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We are now in the final stretch of our 2011 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards. These awards were launched 11 years ago with the specific aim of recognizing and rewarding excellence in the pan-Asia Pacific private equity and venture capital sector. For the second year running, nominations have been publicly invited from across the region and the shortlist is as follows…

DEAL OF THE YEAR

This Award recognises the year's best private equity buyout or growth capital investment in an Asian-based business. The finalists (firms in brackets) are:

• Hyva Holdings (Unitas Capital)
• Tsubaki Nakashima (Carlyle Asia)
• NZ Poultry (Affinity Equity Partners)
• Masan Consumer Corp (KKR)
• Cowell e Holdings (Hahn & Co.)

 

FUNDRAISING OF THE YEAR

This Award pays tribute to the year's best Asian-focused fundraising exercise. The finalists (total amount) are:

• Hahn & Co. I ($750 million)
• Baring Asia Private Equity Fund V ($2.4 billion)
• Northstar Equity Partners III ($750 million)
• CPEChina Fund/CITIC Private Equity USD Fund ($990 million)
• WestBridge Crossover Fund ($500 million)

 

IPO OF THE YEAR

This Award honours the successful IPO exit of a portfolio company that has resulted in substantiated returns to its private equity investors. The finalists are:

• Qihoo360
• Yonghui Superstores
• Samsonite
• Renren
• Sihuan Pharma

 

TRADE SALE OF THE YEAR

This Award honours the successful trade sale or secondary buyout exit of a portfolio company that has resulted in substantiated returns to its private equity investors. The finalists (investors in brackets) are:

• MYOB (Archer Capital/HarbourVest Partners)
• Hsu Fu Chi (Baring Private Equity Asia)
• CNS (MBK Partners)
• Paras Pharmaceuticals (Actis/Sequoia Capital)
• Beijing Leader & Harvest Technology (Affinity Equity Partners/Unitas Capital)

 

VENTURE CAPITAL PROFESSIONAL OF
THE YEAR

This Award honours the year's best Asian-based investor with a recognised venture capital firm engaged in start-up, early stage, tech-oriented, or other pure venture investing. The finalists (their firms in brackets) are:

• Sandeep Singhal (Nexus India)
• Pramod Hague (Northwest Venture Partners)
• David Zhang (Matrix China)
• Wang Neng Guang (Legend Capital)
• Neil Shen (Sequioa Capital)

 

PRIVATE EQUITY PROFESSIONAL OF
THE YEAR

This Award recognises an Asian-based investor with a track record of innovative investments with high returns to investors, and a reputation for integrity and working well with portfolio companies. The finalists are:

• Peter Wiggs (Archer Capital)
• Michael Kim (MBK Partners)
• William Shen (Headland Capital Partners)
• X.D. Yang (Carlyle Asia)
• Sumir Chadha (WestBridge Capital)

 

FIRM OF THE YEAR

This Award recognises the year's leading Asian-focused private equity investor in mature existing businesses. The finalists are:

• Hony Capital
• Archer Capital
• Baring Private Equity Asia
• Affinity Equity Partners
• Carlyle Asia

 

Winners in the categories above - plus the recipient of the AVCJ Special Achievement Award - will be announced at an exclusive invitation-only dinner on November 7, 2011. A full roundup of the evening will also be published in the November 8 issue of Asian Venture Capital Journal and in the AVCJ Daily News Alert.

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