Private Equity (PE) investment in India increased by 74 percent to $2.12 billion in 76 deals during the last quarter of 2013 as compared to $1.22 billion from 109 deals recorded in the same period a year ago. According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) MoneyTree India report, a quarterly study of private equity investment activity based on data provided by Venture Intelligence, the PE investment in reported quarter was highest since 2007 despite a 30 percent fall in the volume of deals. However, PE exits doubled with an exit value of $1.13 billion from 20 deals during Q4’2013. The PE investment value was recorded at $1.78 billion in Q3’2013.
On sector wise PE investment, Information technology-enabled services (ITeS) sector was the most active in terms of value and volume with 37 deals worth $959 million in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2013. Furthermore, the sector has shown a 41% increase in value with two additional deals in quarter under review as compared to previous one. Around 80 percent of the deal value was recorded in IT and healthcare space, while, activity levels in other sectors were largely muted. The healthcare and life sciences sector witnessed a surge of almost four times in investments value from $191 million in the previous quarter to $729 million in Q4’2013.
Further, PwC expects that momentum witnessed in Q4 will continue to remain in early 2014 and IT, ITeS and pharmaceuticals will continue to attract investments given their strong export focus, particularly against a depreciating rupee.
Private equity capital is not quoted on a public exchange and consists of investors and funds that make investments directly into private companies or conduct buyouts of public companies that result in a delisting of public equity. The majority of private equity consists of institutional investors and accredited investors who can commit large sums of money for long periods of time.
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