AVCJ Awards 2018 - Nominations have now closed

All nominations relate to activity in the last 12 months, i.e. September 23, 2017 to September 21, 2018. For more information, please go to: www.avcjforum.com/awards. This site also includes information on the awards process, category specifications, and a list of past winners. Nominations can also be made by email (awards@avcj.com).

Following the close of nominations, the AVCJ Editorial Board evaluates the entries and submits a long list in each category to a select panel of industry judges. The judges make their recommendations and then final shortlists - with no more than five contenders per category - is drawn up.

The shortlists will be posted online for the entire private equity and venture capital community to vote on from October 10 until October 26. Voters must register - providing name, firm and contact details - so as to avoid vote packing. No more than 10 votes will be accepted from employees of a single firm. The AVCJ subscriber base has a 50% say in the final result, with the judges and the AVCJ Editorial Board each accounting for 25%.

The winners will be announced at an invitation-only gala dinner in Hong Kong on November 12, preceding the AVCJ Forum, which runs from November 13 to November 15.

This year's iteration of the awards features two significant changes:

First, we are introducing a Responsible Investment Award in acknowledgment of the increased emphasis being placed on environment, social and governance (ESG) practices in Asia, and the emergence of success stories in this area. The format will be like that of the Operational Value Add category: candidates must submit supporting documentation with their entries; and the award will be given at the discretion of the AVCJ Editorial Board, acting on the recommendations of a judging panel with experience in ESG.

Second, the Firm of the Year Award has been split into mid-cap and large-cap categories (with $5 billion in assets under management as the dividing line). While smaller firms have not been completely overlooked historically – Quadrant Private Equity is among the recent winners – there has certainly been a bias towards global and pan-Asian GPs. This change is intended to redress the balance. And because we want to keep the awards limited in number, the PE Professional of the Year and VC Professional of the Year categories have been folded into one.

As mentioned above, the Responsible Investment Award and the Operational Value Add Award are not subject to a public vote – essentially because entrants must submit supporting documentation that cannot always be made public and because the judging process requires some specialist expertise. Similarly, the AVCJ Special Achievement Award is presented solely at the discretion of the AVCJ Editorial Board, although suggestions from the private equity and venture capital community will be considered and valued.

The categories are as follows:

• Fundraising of the Year - Venture Capital
• Fundraising of the Year - Mid Cap
• Fundraising of the Year - Large Cap
• Deal of the Year - Early Stage Technology
• Deal of the Year - Late Stage Technology
• Deal of the Year - Mid Cap
• Deal of the Year - Large Cap
• Exit of the Year - IPO
• Exit of the Year - Mid Cap
• Exit of the Year - Large Cap
• PE & VC Professional of the Year
• Responsible Investment Award
• Operational Value Add Award
• Firm of the Year - Mid Cap
• Firm of the Year - Large Cap
• AVCJ Special Achievement Award

For answers to any further questions, contact Tim Burroughs, managing editor of AVCJ (tim.burroughs@acuris.com).

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