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ChrysCapital, SAIF Partners, Seedfund and Kotak Realty Funds were adjudged the leading investors in the Private Equity, Growth Capital, Venture Capital and Private Equity in Real Estate segments respectively during 2013. The awards were given away as part of the Venture Intelligence “Awards for Private Equity Excellence” (APEX) at APEX’14, the annual conclave of the Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital industry, by Mr.Sanjeev Aga, Former CEO of Idea Cellular . Accepting the “Best Private Equity Investor-2013” Award, Ashley Menezes, Managing Director, ChrysCapital said, "ChrysCapital’s conviction on the Indian IT outsourcing sector during the period of slowdown following the global financial crisis paid off and ChrysCapital has been able to realize these investments with attractive returns.” During 2013, ChrysCapital had sold its stake in publicly listed large cap IT Services company HCL Technologies (in one of the largest PE exits in this sector) as well as from mid...

K.P.Balaraj, WestBridge Capital; Vijay Pattabhiraman, JP Morgan; Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group; Srivatsa Krishna, IAS; Sandeep Naik, General Atlantic; Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital; Neeraj Bharadwaj, Carlyle   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 transactions in India as well as Financials & Valuations of Private Companies in the country. Click Here to view our products list including the Free Deal Digest Weekly: India's First & Most Exhaustive Transactions Newsletter.

Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital "If we were to shut down the Mauritius route (for investments), there is a real danger that we will destroy Private Equity in the country. And it's not just PE; the recent tax claims against MNCs like Shell, Microsoft and Nokia pose a much bigger question on overall FDI. What does it take for a company like Walmart with over $450 billion in sales to write off India for the next 10 years? I would say not a lot. But can we as a country - with our deficits running so high - afford it? We are playing with fire here. "   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 transactions in India as well as Financials & Valuations of Private Companies in...