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Business Posted On Sunday, February 07, 2010 | Agencies
New Delhi, Feb 7:
Private equity investments in India doubled in the first month of this year as deals worth over USD 386 million were announced amid improving signs of liquidity, a study says.
According to the monthly deal update report of VCEdge, a financial research provider, private equity deal value in India was at USD 386 million in January 2010, against USD 191 million in January 2009.
The deal volume, however, was virtually unchanged with 25 deals recorded past month, one less than what was registered in the same month last year.
Going forward, there will be reduced valuations and more deals. And there would be a flight for quality as competition to invest in high-quality portfolio companies rise, it said.
A sector wise analysis shows that infrastructure, real estate and telecom were the most targeted sectors for investment with deals worth USD 61 million, USD 59 million and USD 58 million respectively. "Together, they accounted for more than 45 per cent of total private equity deal value during the month," the study stated.
Meanwhile, in terms of deal volume the most active sector was IT/ITServices with five deals in the month, followed by telecom with three deals. Other sectors contributing to the deal volume were real estate, hospitality and Infrastructure accounting for 2 deals each.
The largest private equity deal in January 2010 was the acquisition of 16 per cent stake in Hyderabad-based Coastal Projects by Barings Private Equity, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity and Deutsche Bank, the report said.
An analysis of average deal size in the last three years shows that that it is on a declining trend. On January 2008 it was at USD 31.31 million, while on January 2009 it slipped to USD 26.23 million and in January 2010 it further dipped to USD 16.08 million.
Quoting investors, the report said the private equity deal ticket size is likely to fall further.
The report added that with the improvement in market sentiments, "the environment for private equity exits also improved with a sharp uptick in exits across types."
The month of January 2010 saw 13 exits worth USD 282 million. In comparison there were only two exits in January 2009 and as many as 17 in January 2008.
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