Private Equity Investments

Notable large deals during the period include Walton Street India Investment Advisors at $1.5 billion, and KiranaKart Technologies at $1.35 billion

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Anarock report also noted that while the number of deals in FY24 increased to 49 from 48 in FY20, the aggregate deal value has decreased due to a significantly lower average deal size

Private equity funding in the real estate sector fell 16 per cent last fiscal to USD 3.67 billion on lower interest from foreign investors, according to Anarock. In its report, Capital FLUX, real estate consultant Anarock pointed out that the private equity (PE) deals in Indian real estate have declined to USD 3,674 million in 2023-24 from USD 4,358 million in the previous year. The PE inflow in real estate stood at USD 5,138 million in 2019-20, USD 6,377 million in 2020-21, USD 4,236 million in 2021-22 financial year. "The decline in PE investments in Indian real estate has been due to lower activity by foreign investors, due to global macro-economic factors and geopolitical instability," said Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO of Anarock Capital. The share of foreign capital in total investments declined to 65 per cent in FY24, against 76 per cent in the previous year. As per the report, PE investments by domestic investors have increased to 29 per cent of the total capital inflows into

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Activity by foreign institutions has been subdued due to global geopolitical uncertainty

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Private equity and venture capital funds' investments declined by 4 per cent to USD 5.3 billion in March 2023 as against the year-ago period, a report said on Monday. In terms of number of deals, there were only 82 transactions in March 2023 as against 125 in the year-ago period, as per the report by industry lobby IVCA and consultancy firm EY. For the January-March quarter, the deal activity declined by 21 per cent by the value of investments to USD 13.3 billion as compared to the year-ago period. The consultancy firm's partner Vivek Soni said collapse of Silicon Valley Bank led to a spike in uncertainty, further exacerbating the tight funding environment for startups. "As a result of these headwinds, the startup space is expected to continue witnessing consolidation as high-burn companies struggle to raise funds in up rounds and will look to merge/sell to their well-funded peers in primarily stock swap transactions," he said. The overall deal activity is down because of the mism

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According to the report, the investment volume in warehousing stood at $1.9 bn in 2022, from $1.3 bn in 2021, up 45% YoY

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Private equity (PE) investment in real estate increased 40 per cent during the April-September period of this fiscal to USD 2.8 billion, with a huge inflow coming from foreign funds especially in office assets, says a report. According to the Anarock report, PE investment stood at USD 2 billion in the corresponding period of the last financial year. "Investor confidence in Indian real estate is increasing steadily as a reflection of improvement in the Indian economy and state of real estate industry," said Shobhit Agarwal, MD & CEO of Anarock Capital, which is part of real estate consultant Anarock. As per the report, investments by foreign investors contributed around 78 per cent to the total inflow in the first half of this fiscal, reflecting their strong confidence in Indian real estate. Domestic investments increased by 45 per cent while foreign investments rose by 36 per cent of the total capital inflows in April-September of 2022-23, compared to the year-ago period. Top 10 .

Private equity (PE) investment in proptech firms rose 5 per cent to USD 270 million during the January-June period as the adoption of technology gains momentum in the real estate sector, according to Housing.com. Between 2009 and June 2022, the proptech companies in India received a total of USD 3.42 billion in PE funding. The PE inflow in proptech rose 35 per cent in 2021 to USD 741 million from USD 551 million in the previous year. Housing.com, which is part of REA India that also owns PropTiger.com and Makaan.com, the number of PE deals during January-June 2022 has grown by 1.5 times year-on-year. The average deal size in H1 2022 stood at USD 14 million compared to USD 32 million during the same period in 2021. The investments tracked include private equity, venture capital, debt, PIPE (Private investment in public entities), project level investments, and pre-IPO private equity deals, at the early, growth and late stage. Dhruv Agarwala, Group CEO of Housing.com, PropTiger.com

Other investors include Y-Combinator, Das Capital, Goodwater Capital, Beyond Next Ventures, Soma Capital, Ace & Company, Hauz Khas Ventures and a host of angels

Indian investments grew by 96 per cent over 2020 (excluding the mega deals of Jio Platforms and Reliance Retail).

Blackstone invested $4.9 billion in India in 2021

As per data, PE investments in office segment fell to $732 mn during January-March period from $2,148 mn in the year-ago period, while the inflows in residential segment fell to $73 mn from $234 mn

Private equity investments in Q1 2022 totalled $8.03 billion, down 30.7 per cent from $11.59 billion in Q4 2021 but up 88.6 per cent ($4.2 billion) from the same quarter in the previous year.