AVCJ Forum India panel highlights growth, early days
The India panel at this year’s AVCJ Forum in Hong Kong highlighted both the Indian private equity market’s potential and its nascent status, in a debate conducted by Anil Ahuja, Head of Asia for 3i, Harjit Bhatia, Chairman and CEO of Asia Growth Capital Advisors, Gulpreet Kohli, MD with ChrysCapital Investment Advisors, and Mukund Krishnaswami, Founding Partner of Lighthouse Advisors India.
In the course of the debate, the GPs touched on how to build value in Indian companies, how to compete against – or work alongside – the public markets, and how to source opportunities. Bhatia compared...
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