Rishi Sethi

Managing Director

Head of FinTech, focusing on providing strategic and financial advice to clients.

Rishi joined Torch in 2022 and brings with him over 20 years of financial services experience.

Rishi has strong relationships in the venture and growth capital ecosystem and a track record of raising private capital for and selling growth companies.

Rishi joined Torch Partners from FT Partners in London, where he spent over 3 years scaling their EMEA franchise. Prior to FT Partners, Rishi spent over a decade at Credit Suisse, both in New York and in London, advising FIG and FinTech clients as the Head of EMEA FIG M&A and Head of EMEA FIG Emerging Markets.

Select transactions include:

Marlin Equity Partners’ majority growth investment in Napier AI Long-term strategic partnership between Concirrus and Applied Underwriters Sale of Cushon to NatWest Group

GPS' $300m growth equity financing

$250m minority investment in OakNorth

Cloudwalk's $200m growth equity financing

Tide's $100m growth equity financing

BigPay's $100m growth equity financing

$65m Series B raise for Friss

£36m Series C raise for Moneyfarm

Fawry's $100m IPO and $58m private placement

$29bn merger of equals between National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank to create the largest bank in MENA

Sale of ING's pan-Asian investment management business

Sale of AXA Private Equity to a consortium of investors

Acquisition of Colonial Bank by BB&T

Sale of Pantheon Ventures to AMG

IPOs of Cembra Money Bank, BAWAG Bank, Moscow Stock Exchange

Includes transactions advised on prior to joining Torch