Abhay Agarwal

Abhay Agarwal

Managing Director, CIO

Abhay is the founder and MD of Piper Serica Advisors. Piper Serica is a SEBI registered PMS manager and advisor to Piper Serica India Numero Uno Fund based in Mauritius.
Some core portfolio holdings that have provided significant returns include Dixon Technologies, Info Edge, APL Apollo, Apollo Hospital, HDFC Bank, ICICI Lombard, Titan, HDFC Life, Bajaj Finance, Bata, Havells, Jubilant Foodworks, PVR, Maruti, Mannapuram Fin, BASF, and Angel Broking.
Earlier, Abhay worked as a Director with the Private Equity group of JP Morgan in India, HK and Singapore (1997-2003). He invested in companies in India, Korea, Australia, Singapore, China and the US. His investments included LBO’s and growth capital. Some of the companies he invested in include HDFC Bank, Piramal Glass, Jubilant Foodworks, Nicholas Piramal (acquired by Abbott), Bharat Forge, MTR Foods (acquired by Orkla), Mando Machinery Korea, Mindtrac Singapore, Marico and HDFC Securities. He was a director on the board of some of these companies.
Abhay is also an angel investor and has made multiple angel investments. Some of the investments include Khatabook, Creditas, Fleetx.ai, Junio, PinkBlue, Nuvepro, Mynvax and Insorce.
Abhay is a second-degree black belt in Judo and a certified international Judo coach. He trains under-privileged children and supports budding Judokas.
Abhay is an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (1991-93).