Key messages

• Over the next one year, private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) players will focus on managing existing portfolios and will be less aggressive on new investments
  
• Digital economy will continue to attract investments, with healthcare garnering more attention than the financial sector
  
• Exit options will be limited. Merger and acquisition (M&A) exit route will provide some relief
  
• PE and VC investments, excluding Jio-platfrom, will decline this fiscal, but will log a quick, though moderate, recovery next fiscal
  
• Investors have positive views on India being an attractive investment market in the APAC region even post-pandemic
  
• M&As will rise over the next two years