<article>India was the top destination for private equity investors in 2015.</article>

India was the top destination for private equity investors in 2015.
The country received $22.4 billion in investments last year, 31.8 per cent more than the previous highest of $17 billion in 2007, according to a report by consultant <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.bain.com/">Bain &amp; Co. India Pvt. Ltd</a>. 2015’s number is also 47 per cent more than the $15.2 billion India received in 2014.
Consumer technology, real estate and banking, financial services and insurance have attracted interest of private equity investors, accounting for 65% of all deal values while investments in consumer tech grew 46% to $6.9 billion.
Top deals in 2015 include Flipkart’s $700 million funding led by Tiger Global Management and Hong Kong-based <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://steadview.com/">Steadview Capital Management</a> and Paytm’s $635 million investment from Alibaba and SAIF Partners.
The top 10 deals together account for $4.6 billion, or 21 per cent of total private equity venture capital investments in 2015.
The average deal size increased to $21 million, a 12 per cent increase from 2014, said the report.
Volume share of deals above $25 million increased to 17.4 per cent in 2015 from 16.5 per cent in the previous year while share of buyout transactions stayed relatively flat compared with 2014.
According to the report, exit values have risen 57 per cent to $9.4 billion. Public market sales continue to be the preferred exit mode for private equity firms though exit value from secondary or strategic exits increased, the report said. The top 10 exits together constitute 43% of total exit value in 2015.
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India received $22.4 billion in private equity investments last year, 31.8% more than the previous highest of $17 billion in 2007

India gets $22.4b PE investments in 2015, exit values up 57%: Bain

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