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Press Release Private Equity - Venture Capital firms invested over $11.9 Billion (across 188 deals) in the first 3 months of 2021, representing an increase of about 85% compared to the same period in 2020, shows data from  Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions and their valuations. (Jan-March 2020, the last pre-pandemic quarter, had recorded PE-VC investments of $6.5 Billion across 238 deals.) The value of investments in Q1'21 was also over 58% higher compared to the immediate previous quarter (which saw $7.5 Billion being invested across 231 deals). Deal volumes in the period however dipped 21% compared to Q1'20 and down 19% compared to the previous quarter, the Venture Intelligence data showed. (Note: These figures include Venture Capital investments, but exclude PE investments in Real Estate).  The appetite for investing in high scale technology startups gathered further momentum in Q1’21, led by the over $400 mil...

Extract from an Economic Times article by Manish Kanchan, Managing Director of SAGE Capital. Very often we see entrepreneurs consulting with well wishers, old-time chartered accountants or their loyal CFOs during the deal-making process. Usually this is the first time anybody is dealing with private equity transactions and are therefore completely out of their depths. Sometimes, they are also insecure about their own future position in the company. ...Investment bankers are your allies. Choose them based on their track record of having closed similar transactions Ask for references and speak with them. Do not appoint them based on the valuation they promise you. Investment bankers do not sign the cheque. Once appointed, trust them and encourage them to provide you with honest feedback directly. The same applies for lawyers as well. ...The business plan must be realistic with a slight optimistic bias. It should also be linked to past performance. If the business has grown at 15% over l...