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Accelerators, Incubators, Angel Networks, Seed Funds, Early Stage VC  Funds, Growth Stage VC Funds, Mid Market PE Funds, Buyout Funds, Large/Global PE Funds…. the Indian PE/VC Investor Ecosystem is getting more and more stratified and specialized each year. As a founder/promoter/senior representatives of a growth oriented company , its is crucial to remain updated on the developments in the investor ecosystem – at least once a year. Which is what the annual APEX PE/VC Summit & Awards (February 13 , 2013 at Mumbai’s ITC Grand Central - Parel) provides you in one power packed day long event. Click Here to download the detailed Event Agenda. APEX Showcase Manual Is your company looking to raise capital right away? Apart from the power packed content and well planned...

Dear Colleague, In 2004, the buzz around one mega exit - of Private Equity investor Warburg Pincus from Bharti Airtel - got institutional investors across the world excited about the Indian Private Equity opportunity. Naturally, there was a boom in PE fund offerings from India- typically focused on minority growth capital type investments - to cater to this rising appetite. And billions of dollars flowed in search of the next big Bharti. Now, in one forum after another, these investors - "Limited Partners" (investors in PE/VC funds, LPs for short) - have been hyper critical of Indian PE fund managers for their lacklustre returns. Indian PE sure seems to have hit rock bottom. Is There Hope? Admidst a lot of skepticism, the BSE Sensex was the best performer among emerging markets (aka BRICs) in 2012 after being the worst performer in 2011. Recent months have seen MNCs from Europe to Japan and, of course, the US -  in their almost desperate search for gro...

The Venture Intelligence APEX’12 Private Equity & Venture Capital Summit, scheduled for February 14 at Mumbai, is to feature a special panel discussion on the Internet & Mobile sector. Speakers on the panel, which will include a mix of Angel & VC investors, Entrepreneurs from the sector and Advisory Firms, will provide their outlook on investments in the sector for the next 3-5 years. Speakers confirmed for the Internet & Mobile panel discussion include Mahesh Murthy, Founding Partner, Seedfund - one of the most prolific investors in startup IT companies in the country - and Alok Kejriwal, Founder, 2Win Group - an entrepreneur who has created several Internet- and Mobile-based businesses (like Contests2win, Mobile2win, Games2win, etc), raised VC funding for them and also successfully sold Mobile2win's China arm to Disney. Also confirmed to speak on the panel is former Bharti TeleTech CEO Sunil Goyal, an active angel investor and founder of early stage VC fund Yo...

Don't miss renowned speakers including Gurcharan Das, Ex-CEO of P&G India and author of India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being Good , confirmed to address the 2011 Awards Function. This edition of APEX will build on the success of APEX'10, which drew over 300 participants including from Limited Partners, PE/VC firms, Entrepreneurs & CXOs from across sectors, Investment Banks, Consultants, Corporate Law firms, HR firms, etc. Among last year's highlights were an address by Ajay Piramal, Chairman of the Piramal Group, who subsequently pulled off 2010's most talked about M&A deal - the sale of the Piramal Healthcare's domestic formulations business to Abbott Labs at 9 times revenues. APEX'11 Awards Function - Evening of Feb.9 APEX'11 Awards is an unique gathering of top executives in the Indian Deal ecosystem to network, introspe...