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Private equity investment has taken off in India over the last few years. Indian companies raised more than US$14bn (excluding real estate deals) though private equity in 2007, up from US$7.5bn in 2006 and US$2.3bn the year before, according to Venture Intelligence, an Indian research company. The amounts raised through private equity far outpaced those raised via public offerings. And the number of PE deals--396 in 2007--was the highest in Asia.
Rapid economic growth, booming stock markets and an increasingly confident corporate sector looking for expansion have fuelled private equity activity. And while markets seemed to be going ...