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Even though Private Equity investment figures in 2015 surpassed the previous high (of 2007), the expert panel at the Venture Intelligence APEX'16 PE-VC Summit felt the PE segment still faces a challenging environment and that "selectivity" will be keyword for such investments in the months ahead. Speakers on the panel included Pradyumna Nag, Director, Prequate (moderator); Arvind Malhan, Partner, New Silk Route ; N.K.Dilip, Partner, Tatva Legal ; Sunil Kolangara, Director, Ascent Capital &  Srini Vudayagiri, Partner, Peepul Capital "The days of playing the Valuation Arbitrage game - of investing in a private company and it taking public at a higher multiple and looking intelligent in the process - are gone. The only scope for such an arbitrage today is to spot a sector early enough," commented Sunil Kolangara, Director, Ascent Capital. "Passive investments are also a thing of the past - PE investors, including those who hold minority stakes, are m...

Part 2 (snapshots from the panel on making Startup Ecosystem sustainable): Speakers on the panel - moderated  by Chandra Srikanth, Chief Correspondent & Anchor, ET Now   - included in this segment: K. Ganesh, Co-Founder, GrowthStory Ben Mathias, MD & India Head, Vertex Ventures Shailesh Ghorpade, Managing Partner & CIO, Exfinity Ventures Aroon Raman, Managing Director, Telos Investments   Avinash Luthria, Principal, responsAbility Suhail Nathani, Partner, Economic Laws Practice Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India. Click Here to Sign Up for the FREE Weekly Edition of the Deal Digest: India's First & Most Exhaustive Transactions Newsletter.

Part 1 (snapshots from the panel on making Startup Ecosystem sustainable): Speakers on the panel included in this segment: K. Ganesh, Co-Founder, GrowthStory Ben Mathias, MD & India Head, Vertex Ventures Shailesh Ghorpade, Managing Partner & CIO, Exfinity Ventures Aroon Raman, Managing Director, Telos Investments   Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India. Click Here to Sign Up for the FREE Weekly Edition of the Deal Digest: India's First & Most Exhaustive Transactions Newsletter.

  Sandeep Naik, General Atlantic at APEX'13 Summit & Awards “The sense of complacency - in terms of assuming foreign investors somehow have to invest in India - has cost us dearly in the last couple of years. It was very clear at the recent World Economic Forum at Davos that India has lost favor with international investors. India's image has been over sold and it's high time we start delivering on those claims. Even the larger Indian corporates are deploying their incremental investments in countries in Africa, Indonesia and other emerging economies. So, why would foreign investors bother to invest here? We need a credible India and not Incredible India.” For the more detailed APEX'13 Summit Highlights, Click Here For the more detailed APEX'13 Awards Highlights, Click Here Venture Intelligence is the leading provider of data and analysis on private equity, venture capital and M&A transactio...

India's Premier Investor/Entrepreneur Interface Raj Kondur of Ascent Capital speaking as part of the Inaugural Panel: "Private Equity: The Road Ahead" Raj Kondur, Director, Ascent Capital, said that his firm looks forward to deploying $150 million in the next 18 months. Ascent is looking to invest in both companies that serve the Indian market as well as companies as that leverage India's strength to service the global market. While the long term India story remains powerful, we cannot take it for granted, Kondur said. In response to a question, Kondur said one of the key concerns of international investors in Indian PE/VC firms is the poor level of governance in the country. The inaugural panel was followed by special panel discussions on the following sectors: Cleantech, Logistics and Real Estate. Manish Saigal of KPMG speaking as part of the Logistics & Transportation Panel Manish Saigal, Partner, KPMG, pointed out that over the last two years, those businesses...