The private equity investments in India are all set to hit a record high in the current year 2015. The private equity investments that are expected to take place this year surpass the previous milestone that it set in 2007 totaling to $14.7 billion. This is because of the large investments in India’s online start-up sector, claims a research firm.
In the first nine months of this year, the private equity investments have reached $13 billion contributed by 504 transactions, as per Venture Intelligence. The research firm tracks venture capital, private equity and mergers and acquisitions in the country.
The investments have gushed creating a record of $5.89 billion in the third quarter of the year that ended in September. When compared to the private equity investments made in the first nine months of the last year, this value of almost 125 percent higher.
As per the research firm, some of the notable large deals that have taken place in the third quarter include the fund rising by the e-commerce firms based in India. Well, this includes the firms such as Ola, Flipkart and Snapdeal.
The private equity investments seem to be in the revival stage in India. This revival comes when the country’s share markets have smashed the performance of the same in other emerging markets including Brazil. The investors seem to remain bullish about the economic reforms from the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Though the private equity investments made in the first nine months of the year seem to be high enough to create a record this year, the activity in this segment was slow earlier. Well, there was a seasonal slowdown in the first quarter of this year in the private equity investment equity, especially after a strong investment in the fourth quarter of the last year.
