Private equity, venture capital exits drop 86% in Q2

41 profitable exits compared to 77 a year ago

Private equity and venture capital firms have witnessed an 86 per cent drop in exits in the quarter ended June 2019. The firms realised about $2.43 billion (across 39 deals). The second quarter of 2018 was dominated by the $12 billion exit of e-tailer Flipkart (via acquistion of Walmart). For the six months period (January June 2019), PE firms have realised $4.09 billion (across 85 deals) compared to $19.59 Billion (across 145 deals) in the same period last year. PE investors got 41 profitable exits compared to 77 such exits in the same period in 2018.

According to Venture Intelligence data,