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A Forbes article quotes Venture Intelligence data on PE/VC investments: Venture Intelligence’s ‘Indian Private Equity Trend Report 2016’, on private equity and venture capital investments, shows companies based in Western India accounted for almost 40 percent of PE investments in value terms in 2015, while South India companies came next with a 32 percent share and those from North India finished third with 22 percent. 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.

An Economic Times article quotes Venture Intelligence data on PE/VC-backed IPOs According to Venture Intelligence, about a dozen private equity and venture capital-backed companies have raised over $1.3 billion in IPOs between January and September so far. In the same year-ago period, a similar number of companies went public but raised about $621 million from the market. 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.

A Mint article titled Retail lending NBFCs emerge as a sweet spot for PE investors  quotes Venture Intelligence data on PE/VC investments & Exits in the NBFC space: There have been 11 transactions worth $750 million involving NBFCs so far this year, according to data compiled by investment tracker Venture Intelligence. This follows $920 million that PEs invested in NBFCs last year. In 2016, PEs have been able to sell investments in five deals worth $432 million, according to Venture Intelligence. It was $539 million across 11 deals in 2015.  Why are PE firms chasing NBFC companies? More excerpts from the article: "Typically, it is considered a proxy for economic growth. PE funds believe that we are at the start of a four to five year good run in terms of economic growth. As a fund, they would want to enter and exit within the growth cycle... the delinquency is low. Margins too are better compared to wholesale lending businesses." - Sanjeev Krishnan, Partn...

An Economic Times article quotes Venture Intelligence data in an article on exits by Sequoia Capital in 2016: Software maker Quick Heal and small finance bank licence holder Equitas Holdings, which listed earlier this year, are estimated to have delivered returns of 3.5 times and 2.25 times respectively to the venture capital fund (Sequoia Capital) according to research firm Venture Intelligence. Venture capital investment for the period January to September 2016, dropped to 285 deals, totaling $1.03 billion, compared to 390 deals, with a cumulative value of $1.6 billion, in the year ago period, according to Venture Intelligence. Exits were valued at $1 Billion, spread across 48 deals, compared to 41 transactions, estimated at about $1.4 billion in the year ago period 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. ...

Venture Intelligence is powering the (Weekly) Deal Tracker on The Mint. The Weekly update is featured in the Deals Section on every Monday. 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.

A Mint article showcases Venture Intelligence data on Venture Capital firms with most Unicorn companies in their portfolio. #1 Tiger Global (5), #2 Sequoia Capital India (3) 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.

Catch the week's VC Stats along with a study on venture exits in 2016 in this week's  edition of the Funding Meter powered by Venture Intelligence . 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.