PE-VC firms invested a record $63 billion in Indian companies during 2021. This registered a 57 per cent rise over the $39.9 billion invested in the previous year.
E-commerce, a favourite
India minted a total of 44 Unicorn companies in 2021. Eight investments worth $1 billion or more, led by Flipkart’s $3.6-billion pre-IPO round were seen in 2021. E-Commerce was the favourite sector among investors in 2021. The BFSI and healthcare and life science industries were the next two major sectors.