Indian venture capital / private equity investors reported a 65 transactions in Jun’15. Aggregate value of reported investments for June’15 was robust, at USD 895million, from 46 transactions which reported deal amount.
As per data with India Business Reports (IBR), the aggregate investment over first half of 2015 (Jan-Jun) was USD 6.1 billion, more than twice the amount of USD 2.8 billion reported in the same amount last year.
Sectoral composition continued to be dominated by Internet related businesses, which accounted for almost 43% of the total number of deals. Over Jan-Apr’15, 126 transactions – about one third of all transactions – have been reported where business models are driven by Internet.
Real estate sector reported the 2 largest deals, and had a total of 4 in top ten. Another interesting transaction was USD 133m of investment led by Warburg Pincus in a e-commerce focussed logistics firm Ecom Express. Among early stage transactions, a considerable number were reported in companies trying to deliver hyper local services.
2. 65 deals reported in June’15
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3. ~$ 900 million in disclosed amount*
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*Amount invested available only for 46deals, 19 deals chose not to disclose details Source: India Business Reports
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4. 60% investments were Angel/Early stage; rest Growth/Late stage
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5. Internet related businesses attract maximum deals
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The Internet madness continued.
Businesses with internet/mobile based
business models attracted almost 50% of
all deals.
Real Estate is witnessing more deals since
the last2 months
Source: India Business Reports
Sectors Jun'15 Jun'14 Jan-Jun'15 Jan-Jun'14
Internet 28 6 126 32
IT/ITES 7 10 46 45
Healthcare 1 5 23 28
Media &
Entertainment 3 4 18 18
BFSI 2 3 25 30
Real Estate SPVs 6 5 25 16
Education 4 2 18 17
Food & Beverages 3 3 15 12
Others 11 12 62 58
6. Top 10 transactions of Apr’15
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Real estate has 4 among the top 10 deals
Ecommerce logistics continues to be a hot area, Warburg makes a big bet here
Target Investor (s)
Amount
($m)
Industry
SP Infocity IT Park SPREP Pte Ltd 220 Real Estate
247 Park Blackstone 166 Real Estate
Ecom Express Warburg Pincus 133 Logistics
PVR Ltd Multiples Alternate Asset Management 55 Media & Entertainment
Oberoi Realty Temasek 51 Real Estate
Applied Solar Technologies Future Fund Management Agency 40 Capital Goods
Solvy Tech Solution (Zopper) Tiger Global, Nirvana Venture Advisors 20 Internet
Value & Budget Housing
Corporation Stichting Van Herk Investments 20 Real Estate
Swiggy.com Norwest Venture Partners 17 Internet
Vatika Group Indiabulls Asset Management Company 16 Real Estate