PE-VC investments rise 8% to $7.9 B in Q1'25
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Private Equity - Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms invested over $7.9 Billion (across 270 deals) in Indian companies during the first three months of 2025, according to early data from Venture Intelligence. (Note: These figures include Venture Capital type investments, but exclude PE investments in Real Estate).The investment amount represents a 8% rise over the $7.3 Billion (across 264 deals) invested in the same period during 2024 and a minor decline of 1% when compared to the immediate previous quarter (which witnessed $8 Billion being invested across 262 deals). Deal volumes in Q1'25 increased by 2% compared to Q1'24 and also were up by 3% compared to the immediate previous quarter.Q1’25 witnessed 18 mega deals ($100 M+ rounds) worth $5.1 Billion, compared to 10 such investments (worth $4.6 Billion) in Q1’24 and 20 such deals (worth $4.9 Billion) in the immediate previous quarter.The largest investment in Q1’25 was the $508 million investment in a publicly listed NBFC gold loan company Manappuram Finance, by Bain Capital. KKR acquiring a controlling stake in hospital chain Healthcare Global for $400 million was the second biggest deal of the quarter. This was followed by a $350 Million investment in data analytics and AI (artificial intelligence) solutions provider Impetus Technologies by Kedaara Capital. The $275 million investment of primary and secondary in SaaS focused healthcare unicorn Innovaccer by B Capital Group, M12 and others was the fourth biggest deal. E-Commerce platform Meesho's closing of a $270 million tranche as part of its ongoing funding round (from Peak XV Partners, Tiger Global, WestBridge, Think Investments, Mars Growth Capital and others) completed the top five investments for the period.Click Here to read the full press release, including graphs and the table of top deals.Venture Intelligence Subscribers will receive detailed reports over the next few days.
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