Abhishek Mittal is a Partner at Aavishkaar Capital and manages the ESF First Fund and India Credit Strategy.

ESG First Fund is Aavishkaar’s first global south fund targeting region of India, Emerging Asia & Sub-Saharan Africa offering non-dilutive structures to SMEs to meet their growth capital demand.

Abhishek has more than 18 years of experience across investment management, corporate finance and business consulting and has managed financial assets (loans, equity and hybrids). He has extensive experience in origination, financial analysis, deal-structuring and execution. Before joining Aavishkaar Capital, Abhishek worked with JM Financial Group & Everstone Capital.

He has a Master’s in International Finance from Columbia University, MBA from IIM Lucknow and an engineering degree from Delhi University.