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

Investments increased in H1CY17 by 41% to $11.2 bn from $8 bn in H1CY16

PE/VC investments in India in the first half (H1CY17) and second quarter (Q2CY17) witnessed a sharp increase on the back of some large deals with size in excess of $300 million each.

This was recorded as the highest investments in a half year and quarter respectively, in the history of the industry.

According to EY data, on a half yearly basis, investments increased by 41 per cent 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 H1CY16).

Both, buyout deals ($2.2 billion across 18