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SAIF Partners is VC Fund of the Year and CDH Investments Wins PE Fund of the Year in the 2007 China VC&PE Annual Ranking

Zero2IPO Research Center
2007-12-07 18:57 9217

SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The "Zero2IPO -- 2007 China VC&PE Annual Ranking & Awards Ceremony" was splendidly held at Hyatt on the Bund in Shanghai on the evening of December 7.

Annual awards winners in the spotlight include venture capitalists, PE investors, entrepreneurs, agencies and service providers. They are awarded with annual rewards due to their great efforts during 2007. Winners are selected from a great number of candidates in the survey conducted by Zero2IPO Research Center. The survey lasts a couple of months and the final list of awards winners is the result of two-round votes on a large scale.

SAIF Partners won the highest proportion of votes and became "Venture Capital Fund of the Year 2007," ranking first on the list of "Top 50 Venture Capital Funds of the Year 2007." Andy Yan led his team to complete a wide variety of remarkable investment and exit deals in 2007, and accordingly he won "Venture Capitalist of the Year 2007." IDGVC Partners and Shenzhen Capital Group ranked second and third, respectively, on the list of "Top 50 Venture Capital Funds of the Year 2007."

One of the new features of this annual rewards ceremony is the rankings of private equity firms. After multiple-round votes on PE funds and investors focusing on investing in Mainland China, CDH Investments with absolute advantage wins three awards -- "Private Equity Fund of the Year 2007," "PE Fundraising Winner of the Year 2007" and "PE Exit Winner of the Year 2007," and Shangzhi Wu, Chairman & Managing Partner of CDH Investments, is crowned with the title of "PE Capitalist of the Year 2007." Morgan Stanley and Bain Capital rank second and third respectively on the list of "Top 30 Private Equity Funds of the Year 2007."

The success of alibaba.com debut makes the company "VC Exit of the Year 2007" and its founder Jack Ma "VC/PE-Backed Entrepreneur of the Year 2007." In the list of "Top 10 VC/PE-Backed Entrepreneurs of the Year 2007," you will also find Michael Chi (Chairman and CEO of Perfect World), Herman Guo (Chairman and CEO of Airmedia), and Qi Ji (CEO of Hanting Hotel Chain), etc.

In the context of RMB funds tending to become popular and more and more investments exiting on domestic market, agencies provided such services as domestic listing and merge and acquisition for both investors and enterprises. Therefore, the ranking for agencies serving domestic IPO and merges and acquisitions is another highlight at the annual rewards & ranking ceremony. Jingtian & Gongcheng Attorneys at Law and King & Wood PRC Lawyers are respectively appraised as "Overseas IPO Lead Legal Advisor of the Year 2007" and "Domestic IPO Lead Legal Advisor of the Year 2007;" Shearman & Sterling as "Merger & Acquisition Market Lead Legal Advisor of the Year 2007;" and Deloitte and PWC as "VC/PE-Backed Overseas IPO Lead Auditing Firm of the Year 2007" and "VC/PE-Backed Domestic IPO Lead Auditing Firm of the Year 2007."

During the awards ceremony, the "Top 10 Venture Capitalists of the Year 2007," "Top 50 Venture Capital Funds of the Year 2007," and "Top 30 Private Equity Funds of the Year 2007" were also announced.

After seven years of practice and exploration, Zero2IPO China Venture Capital Annual Ranking has gained strong support and recognition from both domestic and foreign venture capital firms in China with its independence, justice and objectiveness. Now it is the sole comparatively objective and authoritative system to examine venture capital firms operating in China. Based on the real situation of the China venture capital industry, Zero2IPO carried out all-round investigations into venture capital firms covering investment, management, financing and exit, et al. Zero2IPO looks at capital under management, total amount of capital raised, total number of deals closed, total amount of capital invested, total number of exit cases, exit amount and return level as major indexes for ranking and adjusts them annually to best match the development of this industry.

According to Zero2IPO Research Center, the organizer of the event, the ranking continued to add private equity firms to this event this year with the view to providing a platform for both private equity firms and their portfolio companies to communicate and cooperate, and ultimately forging more successful enterprises in China.

