Private Equity (PE) investments in India rose to their highest ever figure of $37 Billion in 2019 (across 861 transactions), according to data from Venture Intelligence ( https://www.ventureintelligence.com ), a research service focused on private company financials, transactions and their valuations. (Note: These figures include Venture Capital investments, but exclude PE investments in Real Estate.) Riding on the back of large ticket Infrastructure sector deals, PE investments in 2019 edged past the previous high of $36 Billion (across 937 investments) in 2018 (during which, mega deals in the Tech Sector - especially E-Commerce, had dominated the headlines) . 2019 witnessed 74 PE investments worth $100 million or more (accounting for 74% of the total investment value during the period). Of these, 40 were larger than $200 million each (with 5 investments over $1 Billion), the Venture Intelligence data shows. Top Private Equity Investments Company Sector