Private equity investments in the second quarter of 2015, excluding real estate, stood at $3.85 billion across 262 deals in April-June period, a 43 per cent increase in value terms over corresponding period last year, says a VCCEdge report.
According to the financial database and research platform, there were private equity transactions worth $2.69 billion by way of 203 deals in the second quarter of 2014.
VCCEdge is the financial database and research platform of the VCCircle Network, owned by News Corp. VCCircle Network founder Sahad P V said early stage investments have boosted private equity inflows into India as investors are betting on emerging companies. The report said that the first half of this year saw deals worth $8.3 billion against $4.9 billion during the same period last year, registering a rise of
70 per cent.