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Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC) investments in India during the quarter ended June 2023 (Q2'23), at $9.85 Billion across 182 deals, registered a 33% decrease compared to the same period in 2022 (which saw $14.6 Billion being invested across 371 deals). The investment amount however rose 74% compared to the immediate previous quarter (which saw $5.7 Billion being invested across 181 deals), shows data from  Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations. The PE-VC investment figures for the first 6 months of 2023 - at $15.5 Billion (across 363 deals) - was 50% lower compared to the same period in 2022 (which saw $31 Billion being invested across 800 deals). Q2’23 witnessed 19 mega deals ($100 M+ ...

Press Release: Private Equity - Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms invested over $5.6 Billion (across 184 deals) in Indian companies during the first three months of 2023, shows data from  Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations. (Note: These figures include Venture Capital type investments, but exclude PE investments in Real Estate). The investment amount represents a 66% fall over the $16.4 Billion (across 422 deals) invested in the same period during 2022 and also down by 41% when compared to the immediate previous quarter (which witnessed $9.6 Billion being invested across 236 deals). Deal volumes in Q1'23 also declined 56% compared to Q1'22 and was down by 22% compared to the immediate previous quarter.  Q1’23 witnessed 16 mega deals ($100 M+ rounds) worth $3.4 Billion, ...

Press Release: Private Equity - Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms investments in India fell by 29% in 2022 compared to the record highs of 2021. PE-VC firms invested $46 Billion (across 1,261 deals) in Indian companies in 2022, compared to $65 Billion (across 1,362 deals) in the previous year, reports  Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations. (Note: These figures include Venture Capital type investments, but exclude PE investments in Real Estate). India minted a total of 21 " Unicorn"  companies (VC-funded startups valued at $1 Billion or more) in 2022, 18 of them during the first six months of 2022 and less than half the 44 Unicorns minted in 2021. In fact, the final quarter of 2022 did not see any new unicorns being created. SaaS companies accounted for 29% of all the new unicorns in 2022...

Press Release Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms invested $6.3 Billion (across 258 transactions)  in Indian companies during the quarter ended September 2022 (Q3'22) -  registering an 71% decline from the same period in 2021 (which saw $21.7 Billion being invested across 414 deals). The investment amount was also down about 52% compared to the immediate previous quarter (which saw $13.3 Billion being invested across 342 deals), shows data from  Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their  valuations. (Note: These figures include Venture Capital type investments, but exclude PE investments in Real Estate). The latest quarter , which  marked four continuous quarters of decline in the investment value, takes the total PE-VC investments during 2022 to $36 Billion (across 1,016 deals) - down 26% compared to $45.4 Billion (across 949 deals) in the same period in 2021. ...

Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC) investments in India during the quarter ended June 2022 (Q2'22), at $11.6 Billion across 322 deals, registered an over 23.7% decrease compared to the same period in 2021 (which saw $15.2 Billion being invested across 264 deals). The investment amount was also down almost 28.1% compared to the immediate previous quarter (which saw $16.1 Billion being invested across 391 deals) and marked three continuous quarters of decline, shows data from Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations. However the PE-VC investment figures for the first 6 months of 2022 - at $27.6 Billion (across 713 deals) - was 16% higher compared to the same period in 2021 (which saw $23.9 Billion being invested across 526 deals). Fewer U...

Press Release: Private Equity - Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms invested a record $63 Billion (across 1,202 deals) in Indian companies during 2021, registering  a 57% rise over the   $39.9 Billion (across 913 deals) invested in the previous year ,  reports  Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations. (Note: These figures include Venture Capital type investments, but exclude PE investments in Real Estate). India minted a total of 44 " Unicorn"  companies (VC-funded startups valued at $1 Billion or more)  in 2021, 15 of them during Q4'21. The $23.4 Billion invested into the Information Technology sector dominated list of  Unicorns  accounted for more than 37% of the overall value of PE-VC investments in 2021. The October-December 2021 quarter (Q4'21) saw over $5 Billion (across 25 deals) being invested in such companies.  2021 witnessed eight investments worth...