 "Private equity and venture capital investments in H12019 were 27% higher at $23.4 billion compared to the same period last year, EY says")
Private Equity/Venture Capital firms have invested over $11.9 billion across 188 deals in the first three months of 2021, representing an increase of about 85 per cent compared to the same period in 2020. According to Venture Intelligence data, January to March 2020, the last pre-pandemic quarter, had recorded PE-VC investments of $6.5 billion across 238 deals.
The value of investments in Q1'21 was also over 58 per cent higher compared to the immediate previous quarter, which saw $7.5 billion being invested across 231 deals.
Deal volumes in the period, however, dipped 21 per cent compared to Q1'20 and was down 19
