Flashback 2020

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Finance

31 December, 2020

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 ......

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Finance

31 December, 2020

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 ......

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Markets

31 December, 2020

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 ......

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Finance

31 December, 2020

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 ......

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Finance

30 December, 2020

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 ......

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Infrastructure

30 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: Office assets defy work-from-home to emerge as real estate winners

Despite the pandemic, real estate recorded impressive capital flow in 2020 on the back of big-ticket deals by private equity ......

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Finance

30 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: How three PE trends gained momentum in virus-scarred year

Faced with new realities in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, private equity firms challenged established dealmaking trends and adjusted ......

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Finance

30 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: PE firms clock big exits but Indian VC gets most bang for the buck

Private equity and venture capital exit deals in India fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2020 as the coronavirus ......

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Finance

29 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: RBI gets into rescue mode as banks, non-banks tide over tough year

In early March, three weeks before most of India went into a lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the Reserve ......

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General

29 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: M&A dealmakers try their best to keep at it but pandemic messes around

The overall value of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in India rose almost 15% even as the total number of deals ......