Transjovan Capital advises agricultural services and supply businesses on strategic acquisitions that expand product lines, strengthen distribution, and unlock inorganic growth. From target mapping and off-market outreach to diligence, negotiation, and integration planning, the team helps buyers pursue disciplined transactions with sector-aware insight and cross-border execution capabilities.
End-to-end advisory support for agricultural services and supply acquisitions, integration planning, and strategic growth initiatives.
Comprehensive acquisition support covering strategy, whitespace mapping, target sourcing, valuation, diligence, negotiation support, transaction documentation assistance, and closing readiness for agricultural services and supply buyers.
Structured Day-1 planning helps acquirers prepare operating models, leadership alignment, and transition priorities so newly acquired agricultural platforms can move forward with minimal disruption.
Post-merger integration and synergy governance support aligns teams, tracks value capture, and helps buyers realize operational and commercial benefits after agricultural sector acquisitions.
The engagement begins by clarifying growth priorities, adjacency opportunities, and investment criteria for agricultural services and supply targets. This creates a focused acquisition thesis tied to capability expansion, distribution reach, and long-term value creation.
Buyers rely on experienced, partner-led advice when acquisitions carry strategic and operational complexity.
Every mandate is led by senior advisors with deep M&A and operating experience.
The firm supports buyers across the United States, Europe, India, and APAC markets.
Food and agriculture exposure supports sharper evaluation of agricultural services and supply opportunities.
Execution emphasizes synergy capture, integration readiness, and measurable post-deal value creation.
Experienced leaders guiding complex acquisition decisions.
Managing Partner
Gaurav Asthana is the Managing Partner at Transjovan Capital and brings more than 21 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity. An ex-Ernst & Young and KPMG professional, he is widely recognized for cross-border M&A execution across four continents. He has advised Fortune 500 corporations, large conglomerates, and private equity funds on cumulative transactions worth USD 15 billion. His experience includes retained buy-side mandates for globally recognized enterprises such as Blackstone, Mahindra, Legrand, Altana, Sumitomo, and Cummins. Under his leadership, the firm earned recognition as the Best M&A Advisory Firm in India. He also serves in prominent industry bodies including the Indo-American, Indo-French, and Indo-German Chambers of Commerce, reflecting his strong global business network.
Head - Consumer
Deoki Muchhal is a strategist and advisor with extensive leadership experience across large multinational organizations. Having served as MD and CFO at Cargill India, he has led acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and technology transformation initiatives designed to unlock long-term enterprise value. His background includes board-level exposure, corporate restructuring, turnaround strategy, and successful merger integration. Deoki brings a practical operator's perspective to strategic advisory, helping clients align financial, operational, and transformation priorities. He also has a strong interest in ventures that improve competitiveness through digital technologies. A meritorious Chartered Accountant and alumnus of a Fortune 50 high-performance leadership academy, he adds seasoned financial and strategic judgment to complex growth and transaction mandates.
Head – Financial Services
Rajesh Relan brings 37 years of experience, including 25 years in senior leadership roles across the insurance industry in India and the Asia Pacific region. He previously served as Managing Director of PNB MetLife India Insurance and has deep expertise in strategy, governance, financial planning, business transformation, and M&A. His career includes launching and scaling businesses, leading turnarounds, and executing acquisitions, including the purchase of an insurance broking company. Rajesh also serves as an independent director on boards of publicly listed companies, including Singer India Ltd. and Jaykay Enterprises. His involvement with industry bodies such as CII, FICCI, Amcham, and USIBC reflects broad market engagement. He contributes seasoned boardroom insight to strategic growth and transaction advisory assignments.
Head – IT Services
Anuraag Guptaa has 27 years of experience in IT services spanning BFSI, consulting, professional services, and BPO. He has held CEO and board-level roles at organizations including First Meridian, Quess Corp, Capgemini, and Gulf Bank. At Quess Corp, he helped build India's largest technology staffing firm, culminating in a 2016 IPO at a valuation of USD 2 billion. His strengths include operational transformation, P&L leadership, greenfield venture incubation, organizational restructuring, and navigating complex M&A environments. Anuraag also mentors and invests in niche startups, bringing a growth-oriented perspective to advisory work. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds an MBA from LSE, NYU Stern, and HEC Paris, along with Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification from GE.
Senior Advisor
Chetan Tolia brings more than 30 years of leadership experience across major industrial organizations. He has served as a director on the boards of 10 Tata companies and was CEO and Executive Director of WREPL, a Tata Power company in the renewables business. His background also includes serving as Chief HR Officer of Tata Power, CEO of Tata BlueScope Steel Limited, and head of Strategy & Planning at Tata Steel. He played a key role in forming the BlueScope Steel and Tata Steel joint venture and in shaping growth strategy for large industrial businesses. With deep exposure to strategy, joint ventures, board governance, and industrial operations, Chetan adds valuable manufacturing and infrastructure insight to enterprise advisory engagements.
Senior Advisor
A buy-side M&A advisor helps define acquisition strategy, identify and approach targets, assess valuation, coordinate diligence, support negotiations, and prepare for closing and integration. For agricultural services and supply companies, this often includes evaluating distribution reach, product adjacency, customer concentration, operational fit, and synergy potential so buyers can pursue acquisitions with stronger strategic discipline.
Speak with experienced advisors about targets, diligence, and integration planning.
Recognized in India for 2024 excellence.
Longstanding advisory track record since 2011.
Broad transaction experience across sectors.
Share your growth priorities, target profile, or active mandate, and our team will outline how we can support your buy-side process.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 1800 102 5700. You can also send us a quick email at info@transjovancap.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 1800 102 5700. You can also send us a quick email at info@transjovancap.com.