Posted on 17 November, 2020
“In the investment business,
timing an exit is not always easy. Timing becomes even more unpredictable in
times of a pandemic,” said Pankaj Raina, Managing Director, Research and
Investments, Zephyr Peacock India, adding, “Since there was an opportunity as investment
activity began to resume, investors who were nearing their fund life cycle,
wanting to improve distributions, exited.”
“I expect investment activity to
pick up in the next few quarters. Most of us, including the entrepreneur
universe, have now accepted the new normal. We will continue to find innovative
ways to support deal-making activities,” Raina said.
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Below is an excerpt from the post that first appeared on The Hindu Business Line on 17 November 2020:
The number of PE-VC exits in Q3
of 2020 rose to 40, the same as in Q1 2020. In Q2, the number of PE-VC exit
deals dropped to 17, the lowest in the last 20 quarters.
The number of VC exits also
jumped back to 16 deals in Q3 from nine in Q2, but did not quite reach Q1
levels of 23 deals.
The amount involved in the exit
deals in Q3, however, was lower than in Q1, the data showed.
For instance, for PE-VC exits,
the amount in Q1 was $2,532 million, while in Q3, it dropped 38.5 per cent to
$1,558 million. Likewise, for VC exits, the amount was $299 million in Q3, a
33.7 per cent drop from Q1’s $451 million. And on a year-on-year basis, the dip
was even higher. In Q3 2019, PE-VC exits amounted to $3,762 million through 49
deals, and VC exits stood at $1,918 million via 22 deals.
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