2015 AVCJ Awards - voting has closed

Votes were cast via the AVCJ Awards website (www.avcjforum.com/awards/static/home), which also includes full details of the process, rules and past winners. No more than 10 votes were accepted from the employees of a single firm. The public had a 50% say in the final outcome, with a judging panel of industry experts and the AVCJ Editorial Board each accounting for 25%.

Based in part on recommendations submitted by the private equity community, the AVCJ Editorial Board drew up nominee shortlists in consultation with the judging panel. Two categories - the Operational Value Add Award and the AVCJ Special Achievement Award - were not subject to a public vote and so were not included in the following shortlists.

FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR - VENTURE CAPITAL

• Banyan Partners Fund II & Banyan Capital USD Co-invest Fund (Banyan Capital)
• Kalaari Capital Partners III (Kalaari Capital)
• Nexus India Capital IV & Nexus Opportunity Fund II (Nexus Venture Partners)
• Shunwei China Internet Fund III (Shunwei Capital Partners)
• Source Code Fund II (Source Code Capital)

FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR - MID CAP
(Fund size - below $1 billion)

• ADV Opportunities Fund I (ADV Partners)
• Anchor Equity Partners Fund II (Anchor Equity Partners)
• Ascendent Capital Partners II (Ascendent Capital Partners)
• Crescent Capital Partners V (Crescent Capital Partners)
• Indium V (India Value Fund Advisors)

FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR - LARGE CAP
(Fund size - above $1 billion)

• Baring Asia Private Equity Fund VI (Baring Private Equity Asia)
• CPE China Fund II (CITIC Private Equity)
• Equis Asia Fund II (Equis Funds Group)
• Hahn & Co II (Hahn & Company)
• Pacific Equity Partners Fund V (Pacific Equity Partners)

DEAL OF THE YEAR - EARLY STAGE TECHNOLOGY
(Enterprise valuation - below $500 million)

• Huami (Banyan Capital/Shunwei Capital Partners/Sequoia Capital/Morningside Technologies)
• Ninebot (Sequoia Capital/Xiaomi/WestSummit Capital/Shunwei Capital Partners)
• Practo Technologies (Sequoia Capital/Matrix Partners)
• RedMart (SoftBank Ventures Korea/Garena/Visionnaire Ventures)
• Zhaosuliao (New Horizon/Qiming Venture Partners/IDG Capital Partners/GX Capital)

DEAL OF THE YEAR - LATE STAGE TECHNOLOGY
(Enterprise valuation - above $500 million)

• Ant Financial Services (NSSF/China Development Bank Capital/China Post & Capital Fund Management)
• Coupang (BlackRock Private Equity Partners/Wellington Management/Greenoaks Capital Management/Rose Park Advisors)
• Dianping (Dalian Wanda Group/Temasek Holdings/Tencent Holdings/FountainVest Partners/Xiaomi/Fosun Capital Group/Ascendent Capital Partners)
• Didi Kuaidi (Temasek Holdings/Capital International/Tencent Holdings/China Investment Corp/Alibaba Group/Coatue Management/Ping An Ventures)
• Flipkart (QIA/Greenoaks Capital/Baillie Gifford/DST Global/GIC Private/Iconiq Capital/Steadview Capital Management/T. Rowe Price/Tiger Global)

DEAL OF THE YEAR - MID CAP
(Investment size - below $100 million)

• Apex International Corporation (MBK Partners)
• Healthscope - Australian Pathology Operations (Crescent Capital Partners)
• Infogain Corporation (ChrysCapital)
• Nihon Hoken Service (J-Star)
• SBI Life Living Corp (Advantage Partners)

DEAL OF THE YEAR - LARGE CAP
(Investment size - above $100 million)

• GE Capital - Australia & New Zealand Consumer Lending Business (KKR/Deutsche Bank/Värde Partners)
• Halle Visteon Climate Control Corp (Hahn & Company)
• Homeplus (MBK Partners/Canada Pension Plan Investment Board/PSP Investments/Temasek Holdings)
• Pinnacle (Pacific Equity Partners)
• Lumileds (Go Scale Capital)

EXIT OF THE YEAR - IPO

• 3SBio (CITIC Private Equity/Decheng Capital)
• APN Outdoor (Quadrant Private Equity)
• Cowell E Holdings (Hahn & Company)
• Hong Kong Broadband (CVC Capital Partners/AlpInvest Partners/GIC Private)
• Skylark (Bain Capital/Japan Industrial Partners)

EXIT OF THE YEAR - MID CAP
(Investment size on entry - below $100 million)

• Bushu Pharmaceuticals (Tokio Marine Capital)
• Classic Fine Foods (EQT Partners)
• ECO Industrial Environmental Engineering (Navis Capital Partners)
• Intas Pharmaceuticals (ChrysCapital)
• Spinifex Pharmaceuticals (Brandon Capital Partners/Canaan Partners/GBS Venture Partners/Novo Ventures/UniQuest/Uniseed)

EXIT OF THE YEAR - LARGE CAP
(Investment size on entry - above $100 million)

• 7 Days Inn (The Carlyle Group/Actis Capital/Sequoia Capital/GIC Private)
• China Network Systems (MBK Partners)
• Primo Smallgoods (Affinity Equity Partners)
• Shriram City Union Finance (TPG Capital)
• Spotless Group (Pacific Equity Partners)

VENTURE CAPITAL PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR

• Xiang Gao (Banyan Capital)
• Jenny Lee (GGV Capital)
• Neil Shen (Sequoia Capital)
• Lei Jun & Tuck Lye Koh (Shunwei Capital Partners)
• Ravi Adusumalli (SAIF Partners India)

PRIVATE EQUITY PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR

• Liang Meng & Kevin Zhang (Ascendent Capital Partners)
• David Gross-Loh (Bain Capital)
• Jean Eric Salata (Baring Private Equity Asia)
• Scott Hahn (Hahn & Co)
• Vishal Nevatia (India Value Fund Advisors)

FIRM OF THE YEAR

• Bain Capital
• Baring Private Equity Asia
• Hahn & Company
• Pacific Equity Partners
• India Value Fund Advisors

 

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