Interview
Profile: GGV Capital's Jenny Lee
Self-proclaimed geek Jenny Lee began her career working on fighter jets for the Singapore government. Now a managing partner at GGV Capital, she is backing a new generation of China start-ups
Q&A: Auda's Ernest Boles, Jacob Chiu & Lucian Wu
Auda is scaling up its operations in Asia, opening a Shanghai office and making several new hires. CEO Ernest Boles, Head of Asia Jacob Chiu, and Managing Director Lucian Wu explain how they are addressing the opportunity
The crystal ball: Predictions for 2015
From China and India to Southeast Asia and Japan, private equity professionals give their perspectives on the year to come for fundraising, investments and exits
AVCJ Awards: AVCJ Special Achievement: First Eastern's Victor Chu
Victor Chu’s First Eastern Investment Group was among the first private equity firms to enter China. It has since carved a new niche based on Chinese outbound investment
AVCJ Awards: PE Professionals of the Year: KKR's David Liu & Julian Wolhardt
David Liu and Julian Wolhardt lead KKR’s Greater China private equity team, with Liu also serving as co-head of Asia private equity. They look back on a busy 12 months
AVCJ Awards: Exit of the Year - IPO: Alibaba Group
Alibaba Group’s IPO validated Silver Lake’s faith in the business. Ken Hao, a managing partner at the PE firm, expects the company to go from strength to strength, both in and outside China
AVCJ Awards: Deal of the Year - Mid Cap: IMAX China
FoutainVest Partners and CMC Capital Partners are helping IMAX negotiate obstacles to expansion in China with the ultimate aim of taking the local unit public
AVCJ Awards: VC Professional of the Year: GGV Capital's Jixun Foo
Jixun Foo, Shanghai-based managing partner at GGV Capital, recognizes concerns about heady tech valuations, but says they must be viewed in context
AVCJ Awards: Fundraising of the Year - Mid Cap: Quadrant Private Equity
Quadrant Private Equity raised its seventh fund in record time, resisting pressure from LPs to enlarge the corpus. The Australian GP remains resolutely middle market
AVCJ Awards: Fundraising of the Year - Venture Capital: Qiming Venture Partners
Qiming Venture Partners closed its latest fund at $500 million this year. It wants a bigger slice of a growing Chinese internet market – but so does everyone else
Q&A: Rabo Equity Advisors' Rajesh Srivastava
Rabo Equity Partners is in the process of raising its second India agribusiness fund. Rajesh Srivastava, a managing director at the firm, offers his views on the tailwinds and headwinds driving the sector
Q&A: Everstone Capital's Atul Kapur
Everstone Capital is currently raising its third fund, which will target India and Southeast Asia. Atul Kapur, the firm’s co-founder and managing partner, looks back on existing investments and offers insight into future ones
Profile: CHAMP Private Equity's Joseph Skrzynski
Joseph Skrzynski, one of the founding partners of CHAMP Private Equity, began his career before the asset class properly existed in Australia. He has played a pioneering role in its development
Q&A: Zoyi Capital's Andrew Kuo
Andrew Kuo has spent two decades working on China deals, first as a banker and then as an investor with H&Q Asia Pacific and The Blackstone Group. He formed Zoyi Capital to focus on the China-Taiwan angle
Q&A: Draper Associates' Tim Draper
A third-generation venture capitalist, Tim Draper is founder of Draper Associates and founding partner of DFJ. He explains the key ingredients for rolling out the Silicon Valley model at home and overseas
Q&A: Oaktree's Howard Marks
Howard Marks, chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, gives his appraisal of the current investment and economic environments, and explains how his firm is developing its Asia strategy
Q&A: HEC's Oliver Gottschalg
Oliver Gottschalg, professor at HEC School of Management and head of research at PERACS, a quantitative analytics provider to the PE industry, explains why IRR is not the best judge of performance
Profile: JFDI.Asia's Hugh Mason
As co-founder of Singapore-based JFDI.Asia, Hugh Mason has been at the vanguard of the Asia tech accelerator movement since 2010. But his record as an entrepreneur and innovator goes back further
Q&A: SOS Ventures' William Bao Bean
William Bao Bean has left Singtel Innov8 for a new role as investment partner of SOS Ventures in China and managing director of the firm's accelerator program. He shares his thoughts on the China start-up scene
VIDEO: Yilu Zhao of Qunar
Many VC-backed start-ups are cautious about accepting strategic capital due to concerns that these large investors will exert too much influence, particularly in terms of a potential public market exit. Yilu Zhao, chief strategy officer at Chinese travel...
LP interview: Malaysia's KWAP
Malaysian pension fund KWAP is adding North America and European exposure to its Asia-heavy private equity portfolio. It is ramping up commitments from a relatively low base
Profile: Advantage Partners' Richard Folsom
For the past 30 years Advantage Partners co-founder Richard Folsom has enjoyed a front-row seat on the inner workings Japan's corporate world - here he shares his insights.
Q&A: United Overseas Bank's Wee Yap Yeo
United Overseas Bank (UOB) has teamed up with Orix Corp. to launch a $200 million Southeast Asia mezzanine fund. Wee Yap Yeo, head of mezzanine capital at UOB, explains the strategy
Q&A: Employee Provident Fund's Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan
Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is a relatively new but increasingly significant part of the global PE landscape. Datuk Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, the fund's CEO, outlines the strategy