During these uncertain times, social distancing norms continue
to burden businesses and the limited manpower requirements have
halted the production bandwagon. Even during these uncertain times,
deal making is again on the rise, and private equity players are on
the lookout for an opportunity to earn outsized returns resulting
from low valuations1.
2020 registered 812 Private Equity (PE) investments worth about
$39.2bn. The largest PE investment announced was $9.9 Billion
investment in Jio Platforms. The largest Venture
Capital2 (VC) type investments were $20 million
investments in Flexiloans, Freshtohome, iMerit Technology
Services.
Super angels and Angel networks further pushed the market by
investing in 341 projects (up from 275 in 2019). largest investment
involving angel investors was the $110 million Series E investment
in Bangalore-based Education startup Unacademy. alternatives to
“traditional” M&A—will be an important lever
as businesses recover and
