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Reliance Industries stake sales lead to 38% jump in PE investments in 2020: Report
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Private equity investments in Indian companies grew 38 per cent to USD 62.2 billion last year, with inflows into Reliance Industries telecom and retail ventures contributing nearly 40 per cent of the total value of the deals, a report said on Wednesday.
Barring investments into Jio Platforms and Reliance Retail, the total deal value was down by 20 per cent over 2019 as the volume of large deals of more than USD 100 million dipped by a fourth, as per the report by Bain & Company and India Venture Capital Association.
Overall investment activity remained muted from March to May last year due to COVID-led uncertainties and investor confidence recovered strongly in the second half to pre-COVID levels with late-stage and buyout deals witnessing increased traction, it said.
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Prof. A. Thillai Rajan
Prof. A. Thillai Rajan is a faculty in the department of management studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He is also an Associate at Mossavar Rahmani Centre for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University. He has been leading the publication of the India Venture Capital and Private Equity Report since 2009. He also founded the Ynos Startup to help and mentor other startups. He can be reached at thillair@iitm.ac.in
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