After the surge of PE investment in Dec’16, things once again turned tepid in the VC/PE world. Reported investment was just USD 361m in Jan’17, from 29 deals. Total reported deals were 68, the rest did not disclose deal amounts.
Among the notable deals was Warburg Pincus picking up 14% stake in listed multiplex operator PVR Limited for USD120m. This was a secondary transaction, with the promoter and existing investor Multiples PE fund selling stakes.
There were couple of large deals in the healthcare space, with online doctor listing site Practo raising USD55m from Chinese firm Tencent, and nutraceuticals API maker Omniactive Health Technologies raising USD35m from Everstone Capital.
6. Top 10 transactions for the month
www.indiabusinessreports.com 6VC/PE investments in India
Source: India Business Reports, internet
Practo continues to attract money, needs to build traction quickly
Target Investor (s) Amount ($m) Industry
PVR Ltd Warburg Pincus 120 Media & Entertainment
Practo Tencent 55 Pharma/Healthcare
OmniActive Health Technologies Everstone Capital 35 Pharma/Healthcare
Saurashtra Freight Pvt. Ltd Fairfax India Holdings 30 Logistics
Muthoot Microfin Ltd Creation Investments Llc 30 BFSI
Cuemath CapitalG, Sequioa 15 Education
LEAP India IndiaNivesh Growth Fund, Sixth Sense and TCI
Ventures
13 IT/ITES
BlackBuck IFC 10 Logistics
NowFloats Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Iron Pillar and IIFL (Seed Ventures Fund I & Cash
Opportunities Fund)
10 IT/ITES
Securens Systems Mayfield India, Trifecta Capital, 5 IT/ITES