Posted on 09 June, 2020
“I expect growth-PE deals to pick up towards the end of this
year,” said Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Research and Investments, Zephyr
Peacock India.
Raina added that potential buyout deals and late-stage
distress deals will be available in highly leveraged industries, and from
corporates willing to divest, in an attempt to raise debt to improve liquidity
position.
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Below is an excerpt from the post that first appeared on
The Hindu Business Line on 9 June 2020:
Late-stage funding in India remained strong in the first
quarter of 2020, even as early-stage and growth-stage investments declined,
compared to 2019.
According to data from Venture Intelligence, a firm that
tracks private companies’ investments, financials and valuations, the total
amount that went into late-stage companies was $1.8 billion in Q1 2020, a
nearly 33 per cent increase from $1.36 billion in Q1 2019. Late-stage funding
includes seventh or later rounds of institutional investments or investments
into companies more than 10 years old.
Click here to read the full article on “The Hindu Business Line”
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