Fund raising activity in the PE and VC space witnessed a decline of 6 percent in 2016. PEs and VCs raised closed to USD 24.1 billion in 2016 as compared to USD 25.7 billion in 2015.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Harish HV of Grant Thornton said that IT/ITeS and healthcare sector continue to dominate the private equity activity followed by education continues to heighten predominantly in IT/ITeS and healthcare, those are the two big sectors followed by education.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Harish HV, Partner, Grant Thornton reviews major merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in 2014 and shares his expectation on the same.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Harish HV, Partner, Grant Thornton says, “We have reached about USD 25 billion of deal value in the last four months. We should hopefully reach USD 70 to 80 billion in terms of overall deal size for the year.”