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(Click to View) Outlook Business quotes Venture Intelligence data in an article titled  Change Of Heart  covering the recent good exits by PE/VC funds in the Healthcare segment and trends going forward. "there have been 24 PE exits worth $720 million in 2015, the highest since 2011, according to Venture Intelligence. Many of the exits have been via IPOs." "PE exits through IPOs have yielded returns as high as 4.53x — when Ridgeback Capital sold its stake in Granules India in 2015. Thyrocare Technologies, whose IPO in May this year yielded a return of 3.5x for CX Partners, seems like it was a matter of good timing." The IPO of Narayana Hrudayalaya, a multi-specialty hospital chain, also generated significant interest and was eventually oversubscribed around 8x.  "The private sale of Intas Pharmaceuticals by ChrysCapital to Temasek Holdings got returns of 17.6x, much higher than the public exit of Baring India from Indoco Remedies at 5.2x, accordi...

Early Stage investments cross $1-B mark for first time; Internet & Mobile Cos continue to rule the roost  In just the first nine months of 2015, Venture Capital investments in India – at 323 deals worth $1,438 million - have crossed the previous historical high of 2014 (which had witnessed 304 investments worth $1,170 million across the entire year), according to data from Venture Intelligence  , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions and their valuations. (Venture Intelligence classifies Venture Capital as first to fourth round of investments of not more than $20 million each by financial investors into companies not more than 10 years old.) Venture Capital firms invested $536 million over 111 deals in India during the three months ending September 2015 – again record figures for a single quarter, the Venture Intelligence analysis showed. The investment activity during Q3’15 was 41% higher compared to the same period in 2014 (which ha...