Private Equities

PE/VC investments dip 29% YoY to $54.2 bn in 2022 amid funding woes

Despite this decline, 2022 marks the second-best year for PE/VC investments in India to date; dip largely due to smaller deal sizes amid stable volumes

Sell-downs, IPOs dominate private equity exits in November, shows data

November proved to be a good month for private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) funds as far as exits via initial public offerings (IPOs) and sell-downs in listed firms were concerned

Carlyle, Advent buy 9.99% stake in Yes Bank, to pump in about Rs 8,896 cr

Yes Bank on Tuesday said private equity majors Carlyle Group and Advent have picked up 9.99 per cent stake in the bank. The two private equity (PE) funds together would pump in about Rs 8,896 crore in Yes Bank with full conversion of warrants into equity. The bank has allotted a total of 369.61 crore shares of face value Rs 2 each and 255.97 share warrants convertible into equity shares of face value Rs 2 each on a preferential basis to CA Basque Investments, a Carlyle Group entity, and Verventa Holdings Limited, an Advent group entity, Yes Bank said in a regulatory filing. Pursuant to the allotment of the equity shares, the total issued and paid-up share capital of Yes Bank has increased from Rs 5,011.31 to Rs 5,750.54, it said. CA Basque Investments was allotted 184.80 shares with a face value of Rs 2 at an issue price of Rs 13.78 and 127.98 share warrants carrying a right to exercise, get issued and allotted 1 (One) equity share with a face value of Rs 2 for each warrant at a pr

Finance ministry panel mulls 'broad-based' regulations for PE/VCs

FinMin panel has sought inputs from the Big Four audit firms

Ontario Teachers' opens India office, hires Keki Mistry as advisor

The Mumbai office will target investments in India across all asset classes, including public and private equities, infrastructure, real estate, credit and venture and growth equity

PE/VC investments fall 80% to a 19-month low in August, says report

The month recorded the highest ever exits at USD 3.1 billion, making it the best month from sell-offs perspective, according to the report by industry lobby IVCA and the consultancy firm EY.

Domestic PE/VC funds corner 23% of H1 deal value, shows data

Domestic fund houses were subdued during the pandemic years. In the first half of 2021, they invested $3.3 billion, just about half of the amount this year, for a share of 13.8 per cent

PE investments into domestic cos fall to $6.72 bn in June quarter: Report

Private equity investments into domestic companies fell 17 per cent to USD 6.72 billion on an annual basis in the June quarter, according to a report. During the same period, the number of Private Equity (PE) deals also declined 15 per cent to 344 compared to the year-ago period. In the year-ago period, the deal value stood at USD 8.13 billion. The deal value declined by 25.1 per cent in the three months ended June compared to the 2022 March quarter when it stood at USD 8.97 billion, deal tracker Refinitiv, a London Stock Exchange group entity, said on Monday. The steep quarterly decline in the deal value was due to a 40 per cent fall in money flows to the startups space. Refinitiv said that PE investments declined 17.3 per cent to USD 6.72 billion in the June quarter from the year-ago period when the country attracted USD 8.13 billion. This was after a strong start in the first quarter. However, the total PE investments in the first six months of the year stood at USD 15.7 billi

Angel platform IPV offers retail investors a play in startup funding space

Today Angel platform IPV has close to 7,000 investors, over 4,000 of whom actively invest in the Indian startup ecosystem. These investors, largely Indian diaspora, come from 48 countries

VC investments fall 25% sequentially in Q1CY22: KPMG's Venture Pulse report

Rising commodity prices, geopolitical uncertainty weigh on sentiment: KPMG report

Video editing tech firm VideoVerse raises $46.8 mn to expand globally

In October 2021, VideoVerse had raised Series A funding from Moneta Ventures, Baring Private Equity India, Binny Bansal and Ventureast

Top private equity players call for policy to become 'atmanirbhar'

Some PE fund leaders are making a strong pitch to the government for a policy framework to encourage the growth of a vibrant, "atmanirbhar" domestic private equity industry to rival that of China

'As $35 bn flows into start-ups, total deals soar 40% to $115 bn in 2021'

Of the total PE money, as much as USD 35 billion were pumped into start-ups alone: PwC India report

Founders of Asia's family-owned companies seek private equity exit

Publicly listed family firms in Asia have a market capitalisation of more than $5.56 trillion; analysts say change in their ownership could be seismic.

Inflows into RIL arms take 2020 PE, VC investments close to 2019 level

Private equity and venture capital fund investments in India stood at $47.6 billion in 2020

PE investments in real estate down 40% at $4.06 billion in 2020

The pandemic played spoilsport

Indiabulls Housing Finance in talks with PEs to sell 15-20% stake

Investor to become single-largest shareholder; Sameer Gehlaut likely to step down as promoter

PE-VC investments in 2020 grow 6.6% to $39.2 bn on back of RIL deals

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).

PE-VC firms invest $26.3 billion in Jan-Sep 2020; down 2 per cent YoY

Investments in RIL subsidiaries deals have managed to arrest the overall decline in PE-VC investment figures in 2020

Top 10 biz headlines: IT firms on cost-cutting, PE players' post-Covid plan

Here are top 10 business headlines on Wednesday