Note: For any quotation, please note it is quoted from Zero2IPO Research Center. For any question and suggestion on research or data, please contact:

Ms. Robin Zhu

Tel: +86-10-8458-0476 x8073

Email: robinzhu@zero2ipo.com.cn

Appendix: 2007 China VC and PE Annual Ranking

Part I: Venture Capital

-- Venture Capital Fund of the Year 2007

SAIF Partners

-- VC Investment Winner of the Year 2007

IDGVC Partners

Shenzhen Capital Group Co., Ltd. (SCGC)

-- VC Fundraising Winner of the Year 2007

SAIF Partners

-- VC Exit Winner of the Year 2007

SAIF Partners

Top 50 Venture Capital Funds of the Year 2007

Rank VC Funds Rank VC Funds

1 SAIF Partners 26 China Merchants Technology

Holdings Co., Ltd.

2 IDGVC Partners 27 Granite Global Ventures

3 Shenzhen Capital Group Co., 28 iDTech Ventures

Ltd. (SCGC)

4 Sequoia Capital China 29 Shenzhen Fortune Venture

Capital Co., Ltd.

5 NewMargin Ventures 30 DCM Group

6 KPCB China Fund 31 Fidelity Investment Group

7 Susquehanna International 32 WI Harper Group

Group, LLP.

8 CDH Venture 33 JAFCO Investment (Asia

Pacific) Ltd

9 Legend Capital 34 Orchid Asia Group

Management Co., Ltd.

10 Northern Light Venture 35 Gobi Partners

Capital

11 Softbank China Venture 36 Tsing Capital

Capital

12 The CID Group 37 Lightspeed Venture

Partners

13 New Enterprise Associates 38 Wuhan Huagong Venture

Capital Co., Ltd.

14 DT Capital Partners 39 Redpoint Ventures

15 AsiaVest Partners, TCW/YFY 40 Shenzhen Oriental Fortune

Ltd. Capital Co., Ltd.

16 Qiming Venture Partners 41 Steamboat Ventures

17 Infotech Pacific Ventures 42 Jiangsu High-Tech

Investment Group Investment Group

18 KTB Ventures 43 Bluerun Ventures

Suzhou Ventures Group

19 (China-Singapore Suzhou 44 Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Industrial Park Ventures Dragon Fund

Co., Ltd.)

20 GSR Ventures 45 Canton Venture Capital

21 Chengwei Venture 46 ePlanet Ventures

22 Intel Capital 47 Draper Fisher Jurvetson

China

23 Capital Today 48 Bessemer Venture Partners

(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Heilongjiang Chenergy-HIT

24 Japan Asia Investment Co., 49 Hi-tech Venture Capital

Ltd. Co., Ltd. (CVC)

Hunan XiangTou Hi-Tech

25 Walden International 50 Venture Capital Co., Ltd

(Hunan Gaoke Telecom

Equipment Co., Ltd.)

Part II: Private Equity (focusing on Mainland China)

-- Private Equity Fund of the Year 2007

CDH Investments

-- PE Investment Winner of the Year 2007

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

Bain Capital, LLC

-- PE Fundraising Winner of the Year 2007

CDH Investments

-- PE Exit Winner of the Year 2007

CDH Investments

Top 30 Private Equity Funds of the Year 2007

Rank PE Funds Rank PE Funds

1 CDH Investments 16 Lehman Brothers Inc.

2 Morgan Stanley 17 Prax Capital Management

Co.

3 Bain Capital, LLC 18 The Carlyle Group, L.L.C.

4 The Goldman Sachs Group, 19 General Atlantic LLC.

Inc.

5 Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd. 20 Bohai Industrial

Investment Fund

6 Warburg Pincus LLC. 21 Texas Pacific Group

7 The International Finance 22 Tiger Fund

Corporation

8 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 23 American International

Group, Inc.

9 Hony Capital Limited 24 CVC Asia Pacific Ltd

10 Baring Private Equity Asia 25 3i Group

The Government of Singapore

11 Investment Corporation Pte 26 New Horizon Fund

Ltd.

