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FinMin panel has sought inputs from the Big Four audit firms

The major PE-backed IPO so far this calendar has been that of logistics major Delhivery. It saw Carlyle, China Momentum Fund, Softbank sell stakes worth $131 mn

The deal activity showed an increase of 54 per cent by value at USD 15.5 billion across 360 deals, largely on the back of heightened activity in the startup space

India's total AUM at $61bn as of 15, December 2020, with $15bn of dry powder as of end of Sept 2021

Investments worth $20 bn in unicorns account for nearly 41% of the value pie so far in CY2021, which has seen the addition of 29 billion-dollar companies

Venture Capital type investments however fell 13 per cent in value (and 16% by volume) in 2020 ($10.7 Billion across 694 deals) compared to last year ($12.5 Billion in 832 deals).

A report by RedSeer and Omidyar says pandemic-driven online education offerings across Classes 1 to 12 are projected to rise 6.3x by 2022 to create a $1.7 billion market

Want no long-term capital gains tax for two years on investments held for 36 months; EY India sees 45-60% contraction in Indian PE/VC investment activity this year from record highs of 2019

The bulk of the $9.5 billion invested in Jio Platforms until June 30, for instance, was from global investors, including sovereign wealth funds

Deals worth $9.6 billion in Jio Platforms accounted for 52 per cent of all PE/VC investments in this period

The survey was conducted between May and June this year and the credit rating firm received responses from 26 independent funds and respondents

According to the survey report, though the market is sitting on sufficient un-invested capital, or 'dry powder,' good investment opportunities are seen as difficult to find in the current environment

Fund raising in the June quarter dipped to $171 million, a 94 per cent decline over $2.75 billion raised last year

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

The latest quarter witnessed 14 PE-VC investments worth $100 million or more, down from the 20 such transactions in the same period last year

Amount beat the previous record of $8.1 bn raised in 2018

Q2FY20 witnessed the large $16 billion Flipkart-Walmart deal. If this deal is excluded, exits during Q2FY20 were almost twice the value recorded in Q2FY18

Infra and real sector led the growth. The total value of PE/VC investments in 2019 to date stood at $40.3 billion

The strong trend of buyouts established in 2018 has continued into 2019 with 4 buyouts worth $504 mn recorded in Jan 2019 -- 20% higher compared to Jan 2018

The first six months of 2018 recorded 22 buyouts aggregating $4.9 bn, surpassing values recorded in any of the previous years