PE/VC investments at record $72.6 bn

With one more month to go, private equity and venture capital investments in 2021 have surpassed the alltime high recorded in 2020 by 53 per cent. Cumulative exits in 2021 till date have recorded $42.3 billion, up 57 per cent compared to the previous high of $27 billion recorded in 2018.

At $72.6 billion, the total investments in the 11 months of 2021 are 53 per cent higher than $47.6 billion attracted in the entire year of 2020.

November 2021 recorded investments worth $6.8 billion across 102 deals, including 17 large deals worth $5.4 billion. This was 76 per cent higher than $3.9 billion in November 2020, but 52 per cent lower than $13.1 billion recorded in October 2021, says an IVCA-EY report. November 2021 had 17 deals of $100 million-plus value.

November 2021 recorded 21 exits worth $3.6 billion compared to $974 million recorded in November 2020 and $5.3 billion recorded in October 2021. Cumulative exits in 2021 till date have recorded $42.3 billion, 57 per cent higher compared to the previous high of $27 billion recorded in 2018.

November also had a record number of nine

PE/VC backed IPOs, taking the total count of PE/VC backed IPOs in 2021 to 39, which is the highest ever. Nine PE-backed IPOs saw PE/VC funds garner $1.8 billion in proceeds. Exits via secondary sale were second highest at $1.5 billion across two deals.

“Investment activity in November 2021 was dominated by start-ups and exits were dominated by PE-backed IPOs. Start-up investments in November 2021 stood at $2.4 billion with 50 per cent of the investments coming into ecommerce and technology sectors. said Vivek Soni, partner and national leader PE services, EY.