KUALA LUMPUR: Creador was feted as the Best Asia Private Equity Manager of the Year at the recent SuperReturn Asia 2025 awards ceremony in Singapore.
The SuperReturn Asia awards celebrate excellence among GPs in private equity where winners are shortlisted by Pitchbook and selected by an independent panel of judges comprising a diverse group of industry professionals and investors.
“We are deeply honoured to receive this recognition, which is a true testament to the dedication of our entire team and the trust of our LPs. We are grateful for the partnership driven approach working with passionate entrepreneurs to build world class businesses in our markets,” said Brahmal Vasudevan, founder and CEO of Creador, in a statement.
According to the firm, Creador has progressively raised over US$3bil since the launch of its first fund in 2011. The fundraising for its sixth fund, which closed in March 2025, garnered strong support from existing and new investors and was oversubscribed at US$930mil.
The private equity manager has since deployed over US$2bil across the retail, consumer, healthcare and business and financial services sectors in Southeast Asia and India backing 60 companies in the mid-market space.
Notable deals include Long Châu Pharmacy- Vietnam’s fastest-growing retail pharmacy chain, MG Group- a leading B2B bedbank in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Asialink- Philippines’ largest Non-Banking Financial Institution and Sapphire Foods- exclusive franchise partner in India for KFC and Pizza
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"Creador is dedicated to supporting great businesses in their journey towards growth by relentlessly focusing on value creation, adding real operational value and ensuring alignment with international sustainability initiatives to further improve growth and profitability.
"This ethos underpins Creador’s successful exits, recently via the listing of Eco-Shop at a market cap of US$1.5bil in Malaysia and the listing of MR DIY at a market cap of US$2.5bil which was Indonesia’s largest retail IPO of 2024," it said.
