Cast your vote in the 2012 AVCJ China Awards
Voting is now open for the 2012 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards China. From now until May 18, we invite the entire Asia private equity community to single out the top investments, exits, fund raises, firms and professionals from the past 12 months.
To vote, please visit our AVCJ China Awards website at www.asianfn.com/votechn.asp. It includes short profiles of all candidates.
After asking industry participants to submit nominations, the AVCJ Editorial Board coordinated with the judging panel, drawn from experts across the region, and drew up candidate shortlists in eight categories. Winners will be selected based 50% on the public vote and 25% each on judging panel and AVCJ Editorial Board recommendations.
The final results will be announced at the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China (www.avcjchina.com), which takes place in Beijing on May 30-31.
The nominees are as follows:
CHINA PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR
• Alibaba Group (DST Advisors/Silver Lake/Temasek Holdings/Yunfeng Capital)
• China Fire & Security Group (Bain Capital)
• Luye Pharma (CDH Investments Management/CITIC Private Equity/New Horizon Capital)
• Qinhuangdao Yaohua Glass (Hony Capital)
CHINA VENTURE CAPITAL DEAL OF THE YEAR
• Beijing EverCare (Legend Capital/Tiantu Capital)
• Beijing R.Y.B. Education Institution (GGV Capital)
• Dianping.com (Lightspeed Venture Partners/Qiming Venture Partners/Sequoia Capital/Trust Bridge Partners)
• Happy Elements (DCM/Legend Capital)
CHINA FIRM OF THE YEAR
• CITIC Private Equity
• Hony Capital
• KKR
• Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia
CHINA PRIVATE EQUITY PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
• Lefei Liu (CITIC Private Equity)
• David Liu (KKR)
• Frank Tang (FountainVest Partners)
• John Zhao (Hony Capital)
CHINA VENTURE CAPITAL PROFESSSIONAL OF THE YEAR
• Bo Feng (Ceyuan Ventures)
• David Chao (DCM)
• Feng Deng (Northern Light Venture Capital)
• Sonny Wu (GSR Ventures)
CHINA FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR - US DOLLAR
• Hony Capital Fund V (Hony Capital)
• IDG-Accel China Capital Fund II (IDG Capital Partners)
• Northern Light Venture Fund III (Northern Light Venture Capital)
• Orchid Asia V (Orchid Asia Group Management)
CHINA FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR - RENMINBI
• CCB International Cultural Industry PE Fund (CCB International Asset Management)
• Nanhai Growth Fund V (Cowin Capital)
• NewMargin YongQin Venture Enterprises (NewMargin Ventures)
• South River Capital Fund (South River Capital Partners)
CHINA PRIVATE EQUITY EXIT OF THE YEAR
• Beijing Leader & Harvest Electric Technologies (Affinity Equity Partners/Unitas Capital)
• China Pacific Insurance (The Carlyle Group)
• HiPro Polymers/Casda Biomaterials (Bain Capital)
• Hsu Fu Chi International (Baring Private Equity Asia)
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