PE firms invest $17.6 bn in Indian companies over first 9 months of 2017

Over $4 billion of the investment value, or 24% of the total, committed by Japan-based SoftBank

Private equity (PE) firms have invested about $17.6 billion in Indian companies in the first nine months of 2017 alone. Across the 12 months of 2015, they had invested $17.3 billion.

According to data compiled by Venture Intelligence, the year has already recorded as many as 21 investments, over $200 million each, in addition to 15 deals between $100 million and $200 million each. The mega deals have been dominated by four sectors: Internet and mobile; infrastructure; information technology services and business process outsourcing; and banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI).

Over $4 billion of the investment value, or 24