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New age businesses see private equity investment multiply fourfold

The trend defies what should be the growth arc of fast-developing nation with core areas seeing as much attention as possible but all the micro-indicators reflect an uneven maturing of businesses

PE/VC investments in AI space grows five-fold to $359 million in FY19

FY19 saw the number of deals in the space jump to 38, compared to 25 in the previous financial year

PE landscape getting better in India as investments fetch higher returns

Average returns on exited investments have risen from 8 per cent (2006-2008 vintage) to 22 percent (2012-2014 vintage)

PE investments ease to $14.60 bn in Jan-Sept due to market volatility

621 PE investments worth $14.60 billion were announced in the reported nine-month period of 2018: Report

PE investments hit record $8.2 bn in Q2 2018, up 60% from a year ago

The latest figures take the total PE investments in the first half of 2018 to $12.4 billion across 315 deals

PE investments see 67% growth in January-February: Grant Thornton

Most of these investments took place in the energy and natural resources, real estate, IT&ITES, and start-up sectors

PE investments up three-fold to $1.4 bn in February led by IIFL, ASK Group

Private equity (PE) investments in February rose by three fold in terms of value to $1.4 billion from $393 million, a year ago. EY's monthly PE tracker data, however shows, the investments in value were down by 60 per cent compared to $3.5 billion in January 2018, due to absence of mega deal. It may be noted, January 2018 had witnessed a large investment worth $1.7 billion in HDFC Limited by a group of investors including GIC, KKR and others. The largest investment in February 2018 was worth $170 million, IIFL's purchase of 30 per cent stake in NSDL e-governance Infrastructure from IDBI Bank. This was followed by ASK Group's $155 million investment in Shriram properties to setup a fund for investing into affordable, mid-housing and distressed assets. In terms of volume, investments grew by 17 per cent compared to January 2018 and were more than twice the number of deals recorded in February 2017. There were four deals of value greater than $100 million, aggregating $580 million ...

PE investments jump 55% to all-time high of $24 bn across 591 deals in 2017

Flipkart received India's largest ever PE investment of $2.5 billion in a single round from Softbank

PE investments worth $17.6 bn reach all-time high in first 9 months of 2017

SoftBank's mega bets on Internet and mobile companies account for 24% of the total investment pie

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

Private Equity (PE) firms have invested about $17.6 billion in Indian companies in just the first nine months of 2017 - sailing past the previous high of $17.3 billion recorded in CY 2015.According to data compiled by Venture Intelligence the year has already recorded as many as 21 investments over $200 million in size in addition to 15 deals between $100 million and $200 million. The mega deals have been dominated by four sectors: Internet & Mobile; Infrastructure; IT Services & BPO and BFSI (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance).Over $4 Billion of the investment value, 24 per cent of the total, has been committed by just one technology focused investor: Japan-based SoftBank. Its investments included $250 million in budget hotels aggregator Oyo; $1.4 Billion in mobile wallet leader Paytm and a whopping $2.5 Billion in e-commerce leader Flipkart.The record breaking value figures have however been accompanied by a fall in terms of deal volumes, the Venture Intelligence ...

PE investments take Jan-Aug deal tally to $13.8 bn, e-tail contributes 51%

These deals highlight the increasing cash burn and need for investment in the e-commerce segment

PE investments up 62% to $5.4 billion in Q1

Total investments in the first six months of 2017 was a record $11.34 billion

PE investments bounce back; April sees deals worth $3.16 billion

Private equity investments saw a significant upturn in April with deals worth USD 3.16 billion, up 69 per cent from a year ago, due to big ticket transactions. From a 32-month low recorded in February this year, the deal tally in April represents a significant bounce back both in terms of number of deals as well as value. According to assurance, tax and advisory firm Grant Thornton, there were 86 PE deals worth USD 3.16 billion in last month, while 63 such transactions worth USD 1.87 billion were announced in April last year. Eight large deals valued at over USD 100 million contributed to around 70 per cent of the total PE deal values last month. "April clocked over 100 transactions valued at around USD 5 billion (including M&As) which was almost at par with last year's activity. While M&A contributed around USD 2 billion, the key driver was PE which contributed around USD 3 billion from around 90 transactions," Prashant Mehra Partner at Grant Thornton ...

Domestic PE investments rising; this year may set new benchmark: Report

While domestic PE investments in 2015 stood at $1.77 billion, it doubled in 2016 to $3.4 billion

PE investments up 37% in Jan-Mar

The value of infotech investments was up 106% from $1.4 bn in 115 deals in January-March 2016

PE investments down 50% in February; deals at 32-mth low

In the PE space, the deal of the month was CarTrade raising $55 million from Temasek

PE investments fall to $652 mn in Jan, from $1,120 mn last year: Report

Outlook for the coming months bullish due to GST and pragmatic Budget

2016 second biggest year for PE investments at $15.2 bn

2016 was the biggest in terms of buyouts

PE investments in auto sector declines in 2016

Number of investments during 2016 YTD was five deals worth $8.11 million against seven deals worth $534.24 million in 8 months in 2013

PE investments fall 50% in first six months

Unlike last year, investors turn cautious on e-commerce sector