Voting opens for the AVCJ India Awards
Voting has opened for the 2013 AVCJ Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards. The region’s private equity community has until November 22 to pay tribute to the leading fundraising, investments, exits, individuals and firms of the past 12 months.
Votes are cast via the awards website (www.asianfn.com/voteind.asp). Full details of the process, rules and past winners can be found by following this link. No more than 10 votes will be accepted from employees of a single firm. The public has a 50% say in the result, with an industry judging panel 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.
The nominees in each category are as follows:
FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR
- Aavishkaar India II (Aavishkaar Venture Management)
- India Infrastructure Fund II (IDFC Alternatives)
- Kedaara Capital I (Kedaara Capital)
- India Business Excellence Fund II (Motilal Oswal Private Equity)
- Tata Opportunities Fund (Tata Capital)
VENTURE CAPITAL DEAL OF THE YEAR
- Babyoye & Hoopos (Tiger Global/Helion Venture Partners/Accel Partners)
- Flipkart Online Services (Naspers/Tiger Global/Accel Partners/Iconiq Capital/Morgan Stanley/Sofina/Dragoneer Investment Group/ Vulcan Capital)
- NxtGen Data Center & Cloud Services (Intel Capital)
- Simplilearn Solutions (Helion Venture Partners/Kalaari Capital)
- Snapdeal (eBay/Intel Capital/BVP/Nexus Venture Partners/ru-Net/Kalaari Capital/Saama Capital)
PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL OF THE YEAR
- Alliance Tire Group (KKR)
- CavinKare (ChrysCapital Partners)
- CSS (Partners Group)
- Hexaware Technologies (Baring Private Equity Asia)
- PVR (L Capital Asia/Multiples Alternative Asset Management)
EXIT OF THE YEAR
- Apollo Hospitals (Apax Partners)
- Bush Foods Overseas (Standard Chartered Private Equity)
- Just Dial (EGCS/SAIF Partners/SAP Ventures/Sequoia Capital/Temasek Holdings/Tiger Global)
- Pilani SoftLabs/redBus (Helion Venture Partners/Inventus Capital Partners/Seedfund)
- Shriram Transport Finance (TPG Capital)
PRIVATE EQUITY PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
- Jimmy Mahtani (Baring Private Equity Asia)
- M.K. Sinha (IDFC Alternatives)
- Renuka Ramnath (Multiples Alternative Asset Management)
- Ravi Adusumalli (SAIF Partners)
- Vishal Mahadevia (Warburg Pincus)
FIRM OF THE YEAR
- Baring Private Equity Asia
- Helion Venture Partners
- IDFC Alternatives
- Motilal Oswal Private Equity
- SAIF Partners
The winners will be announced at a gala dinner in Mumbai on December 5, during the AVCJ India Forum, which runs from December 5 to December 6. A roundup of the evening will appear in the following week's issue of the Asian Venture Capital Journal, released on December 10.
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