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A Ken article titled  Jiometrics: A graphical narrative of Reliance’s telecom, media and e-commerce machine   (behind paywall), quotes Venture Intelligence data on select investments and acquisitions by Reliance Industries. Piqued to know about the Reliance Industries' other investments in retail, fashion, etc? Log into Venture Intelligence's M&A Deal Database . Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

A ToI article covering the opportunity and challenges in audio content quotes Venture Intelligence data: Since 2012, only three Indian startups in the podcasting space have received funding, and mostly undisclosed or negligible amount. The article further states that the opportunity for content creators would be in chasing the local language crowd: A KPMG report says that nine of out of 10 new internet users in India over the next five years are likely to be Indian language users. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

A Business Standard article quote Venture Intelligence data on Private Equity investments in NBFCs: Private Equity (PE) investments in India’s non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in the January-November period of this year has reached $2.041 billion - 88 per cent more than full 12 months of 2017 and the highest in four years. The increase in overall PE investment value has been despite the number of deals this year being lower than last year, and the sector facing a liquidity crisis. According to data from Venture Intelligence, the NBFC sector has received a total of $2.04 billion in 25 PE investment deals so far this calendar year, compared with $1.09 billion in 32 deals during full 2017. Among the biggest such deals was the $1,06-million KKR-GIC investment in HDFC Ltd in January 2018. Besides, two major PE deals were announced last week — TPG Growth-led $42-million equity investment in Ess Kay Fincorp, and the Rs 2-billion investment by Norwest Venture Partners X, CDC Gro...

An ET Prime article quotes assets under management (AUM) data on India-dedicated venture capital funds from Venture Intelligence: Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

A ToI article, covering fund managers launching new funds, quotes data from Venture Intelligence's Fund Raising database: The article also quotes PE-VC investments data from Venture Intelligence: PE firms invested a record $8.2 billion across 158 deals during the quarter ended June 2018. That’s a 60% jump compared to the same period last year, according to data from Venture Intelligence. The latest figures have catapulted total PE investments in the first half of 2018 to $12.4 billion (across 315 deals) - a figure similar to the one recorded in first half of 2017 (across 358 transactions). Incidentally, 2017 was the biggest ever year for PE investments in India, recording $23.5 billion across 660 deals. What is driving these new fund launches? Click here to continue reading. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuati...

An ET article quotes Venture Intelligence data on PE investments in road sector Private equity (PE) investments in the roads sector have shot up to a decade high of $1,827 million (approximately Rs 12,240 crore) in 2018 so far according to the data from Venture Intelligence. This was boosted by $1,487 million investment by Macquarie in a toll-operate-transfer (TOT) project of NHAI in March 2018. In 2017, PE funds had invested $465 million. Click here to continue reading. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

A Business Standard article quotes Venture Intelligence data on Private Equity & Venture Capital investments in space technology: PE-VC Investments in Aerospace Companies Company Investors Amount US$M Date Exseed Space Exseed Electronics Fund N.A* Apr-2017 Pinaka Aerospace Solutions KITVEN 0.6 Dec-2015 Team Indus Nandan Nilekani, Others 1.5 Mar-2015 Maini Global Aerospace Undisclosed 10 Nov-2011 Mahindra Aerospace Kotak PE N.A* Apr-2010 Trusted Aerospace & Engg. Subhkam Ventures N.A* Dec-2007 HAL Edgewood Technologies Edgewood Ventures 0.35 Mar-2007 Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

A ToI article quotes Venture Intelligence data on Private Equity & Venture Capital exits in India: Driven by the Walmart-Flipkart deal, the year has so far seen nearly $22 billion worth of exits till date through more than 160 deals, according to data from research firm Venture Intelligence . While 2017 saw $14.5 billion for the whole year, previous years saw less than $10 billion. Analysts point out that while the Flipkart deal contributed to a chunk of the deal size in terms of value ($12 Billion), the mood among investors also favours exits. "IPOs, M&A exits and acqui-hires have contributed to the 165 deals so far. Among IPOs, the engineering firm Varroc went public where Tata Capital sold its entire stake in the company. AU finance saw Kedaara Capital and Warburg making a partial exit," said Venture Intelligence MD Arun Natarajan.  With unicorns raising funds and consequently giving exits to smaller investors, there is an emergence of funds such as TR Cap...

A Business Standard article covering rising Private Equity investments in Real Estate companies quotes Venture Intelligence data: "According to research firm Venture Intelligence, South-based players saw fund infusion of $6.5 billion (Rs 456 billion) from large fund houses, starting 2014 till date. In this calendar year, PE entities infused $1.6 billion in many large realty firms based out of Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai, across 16 deals. In the period from 2014, realtors in the western region (led by Mumbai and Pune) saw the highest amount of PE investment, of $10.3 billion. Those in the National Capital Region (NCR) attracted nearly $5.3 billion. In the south, Hyderabad-based Phoenix Group saw the highest amount of investment - $652 million - from PE players Indiabulls, Altico Capital and Canadian pension fund CPPIB, among others. Bengaluru-headquartered Embassy Group had investment of $638 mn from global PE majors Blackstone, Warburg Pincus and Xander Group, ...

