TVS Capital named BFSI Investor of the Year 2022 at APEX'23 PE-VC Awards

TVS Capital Funds (TCF) received the BFSI Fund of the Year 2022 Award as part of Venture Intelligence APEX‘23 Private Equity & Venture Capital awards event in Mumbai.

The Venture Intelligence “Awards for Private Equity Excellence” (APEX) is dedicated to celebrating the best that the Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital industry has to offer. The APEX Awardees are selected based on both Self Nomination by the participating PE-VC firms as well as "crowd sourced" nominations and voting from the Limited Partner, PE-VC and advisory communities. (The main criteria are Exit Track Record, New Fund Raises & Follow-on Funding Rounds for Portfolio Companies)

Mr. Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman (Centre) and Mr. Gaurav Sekhri, Senior Principal of
TVS Capital Funds receiving the Award from Mr. Lalit Valecha, Founder, AVA Group

“We are delighted to receive the best BFSI Apex award from Venture Intelligence. Especially since the Apex awards have a unique process where it is voted by the industry, it is the wisdom of the crowds. As growth equity continues its strident growth in India, our laser-sharp focus in a sector will become of even more important driver for fund performance," said Mr. Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Capital Funds. "We have been fortunate to partner with some of the best Nextgen entrepreneurs, over our three funds. We dedicate this award to them, their capability, and their incredible teams. They are the ones creating India's unique brand of digitally driven financial services businesses at population scale,” he added.

Mr. Gopal Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Capital Funds. speaking as part of the APEX'23 Awards

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