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PE inflows in proptech firms up 5% at $270 mn in Jan-Jun: Housing.com

Private equity (PE) investment in proptech firms rose 5 per cent to USD 270 million during the January-June period as the adoption of technology gains momentum in the real estate sector, according to Housing.com. Between 2009 and June 2022, the proptech companies in India received a total of USD 3.42 billion in PE funding. The PE inflow in proptech rose 35 per cent in 2021 to USD 741 million from USD 551 million in the previous year. Housing.com, which is part of REA India that also owns PropTiger.com and Makaan.com, the number of PE deals during January-June 2022 has grown by 1.5 times year-on-year. The average deal size in H1 2022 stood at USD 14 million compared to USD 32 million during the same period in 2021. The investments tracked include private equity, venture capital, debt, PIPE (Private investment in public entities), project level investments, and pre-IPO private equity deals, at the early, growth and late stage. Dhruv Agarwala, Group CEO of Housing.com, PropTiger.com

Fintech platform GroMo raises $11mn in series A led by SIG Venture Capital

Other investors include Y-Combinator, Das Capital, Goodwater Capital, Beyond Next Ventures, Soma Capital, Ace & Company, Hauz Khas Ventures and a host of angels

Indian private equity investments reach $70 bn in 2,000 deals in 2021

Indian investments grew by 96 per cent over 2020 (excluding the mega deals of Jio Platforms and Reliance Retail).

Blackstone pips Saudi's PIF to top slot in PE investments in India in 2021

Blackstone invested $4.9 billion in India in 2021

PE inflows in real estate down 62% at $1.18 billion in March quarter

As per data, PE investments in office segment fell to $732 mn during January-March period from $2,148 mn in the year-ago period, while the inflows in residential segment fell to $73 mn from $234 mn

PE investments down 31% by value sequentially in Q1CY22: Refinitiv data

Private equity investments in Q1 2022 totalled $8.03 billion, down 30.7 per cent from $11.59 billion in Q4 2021 but up 88.6 per cent ($4.2 billion) from the same quarter in the previous year.

Global insurers plan to ramp up private equity investments: Survey

The report also showed that 11% of American insurers said they are invested in or are considering investing in cryptocurrencies

Private equity and venture capital investment may hit record $70 bn in 2021

Apart from value, volumes or the number of deals have also gone up

PE/VC investments see monthly decline of 52% in November to $6.8 billion

With a month to go, PE/VC investments in 2021 at $72.6 billion have surpassed the all-time high seen in 2020 by 53 per cent, driven by mega investments in start-ups and large buyouts.

Liquidity moving away from China to high-growth nations: Sumit Jalan

Jalan says investor sentiment, hit by a spate of poor listings in August, shall improve as we see successful listing going ahead

Private equity investors see big global, sovereign funds as main threat

Domestic PE players include funds like Multiples, Kedara, and so on, who, along with the global PEs, form the majority of the country's PE players

Private equity players divided on reason for decline in exit deals

According to data from VCC Edge which tracks PE investments, in the first quarter of the calendar year, the value of total PE exit deals has fallen by 7 per cent to hit $1,938 million

Excess liquidity in US pushing PE and VC investment in India: Report

The report suggests that looking ahead the deal pipeline remains robust and investment teams of most large and medium-sized PE funds are working flat out negotiating multiple deals

PE/VC investments drop by 35% in January to $1.6 bn: EY-IVCA data

January 2021 recorded three large deals worth $680 mn compared to five large deals worth $1.4 bn in January 2019 and 12 large deals worth $6 bn in December 2020

PE/VC investments in 2020 at par with 2019 at $47.6 billion, says EY-IVCA

Investments in Reliance Group entities worth S$17.3 billion accounted for 36% of all PE/VC investments in 2020

PE investment in real estate to drop 31% to $4.6 bn in 2020; $6 bn next yr

Private equity investment in real estate is estimated to fall 31 per cent year-on-year during 2020 to $4.6 billion due to Covid-19

Office properties grab lion's share of realty's $2.31 bn PE investments

The segment accounts for 81% of PE funds flowing into the real estate sector betwen Jan 1 and Sept 30; residential segments gets 9%

Private equity inflow in real estate down 85% to $866 mn in Jan-Aug: Report

The private equity (PE) inflow stood at $5,795 million in the corresponding period of the previous year

PE players, FMCG companies betting on branded spices, condiments market

Most of the top spices and condiments companies in India, whether regional or national, have a range of masala mixes in their portfolio

PE/VC investments record third straight month of decline at $881 mn

In terms of volume, deals in April declined 34 per cent YoY and 12 per cent sequentially.