ICE Strategic Business Advisors is a business architecture, design and strategic management consulting firm in India with a global perspective and reach. We advise companies — Startups, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Large Corporates — during all stages of the funding lifecycle: pre-revenue, growth, and expansion.
We combine high-level business architecture with rigorous financial structuring, we guide organizations through complex transactions, international market entries, and strategic joint ventures. We are the go-to partners in areas of entrepreneurship and innovation.
We construct a strategy and a game plan, giving shape to an idea that's built with a solid foundation through mentoring.
We help visualize an idea and harvest opportunities across local and international markets.
We assist in structuring the organisation and the business through brainstorming and asking the right questions.
We are true builders of the entrepreneurship world, converting innovation into enterprise valuation.
“An advocate for entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, and design — Shankar is passionate about developing winning strategies and innovative models for businesses in an evolving, dynamic global marketplace.”
Shankar plays the role of a Business Architect and Strategic Financial Management Consultant at ICE. He coaches and mentors CEOs, founders, and entrepreneurs of small and medium-scale companies in their journey of personal and professional discovery as they develop their businesses and commercialise their innovations.
He has worked extensively across a wide range of industries including IT, Media, Healthcare, Banking & Finance, Insurance, Realty, Education, and Sustainability.
Shankar maintains a longstanding relationship with Banks, Financial Institutions, FIIs, Venture Capitalists, Angels, Strategic Investors, Private Equity Funds, and NRI Groups globally.
Six specialized practice divisions engineered to support enterprise growth, clean sustainability, special situations, and fund advisory.
Building an ecosystem around the entrepreneur to turn ideas into successful companies locally and globally through structured venture development.
Connecting green entrepreneurs with international investors, CTI-PFAN, CEIP, and NVI to scale clean energy initiatives worldwide.
Stressed Asset Restructuring, recapitalisation, cost cutting, and operational turnaround working closely with banks, institutions, and Asset Reconstruction Companies.
Setting up and managing country India offices, promoting bilateral trade, Tech Transfer, JVs, licensing, and trade corridors.
Creating Brand Equity with financial impact and valuation appreciation under one unified umbrella combining marketing, finance, and logistics.
Assisting PE/Venture funds in fund formation, AMC setup (Mauritius, Singapore, Delaware & GIFT City, Gujarat India), Placement Memorandums, and deal flow due diligence.
Full-spectrum business architecture, strategic consulting, investment banking, M&A, joint ventures, and CSR foundation management.
“Asking the right questions.” Establishing strategic goals, vision/mission, corporate performance management, BI, risk planning, group structures, and family business succession planning.
Feasibility analysis, macro/micro market research, SWOT analysis, pre-IPO activity management (India & NASDAQ), ESOPs, corporate laws, global taxation, and internal MIS controls.
Angel, VC, PE capital mobilization across seed, growth, and expansion phases. Debt structuring, project debt, acquisition funding, working capital, debt cost optimization, and bank negotiations.
Cross-border buy-side and sell-side transaction advisory across industries. Supported by deep sector research, public market valuation analysis, and acquisition transaction financing.
Locating JV partners for foreign companies entering India and Indian firms expanding abroad. Collaboration agreements, RBI (Mumbai/Delhi) & FIPB clearances, and economic viability reports.
Connecting corporate CSR initiatives, foundations, donor agencies, and philanthropists with vetted grassroots NGOs and CSR-approved projects to impact thousands of lives.
Built on a foundation of multidisciplinary intelligence, merchant banking positioning, and a global network of service providers.
ICE has created a dedicated Think-Tank of experienced Knowledge and Services Segment professionals with deep domain knowledge of worldwide trends. Comprising alumni from premier institutes such as I.I.T.s and I.I.M.s, specialized in Technology, Marketing, HR, and Finance, as well as C.A.s and C.S.s. Diversity in skills allows us to gain an all-round view of any complex situation and visualize tomorrow’s markets and products.
ICE enjoys excellent relationships with private equity and venture capital investors in India, the European Union, the UK, and the US having a presence in India. We assist corporates looking at cross-border fundraising and maintain relationships with leading market players across Europe and America for strategic market entry.
ICE has uniquely positioned itself as an associate with leading Merchant Banking, Investment Banking, and Advisory companies to enlarge its deal-flow horizon and leverage decades of accumulated financial knowledge.
Our wide network of relationships with legal attorneys, HR firms, marketing agencies, and accounting firms ensures that regulatory and due-diligence issues are coordinated smoothly toward faster deal closure, leveraging the network effect for maximum client value.
Specific industry segments where ICE possesses focused strength, core advisory expertise, and transaction history.
Over the years, ICE has developed long-standing relationships with Banks, Financial Institutions, FII’s, Venture Capitalists, Angels, Strategic Investors, and Private Equity Funds & NRI Groups Globally, which are being tapped for clients.
Associated with the TiE Angel Forum for early-stage investment and strategic mentorship.
Associated with NVI (Godrej Green Business Centre, WRI USA & USAID) for sustainability promotion.
Associated with CEIP (Commonwealth Investment Platform - India Hub) for cross-border deals.
Mentor at CTI-PFAN (Private Financing Advisory Network) for global clean tech project financing.