PE & VC Firms to Outline Investing Trends at APEX'10

Wednesday January 20, 2010 , 3 min Read

Scheduled for February 3-4 at Mumbai, The Summit will feature high power panel discussions on the year ahead for Private Equity and Venture Capital in India. The event will also feature special panel discussions on PE/VC investments in various sectors including Education, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences and Telecom.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, January 19, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- After falling-off-a-cliff in late 2008, Private Equity & Venture Capital investments in India have displayed steady signs of recovery since mid-2009. The environment for exits too has clearly improved with sharp up-tick in IPO and M&A activity. However, the scenario for new fund raising still remains murky. In this context, key players in the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital ecosystem will converge at Venture Intelligence APEX '10 to introspect and brainstorm on the way forward.

"The global economic upheaval over the last 18 months and also the stunning return to power of the ruling Congress-led government in India, has thrown up several changes to the mix of spaces and sectors that will find favour among investors in the years ahead. In this context, APEX'10 will explore how PE/VC fund managers are coping with the new realities and shaping up to exploit emerging opportunities in partnership with entrepreneurs," said Arun Natarajan, Managing Director & CEO of Venture Intelligence.

As with the past three summits, APEX'10 will witness the coming together of about 200 participants from leading PE & VC Funds, Entrepreneurs and Top Executives from across sectors and related Service Providers. "APEX'10 presents a unique platform where institutional investors in PE/VC funds, fund managers, entrepreneurs and sector experts will share their predictions on trends that will shape the investing landscape over the next several months," Natarajan added.

Another key highlight of APEX'10 will be the Venture Intelligence Awards for Private Equity Excellence (APEX), the first and only awards for the PE/VC industry in India. Past recipients of APEX Awards include, Actis, Baring Private Equity India, ChrysCapital, Helion Ventures, ICICI Venture, IDFC PE, India Value Fund, Sequoia Capital India and UTI Ventures.

List of speakers at APEX'10 include:

- Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Piramal Group

- Varun Sood, Managing Partner, Capvent

- Vani Kola, MD, NEA Indo-US Ventures

- Raja Kumar KEC, CEO, UTI Ventures

- Hari Buggana, MD, Evolvence India Life Sciences Fund

- Manik Arora, MD, IDG Ventures India

- Ashish Dhawan, Sr. MD, ChrysCapital

- Vishal Nevatia, CEO, India Value Fund

- Suvir Sujan, Co-founder, Nexus Venture Partners

- Dr. Bala Manian, CEO, ReaMetrix

- Chetan Tamhankar, CEO, SIRO Clinpharm