Overview

The VCCircle Awards are India’s most coveted and pre-eminent honours for disruptive and fast-growth businesses in the private equity and venture capital ecosystem. Saluting the spirit of achievement and recognizing the contribution to brand India, the awards are a celebration of excellence as the organizations and visionaries are felicitated by their peers and the members of the grand jury. Now in its milestone 15th edition, the award ceremony will be held on February 24th 2026, along with VCCircle’s flagship India Limited Partners Summit 2026.

India Inc.’s most revered names will attend the ceremony including CEOs, prominent international and domestic private equity fund managers, limited partners and top executives of investment banks, accounting firms and law firms. The ceremony would recognize leading portfolio companies, fund managers, advisory firms and marquee deals that were a testimony of 2025 being an excellent year for alternative investments.


Methodology

The nominees across categories will be screened and shortlisted by VCCEdge, India’s premier research platform providing comprehensive private and public company financial data, private equity, venture capital, M&A, ECM and debt transactions data, key developments of companies and advanced search tools and features for the Indian investment ecosystem. Top contenders in each category will be further scrutinized for performance and compared against industry-specific benchmarks and peer group performance.


Awards Categories

Startup of the Year
Women Entrepreneur of the Year
Most Active Investor of the Year (VC)
Most Active Investor of the Year (PE)
Mico VC of the Year
Accelerator/Incubator of the Year
Fund Raiser of the Year (VC)
Fund Raiser of the Year (PE)
Exit of the Year (PE)
Exit of the Year (VC)
Investment Bank of the Year By Deal Value (Large)
Investment Bank of the Year By Deal Volume (Large)
Law Firm of the Year By Deal Value (Large)
Law Firm of the Year By Deal Volume (Large)
Investment Bank of the Year By Deal Value (Emerging)
Investment Bank of the Year By Deal Volume (Emerging)
Law Firm of the Year By Deal Volume (Emerging)
Law Firm of the Year By Deal Value (Emerging)

Nominees

Coming Soon


Eminent Jury 2026

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Neha Grover

South Asia Lead, Private Equity, IFC
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S. S. Acharya

CMD, NSIC (SRI Fund)
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Abishek Nair

Head - New Ventures, Sharjah Asset Management
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Venkatram Natarajan

Country Head, CDPQ India

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