A Mint article titled  Venture capitalists strike out on their own as investors back small funds  quotes Venture Intelligence data on recent funds launched by VC professionals who quit to strike out on their own. The article also further shares on why managers quit to launch their own funds: Click here to continue reading. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

A Mint article quotes Venture Intelligence data on PE/VC investments in infrastructure investments: (Click to view) Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

An Economic Times article on Seed funding in India quotes Venture Intelligence data: Data from Venture Intelligence shows that seed-stage investments by top VC firms since the start of 2017 have touched $144 million across 178 deals. Of this, $31 million was invested in just the first three months of 2018. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

A South China Morning Post article  quotes Venture Intelligence data on the rising Chinese VC investments in India. While Western venture capital firms still dominate the investment of India’s tech world, statistics show the influence of Chinese money is on the rise. Last year, at least 23 deals signed by Indian tech start-ups involved Chinese investors, according to market research firm Venture Intelligence. By contrast, the figure was only eight in 2015.  Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

A Mint article quotes Venture Intelligence data on M&A in the Auto components sector: According to Venture Intelligence, a service provider that tracks deals and financial transactions across industries, the auto component industry witnessed 13 M&A deals in calendar year 2017 and four in the first three months of 2018 (overseas and domestic). Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

An Indian Express article quotes Venture Intelligence data on Private Equity investments in Hospitals: Data sourced from Chennai-based research firm Venture Intelligence shows that a total $3.4 billion has been injected into hospitals by PE investors from 2007 till 2017. Notably, almost half of the investment during the period came via 10 transactions. Prior to the Fortis deal, the largest one was in early 2016, when Dubai-headquartered Abraaj Group bought controlling stake in Hyderabad-based CARE Hospitals for around $221 million. In two deals in 2015 and 2017, Manipal Health raised $321 million from TPG Capital and Temasek Holdings, respectively. Naresh Trehan-led Medanta Medicity, in two deals in 2013 and 2015, received $275 million from Carlyle Group and Temasek, respectively. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Val...

Venture Intelligence is powering the Deal Tracker on The Mint - tracking Private Equity, Venture Capital, M&A, Real Estate and Strategic investments in India. The Deal Tracker is featured in the Deals Section (Page 3) every Monday. To get comprehensive coverage on upcoming PE/VC, M&A, Angel and Strategic Investments  sign-up  to our Daily/Weekly Newsletter. View a  sample Deal Digest Newsletter  here. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

Outlook Business' lead article on Private Equity investments and exits in 2017 quotes Venture Intelligence data: Alibaba along with its payments arm, Ant Financial, in March 2017, gave Reliance Capital, Saama Capital and Sapphire Ventures an exit route when they bought shares worth $250 million. Saama, which had invested in One97 in 2011, made an astounding 75x, according to research firm Venture Intelligence. 2017 was a good year for private equity investments with a record $23.8 billion spread across 591 deals, surpassing the previous high of around $17.1 billion seen in 2015 and 55% higher than the $15.4 billion seen in 2016. Investors raked in over $5.3 billion through the public market, $4.2 billion via secondary sales and $3.3 billion through strategic sales. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuatio...

An Indian Express article chronicling the growth and evolution of Food tech companies in India quotes Venture Intelligence data on PE-VC investments in restaurants: "..PE-VC funds have pumped in $843 million in the restaurants business - as per data sourced from Chennai-based firm Venture Intelligence - the investment in the two online platforms has been about $700 million." A related article by FactorDaily , on restaurateurs taking on food tech companies also quotes the same data. Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

A ToI article Venture Intelligence data on strategic investments in India: Last year, traditional businesses invested more than $100 million in startups to gain from emerging technologies and new ideas, according to data from Venture Intelligence, which analyses private company financials. Interested in strategic investments by RPG Group, Mahindra & Mahindra, Alibaba, etc? Get access to the  Venture Intelligence PE/VC Deal Database. Venture Intelligence  is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

An article by The Ken  quotes Venture Intelligence data on investments and exits by Bessemer Venture Partners in India: According to data shared by Venture Intelligence, BVP India earned 3.27 times the return on its investment in online marketplace Snapdeal in a secondary share sale to SoftBank in 2015. This was ahead of the drop in valuation of Snapdeal from its peak of $6.5 billion in 2016 to $850 million in 2017. BVP India’s other exits include TaxiForSure (which was sold to Ola) as well as companies like Matrimony.com and Shriram City Union Finance being publicly listed. BVP India has invested in 47 companies in India since 2004 when it set up an India office. It has exited 20 companies, through strategic sale and IPO.   According to data from research platform Venture Intelligence, the number of deals by BVP has shrunk from 10 in 2016 to six in 2017.  Interested in viewing in-depth data on investments, exits and return data on Bessemer Venture Partners...