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Private Equity - Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms invested over $7.9 Billion (across 270 deals) in Indian companies during the first three months of 2025, 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 8% rise over the $7.3 Billion (across 264 deals) invested in the same period during 2024 and a minor decline of 1% when compared to the immediate previous quarter (which witnessed $8 Billion being invested across 262 deals). Deal volumes in Q1'25 increased by 2% compared to Q1'24 and also were up by 3% compared to the immediate previous quarter. Q1’25 witnessed 18 mega deals ($100 M+ rounds) worth $5.1 Billion, compared to 10 such investments (worth $4.6 Billion) in Q1’24 and 20 such deals (worth $4.9 Billion) in the immediate previous quarter. The largest ...

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Private Equity investors are bagging smart gains from their packaging company investments. Here are details of two such large M&A deals in the sector: 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.

Press Release Blackstone, Kedaara Capital and Tata Capital Growth Fund were awarded as among the top Private Equity investors in India during 2024 as part of Venture Intelligence APEX‘25 Private Equity & Venture Capital awards event in Mumbai.  The Venture Intelligence “Awards for Private Equity Excellence” (APEX) is dedicated to celebrating the best that the Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital industry has to offer. The APEX Awardees are selected based on both Self Nomination by the participating PE-VC firms and "crowd sourced" voting from the Limited Partner, PE-VC and advisory communities. (The main criteria are Return Track Record, New Fund Raises & Follow-on Funding Rounds for Portfolio Companies) PE Investor of the Year Blackstone received the Private Equity Investor of the Year 2024 Award on the back of 6 part exits (with returns between 1.6x and over 7x) during the year. The companies that Blackstone  exited from (partially during 2024) included Inter...

Citi and Ernst & Young claim the No.2 & 3 slots Avendus topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Transaction Advisor to Private Equity Transactions in 2024 (by Value) advising 25 deals worth $3.8 Billion. Citi stood second having advised  the $2.5 Billion acquisition of the Indian business of American Tower Corporation by Brookfield . Ernst & Young followed with 22 deals worth $1.64 Billion. Moelis & Company , JP Morgan and Jefferies & Co . took the fourth spot advising deals worth $1.62 Billion.  JM Financial ($1.5 Billion across 6 deals) completed the top five for 2024. Among the largest PE deals during 2024, apart from Brookfield-American Tower Corp deal advised by Citi, JP Morgan and Moelis & Company advised the $1.6 Billion exit of Advent International from Bharat Serums & Vaccines . Avendus, Barclays , and JM Financial advised the $554 million acquisition of Shriram Housing Finance by private equity firm Warburg Pincus . Avendus...

     Khaitan & Co. and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas claim the No.2 & No.3 slots AZB & Partners (AZB) topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Legal Advisor to Private Equity Transactions in 2024 advising 95 deals worth $11.6 Billion. AZB was followed by Khaitan & Co. ($10.9 Billion across 100 deals) and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM; $9.5 Billion across 101 deals) in the second and third spot respectively. Trilegal ($8.9 Billion across 121 deals) and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas ( CAM; $6.6 Billion across 71 deals) completed the top five. Among the larger Private Equity deals during 2024, Talwar Thakore & Associates , S&R Associates , Nishith Desai Associates,  Khaitan & Co.   and Trilegal advised the $2.5 Billion acquisition of the Indian business of American Tower Corporation by Brookfield which was the largest PE-VC investment during the year. AZB, Khaitan & Co. and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advised the $1...

Private Equity - Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms invested $31.1 Billion (across 1,021 deals) in Indian companies in 2024, marginally lower (by 5%) compared to the $32.9 Billion (across 993 deals) in 2023, reports  Venture Intelligenc e, a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations. (Note: These figures exclude PE investments in Real Estate).                                                                                                                                                        ...

Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC) funds invested $7 Billion (across 205 deals) in India-based companies during the quarter ended  September 2024 (Q3'24),  shows data from  Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations .  The investment amount represents a 9% rise over the $6.4 Billion (across 193 deals) invested in the same period during 2023 (and 6% higher in volume terms). However, the figure was as much as  20% lower  (and 10% lower in volume terms)  when compared to the immediate previous quarter (which witnessed $8.8 Billion being invested across 228 deals).  Q3’24 witnessed 20 mega deals ($100 M+ rounds) worth $5.1 Billion, compared to 17 such investments (worth $4.7 Billion) in Q3’23 and 24 such deals (worth $6.4 Billion) in the immediate previous quarter.  The largest investment announced in the latest quarter was the $550 Million commitment by Canada-headquart...

Trilegal and Khaitan & Co. claim the No.2 & No.3 slots AZB & Partners (AZB) topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Legal Advisor to Private Equity Transactions in H1 2024 advising 41 deals worth $5.4 Billion. It was followed by Trilegal ($5.1 Billion across 54 deals) and Khaitan & Co. (4.8 Billion across 46 deals) in the second and third spot respectively. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) ($2.9 Billion across 34 deals) and Talwar Thakore & Associates ($2.4 Billion across 9 deals) completed the top five. Among the larger Private Equity deals during H1’2024, Khaitan & Co., Talwar Thakore & Associates, S&R Associates ,and Trilegal a dvised the $2 Billion acquisition of the Indian business of American Tower Corporation by Brookfield which was the largest PE-VC investment in 2024 . AZB advised the $900 Million acquisition of Altimetrik by TPG Capital and the $840 Million acquisition of Healthium Medtech by KKR . Resolut Partners , Khaitan & ...

Citi and Ambit claim the No.2&3 slots Avendus topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Transaction Advisor to Private Equity Transactions in H1’2024 advising 12 deals worth $2.4 Billion. Citi stood second, having advised 1 deal worth $2 Billion. Ambit followed with 7 deals worth $797 million. Kotak Mahindra Capital ($735 million across 2 deals) and Ernst & Young ($657 million across 7 deals) completed the top five for H1’ 2024. The  Venture Intelligence League Tables , the first such initiative exclusively tracking transactions involving India-based companies, are based on the value of PE and M&A transactions advised by Financial and Legal Advisory firms. Among the larger deals in the latest quarter, Citi, KPMG , Ernst & Young advised $2 Billion acquisition of the Indian business of American Tower Corporation by Brookfield . Avendus, Ernst & Young, JM Financial, Barclays and KPMG advised $ 554 million acquisition of Shriram Housing Finance by Warb...

Press Release: Private Equity - Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms invested over $8.3 Billion (across 233 deals) in Indian companies during Q2’24, shows data from Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations.  The Q2'24 investment amount represents a 33% fall over the $12.4 Billion (across 235 deals) invested in the same period during 2023 .  (Note: These figures exclude PE investments in Real Estate).  The latest quarterly numbers take the PE-VC investment figures for the first 6 months of 2024 to $14.6 Billion (across 431 deals) which is 24% lower compared to the same period in 2023 (which saw $19.2 Billion being invested across 495 deals). W hen compared to the immediate previous quarter (Jan - Mar 2024, which witnessed $6.4 Billion being invested across 198 deals) however, Q2'24 has witnessed a almost 30% uptick. Deal volumes in Q2'24 - which were flat compared to Q2'23 - were up 18% compared to the ...

Press Release: Private Equity - Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms invested over $6.2 Billion (across 205 deals) in Indian companies during the first three months of 2024, 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 8% fall over the $6.7 Billion (across 242 deals) invested in the same period during 2023 and also down by 6% when compared to the immediate previous quarter (which witnessed $6.6 Billion being invested across 200 deals). Deal volumes in Q1'24 also declined 15% compared to Q1'23 and were up by 3% compared to the immediate previous quarter.  Q1’24 witnessed 8 mega deals ($100 M+ rounds) worth $3.5 Billion, compared to 17 such investments (worth $3.6 Billion) in Q1’23 and 15 such deals (worth $4.1 Billion) in the immediate previous quarter....