The AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards are unique in how they are decided – relying on nominations and votes cast by the region’s private equity and venture capital community as well as by a select panel of industry judges.

The shortlists below are based on the recommendations of the industry judges. These judges will now pick their preferred winners, having a 50% say in the outcome. The remaining 50% is decided via open vote. Voting is not limited to AVCJ subscribers, but voters must register – providing name, firm and contact details – so as to avoid vote packing. No more than 10 votes will be accepted from employees of a single firm.

Three categories are not subject to a vote. The Responsible Investment Award and the Operational Value Add Award are presented at the discretion of the AVCJ Editorial Board with input from separate expert judging panels comprising industry professionals with experience in ESG and operations, respectively. The AVCJ Special Achievement Award is presented solely at the discretion of the AVCJ Editorial Board.

As a bonus, all registered voters enjoy a 15% discount on your ticket, use the code "AVCJAWARDS" to claim the offer.

The Shortlists

Fundraising of the Year - Venture Capital

• Blackbird Ventures VI (Blackbird)
• Fireside Ventures Fund IV (Fireside Ventures)
• Lightspeed China Partners VI (Luminous Ventures)
• Monolith Venture Fund II (Monolith Management)
• Peak XV Partners India Venture Fund IX/Peak XV Partners India Seed Fund III/Peak XV Partners APAC Fund II (Peak XV Partners)

Fundraising of the Year - Mid Cap
(Fund size - below USD 3bn)

• Advantage Partners VIII (Advantage Partners)
• ChrysCapital X (ChrysCapital Partners)
• Crescent Capital Partners VII (Crescent Capital Partners)
• NSSK 4 Investment (NSSK)
• TPG Emerging Companies Asia (TPG)

Fundraising of the Year - Large Cap
(Fund size - USD 3bn and above)

• Bain Capital Asia Fund VI (Bain Capital)
• Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III (Blackstone)
• BPEA Private Equity Fund IX (EQT)
• MBK Partners Fund VI (MBK Partners)

Deal of the Year - Mid Cap
(Equity commitment – below USD 150m)

• Apex Healthcare (Quadria Capital)
• Fast Fitness Japan (Japan Growth Investments Alliance)
• Japan Golf Tour (NSSK)
• Koru Pharma (Lyfe Capital)
• One Aged Care (TPG)

Deal of the Year - Large Cap
(Equity commitment – USD 150m and above)

• Douzone Bizon (EQT)
• Johns Lyng Group Australia (Pacific Equity Partners)
• Starbucks China (Boyu Capital)
• TechnoPro (Blackstone)
• Topcon (KKR)

Exit of the Year - IPO

• Groww 
• Lenskart Solutions 
• Meesho 
• SkyeChip 
• Z.AI 

Exit of the Year - Small Cap
(Equity commitment on entry – below USD 50m)

• Apex Hospitals (Somerset Indus Capital Partners)
• Eucalyptus Health (Airtree, Blackbird, Bond Capital, NewView Capital, One Ventures, W23)
• Shinpachi (J-Star)
• SirionLabs (Avatar Growth Capital Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Partners Group, Peak XV Partners, Tiger Global Management)
• Wellbeing Nutrition (Fireside Ventures)

Exit of the Year - Mid Cap
(Equity commitment on entry – USD 50m-USD 150m)

• Burger King Japan (Affinity Equity Partners)
• C-United (The Longreach Group)
• CyberCX (BGH Capital)
• Iwasaki Electric (Carlyle)
• Zenith Energy (Pacific Equity Partners)

Exit of the Year - Large Cap
(Equity commitment on entry – USD 150m and above)

• Kioxia Holdings (Bain Capital)
• Kokusai Electric (KKR)
• Luckin Coffee (Centurium Capital)
• Rigaku (Carlyle)
• SP.Links (Blackstone)

Deal of the Year - Secondary

• Advent Partners (Hamilton Lane, Sagard)
• CDH Investments (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority)
• CVC (HarbourVest Partners)
• Kedaara Capital (Pantheon)
• Pemba Capital Partners (TPG NewQuest)

Firm of the Year - Venture Capital

• Blackbird
• Elevation Capital
• Monolith Management
• Nexus Venture Partners
• Peak XV Partners

Firm of the Year - Mid Cap
(AUM - below USD 20bn)

• Advantage Partners
• ChrysCapital Partners
• Crescent Capital Partners
• Hahn & Company
• NSSK

Firm of the Year - Large Cap
(AUM - USD 20bn and above)

• Advent International
• Bain Capital
• Blackstone
• EQT
• KKR

*P.S The in-person ticket to the AVCJ Forum does NOT grant access to the AVCJ Awards Presentation Dinner on 16 Nov, as it is exclusively by invitation only, and AVCJ's decision is final.