AVCJ Awards 2021 - voting has closed

For more information on the awards, including full details of the process and summaries of the shortlisted entries, please visit the AVCJ Awards website.

The region’s PE and VC community has a 50% say in the result, with the panel of industry judges that has already made recommendations as to the composition of the shortlists accounting for the other 50%.

 

Relying on industry recommendations and input from the judging panel, the AVCJ Editorial Board drew up the following nominee shortlists:

FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR – VENTURE CAPITAL

• 5Y Capital Evolution Fund II & 5Y Capital Growth Fund I (5Y Capital)
• Gaorong Partners Fund V (Gaorong Capital)
• OSV III (Openspace Ventures)
• Source Code Venture Fund V & Source Code Growth Fund II (Source Code Capital)
• Stellaris Venture Partners India II (Stellaris Venture Partners)

FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR – MID CAP
(FUND SIZE - BELOW $2 BILLION)

• Adamantem Capital Fund II (Adamantem Capital)
• Anchor Equity Partners Fund IV (Anchor Equity Partners)
• Kedaara Capital III (Kedaara Capital)
• LAV Fund VI & LAV VI Opportunities (Lilly Asia Ventures)
• Novo Tellus PE Fund 2 (Novo Tellus Capital Partners)

FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR – LARGE CAP
(FUND SIZE - $2 BILLION AND ABOVE)

• Boyu Capital Fund V & Boyu Capital Growth Fund I (Boyu Capital)
• KKR Asian Fund IV (KKR)
• Hillhouse Focused Growth Fund V (Hillhouse Investment)

DEAL OF THE YEAR – SMALL CAP
(EQUITY COMMITMENT – BELOW $50 MILLION)

• Ajaib (Alpha JWC Ventures/Horizons Ventures/Insignia Ventures/SoftBank Ventures Asia/Y Combinator)
• Apna (Greenoaks Capital/Lightspeed Partners India/Rocketship.vc/Sequoia Capital India)
• Bazaar (Acrew Capital/Alter Global/BY Venture Partners/Defy Partners/Global Founders Capital/Indus Valley Capital/Next Billion Ventures/Saison Capital/Wavemaker Partners/Zayn Capital)
• SafetyCulture (Blackbird Ventures/Index Ventures)
• Turtlemint (American Family Ventures/Blume Ventures/Dream Incubator/GGV Capital/Jungle Ventures/MassMutual Ventures/Nexus Venture Partners/Sequoia Capital India/SIG/Trifecta Capital)

DEAL OF THE YEAR – MID CAP
(EQUITY COMMITMENT – $50-199 MILLION)

• Berry Oncology (China Merchants Capital/E Fund Management/Fujian Venture Investment Management/Legend Capital/Qiming Venture Partners/Xiamen C&D Emerging Industry Equity Investment/Zhongjin Qichen Industry Equity Investment Fund)
• Dangguen Market (Altos Ventures/Aspex Management/Capstone Partners/Goodwater Capital/Kakao Ventures/Reverent Partners/SoftBank Ventures Asia/Strong Ventures)
• Genki Forest (Gaorong Capital/L Catterton/Longfor Properties/Sequoia Capital China/Temasek Holdings/Warburg Pincus)
• M-Daq (Affinity Equity Partners)
• My Muscle Chef (Quadrant Private Equity)

DEAL OF THE YEAR – LARGE CAP
(EQUITY COMMITMENT – $200 MILLION AND ABOVE)

• Shiseido personal care business (CVC Capital Partners)
• China Biologic Products Holdings (Centurium Capital/Hillhouse Capital/Temasek Holdings/Trustar Capital)
• Kakao Japan (Anchor Equity Partners)
• Postman (Battery Ventures/Bond Capital/Charles River Ventures/Coatue Management/Insight Partners/Nexus Venture Partners)
• Viva Republica (Alkeon Capital/Altos Ventures/Greyhound Capital/Korea Development Bank)

EXIT OF THE YEAR – IPO

• Best & Less Group (Allegro Funds)
• Boss Zhipin (Capital Today China Group/Ceyuan Ventures/China Renaissance/Coatue Management/Gaorong Capital/GGV Capital/MSA Capital/Meridian Capital/Sequoia Capital China/Shunwei Capital/Tiger Global Management)
• KakaoBank (Anchor Equity Partners/TPG Capital)
• Mr DIY (Creador)
• Zomato (Ant Group/Baillie Gifford/Bow Wave Capital Management/D1 Capital Partners/Dragoneer Investment Group/Fidelity/Glade Brook Capital/Info Edge India/Kora Management/Sequoia Capital India/Shunwei Capital/Temasek Holdings/Tiger Global Management/Uber/Vy Capital)

EXIT OF THE YEAR – SMALL CAP
(EQUITY COMMITMENT ON ENTRY – BELOW $50 MILLION)

• Ascender (Potentia Capital/Five V Capital)
• Gourmet Food (CPE Capital)
• Hyperconnect (Altos Ventures/SoftBank Ventures Korea)
• Integreon (NewQuest Capital Partners)
• Purplle (IvyCap Ventures)

EXIT OF THE YEAR – MID CAP
(EQUITY COMMITMENT ON ENTRY – $50-149 MILLION)

• Apex International (MBK Partners)
• Hygeia Healthcare (Warburg Pincus)
• Infogain (ChrysCapital)
• Qscan (Quadrant Private Equity)
• Yongding Healthcare Management (Ascendent Capital Partners)

EXIT OF THE YEAR – LARGE CAP
(EQUITY COMMITMENT ON ENTRY – $150 MILLION AND ABOVE)

• GlobalLogic (Canada Pension Plan Investment Board/Partners Group)
• JS Global (CDH Investments)
• Softex Indonesia (CVC Capital Partners)
• Telus International (Baring Private Equity Asia)
• Woowa Brothers (Altos Ventures/BonAngels Venture Partners/CyberAgent Ventures/Goldman Sachs/GIC/Greenspring Associates/Hillhouse Capital/IMM Investment/Naver/Sequoia Capital/Stonebridge Capital)

FIRM OF THE YEAR – MID CAP
(AUM – BELOW $7.5 BILLION)

• Altos Ventures
• Kedaara Capital
• Lilly Asia Ventures
• Quadrant Private Equity
• Source Code Capital

FIRM OF THE YEAR – LARGE CAP
(AUM - $7.5 BILLION AND ABOVE)

• Baring Private Equity Asia
• Boyu Capital
• CVC Capital Partners
• KKR
• Warburg Pincus

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