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PE/VC investments, exits at record high of $5.4 bn in Aug 2017: EY

PE/VC investments increased by 5.4 times to $ 5.4 billion in August 2017 were the highest monthly investment ever, compared to $ 1 billion in August 2016. This was mainly on account of two mega deals, Softbank's $2.5 billion investment in Flipkart and GIC's $1.4 billion investment in DLF commercial property assets. These were also the largest deals ever in the E-commerce and Real Estate sectors respectively. In terms of number of deals, there was an 18 per cent growth in August 2017 compared to 39 deals last year, accoridng ot EY report.Mayank Rastogi, Partner Transaction Advisory Services and Private Equity, EY said that the PE/VC numbers for August 2017 were significantly influenced by the two mammoth investments (Softbank and GIC) and the large Flipkart exit. However, even if these were to be excluded, investments and exits recorded healthy activity in both value and volume terms in the month. At this pace, the investments should breach the $20 billion mark and exits the $10 ...

Owing to large deals, PE/VC investments see sharp increase in H1CY17

T E NARASIMHANPE/VC investments in India in the first half (1H2017) and second quarter (2Q2017) witnessed a sharp increase on the back of some large deals with size in excess of$300 million each. First half of 2017 and second quarter of 2017 recorded the highest investments in a half year and quarter respectively, in the history of the Indian PE/VC industry ever.According to EY data, on a half yearly basis, investments increased by 41 per cent in value to $ 11.2 billion from $ 8 billion in first half of 2016 despite a marginal decline in deal volume (298 deals v/s 310 deals in 1H2016). Both buyout ($2.2 billion across 18 deals) and PIPEdeals ($1.9 billion across 23 deals)recorded strong growth in first half of 2017 of 76 per cenet and 72 per cent respectively, the best half yearly performance for buyout deals and the second best for PIPE deals in over 10 years.Buyout deal volumes have been sequentially increasing with a record high of 18 buyouts in 1H2017. Aggregate investment value .

PE/VC investments hit 10-year high at $3.1 bn in May

Financial services sector topped the table on account of the $1.4-bn investment by Softbank in Paytm

PE/VC deals at $4.2 bn in March quarter, e-com finds little traction

The e-commerce sector saw merely 11 deals worth $85 million

PE/VC investments in October drops by 25%

Due to fall in value and volume of large deals