Thirteen large deals of over USD 100 million each and heightened focus on startups helped the Indian venture investing ecosystem post a 180 per cent increase in the overall activity in January
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The month saw 127 deals, 28 per cent higher than last year (92 deals) but 5 per cent lower than the previous month (134 deals)
Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investments touched an all-time high of USD 12.9 billion in October, on the back of high-value deals, a report said on Tuesday
Investments by private equity and venture capital funds surged to USD 10.7 billion in August from USD 2.2 billion in the same month last year, and USD 9.7 billion in July this year, a report said.
Indian startups got USD 16.9 billion of venture capital funding in 2021, next only to Chinese counterparts in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries, GlobalData said Friday. "Despite the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic looming large and slow economic recovery, venture capital (VC) investors seem to be reposing faith in the Indian startup ecosystem. In fact, Indian startups stood next only to Chinese counterparts in terms of VC funding value among the APAC countries during January to July 2021," the leading data and analytics company said. An analysis of GlobalData's financial deals database reveals that a total of 828 VC funding deals were announced in India during January-July 2021 while the total disclosed funding value of these deals stood at USD 16.9 billion. Some of the notable VC funding deals announced in India during January-July 2021 include USD 3.6 billion raised by Flipkart, USD 502 million raised by Mohalla Tech (ShareChat), Zomato's capital raising of around USD 500 million,
Investments by private equity and venture capital funds doubled to a record high of USD 9.5 billion in July mainly driven by higher investor interest in the e-commerce sector, a report said on Monday
Investments by private equity and venture capital funds declined by 22 per cent to $5.4 billion in June, as compared to the $6.9 billion in the year-ago period
The top 10 investments accounted for 69 per cent of the total deal value, according to Aurum Equity Partners
Rules mandating government nod for FDI from neighbours weighed on flows
PE investments in Reliance Group entities accounted for 42%
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Significant jump in PE/VC investments was primarily on account of investments worth $3.3 billion made in Reliance Retail Ventures
Private equity exits have witnessed a slowdown
Overall, private equity and venture capital firms' investments in Indian companies during the first nine months of 2020 declined 21% by value on a year-on-year basis
The reputation and relationships have helped pharma industry raise huge amounts of PE capital in 2020.
Led by Jio, telecom accounted for $10.2 billion of the investments during the first 9 months of 2020
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