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PE/VC investments rise to $10.7 bn in Aug; IPOs drive surge in exits

Investments by private equity and venture capital funds surged to USD 10.7 billion in August from USD 2.2 billion in the same month last year, and USD 9.7 billion in July this year, a report said.

Indian startups raise $16.9 bn VC funding in 2021, next only to China

Indian startups got USD 16.9 billion of venture capital funding in 2021, next only to Chinese counterparts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries, GlobalData said Friday. "Despite the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic looming large and slow economic recovery, venture capital (VC) investors seem to be reposing faith in the Indian startup ecosystem. In fact, Indian startups stood next only to Chinese counterparts in terms of VC funding value among the APAC countries during January to July 2021," the leading data and analytics company said. An analysis of GlobalData's financial deals database reveals that a total of 828 VC funding deals were announced in India during January-July 2021 while the total disclosed funding value of these deals stood at USD 16.9 billion. Some of the notable VC funding deals announced in India during January-July 2021 include USD 3.6 billion raised by Flipkart, USD 502 million raised by Mohalla Tech (ShareChat), Zomato's capital raising of around USD 500 million,

PE/VC investments touch all-time high of $9.5 bn in July: Report

Investments by private equity and venture capital funds doubled to a record high of USD 9.5 billion in July mainly driven by higher investor interest in the e-commerce sector, a report said on Monday

PE/VC investments decline 22% to $5.4 bn in June, up 45% in H1: Report

Investments by private equity and venture capital funds declined by 22 per cent to $5.4 billion in June, as compared to the $6.9 billion in the year-ago period

PE/VC investments gather pace in February: Here're the top 5 deals

The top 10 investments accounted for 69 per cent of the total deal value, according to Aurum Equity Partners

PE/VC investments into India from China, Hong Kong fall 72% in CY20

Rules mandating government nod for FDI from neighbours weighed on flows

PE/VC investments decline 8% to $41.4 bn during January-November 2020

PE investments in Reliance Group entities accounted for 42%

VC investments in B2B ed-tech start-ups up 77% to $30 million

A report by RedSeer and Omidyar says pandemic-driven online education offerings across Classes 1 to 12 are projected to rise 6.3x by 2022 to create a $1.7 billion market

PE/VCs pumped in $8.4 billion in Oct 2020, growth of 163% over Oct 19

Significant jump in PE/VC investments was primarily on account of investments worth $3.3 billion made in Reliance Retail Ventures

Real estate sector propels PE/VC deal activity in October, says report

Private equity exits have witnessed a slowdown

Reliance deals accounted for 40% of all PE-VC investments in Jan-Sep 2020

Overall, private equity and venture capital firms' investments in Indian companies during the first nine months of 2020 declined 21% by value on a year-on-year basis

PE/VC investments in pharma companies grow 3.5X in 2020, cross $1 bn mark

The reputation and relationships have helped pharma industry raise huge amounts of PE capital in 2020.

Reliance deals arrest overall decline in PE-VC investment in 2020

Led by Jio, telecom accounted for $10.2 billion of the investments during the first 9 months of 2020

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PE investments worth $1.9 bn in August, dipping 53% from July deals

Month has been better than the sub $1 billion monthly run rate seen in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic

PE/VC investments drop 51% to $4.1 billion as big deals shrink in July

According to the IVCA-EY report, July recorded 10 large deals (value greater than $100 million) worth $3.1 billion compared to 13 large deals worth $7.1 billion in July 2019

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Mega deals see global funds grab lion's share of PE, VC investment in India

The bulk of the $9.5 billion invested in Jio Platforms until June 30, for instance, was from global investors, including sovereign wealth funds

Housing sales down 67% in April-June due to Covid-19 lockdown: Report

Gurugram saw 79 per cent fall to 361 units for the period under review as compared to 1,707 units in same period last year

PE-VC investors see decline in fund raising activity for next 1 yr: Crisil

According to the survey report, though the market is sitting on sufficient un-invested capital, or 'dry powder,' good investment opportunities are seen as difficult to find in the current environment