# Mahesh Parasuraman

> Mahesh Parasuraman is a private equity investor at Amicus Capital backing Financial Services. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Amicus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amicus-capital-2)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/mahesh-parasuraman-6b3222
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mahesh.parasuraman

Mahesh Parasuraman is a private equity investor at Amicus Capital in New York focused on Financial Services and Banking. Mahesh Parasuraman is the Co-Founder & Partner at Amicus Capital Partners. He attended The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 4 | 27% |
| Banking | 2 | 13% |
| Finance | 2 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 13% |
| Real Estate | 2 | 13% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 3 | 20% |
| Seed | 2 | 13% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 9 | 60% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aequs | Aequs (formerly QuEST Global Manufacturing) specializes in precision machining, sheet metal fabrication, assembly, forging, and special processing for the aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas industries. Customers include Airbus, UTAS, Eaton, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, and Bosch.The Aequs manufacturing facilities are located in Bengaluru,Belagavi, and Houston. The Belagavi facilities are located in Aequs SEZ, India’s first precision engineering special economic zone. Aequs SEZ has developed into an integrated aerospace manufacturing ecosystem that houses several interrelated capabilities that are either unavailable in India or are difficult to come by in one location. | $14.9M | Private Equity | Jul 19, 2025 |  |
| Equirus | Equirus is an investment banking firm specializing in providing corporate finance advisory services to mid-market companies. It provides private equity, mergers and acquisitions, buy/sell side advisory, private placement, capital raising, transaction structuring and negotiation, structured financing, initial public offering advisory services.The firm caters to consumer, financial services, healthcare and pharma, industrials, infrastructure and real estate, and technology sectors. | $14.9M | Secondary Market | Oct 11, 2024 |  |
| Aequs | Aequs (formerly QuEST Global Manufacturing) specializes in precision machining, sheet metal fabrication, assembly, forging, and special processing for the aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas industries. Customers include Airbus, UTAS, Eaton, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, and Bosch.The Aequs manufacturing facilities are located in Bengaluru,Belagavi, and Houston. The Belagavi facilities are located in Aequs SEZ, India’s first precision engineering special economic zone. Aequs SEZ has developed into an integrated aerospace manufacturing ecosystem that houses several interrelated capabilities that are either unavailable in India or are difficult to come by in one location. | $53.8M | Private Equity | Oct 30, 2023 |  |
| Aequs | Aequs (formerly QuEST Global Manufacturing) specializes in precision machining, sheet metal fabrication, assembly, forging, and special processing for the aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas industries. Customers include Airbus, UTAS, Eaton, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, and Bosch.The Aequs manufacturing facilities are located in Bengaluru,Belagavi, and Houston. The Belagavi facilities are located in Aequs SEZ, India’s first precision engineering special economic zone. Aequs SEZ has developed into an integrated aerospace manufacturing ecosystem that houses several interrelated capabilities that are either unavailable in India or are difficult to come by in one location. | $27.4M | Private Equity | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| Awign | Awign is a work fulfillment platform specializing in gig workforce and provider of last-mile delivery services. It operates in sectors of education-technology, hospitality, e-commerce, mobility, information technology, and financial technology.The startup also fulfills on-the-ground work such as auditing, diligence, assessments, proctoring, newbusiness development, and digital gigs for clients, including Swiggy, ITC, Bigbasket, Britannia, and Aditya Birla Capital, among others. Awign also provides work opportunities to college students, graduates, and women wanting to come back to work, and is solving unemployment, under-employment, and skilling problems.IIT-alumni Annanya Sarthak, Gurpreet Singh, and Praveen Sah founded Awign in Bangalore, Karnataka, India in 2016. | $15M | Series B | Aug 25, 2022 |  |
| Berar Finance | Berar Finance is a Nagpur based non-banking financial company with focus on two-wheeler financing. | $11.9M |  | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| Berar Finance | Berar Finance is a Nagpur based non-banking financial company with focus on two-wheeler financing. | $13.1M | Private Equity | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| Altum Credo | Altum Credo Home Finance (ACHF) is a Housing Finance Company Registered with National Housing Bank (NHB). Head Quartered at Pune, they aim to expand in various locations, Cities and States in the near future. Cater to Home Finance needs of customer segment which has limited access to Long Term Finance & provide best in class personalizedservice at affordable cost with key thrust on “Convenience, Relevance & Simplicity”. Altum Credo is promoted by three professional entrepreneur with rich experience in retail asset lending with leading banks and financial institution. | $10.5M |  | Nov 22, 2021 |  |
| Altum Credo | Altum Credo Home Finance (ACHF) is a Housing Finance Company Registered with National Housing Bank (NHB). Head Quartered at Pune, they aim to expand in various locations, Cities and States in the near future. Cater to Home Finance needs of customer segment which has limited access to Long Term Finance & provide best in class personalizedservice at affordable cost with key thrust on “Convenience, Relevance & Simplicity”. Altum Credo is promoted by three professional entrepreneur with rich experience in retail asset lending with leading banks and financial institution. | $11.8M | Series B | Nov 22, 2021 |  |
| Berar Finance | Berar Finance is a Nagpur based non-banking financial company with focus on two-wheeler financing. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 20, 2020 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aavishkaar Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aavishkaar-goodwell) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amansa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amansa-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Maj Invest Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maj-invest-equity) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Steadview Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steadview-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Advantedge Incubators](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advantedge-incubators) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aequs Manufacturing Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aequs-manufacturing-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Amicus Capital

VC Fund · Bangalore, India

Amicus Capital is a private equity firm that invests in high growth middle-market companies in India.

2 contacts available at Amicus Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mahesh Parasuraman | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahesh-parasuraman |
| Sunil Vasudevan | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunil-vasudevan |

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Second Century Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/second-century-ventures) — VC Fund
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Foresight Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresight-group) — VC Fund
- [YFM Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yfm-equity-partners) — VC Fund
- [Fondaction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fondaction) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures-d275) — VC Fund
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [Proptech Angel Investors in India](https://shizune.co/investors/proptech-angel-investors-india)

## FAQ

### What does Mahesh Parasuraman invest in?

Mahesh Parasuraman invests primarily in Financial Services, Banking and Finance startups, most often at Private Equity and Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mahesh Parasuraman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mahesh Parasuraman closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co