Private Equity firms invested USD10,117 million over 441 deals in India during the 12 months ending December 2011, compared to USD8,187 million across 362 deals during the previous year, according to analysis by Venture Intelligence, a research service focused on Private Equity and M&A activity.
These figures – which include VC investments and exclude PE investments in Real Estate – take the total investments by PE firms over the past five years to about USD47 billion across 2,062 transactions.
The latest Venture Intelligence data however reveals that PE investments in October-December 2011 declined to about USD1,456 million (across 105 deals) compared to the USD1,828 million invested (across 88 deals) in the same period in 2010 and USD2,334 million invested (across 109 deals) in the immediate previous quarter.
“The amount of PE capital deployed has declined for the fourth successive quarter in keeping with the economic uncertainty and the decline in public markets,” noted Arun Natarajan (pictured), CEO of Venture Intelligence. “However, the sheer amount of uninvested capital lying with PE funds and the increasingly attractive valuations available – including in the listed companies segment – points to a turnaround in the quarters ahead.”
