<p>Deal Street had the best year in 2021, clocking the highest tallies in both value and volume terms at $115 billion involving 2,224 deals, an industry report said.</p>.<p>This was $37 billion and 867 transactions more than the corresponding figures for 2020.</p>.<p>While 499 mergers and acquisitions (M&As) worth $42.9 billion were concluded in the year gone by, there were 1,624 private equity deals involving $48.2 billion, and 101 IPOs and QIPs worth $23.9 billion, of which 65 initial public offerings alone fetched a record $17.7 billion, according to data collated by Grant Thornton.</p>.<p>The year was also a record in terms of large deals as there were 14 deals of over $1 billion each, 15 between $500 million and $999 million, and 135 between $100 million and $499 million.</p>.<p>Though these transactions accounted for only 8 per cent of volume, they fetched as much as 80 per cent of value, the report said.</p>.<p>Of the overall deals, domestic deals constituted 76 per cent and the rest were cross-border ones.</p>.<p>PE investment rose to a record $48.2 billion across 1,624 deals and of them, 112 were of $100 million and above.</p>.<p>As much as 66 per cent of these funds went into startups and among them e-commerce trumped with 32 per cent of the total. Players from retail and consumer, education and pharma were most active, together constituting 9-10 per cent of PE volume.</p>.<p>When it comes to IPOs and QIPs, 2021 saw 36 qualified institutional placements (QIPs) worth $6.2 billion, making it the third highest fund-raising via this route since 2011.</p>.<p>On the other hand, as many as 65 companies hit the main market raising $17.7 billion in initial public offerings -- both the numbers are the highest ever.</p>.<p>Startups, e-commerce and IT companies were the major deal drivers in 2021 both in terms of IPOs and money raised. The year also saw the emergence of 33 unicorns.</p>.<p>While the biggest domestic deal was Piramal buying Dewan Housing Finance for $5.1 billion through the bankruptcy process, the biggest PE deal was Flipkart raising $3.6 billion.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>Deal Street had the best year in 2021, clocking the highest tallies in both value and volume terms at $115 billion involving 2,224 deals, an industry report said.</p>.<p>This was $37 billion and 867 transactions more than the corresponding figures for 2020.</p>.<p>While 499 mergers and acquisitions (M&As) worth $42.9 billion were concluded in the year gone by, there were 1,624 private equity deals involving $48.2 billion, and 101 IPOs and QIPs worth $23.9 billion, of which 65 initial public offerings alone fetched a record $17.7 billion, according to data collated by Grant Thornton.</p>.<p>The year was also a record in terms of large deals as there were 14 deals of over $1 billion each, 15 between $500 million and $999 million, and 135 between $100 million and $499 million.</p>.<p>Though these transactions accounted for only 8 per cent of volume, they fetched as much as 80 per cent of value, the report said.</p>.<p>Of the overall deals, domestic deals constituted 76 per cent and the rest were cross-border ones.</p>.<p>PE investment rose to a record $48.2 billion across 1,624 deals and of them, 112 were of $100 million and above.</p>.<p>As much as 66 per cent of these funds went into startups and among them e-commerce trumped with 32 per cent of the total. Players from retail and consumer, education and pharma were most active, together constituting 9-10 per cent of PE volume.</p>.<p>When it comes to IPOs and QIPs, 2021 saw 36 qualified institutional placements (QIPs) worth $6.2 billion, making it the third highest fund-raising via this route since 2011.</p>.<p>On the other hand, as many as 65 companies hit the main market raising $17.7 billion in initial public offerings -- both the numbers are the highest ever.</p>.<p>Startups, e-commerce and IT companies were the major deal drivers in 2021 both in terms of IPOs and money raised. The year also saw the emergence of 33 unicorns.</p>.<p>While the biggest domestic deal was Piramal buying Dewan Housing Finance for $5.1 billion through the bankruptcy process, the biggest PE deal was Flipkart raising $3.6 billion.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>