Investments in 2018: A snapshot of PE activity, deals in 7 charts

2018 saw 209 exits. In the largest exit this year, Accel, Naspers, SoftBank and others sold their stake in Flipkart to Walmart for approximately $7.3 billion

Top five PE deals this year
 

The top five deals in 2018 accounted for 21.65% of the deal value. In the largest deal, Premji Foundation, KKR, GIC, and others invested $1.74 billion in HDFC for 3.87% stake. This was followed by $1.25 billion bet of Warburg, Temasek & others in Airtel Africa and $1.2 billion investment of ADIC and TPG Capital in UPL Corporation.