Vishesh Yadav

Started in enterprise technology, moved into deal advisory. Built the technology due diligence practice at RSM US from zero — grew it to a $2-3M P&L with a 15-person team across IT, cybersecurity, and product transaction advisory. Did it again at Point B, reaching $1M in year two with a team of 8. Independent since 2021, working directly inside major advisory firms on their engagements.

PE sponsors worked with directly include most of the major names — Blackstone, KKR, Carlyle, Apollo, Thoma Bravo, Vista Equity, Kayne Anderson, Goldner Hawn, and 30+ others. Notable strategic transactions include the Swisscom acquisition of Vodafone Italy, the Celcom-Digi merger in Malaysia with €300M in cost savings identified and delivered, and technology M&A advisory for Engie's US market expansion.

One engagement that captures how this practice works: multi-year advisory to a PE-backed healthcare platform across 18 add-on acquisitions — leading technology, cybersecurity, and product diligence on each, and building a playbook the platform used on every deal after.

Sectors: healthcare, SaaS, manufacturing, industrials, energy, telecommunications, transportation, financial services.

ACG conference speaker on how technology risk gets assessed and priced in PE transactions.

Based in Rome. Regularly in the US for engagements — full work authorization in the US and India, no restrictions on travel. Languages: English and Hindi (native), Italian (conversational).

Akansh Partners is the practice — advisory built around doing the work directly, keeping engagements scoped tight, and using technology to deliver faster without diluting what you get.