Place your vote in the 2011 AVCJ Indian Awards
We are happy to announce the nominee shortlist for 2011 AVCJ Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Awards. Relying on submissions from across the PE community and the expertise of our select panel of industry judges, five nominees have been chosen in seven categories. We now throw it open to you, the readers, to have your say.
Please vote online at our newly updated nominations site.
Voting will close on Friday, November 25. Winners will be announced at the Awards dinner in Mumbai on December 1, which takes place alongside the AVCJ India Forum. For more information please go to: www.avcjindia.com.
The full shortlist is as follows:
INDIAN PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR
• GVK Energy (3i Group)
• Hero Honda Motors (Bain Capital)
• InMobi (Softbank Corp.)
• Patni Computer Systems (Apax Partners)
• Welspun Group (Apollo Global Management)
INDIAN VENTURE CAPITAL DEAL OF THE YEAR
• Bigshoebazaar India (Catamaran Venture Capital/Nexus Venture Partners)
• Exclusively.in (Tiger Global Management/Accel Partners/Helion Ventures)
• ValueFirst Messaging (Headland Capital Partners/Helion Venture Partners/Tiger Global Management)
• Yatra Online (Intel Capital/Norwest Venture Partners)
• Ybrant Technologies (Asia Pacific Capital/ICICI Bank/Oak Investment Partners)
INDIAN PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR
• IFCI-Sycamore Infrastructure Fund (IFCI/Sycamore Ventures)
• Indivision India Partners II (Everstone Investment Advisors)
• Matrix Partners India II (Matrix India Asset Advisors)
• Multiples Private Equity Fund I (Multiples Alternative Asset Management)
• WestBridge Crossover Fund (WestBridge Advisors)
INDIAN PRIVATE EQUITY EXIT OF THE YEAR
• AppLabs (WestBridge Capital Advisors)
• Intelenet Global Services (The Blackstone Group)
• Paras Pharmaceuticals (Actis)
• Patni Computer Systems (General Atlantic)
• TutorVista.com (Sequoia India/Lightspeed Ventures)
INDIAN PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM OF THE YEAR
• Actis
• Bain Capital
• Everstone
• KKR
• Nexus Venture Partners
INDIAN PRIVATE EQUITY PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
• Sumir Chadha (WestBridge Capital Partners)
• Akhil Gupta (The Blackstone Group)
• Sanjay Nayar (KKR)
• Sandeep Singhal (Nexus Venture)
• J.M. Trivedi (Actis)
INDIAN FINANCIAL ADVISOR OF THE YEAR
• Avendus Advisors
• Ernst & Young
• KPMG
• o3 Capital Advisors
• SaVant Advisors
INDIAN LEGAL ADVISOR OF THE YEAR
• ALMT Legal
• ARA Law
• Economic Laws Practice
• J. Sagar & Associates
• Khaitan
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