Brookfield now one of the biggest PE players in India, thanks to RIL deals

The PE fund's exposure is primarily focused on infra projects (where it invested $10 billion) and real estate (around $4 billion)

After inking two big deals with Reliance Industries (RIL) — which included acquisition of its pipeline and telecom tower assets — Canadian private equity (PE) fund Brookfield has quietly catapulted itself to become one of the biggest PE investors in the country with total investment of $16 billion. Brookfield had entered India around six years ago.

According to sources, the other big boys include Blackstone, with an investment of $12 billion, and SoftBank (through SoftBank Group Corp and SoftBank Vision Fund) with $10 billion. 

According to data shared by VCCEdge, which tracks all major PE deals, the other key players include two