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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...

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...

Speech by Chief Guest Gurcharan Das Describing himself as a cheer leader of the PE industry, noted author and former-CEO of P&G India Gurcharan Das said he probably learnt more from his association with PE industry than from any other business segment. Borrowing an analogy from Professor David Birch of MIT, Das classified companies into "elephants, mice and gazelles". Gazelles start small and grow extremely rapidly through innovation. More often than not, they create huge new industries on their way to success, he said. High Power PE/VC Panel chaired by Paresh Vaish, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal India, featuring Vinod Dham, Managing Director, IndoUS Ventures ; A.K.Purwar, Chairman, IndiaVenture and P.R. Srinivasan, Managing Director, Exponentia Capital To view more pictures from APEX'11 Awards, Click Here To view videos of the PE/VC Panel and the speech by Gurcharan Das, Click Here A more detailed Event Summary is available at http://ventureintelligen...

We are delighted to announce a stellar list of speakers for APEX '10, the annual conclave of the Indian Private Equity / Venture Capital industry, scheduled for February 4 at Mumbai. This edition of APEX will have a special focus on Education, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Telecom and Financial Services (especially financial inclusion). Speakers at the Summit include: Varun Sood, Capvent Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital* Raja Kumar, UTI Ventures* Vani Kola, NEA-IndoUS Ventures Manik Arora, IDG Ventures India Anand Sudarshan, Manipal Education K. Ganaesh, TutorVista Rajesh Bhatia, Tree House Education Sunil Kanoria, Quippo Telecom Mahesh Choudhary, Microqual Techno Dr. Bala Manian, ReaMetrix Swapan Bhattacharya, TCG Lifesciences Chetan Tamhankar, SIRO Clinpharm S. Nandakumar, Perfint Healthcare Padmaja Reddy, Spandana India V.P Nandakumar, Manappuram General Finance Madhusudan Menon, Micro Housing Finance For Participation details, email info@ventureintelligence.in or c...