Flashback 2020
Infrastructure
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
Finance
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 ......
TMT
Flashback 2020: These tech startups joined the unicorn club this year
The turbulence caused by the Covid-19 pandemic hit a large number of businesses across sectors in 2020 but many technology ......
General
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 ......
TMT
Flashback 2020: Tech sizzles in hard times, Reliance soaks up telecom glory
Coronavirus helped telecom and technology emerge as some of the hottest private equity investment destinations in 2020 even as the ......
Finance
Flashback 2020: Venture funding falls but angel, seed deals bright spot for startups
The year began with murmurs of a funding winter for startups in the wake of the economic slowdown. The murmurs ......
Consumer
Flashback 2020: Virus forces all shoppers online, escalates three-way e-tail battle
Coronavirus induced an initial lockdown in India in March, starting a forced large-scale consumer experiment like no other as fear ......
Infrastructure
Flashback 2020: Infrastructure growth collapses but Adani, Ambani seal big deals
In an economic downturn, spending on the infrastructure sector is usually the biggest, if not the first, casualty. As the Indian ......
