PE, VC investments decline 23% in July-Sept quarter: EY India report

In the last quarter of 2018, there is a pipeline of large deals awaiting regulatory approval

Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investments during the quarter ended September have weakened compared to the same quarter of the previous year. At $6.7 billion, quarterly PE/VC investments declined by 23 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the third quarter of the year, compared to $8.7 billion during the same period last year.    

This is also the most under-performing quarter in 2018, both in terms of investments and exits, according the EY India Private Equity Deal Tracker. The decline in investments was despite a 29 per cent increase in the number of deals to 178 over the 138