12 The Blackstone Group 27 Natixis Private Equity

Asia Limited

13 KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & Co. 28 H&Q Asia Pacific

14 Citigroup 29 Actis

15 The Cathay Capital Group 30 Blue Ridge Capital

Part III: People

Venture Capitalist of the Year 2007

Name VC Fund Position

Andy Yan SAIF Partners Managing Partner

Top 10 Venture Capitalists of the Year 2007

Name VC Fund Position

Feng Deng Northern Light Venture Founding Managing

Capital Director

Tao Feng NewMargin Ventures Managing Partner

Haitao Jin Shenzhen Capital Group Co., Chairman

Ltd. (SCGC)

Dongliang IDGVC Partners Partner

Lin

Gongquan CDH Venture General Partner

Wang

Chauncey Softbank China Venture Managing Partner

Shey Capital

Andy Yan SAIF Partners Managing Partner

Daniel Yang SAIF Partners Partner

Fan Zhang Sequoia Capital China Founding Managing Partner

Joe Zhou KPCB China Fund Managing Partner

-- Listed in order of last name

PE Capitalist of the Year 2007 (focusing on Mainland China)

Name PE Fund Position

Shangzhi Wu CDH Investments Chairman

Top 10 PE Capitalists of the Year 2007 (focusing on Mainland China)

Name PE Fund Position

Jing Huang Bain Capital, LLC Managing Director

Zhen Jiao CDH Investments Managing Partner

David Liu KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & Co. Managing Director

Chang Sun Warburg Pincus LLC. Managing Director

Kevin Wang Natixis Private Equity Asia Managing Partner

Limited

Shangzhi Wu CDH Investments Chairman & Managing

Partner

Xiang-Dong The Carlyle Group, L.L.C. Managing Director

(X.D.) Yang

Conrad Baring Private Equity Asia Principal

Tsang

Kevin Zhang The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Managing Director

John H. Hony Capital Limited CEO & Managing Director

Zhao

-- Listed in order of last name

VC/PE-Backed Entrepreneur of the Year 2007

Entrepreneur Position Enterprise Investor

Chairman & Alibaba.com Softbank China

Jack Ma Non-Executive Director Limited Venture Capital,

GGV, etc.

Top 10 VC/PE-Backed Entrepreneurs of the Year 2007

Name Position Enterprise Investor

Michael Chairman & CEO Perfect world Co., Ltd. SAIF, etc.

Chi

Herman Chairman & CEO Airmedia CDH China Growth

Guo Capital, etc.

James Hu CEO Acorn International SAIF, etc.

Qi Ji CEO Hanting Hotels Inc. CDH, Northern

Light, etc.

Pak Kwan Chairman Kingsoft Corp. Intel Capital,

KAU etc.

Ge Li Chairman & CEO WuXi PharmaTech Co., Fidelity Investment,

Ltd. UOB, etc.

Zengxiang Chairman & CEO Beijing Novel-Tongfang SAIF, etc.

Lu Digital TV

Technology Co., Ltd.

Jack Ma Chairman & Alibaba.com Limited SBCVC and GGV, etc.

Non-Executive

Director

Yuzhu Shi Chairman & CEO Giant Interactive SIG, etc.

Group Inc

Ping Wu President, Spreadtrum NEA,Legend

Chairman & CEO Communications Inc. Capital, etc.

Part IV: Deal

-- VC Investment of the Year 2007

-- Vacancy

-- VC Exit of the Year 2007

-- Alibaba.com Limited

-- PE Investment of the Year 2007

-- Vacancy

-- PE Exit of the Year 2007

-- Airmedia

Part V: Agency

-- Venture Capital Market Lead Legal Advisor of the Year 2007

--DLA PIPER

-- Private Equity Market Lead Legal Advisor of the Year 2007

--O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP

-- Overseas IPO Lead Legal Advisor of the Year 2007

--JINGTIAN & GONGCHENG

-- Domestic IPO Lead Legal Advisor of the Year 2007

--KING & WOOD PRC LAWYERS

-- VC/PE-Backed Overseas IPO Lead Auditing Firm of the Year 2007

--Deloitte

-- VC/PE-Backed Domestic IPO Lead Auditing Firm of the Year 2007

--PricewaterhouseCoopers

Top 3 Active Overseas IPO Lead Underwriters of the Year 2007

Rank Company

1 UBS

2 Goldman Sachs (Asia) Ltd.

3 Morgan Stanley Asia Limited

Top 3 Active Domestic IPO Lead Underwriters of the Year 2007

Rank Company

1 CITIC Securities Co., Ltd.

2 China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC)

3 Guosen Securities Co, Ltd.

-- Merger & Acquisition Market Lead Legal Advisor of the Year 2007

--SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP

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