
AVCJ India Awards finalists showcase talent, promise
The finalists for the first-ever AVCJ Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards showcase some of the Indian industry’s best achievements and leading names.
The Deal of the Year finalists are KKR, New Silk and SCPEL’s Coffee Day Holdings; IDFC, Temasek, Ascent and Argonaut’s GMR Energy investment; and Bain and TPG’s Lilliput deal. The three Firm of the Year finalists are Ambit Pragma, ChrysCapital, and Sequoia Capital India. Professional of the Year finalists are Ravi Adusumalli, Sumit Chandwani and Ajay Relan; while Fundraisings of the Year are CX Partners Fund 1, Ascent India Fund III, and Avigo SME Fund III. For Exit of the Year, finalists are Helion, SAIF, Sierra and Tiger’s MakeMyTrip; Avigo, CS, Kotak, Macquarie and Metmin’s Tecpro Systems; and GLG, ICICI, Passport and Sattva’s VA Tech Wabag.
With other leading finalists for Venture Capital Deal of the Year, Financial Advisor of the Year and Legal Advisor of the Year, the Awards are all chosen by public nomination and adjudicated by a select panel of LPs. Voting on these finalists is under way now, and the final outcome is sure to deliver a ringing endorsement of excellence in Indian private equity – and the maturity of the asset class.
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