India's 2019 PE/VC investments up 28% at $48 bn, make up 1.7% of GDP

Infra investments drive growth; PE/VC account for 64% of FDI inflows

The Indian private equity and venture capital sector is beginning to show some co-relation with the global industry. With PE/VC investments at 1.7 per cent of GDP, India is at the same level that China was last year, says VICA-EY’s latest report, 'The PE/VC Agenda: India Trend Book'.

India received $48 billion in PE/VC investments in 2019 across 1,037 deals on the back of large investments in infrastructure. This was 28 per cent higher than the previous high of 2018. Around 56 per cent of all PE/VC investments made over the past decade were received in the last three years,