PE investments rise 25 in 2011 so far

The year 2011 has so far aggregated 7.57 billion worth of private equity investments across 274 deals,registering a 25 per cent jump over 6.07 billion of investments for the same period Jan-August last year,according to data from Four-S Services. The average deal size also increased from 31.1 million to 33.1 million during the same period.

August aggregated 522.4 million of investments in Indian companies across 35 deals compared to 1.29 billion across 31 deals for the same period last year. The month of August last year was one of the best in terms of PE investments marked by some high value deals. In the largest deal during the month,Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance raised 178 million from IFC,Matrix Partners,Axis Bank,Lok Capital and others.This was followed by India Equity Partners 35 million investment in Sagar Ratna and IDFCs 33 million investment in Caparo Energy India. During the month,BFSI sector topped the investment chart accounting for 40 of investments with a deal value of 209.3 million. Two out of the top five investments were in BFSI sector. Infrastructure including power occupied the second slot with 102.3 million worth of investments. Retail sector followed with 11 per cent share.