PE deals News

India recorded 179 deals valued at $4.5 billion in May. Excluding IPOs and QIPs, the market saw 175 transactions worth $4.2 billion, reflecting a 17 per cent drop in volumes and a marginal 4 per cent decline in values compared to April, according to the report by Grant Thornton Bharat.

According to the IVCA-EY monthly PE/VC roundup, uncertainty over the impact of COVID-19 is expected to act as a significant headwind to Indian PE/VC investments.

Private equity firms have invested about USD 5.4 billion across 124 deals during June quarter, taking the total investments in first six months of this year to a record USD 11.34 billion, says a report.

Last month saw only one deal valued over USD 100 million, while in February 2016, there were five such deals.

Corporate India received Private Equity investments worth USD 1.82 billion in October, up 74 percent year-on-year, while the overall tally for first 10 months this year was 23 percent lower at USD 10.24 billion.

After a 'dream run' last year, private equity investments eased in the first half of this year with deals worth USD 5.8 billion, down nearly 46 percent as investors went on a 'wait and watch' mode.

Private equity deal tally surged by 30 percent to USD 16 billion through 1,000 deals in 2015, largely driven by the startup segment, which contributed 60 percent of the total investment volume, says a report.

Private equity sector witnessed significant traction as there were record 928 deals worth USD 14.24 billion in the first nine months of the year, the highest so far, both in terms of volume as well as value, says a report.

Private equity deals worth USD 1.7 billion were announced in India in August, registering multiple growth over the same period last year, driven by positive macro-level indicators, a Grant Thornton report said.

Private equity investments stood at USD 4.3 billion in the April-June quarter and the deal momentum is likely to continue in the remaining second half of this year as well, according to PwC.

Private Equity firms have invested about USD 4 billion through 128 deals during the quarter ended June, up 80 percent year-on-year in value terms, says a report.

According to the assurance, tax and advisory firm, there were 68 PE transactions worth USD 1,249 million, up 48 per cent over same month last year when deals worth USD 846 million were announced.

According to the assurance, tax and advisory firm, the deal tally in the first four months of this year amounted to USD 6.79 billion. The deal tally in January-April 2014 stood at USD 11.31 billion.

Private equity deals worth nearly USD 2 billion were sealed in April this year, registering a jump of nearly three-fold over the same month last year, largely driven by transactions in e-commerce space, says a Grant Thornton report.

According to the assurance, tax and advisory firm, the upward trend in PE investment activity continued in January with 74 percent higher deal values compared to the same month last year.

The overall deal activity in the country grew 22 percent in the first nine months of the year to USD 36.2 billion with the total number of deals at 886, according to Grant Thornton report.