Flashback 2020
Markets
Flashback 2020: Global equity market activity tops $1 trillion for first time
Emergency corporate fundraising and a clamour for tech stock market listings pushed equity capital market volumes to over $1 trillion ......
Finance
Flashback 2020: Global M&As fall as fewer companies catch deal bug
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity fell to a three-year low in 2020, as companies grappled with the financial fallout ......
General
Flashback 2020: Deal news, deep dives and other most-read VCCircle stories
The last twelve months were momentous for more reasons than one. While 2020 will go down as the year of ......
Finance
Flashback 2020: Coronavirus drags M&A, private deal volumes to five-year lows
The number of private investments and mergers and acquisitions dropped to the lowest in at least five years during 2020 ......
Economy
Flashback 2020: COVID-19 shook, rattled and rolled the global economy
When 2020 dawned, the global economy had just notched its 10th straight year of uninterrupted growth, a streak most economists ......
Markets
Flashback 2020: Asian shares set to finish at record high
Asian shares edged up on Thursday and were set to end a tumultuous 2020 at record highs, after growing investor ......
Finance
Flashback 2020: Wealth funds, newcomers jostle with old-timers in top PEs list
West Asian sovereign wealth funds and a couple of new American buyout firms stormed into the club of top private ......
Markets
Flashback 2020: Equity fundraising hits record in volatile year for stock markets
India Inc.’s equity fundraising from capital markets surged to an all-time high in 2020 as companies rushed to raise capital ......
Finance
Flashback 2020: Few surprises among top VCs but Sequoia zooms ahead in Black Swan year
On December 19, Shailendra Singh, a managing director at Sequoia Capital, tweeted: “Founders, we are open for business...if you are ......
Finance
Flashback 2020: Sequoia, Edelweiss stand tallest in tepid year for PE-VC fundraising
Fundraising activities by private equity and venture capital firms in India slowed this year in the wake of the coronavirus ......