AVCJ Awards
Affinity named firm of the year at AVCJ Awards
Affinity Equity Partners was named firm of the year at the 2014 AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Capital Awards on the back of a strong fundraise, investments in three different markets, and the largest trade sale exit ever seen in the region.
AVCJ Awards: Explaining the changes for 2014
It’s that time again. Each Autumn, competition between Asia’s PE and VC firms expands beyond deal-making and fundraising as they vie for top honors in the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards. Public voting is currently underway and closes...
Voting for the 2014 AVCJ Awards has now closed
Voting for the 2013 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards has now closed. Thank you for taking the opportunity to pay tribute to the leading fundraises, investments, exits, individuals and firms of the past 12 months.
A new, improved AVCJ Awards
As Asia’s private equity market deepens and becomes more diversified in terms of asset class, deal size and structure, and geography, the way we asses performance must evolve. The AVCJ Awards are and must remain limited in number – it is vital to...
Nominations for the 2014 AVCJ Awards have now closed
Nominations for the 14th AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards have now closed.
India Awards: Firm of the Year - Baring PE Asia
Baring Private Equity Asia’s efforts in India paid off last year with $650 million invested in Lafarge India and Hexaware Technologies. Jimmy Mahtani, the firm’s country head, tells AVCJ how it was done
India Awards: Exit of the Year – Apollo Hospitals
When Apax Partners first invested in Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, in 2007, “healthcare was a relatively undiscovered space for PE in India, even for the public markets for that matter,” says Shashank Singh, who heads the PE firm’s India office.
India Awards: Venture Capital Deal of the Year – Snapdeal
Having brought in eBay as a financial and a strategic partner for its Series C round, online marketplace Snapdeal continues to invest in its technology with one eye on profitability and ultimately a US IPO
India Awards: PE Deal of the Year – Alliance Tire Group
Sanjay Nayar, head of India at KKR, is cautiously optimistic about the prospects for private equity in the country. On one hand, there is belief in a long-term story driven by solid demographics and a clear need for strategic growth capital in key areas....
India Awards: PE Professional of the Year – Ravi Adusumalli
SAIF India defied a challenging exit market by taking Just Dial public and selling CSS Corp via a trade sale in 2013. Ravi Adusumalli, the firm’s managing partner, sees the weak IPO market as a mixed blessing for PE
India Awards: Fundraising of the Year – Kedaara Capital
In India's challenging fundraising environment, GPs – especially first-time fund managers – should expect the marketing process to be difficult and protracted. In 2013, LPs committed just $2.2 billion to domestic managers, down from $2.4 billion the...
Baring Asia named Firm of the Year at AVCJ India Awards
Baring Private Equity Asia was named Firm of the Year at the 2013 AVCJ India Awards, while SAIF India’s Ravi Adusumalli won the Private Equity Professional of the Year honor and KKR took the PE Deal of the Year prize.
Asia Awards: VC Professional of the Year – Richard Liu
Richard Liu has spent 14 years investing in tech, media and telecom for Morningside Technologies. He has witnessed increasing competition, ups and downs in e-commerce, and the rise of the domestic super angel
Asia Awards: VC Deal of the Year – Tujia
Lightspeed China likes disruptive business models that build up traction online and then use the momentum to gain a foothold offline as well. This has worked to good effect with Meilele, an online furniture retailer that now has a network of 200 offline...
Asia Awards: AVCJ Special Achievement – Shangzhi Wu
CDH Investments started out in 2002 with four LPs and $100 million in capital. The team had been together for six years as the private equity unit of China International Capital Corp. (CICC), but the asset class was relatively unknown and unproven in...
Asia Awards: Exit of the Year – Matahari Department Store
Two substantial partial exits that can be seen to justify the Indonesia investment thesis for global PE firms were among those nominated for Exit of the Year: TPG Capital and Northstar Group’s agreed sale of more than 30% of Bank Tabungan PensiunanNasional...
Asia Awards: Operational Value Add – Yonghui Superstores
Headland Capital Partners invested in Chinese supermarket chain Yonghui Superstores in 2007 and helped turn the regional player into a sector outperformer with a national footprint
Asia Awards: PE Professional of the Year - Michael Kim
MBK Partners closed its North Asia-focused fund in September and also completed four of Asia’s largest buyouts of 2013. Michael B. Kim, the firm’s founding partner, looks back on a busy 12 months
Asia Awards: Firm of the Year - KKR
KKR closed its second pan-Asia fund at $6 billion and announced investments of $1.8 billion and distributions of $1.2 billion for the year to September. Capstone, the firm’s operating unit, was a factor in each area
AVCJ journalists win awards
Asian Venture Capital Journal was honored at the 2013 State Street Institutional Press Awards, Asia Pacific, winning two categories outright and receiving highly commended citations in two more.
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.
KKR Scoops three prizes at AVCJ Awards
KKR was named Firm of the Year and also took the prizes for fundraising and deal of the year at the 2013 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards, while MBK Partners’ Michael B. Kim picked up the Private Equity Professional of the Year honor and...
2013 AVCJ India Awards - last chance to vote
Voting for the 2013 AVCJ India Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards closes today - November 22.
Voting opens for the AVCJ Awards
Voting for the 2013 AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards opens on October 16. The region's private equity community has until October 29 to pay tribute to the leading fundraises, investments, exits, individuals and firms of the past 12 months.