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Deal Value almost doubles compared to year ago; Flat compared to Oct-Dec’13 quarter Private Equity firms invested about $2,273 million across 89 deals during the quarter ended March 2014, according to early data from Venture Intelligence (http://www.ventureintelligence.in), a research service focused on private company financials, transactions and valuations in India. The investment amount was almost twice that invested in the same period last year ($1,179 million across 103 transactions) and marginally higher than that invested during the immediate previous quarter ($2,221 million being invested across 86 transactions). Note: The above figures do not include PE investments in Real Estate.   There were five PE investments worth $100 million or more (with three above $200 million) during Q1’14 compared to just one such transaction in the same period last year and seven during the immediate previous quarter, the Venture Intelligence analysis showed. The top two PE transactions dur...

IT deals claim 45% of pie; Buyouts in Manufacturing on the Rise Private Equity firms invested about $1,300 million across 75 deals during the quarter ended September 2013, according to early data from Venture Intelligence (http://www.ventureintelligence.in), a research service focused on private company financials, transactions and valuations in India. The investment amount was 67% lower than that invested in the same period last year ($3,910 million across 126 transactions) and less than half that invested during the immediate previous quarter ($2,661 million invested across 109 transactions). Note: The above figures do not include PE investments in Real Estate. The latest numbers take PE investments in the first nine months of 2013 to $5,059 million (across 281 investments) down 38% compared to the corresponding period of 2012 ($8,152 million across 373 investments). There were only two PE investments worth over $100 million during Q3’13 compared to five such transactions in t...